What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/what-happens-when-the-snow-doesnt-melt

#Russia’s Extreme Winter #Storms Are a #Climate Wake-Up Call the #Kremlin Is Ignoring

The chaos caused by recent extreme #snowstorms across Russia has laid bare the #hypocrisy of President Vladimir #Putin’s regime when it comes to protecting its own people. The invasion of #Ukraine was justified as a defense against imaginary threats posed by Ukraine and the West. In contrast, the real dangers posed by #climatechange to the Russian people are largely ignored.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/02/russias-extreme-winter-storms-are-a-climate-wake-up-call-the-kremlin-is-ignoring-a91841

Massive #snowstorm to bury areas from #OklahomaCity to #NewYorkCity, #Boston

In what is likely to be the biggest winter storms in years for such a broad area of the U.S., heavy snow is forecast from the eastern slopes of the Rockies to the coastal Northeast. Travel shutdowns are anticipated.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Jan 22, 2026

"Enough snow to shovel and plow is forecast to spread from New Mexico and Colorado on Friday to Massachusetts and Maine by Sunday, impacting over 200 million people. It could be the biggest snowstorm in years with a large area having the potential to receive 6 to 12 inches of snow, with accumulations reaching 24-30 inches in the hardest-hit areas.

" 'It is rare that storms combine this much snow, ice and bitter cold over such a large area — a widespread travel-halting winter storm will stall daily life for days in large portions of the central and eastern U.S.,' AccuWeather Senior Vice President Evan Myers said."

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/massive-snowstorm-to-bury-areas-from-oklahoma-city-to-new-york-city-boston/1855358

#ArcticBlast #USWeather #SnowStorms #IceStorms #WinterStorms #ExtremeCold #ExtremeWx #PolarVortex #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary

Here's a map summary page for those of you who are in the potential path of #Winter #Storm #Fern

Winter #IceStorms aren't new to us in the north, and our infrastructure here is geared to tolerate them, but they can be far worse than massive #SnowStorms to all of us, regardless of our geographical location.

Folks die from the 'fallout' of the storm, not just the storm itself.

#Weather #BePrepared

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/winter-storm-fern-maps-tracker-200000595.html

The ongoing travesty of lack of political leadership in Texas. The pattern of inaction is clear - Texas fails to take preventative actions to prepare for disasters. Recent low-lights:

1) 2008, Hurricane Ike hammered the Texas coastline > 100 deaths, ~ 25B in damages. No action on creating a surge barrier in Galveston Bay.

2) 2021, massive winter storm crashed the state’s eccentric power grid leaving ~5M people without heat and more than 200 dead. 4 years later, the state’s electric grid operator, Ercot, is warning another similar storm has an 80% likelihood of rolling blackouts.

3) 2025, Texas hill county floods, > 120 deaths and $Billions in damages. Texas Senate lawmakers killed a statewide initiative to improve emergency alerts with a network of outdoor sirens, a few months prior to the floods in 2025, via bill HB13.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us #Texas #Flooding #Hurricanes #SnowStorms #EPA #NOAA #TexasHillCountry #Leadership #Disasters #Ercot #Emergency

Looks like NH is forecasted to get a few rounds of snow in the next week or so. At least we have something to go with all the cold weather!

Seasons like this also make me grateful that I work from home.

#nhwx #snow #snowstorms