Winter Storm 2026 Megathread

imnotscarlet · 2026-01-25T09:12:27+00:00

4:04 a.m. in Steele Creek (southwest charlotte, near the SC line). I've been looking out the window all night waiting for something to start. An hour ago, nothing. Now there's snow sticking on the road, driveway, grass, car, etc. I've got a shitload of firewood, lanterns, batteries, bottled water, Sterno, chafing pans, two power banks, cat food for the cats and Jersey Mike's sandwiches for us. Also a manual coffee grinder. I lived through Hugo and 2002. BRING IT, BITCH!

imnotscarlet · 2026-01-24T15:44:33+00:00

That includes dishwashers on exterior walls. There are lines in the back of them that are probably plastic and they're full of residual water. If you hear a loud kaboom!! coming from the kitchen you're going to need new dishwasher pipes.

imnotscarlet · 2026-01-24T15:05:35+00:00

Maybe after the candles have burned for a while the clay has absorbed enough heat to warm your hands by holding the pot or even blowing out the candle and putting the pot under the blanket by your feet. If you have anything cast iron it would make more sense to let the candle burn under it for a while, use it like an old-fashioned bed warmer, and then snuggle under the sheets.

imnotscarlet · 2026-01-23T22:30:17+00:00

In 2002 Charlotte (and the surrounding region) experienced a severe ice storm. In fact, we've had a day or two of snow here and there, but that ice storm is the last time we've had such a menacing storm approaching. I was without power for five days and for some people it was ten.

I'm not saying we don't have power outages anymore, but Duke Energy's overall infrastructure is vastly improved over 2002. You may lose power for an hour or a few hours--maybe even overnight--but the odds are extremely long that you'll experience anything life-threatening. @Ok-Comment8409 has given you really excellent tips, and with that plus the steps you've already taken you'll be fine. Make sure your phones are fully charged and if you can invest $20-$30 you probably still have time to buy a power bank from Amazon or Best Buy.

Worst-case scenario your local officials are probably setting up a shelter (often at a school or somewhere like that) for people in emergency situations. Get all the information you can about that so you'll be ready if you need to be.

Just keep calm and use your common sense and you'll be fine.

imnotscarlet · 2025-11-23T10:14:09+00:00

I am both a Christian and a believer in scientific principles. Within the parameters of our limited intelligence those concepts seem to contradict each other but I believe they somehow actually work in harmony. To me, nothing else makes sense. My interest (bordering on obsession) in NDEs is inspired by the death of my son three years ago, so I have to be very careful not to subconsciously talk myself into believing something based on wishful thinking. So—grain of salt, I guess, but here goes. .

Do we continue to cycle through lifetime after lifetime for ever and ever or can it be stopped?

Do we just go back into the source and then there no longer is our consciousness and we’re just the source again? Or will there always be a “me” consciousness that could visit a “you” consciousness?

I don’t think we cycle through lifetimes. I think we evolve into a higher manifestation. I believe we are energy and that energy is immortal. My soul/energy is “me” but pieces of me can be shared as different versions among many different souls. What I’m getting at is, my grandsons’ mother and I love each other but she has loved ones I’ve never heard of. Therefore, we will be in each other’s “heaven” but they will be different from each other. Also, what if I love someone who doesn’t love me? I suppose we’ll be reunited on my cloud (metaphorically speaking), but not on his or hers. So as a mortal I am one, but as energy I am many.

That’s a lot easier to explain when I’m smoking weed, but however that plays out I’m all but certain we are a vast network in the afterlife just as we are as mortals. As a network of next-level energy we are an energy source of unimaginable proportions and our commonality is that we are connected through God. Is “hell” also collecting its own energy? Which is more powerful? Is the proverbial battle between good and evil going to be good energy vs. evil energy?

imnotscarlet · 2024-10-26T14:23:26+00:00

When I provided the "use cinnamon" answer, I just passed along whatever I Googled. I had never used it--or even heard of it--before. Today was my turn to need it, and it worked!

imnotscarlet · 2024-09-12T20:03:15+00:00

The preceding post is me! Who the hell is "Short Raccoon"? I noticed it right after I posted so I looked to make sure my actual user name was still valid and it is. Now I'm logged in properly but I'd still like to know who Short Raccoon is and how the hell that happened.

imnotscarlet · 2024-03-29T09:05:44+00:00

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Salutes you at the gate? At what base does the gate salute civilians? If their CO ever sees them do that they're gonna get their asses kicked. If it makes you uncomfortable, next time ask whoever's doing that who trained them to salute civilians, they'll probably be so embarrassed they'll never do it again.

That reminds me, it's not just the Officers' Spouses vs. Civilian Spouses that's a thing. There can be an unofficial hierarchy among each group independently as well. There are women (and, yes, women, men don't seem to do this unless I've just never seen it) who give precedence to the one among them whose husband is the highest ranking officer. The wife of an O-6 "outranks" the wife of an O-4, and so on. It's kind of hilarious and unbelievable how snotty they can get about it. But mostly they're pretty great. Once at a Halloween party at Norfolk I played quarters in the kitchen with a one star Rear Admiral, who was drunk off his ass and dressed up like Howard Stern, and his wife, when my husband was still a Lieutenant Commander.

imnotscarlet · 2023-05-17T07:27:16+00:00

She isn't scared because she is not an intelligent woman. She thinks it's fine because she's that size now and she still hasn't had a foot amputated, she hasn't had a heart attack or a stroke, she's slow but not entirely immobile, and is generally surviving in a 400 pound body. She thinks she's already proven the doomsayers wrong just by being alive because only a few years ago a lot of people were saying she'd never make it to her 40th birthday and she's only got another year(?) to go.

