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Brian Hughes
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| Posted: 26 January 2026 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | 1
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Yeah, Cruz tried to get away from it, but the backlash forced him to come back before it all hit.
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 26 January 2026 at 3:33pm | IP Logged | 2
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<< I somehow went through the entire run of the NYC school system without a single snow day. >>
Not even for the '78 Blizzard, Vinny?
(Used to be it would take, I dunno, Godzilla showing up to shut down anything in the city!)
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Robin Taylor
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| Posted: 26 January 2026 at 4:52pm | IP Logged | 3
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After Alberta was warning of blackouts at -50C a couple years ago(due to governmental incompetence and multiple large natural gas plants going off line simultaneously) I had a critical load panel installed and an ECO FLOW solix battery plugged in.
It's 6000w and will power the important parts of the house for 4 hours, maybe longer. It charges to full in an hour an its expandable up to 24k W ( and also can charge by solar).
A gas generator in the garage would be an announcement to come steal my generator and the garage would need significant refits to keep the generator warm enough to run. -50C is also when NG pressure starts to drop so having a completely separate power source was also important. It will run long enough to either to shut off all the water and evacuate or until the power comes back, so it works for me
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Matt Hawes
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| Posted: 27 January 2026 at 8:31pm | IP Logged | 4
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Well, that 2004 record snow for my area I mentioned the initial post still holds, but this one came close. We had over a foot of snow here, with subzero temperatures. Today was the first day I went outside since Friday. The place where I sell my books closed during the weekend.
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Andrew Bitner
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| Posted: 27 January 2026 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | 5
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Back in Wisconsin, the amount of ice-crusted snow we got here in VA (5-6") would have slowed us down for a day but we'd have been back in business today. Not casting aspersions on my current home, it's just not dealing with snow all that often.As it is, our office building is closed and we've had telework the past two days, maybe tomorrow as well.
And, to be honest, the driving is not that good out. Plenty of lanes are partially obstructed and plowing is spotty. So I can't blame anyone for staying home around here!
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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 28 January 2026 at 4:47am | IP Logged | 6
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"Not even for the '78 Blizzard, Vinny?"
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No! Because that was in January, and I started Kindergarten in September.
I do remember a big storm in '83, but I don't remember schools being closed for it - I think that it might have happened over the weekend, though.
I only lived a street block away from my public school, so I didn't have any excuses for not being able to make it there.
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Brian Floyd
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| Posted: 29 January 2026 at 3:41am | IP Logged | 7
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I work at a senior living facility. Several employees (I wasn't one of them) stayed overnight when the storm was expected to hit, due to reports saing we were going to get hit with several inches of snow. We got...not much at all.
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Wallace Sellars
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| Posted: 30 January 2026 at 1:37am | IP Logged | 8
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DC schools have been closed this week, and as fun as it’s been to spend these past few days with my much better half, I can’t help worrying about those kids who depend on school for breakfast and lunch each weekday.
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