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2026-01-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

The Next 10 Days Of Winter: The Worst In 40 Years Across The US

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-01-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1861 views ] Top

1 ‘Not Just a Human Emergency’: Animal Protection Group Warns Pets, Livestock at Risk amid Historic Winter Storm

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-24 03:28|| 2026-01-24 03:28|| Front Page Top

2 brutal cold in Chicago suburbs. 14 below with windchills of -40 (that the same in F or C)

Posted by 3dc 2026-01-24 03:56|| 2026-01-24 03:56|| Front Page Top

3 Trump extends FEMA review council for additional 60 days

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-24 04:52|| 2026-01-24 04:52|| Front Page Top

4 Metro-Atlanta area.
41 degrees now
Rain

An in less than 16 hours, major ice 12 to 17 degrees.
In other words, a typical St.Paul Jan. morning.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-24 05:17|| 2026-01-24 05:17|| Front Page Top

5 Comment online about the weather: ‘it is so cold in Minnesota that I saw a Somali with hands in his own pockets.'

Snark O'The Day

Posted by Airandee 2026-01-24 06:16|| 2026-01-24 06:16|| Front Page Top

6 ^#5 for snark of the day.^

Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-24 06:27|| 2026-01-24 06:27|| Front Page Top

7 You be careful out there, NN2N1.

As I recall, the roads and streets around Atlanta are crowned to remove water.

Driving on those with ice doesn't work too well.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-01-24 06:41|| 2026-01-24 06:41|| Front Page Top

8 5*F here in Cincinnati. We expect 5-8” of snow tonight. Mr. Wife’s plans for the weekend involve watching football and shoveling.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-24 07:33|| 2026-01-24 07:33|| Front Page Top

9
Raised as a military brat I am use snow & ice. It is these never been out the south Southerners that are in a panic and the problem. Plus it's happening on a Sat Club night. So all the drunks will add to it.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-24 08:07|| 2026-01-24 08:07|| Front Page Top

10 BTW Already heading down to Ft. Gordon and will miss 90% of it.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-24 08:09|| 2026-01-24 08:09|| Front Page Top

11 5 F in Okla. Temp's sposed to skyrocket to 12 F

Posted by badanov 2026-01-24 08:27|| 2026-01-24 08:27|| Front Page Top

12 watching football and shoveling

Shoveling snow could pose dangerous health risk for one group, experts warn

As the country braces for a major winter storm this weekend, heart health experts have shared warnings of the physical strain shoveling can take — particularly for older adults.

A 2025 Mayo Clinic review found that just 10 minutes of heavy snow shoveling can push the heart to about 97% of its maximum rate. Exposure to cold air was also found to increase blood pressure and reduce coronary blood flow.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-24 09:24|| 2026-01-24 09:24|| Front Page Top

13 "How cold is it outside?"
"Minus 40."
"Fahrenheit or Centigrade?"
"Yes."

Posted by SteveS 2026-01-24 10:00|| 2026-01-24 10:00|| Front Page Top

14 when I arose this AM in central NH it was chilly.

Now, what does that horizontal line in front of the temp mean again? The temp said 10 but I think it was cooler than that.

Posted by alanc 2026-01-24 11:55|| 2026-01-24 11:55|| Front Page Top

15 A balmy 1 F with the wind chill. Snow is supposed to start around 9 am tomorrow and they are predicting 12"-18" which is a bit more then normal for a CT winter, but hardly unheard of either. I suppose it's a bad sign when Thursday was 45 F and it felt like a pleasant spring day.

Feel bad for the retail employees at the food /Target/home improvement/Walmart stores today, they may even have to work hard!

Posted by Chantry 2026-01-24 12:11|| 2026-01-24 12:11|| Front Page Top

16 Hate to damage the vibe, but it's unusually pleasant in northern Nevada. Suuny, 28 degrees this morning, quite dry.

Posted by Secret Master 2026-01-24 12:13|| 2026-01-24 12:13|| Front Page Top

17 On the other hand, I went to work in downtown Chicago in late January, 1977. At 6:30 am, the radio reported -29 F with a wind chill of -75. My train from the NW suburbs was two minutes late.

It's frozen in my memory.

Posted by Bobby 2026-01-24 12:22|| 2026-01-24 12:22|| Front Page Top

18 Newsom might still be the governor of my state but at least I have 60 some degrees, heading for 70. We had a little rain yesterday but today it's quite nice outside.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-01-24 13:20|| 2026-01-24 13:20|| Front Page Top

19 Shoveling snow could pose dangerous health risk for one group, experts warn

So true, Skidmark. The very nice lady across the street when I was a child lost two husbands in a row to shoveling Buffalo snow. The third husband got a snow blower and paid kids to do the work.

We have modern, curved push shovels that look like snowplow blades instead of the old-fashioned flat, square things we all grew up with. And we approach it as meditation rather than aerobic exercise. I love shoveling snow as it’s falling at night.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-24 13:22|| 2026-01-24 13:22|| Front Page Top

20 ref # 16
it's 44F down in the Southern end of the Carson Valley SM.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-01-24 13:52|| 2026-01-24 13:52|| Front Page Top

21 And we approach it as meditation rather than aerobic exercise. I love shoveling snow as it’s falling at night.

I never had to shovel snow but the next time I have to mow the lawn I'll try to approach it with that kind of attitude.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-01-24 14:33|| 2026-01-24 14:33|| Front Page Top

22 I thought increased sunspot activity was supposed to mean global WARMING?

Posted by Glenmore 2026-01-24 19:15|| 2026-01-24 19:15|| Front Page Top

23 Abu Uluque, every time I mow the lawn, I remember my beloved father-in-law, who reached for perfection.

Glenmore, let us be grateful as we think how much colder it might have been on the cooling side of the climate cycle.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-24 21:10|| 2026-01-24 21:10|| Front Page Top

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