Blizzard-Ice Storm January 23-26, 2026

[Fordup]

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[Fordup]

Well our power was out yesterday again. Didn't know it until we went to bed and the night light didn't come on. So great running on solar with the ac on 64 while everyone around us is sweating . I'm guessing tomorrow it will go out again with the predicted heat and humidity. The grid sucks up here and gonna get worse if they allow all the AI data centers NY is pushing. I read the heat generated by all these centers they are planning will cause accelerated global warming.

 

[AzScorpion]

Well our power was out yesterday again. Didn't know it until we went to bed and the night light didn't come on. So great running on solar with the ac on 64 while everyone around us is sweating . I'm guessing tomorrow it will go out again with the predicted heat and humidity. The grid sucks up here and gonna get worse if they allow all the AI data centers NY is pushing. I read the heat generated by all these centers they are planning will cause accelerated global warming.

They lost all their credibility when they started allowing all these data centers all throughout the country. Whose bright idea was it to let this happen especially out here in the desert where water is scarce!

Look at this map which shows all the data centers (4,438) across the country. You can see all the ones in your state by clicking the blue circle and then clicking it again in your area.

https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/

 

[AzScorpion]

Looks like a big storm coming through the Ohio valley into the Northeast. Not sure if it'll reach you up there Ed @Fordup but in case it does I got a new lawnmower ready to ship up there for you.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/60-million-people-bracing-flash-153919954.html


Flash flood warning issued as storms bear down on NYC and Long Island

More than 60 million people from Ohio to Massachusetts and Virginia are bracing for possible flash flooding on Monday following a deadly holiday weekend heat wave that left much of the East Coast sweltering in triple-digit temperatures.

New York City and Long Island appear to be in the center of the storm zone, with a level 3 out of 4 threat for flash flooding. Southern Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts are also expected to get heavy rain.

Up to 3 inches of rain per hour is possible in some parts of the Northeast, and some areas could receive up to 8 inches.

 

[Fordup]

Looks like a big storm coming through the Ohio valley into the Northeast. Not sure if it'll reach you up there Ed @Fordup but in case it does I got a new lawnmower ready to ship up there for you.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/60-million-people-bracing-flash-153919954.html


Flash flood warning issued as storms bear down on NYC and Long Island

It's south of us now and are just going to get a little rain from it. NYC could use a good flood to clean the blood off the streets from last weekend. Nice not having to water the garden so far this year. The little robot is out there mowing now. I should make some pontoons for it .

 

[AzScorpion]

3 counties in Missouri had some really bad flooding yesterday. It was similar to the one a few years ago (IIRC was in NC) that killed a lot of campers there bit luckily all of them here were rescued.

I wish there was a way to get some of that water over to the west. We're all in a serious drought here and they keep building these darn data centers which only gobble up more water!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-...e-emergency-194022081.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Over 350 people were rescued across three counties in Missouri on Friday amid catastrophic flooding and rapidly rising floodwaters. Authorities warn that many roads remain washed out or are covered by floodwater and are impassable on Saturday.

About 100 rescues were water rescues and the remaining were of staff and campers from Camp Taum Sauk in Reynolds County, according to the Pacific Fire Protection District.

All the staff and campers from Camp Taum Sauk were safely evacuated and are being reunited with family, according to officials.

Campers at the Taum Sauk campsite were alerted about 2:30 a.m. local time to the rising water levels after the area saw more than 12 inches of rain, Kate Moore, the public information officer for Missouri Region C Incident Support Team, told

The campers, about 168 teens and 60 adults, were airlifted out of the flooded area by National Guard helicopters, Moore said.

 

[AzScorpion]

Monsoon season is starting now and we've had a few small storms the last 2 nights. This one looks like it might just give us a good soaker tonight if it stays on course.

 

[IdahoRanger]

Meanwhile during our heat wave

 

[AzScorpion]

So far this is turning out to be a good Monsoon season with 3 days of rain and today being the heaviest. It rain hard for a good 90 minutes with some nice thunder and lighting. Up in Goodyear we only had 1 good Monsoon season and that was 2016, the first summer I lived there. After that we'd call it Nonsoon season. When you're in the desert where rain is rare it's nice to see it and it breaks up the heat.

Living back east I hated rain because we got way too much of it. I can only remember a couple times we were in drought conditions and then fall would come and make up for it with days and sometimes weeks of rain. I had bad SAD disease because it was always so gloomy especially in the winters. Hopefully some of this makes it up your way Chris @Chris M.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

We finally got some much needed rain over here today, and there is another chance for some more in the middle of the week.

 

[Ranger Mel]

So far this is turning out to be a good Monsoon season with 3 days of rain and today being the heaviest. It rain hard for a good 90 minutes with some nice thunder and lighting. Up in Goodyear we only had 1 good Monsoon season and that was 2016, the first summer I lived there. After that we'd call it Nonsoon season. When you're in the desert where rain is rare it's nice to see it and it breaks up the heat.

Living back east I hated rain because we got way too much of it. I can only remember a couple times we were in drought conditions and then fall would come and make up for it with days and sometimes weeks of rain. I had bad SAD disease because it was always so gloomy especially in the winters. Hopefully some of this makes it up your way Chris @Chris M.

Any flash flooding? We don't get any of that here.

 

[AzScorpion]

Any flash flooding? We don't get any of that here.

We do get a lot of that here. With the lack of rain the ground is hard like concrete so when it pours like that it just floods the streets. We have an area right outside our gate on the main road where it dips pretty good with a Flooding Area sign. But there's always someone who tries to cross a flooded road near a wash and gets stuck in the middle and has to be rescued. We got a couple more good storms through the night and a really good thunderstorm around 2am so I'm sure a few areas are flooded now.

What's funny is you'll watch the news and see reporters out there reporting just the rain. lol Like it's some phenomenon that only happens every 100 years. The best one I saw was when a car went by and soaked her because she was to close to the road.

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