Reminder: Start prepping for cold weather

[u/ShaggyTDawg]

The 10-15 day models are consistently showing it's going to get substantially colder by middle/late next week (Jan 8-ish). It's shaping up to be a pretty substantial cold as well.

With this cold, obviously comes the chance for frozen precipitation. Anyone saying it will definitely happen is lying, there are no definites this far out. But conditions are likely to support it happening, so might as well plan and prep for it.

Since we're 1.5-2 weeks out from it, go ahead and start gradually doing all of your extreme cold weather prep. Buy whatever supplies you use. Refill gas cans for generators. Get battery packs charged up. Make sure laundry is all done (at least washed and dried) a few days before the cold.

Comment below for your typical routines to give others ideas.

Edit: if we do end up having a weather episode, us mods will organize a megathread or two. Probably one with information, and one with pictures/videos/misc ice/snow banter

[u/Rune_Rosen]

Are there any recommended roads to avoid in Huntsville during the cold? I’m having to head up on Jan. 10-11 up to AAMU for school, but we don’t get ice, let alone snow, down here in Dothan.

[u/ShaggyTDawg → u/Rune_Rosen]

I would figure out this week if you can have contingency plans to come up any earlier next week and decide on whether to use said contingency as we get a more definite forecast.

As for roads, I'd recommend sticking to interstates as much as possible as they'll have the most traffic, and thus the most residual heat to melt from cars, and they'll be the most maintained by state and local services.