A Major Winter Storm Is Brewing

Friday, January 23, 2026

A major winter storm -- the season's most extreme so far -- is set to lash the eastern half of the United States with damaging ice and heavy snow late this week.

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Extreme winter weather can mean frozen pipes or roof damage. These tips can help your home weather a dangerous winter storm.

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-- NPR (@npr.org) Jan 22, 2026 at 9:07 AM

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#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-20 11:44 PM | Reply

Ted Scuz Flees Texas Again Ahead Of Winter Storm

www.thedailybeast.com

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-21 01:23 PM | Reply

They're calling for up to an inch of ice from freezing rain here in Charlotte. Not looking forward to the next few days.

#3 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-23 08:42 AM | Reply

#3 My MIL is up the road from you, QCP, and has already been out to purchase the necessities for getting through the next several days:

Bottled water - check
Batteries - check
Snacks - check
Wine - double check

:-)

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-23 08:57 AM | Reply

#3 My bride has been keeping an eye out on the weather in NC.

In the mountains the high is supposed to be 20-23 degrees F.

While the low is in the low single digits, with windchills pushing the feels-like to the negative, double-digit territory.

Brrrrrrrrr

#5 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-23 09:05 AM | Reply

I can deal with the cold, but that much ice will likely knockout power all over the place. That part will suck.

I'm worried about keeping my aquarium heated and the pumps running if the power drops for a long time. I just added three beautiful new juvenile discus fish to the tank.

I need to bite the bullet and get a Generac this year.

#6 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-23 09:31 AM | Reply

#5 A FRIEND In the mountains the high is supposed to be 20-23 degrees F.

That's balmy, open jacket weather in MN. Currently -22, high today will be -11. Wind chill in Grand Marais today is -67.

#7 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-01-23 09:41 AM | Reply

LOL at the focus on the eastern US.

Meanwhile, tonight and tomorrow are going to be catastrophic for areas in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee where they're predicting ice accumulations of up to an inch.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-23 09:42 AM | Reply

#7 Was in Colonial Williamsburg many years ago for their Grand Illumination (early December). Walking out of the hotel, thoroughly bundled up, I saw a man getting out of his car wearing nothing but shorts and a T shirt.

When I looked at his license plate it read "Minnesota."

:-)

#9 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-23 10:04 AM | Reply

#9 LOL, Yep! They're a hardy bunch here. It doesn't matter the weather, people will be out exercising today.

#10 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-01-23 10:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

As for me, I am a So Cal transplant and I think these temperatures are VERY rude, more suitable to curling up on the sofa, under a blanket and reading a good book. Just started reading The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory. Once had a neighbor that taught at that school.

#11 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-01-23 10:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Southern states don't have the infrastructure to handle this kind of weather and most people in the South don't know how to drive in this type of weather.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-01-23 10:49 AM | Reply

Southern states don't have the infrastructure to handle this kind of weather and most people in the South don't know how to drive in this type of weather.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger

And when the MAGA electrical grid fails in Texas, we die here by the thousands.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-23 11:25 AM | Reply