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/ShaggyTDawg]

You know this isn't Alaska right? We don't have resources to maintain snowed/iced roads to the same extent the north does. No one here has winter tires, chains, or studded tires. Our roads don't have as wide of a shoulder as a lot of the north does, so sliding off the road becomes a more severe situation more easily.

I wish people would quit making it like it's just the people's fault for why we have such an issue. It's the infrastructure and economics of it that plays a huge part.

[u/Upset_Sun3307 → u/ShaggyTDawg]

I grew up driving in Chicago so the stuff we see down here is nothing. That last ice storm we had last year,yea I went about my day normally just drove a bit slower.

[u/ShaggyTDawg → u/Upset_Sun3307]

Tell me... How are the mountains in Chicago?

[u/gumbysweiner → u/ShaggyTDawg]

A lot of people at work had to stay there because they lived on the mountain and couldn't get up.