USA Weather Alert and Warnings Thread
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Grew up in a house heated with a wood burning stove in Michigan.
Actually, any decent winter day, and Spring time, is ideal for cutting and splitting wood. Let it dry out during summer.
Fall is for stacking wood in the basement.
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The splitting maul I used some 45 years ago. Worth the money.
And do not forget to get a few splitting wedges....
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@Meengla
You may have a golden opportunity to load up on firewood for next winter, this week.
Look around, there may be fallen trees that need to be taken away.
Make friends with the local road crew cutting up the fallen trees. Ask them nicely to cut the wood into 18" lengths and you will come by to pick them up.
If you do not have a pickup or trailer - no problem - just hire a local to load up the wood and dump them in your backyard.
Spend the summer getting in the best shape of your life splitting wood.
You may have a golden opportunity to load up on firewood for next winter, this week.
Look around, there may be fallen trees that need to be taken away.
Make friends with the local road crew cutting up the fallen trees. Ask them nicely to cut the wood into 18" lengths and you will come by to pick them up.
If you do not have a pickup or trailer - no problem - just hire a local to load up the wood and dump them in your backyard.
Spend the summer getting in the best shape of your life splitting wood.
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We got a blast of that snowstorm up here as well.......The Toronto/GTA area got like 60cm of snow and roads were still crappy this morning (thankfully they cancelled schools, univs, etc so traffic was less, people did WFH(work from home) those that could. Even I went only after the road was ploughed.
Still expecting few days of snow storm cleanup as there is too much snow everywhere, the side streets are still a mess.
We're already fed up this winter with too much snow and extreme cold temperatures (very hard to work outside). Gotta layer up and stay inside as much. Risk of frostbite is real this whole week and a half.
hopefully it warms up a bit (even into single digits, in Centigrade)
Nights are chilly and so are days, high like -12 C, feels like -20 degrees Celcius
Still expecting few days of snow storm cleanup as there is too much snow everywhere, the side streets are still a mess.
We're already fed up this winter with too much snow and extreme cold temperatures (very hard to work outside). Gotta layer up and stay inside as much. Risk of frostbite is real this whole week and a half.
hopefully it warms up a bit (even into single digits, in Centigrade)
Nights are chilly and so are days, high like -12 C, feels like -20 degrees Celcius
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Many around here in Oklahoma are also ready for winter to be over. I have now gone five days without running water. Another five to go before the temperature gets above freezing.
By choice, I turned the water off and bled the lines. Take daily showers at the truck stop.
Others are starting to look rough, frozen pipes, didn't stock up on water.
One of my kittens (7 mos.) had a bout of cabin fever this morning. He was like an angry bobcat running loose throughout the house attacking everyone.
He's calm now.
Many around here in Oklahoma are also ready for winter to be over. I have now gone five days without running water. Another five to go before the temperature gets above freezing.
By choice, I turned the water off and bled the lines. Take daily showers at the truck stop.
Others are starting to look rough, frozen pipes, didn't stock up on water.
One of my kittens (7 mos.) had a bout of cabin fever this morning. He was like an angry bobcat running loose throughout the house attacking everyone.
He's calm now.
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damn, hope u recover from those bruises!
Winter is hard on all humans, i wish there to be warm weather for all of us soon!
Stay safe and stay indoors as much as possible
hopefully you guys get the power restored. I still remember our ice storm back in Dec 2013 which caused a power outage for 2 days......those were the worst time for us as well. Didn't take shower for 2 days back then, felt so irritated!
thankfully the city has made improvements in infrastructure where hydro doesnt get knocked out easily in our area/building as most of it has been underground(so i heard).
The US states need to prepare better for harsh winter weather storms. Perhaps they can learn from Canada as we deal with this every year
Winter is hard on all humans, i wish there to be warm weather for all of us soon!
Stay safe and stay indoors as much as possible
hopefully you guys get the power restored. I still remember our ice storm back in Dec 2013 which caused a power outage for 2 days......those were the worst time for us as well. Didn't take shower for 2 days back then, felt so irritated!
thankfully the city has made improvements in infrastructure where hydro doesnt get knocked out easily in our area/building as most of it has been underground(so i heard).
The US states need to prepare better for harsh winter weather storms. Perhaps they can learn from Canada as we deal with this every year
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Live updates: Death toll rises as storm moves offshore and bitter cold sets in
Snow from this weekend's storm is tapering off, but Arctic air is set to rush in and send temperatures plunging even further across much of the country over the next couple of days.
Death toll rises as bitter cold sets in, with more record lows to come
The winter storm is moving offshore, but much of the eastern part of the country faces ice, bitterly cold temperatures and wind chill.
www.nbcnews.com
- The weather has been blamed for the deaths of at least 21 people: three in Pennsylvania, three in Tennessee, three in Louisiana, two in Arkansas, two in Texas, two in Mississippi, one in Ohio, one in Kansas, one in South Carolina, one in Kentucky, one in New Jersey and one in Massachusetts, according to local officials.
Many people nowadays, especially in the South, are unprepared for bad winter storms and do not appreciate how brutal the artic air can be.
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The city of Pittsburgh declared a state of emergency today after 37 of its snowplows broke down overnight, Mayor Corey O'Connor said.
The nonworking equipment represents a large share of the city's 95-snowplow fleet, and the emergency status will allow it to hire contractors with their own vehicles to pitch in, O'Connor said at a news conference.
The city's maintenance garage is working around the clock to get at least some of those trucks back up and running, he said.
The nonworking equipment represents a large share of the city's 95-snowplow fleet, and the emergency status will allow it to hire contractors with their own vehicles to pitch in, O'Connor said at a news conference.
The city's maintenance garage is working around the clock to get at least some of those trucks back up and running, he said.
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yep its going to be cold for around 2 weeks which is definitely not good, I am ok with that much cold not unless its snowing and blocking roads etc
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As of late January 2026, a severe, multi-day winter storm and arctic air outbreak across the United States has caused at least 89 deaths, primarily in Tennessee, Oregon, and the Buffalo, NY area. Fatalities are linked to hypothermia, dangerous driving conditions, car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, and overexertion, with the death toll expected to rise.
