Arctic Air Blast, Exploding Trees and Winter Storm Warnings
A major winter storm fueled by Arctic air is forecast to impact the Midwest, Plains, and East Coast, bringing heavy snow and damaging ice. Residents in upstate New York are already digging out from over 20 inches of lake effect snow that caused multiple vehicle crashes on Interstate 90. Local reports in the South warn of "exploding trees," a phenomenon where freezing sap expands and causes bark to burst, though some dismiss the extreme weather coverage as fear-mongering.
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00:00 I don't know, it could be a cholera seed. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak It's Thursday January 22nd 2026 This is your award winning Kimmel Nation Media assassination episode 1836 This is no agenda Preparing for snowpocalypse Well before we even do anything, I mean this may be the last broadcast you hear from me. This may be the last time we ever speak
00:43 Yeah? Snowpocalypse, the ice storm is coming. We are definitely all going to die! Not here It has been non-stop here Everybody's preparing I have a clip Oh you do I have a clip Wow, I have a clip but I didn't expect you'd have a clip Where's your clip What's your clip I'm just looking at the clip list now. It's got weather mentioned in there. Miserable weather! A major winter storm is taking shape, expected to bring the season's coldest air to date It comes as many communities are already getting lashed by severe winter weather. Here's the report I wish it would stop! I think we're pushing 20 inches, 21-22 inches Residents in upstate New York digging out after a lake effect snowstorm dumped more than 20 inches amid brutal winter weather We're gonna get it for 24 hours straight for sure That lake effect snow causing whiteout conditions Authorities responding to multiple crashes on Interstate 90 involving roughly
01:46 vehicles over a six mile stretch of highway. Officials said there were multiple jackknife tractor trailers as well as passenger vehicles that were struck authorities had to divert traffic and shut down all westbound lanes of the interstate the brutal winter weather is set to get worse for many with the most extreme winter storms so far this season forecast to slam the eastern half of the US with damaging ice and heavy snow The storm, fueled by a blast of Arctic air, is set to hit the Midwest and Plains Thursday into Friday. Then spread into the South and East this weekend. Communities in the storm's path are bracing for snow sleet and freezing rain. A dangerous wintry mix that could stretch more than 1,000 miles from Oklahoma and Northern Texas to North Carolina and Virginia by Saturday night. Salt shipping is very important we were starting to get low from all we've had
02:37 Yeah, okay. So they had the East Coast and Northern Texas but they were... They were predicting it! Hill country, power lines are gonna snap and this is my favorite. This actually started I think with Mimi's boy Max Velocity! Max Velocity! This is a local report Extremely cold temperatures tonight please watch out for exploding trees With what? Exploding trees! Exploding trees. Folks, if you hear loud cracks stay indoors Yes exploding trees expected
03:22 Really loading these trees up with dynamite? Well, the idea... and I love those Nat Pops. That's why I selected that clip. The idea is that when it gets so cold although I went through this in Austin was it now five years ago we didn't see any exploding trees but the sap gets the sap freezes and then expands and the bark explodes right off of it This is bullcrap That's not gonna... And you know what? They've been warning us for the whole week, I guarantee you. Maybe maybe maybe Sunday. I'm looking at the map and i don't see you guys getting much at all! They're just fear-mongering everywhere. But the East Coast will be and it's going to hurt the show well we're gonna have low numbers today too who cares about life and limb is hurting the show that's the most important thing yeah