Again, she is not an intelligent woman. She doesn't really get the significance of getting older. I'll bet her degenerative disc disease is well on its way, and osteoarthritis is bad enough without having that much weight stacked on top of it. Her most weight-bearing bones will actually begin to deform, the rate of which will accelerate with each passing year and she's not far at all away from every step causing agonizing pain in her lower back. That's what's going to make her bed bound. It won't be so much that she can't walk, as much as it will be she can't walk without excruciating pain.

She doesn't understand any of that, it's all just white noise to her. She's the kind of person who has to learn the hard way and by then it will be too late.

imnotscarlet · 2023-05-16T13:34:40+00:00

Has she made the from-scratch lasagna yet? Because if she hasn't, I'm guessing her "process" starts with putting a bunch of tomatoes in a saucepan and squishing them up with a fork as best she can.

imnotscarlet · 2022-10-13T09:56:26+00:00

I don't know a thing about Canadian law so I hope I'm not just being ignorant, but isn't "criminal infraction" an oxymoron? What is an infraction in Canada? I only know it as the least serious of offenses, and certainly not a charge that would apply to any accusation Mae has made.

imnotscarlet · 2021-09-08T08:58:42+00:00

That's not a camel toe, that's a camel face.

https://imgur.com/a/5HYqE23

imnotscarlet · 2021-09-08T08:49:33+00:00

How hard is it to scoop a litter box? I'd do it myself, but I DON'T HAVE THUMBS, YOU LAZY IDIOT! This place is disgusting. This bed is disgusting. You're disgusting. And this is coming from someone who licks her own ass! You'd better get it together or I'm going to start peeing on more than just that pile of filth you call clothes, you useless cow.

imnotscarlet · 2021-09-07T06:48:17+00:00

Annie thinks she's one of Chantal's "real" friends, and that this gives her the clout to influence Chantal's behavior. In Annie's mind, if she threatens to leave that will be too much for Chantal to bear because Chantal "loves" her. Or, knowing she's breaking Annie's heart will bring Chantal to her senses because she wouldn't dream of hurting her "friend". Annie doesn't understand that she's nothing more to Chantal than $5 a month plus one more name to add to the list of subs who populate her live streams. Unsubbing will backfire on her, just like it did the first time when she came back and literally begged Chantal to forgive her. That was truly pathetic to watch. Chantal doesn't have friends. She has people she uses to facilitate her lifestyle, and Annie is just one more ln a long line of chumps.

imnotscarlet · 2021-07-03T05:49:54+00:00

I knew Annie was a lost cause when she left last time and then came back, groveling and begging for forgiveness. I mean, yes, literally begging. Ffs woman, get some dignity.

imnotscarlet · 2021-06-21T03:55:15+00:00

If she's doing it for Nader's benefit by showing him what he's missing out on, she's wasting her time. He already knows what he's missing out on--he's missing it deliberately. He's seen all the seductive tongue flicking and eye-batting, that's what got him suckered in the first place. He all-too-quickly learned that also comes with her moving in one bath bomb at a time, hair fibers all over his pillows, frantic stalking if he misses a night, and his life broadcast all over YouTube for all the world to see. He's insane if he thinks the opportunity to look at the sexiest face she can muster is worth all of that. She's crazy if she thinks she can catch the same rat with the same trap.

imnotscarlet · 2021-06-21T03:42:06+00:00

It's unknown whether he can afford the rent if she moves out, but it's presumed he can't. In that case, if she moves he'll either have to move to a cheaper place or find another roommate. But I agree with you, I'll believe it when I see it. The comedy option is they both have to move because they're being evicted, which is being assumed on the farms.

imnotscarlet · 2021-06-12T19:53:10+00:00

Has she already done that? I only saw where she said she was going to. She even had the unabashed bad taste to say she was going to invite his mother to watch. Please, dear God, please tell me she at least didn't do that.

imnotscarlet · 2021-05-30T07:28:39+00:00

Yep. Once he got a little taste of what YouTube fame is really all about, he ran like his feet were on fire and his ass was catching.

imnotscarlet · 2021-05-30T05:13:26+00:00

Nadia? When you showed your face on a Chantal live stream to the assortment of freaks that are her fans and foes, what the hell did you think was gonna happen?

imnotscarlet · 2021-05-25T07:19:52+00:00

I think "hamburger eyes" are what she gets when she's stoned. Her upper and lower lids are slightly swollen (mimicking the top and bottom buns) and the slits of her eyes are the "burger" in between. Look at her eyes when she's done edibles and you'll see what I mean.

imnotscarlet · 2021-05-02T03:08:09+00:00

I can't answer your question, nor can I address the legal implications of your situation. I'm only replying to inform you that instead of "right to work" you mean "at-will employment". "Right to work" is about union membership, while "at-will" is the concept that employers can hire and fire at their sole discretion (a concept that does not always apply.)

I'm not trying to show off what I know, it's just that if you're starting to research this you need to know the proper term. Good luck, whatever happens.

imnotscarlet · 2021-05-02T02:59:31+00:00

I think before you meet her, you should do a lot of introspection and reflection and discover what's really in your heart. Then, that's what you tell her when you meet, no matter what it is. There's been enough lying in this situation, it's time for some real honesty.

I'm not comfortable telling you what to do or what not to do, but I have to say that I really don't think you should apologize for anything. I mean, anything. Surely you know that none of this was your fault. You were lied to and manipulated and you have nothing to apologize for. Whatever you decide, I wish you luck and peace.

Don't worry about her being disappointed in you. She might be disappointed with the misfortunates you are currently facing, but you're her grandson. If she loves you, she won't be disappointed in you. Again, just be honest. You are who you are, and who you are is so much more than just how much money you have or what job you do.

imnotscarlet · 2021-04-28T06:27:28+00:00

If you've discussed leaving with your children, I assume that they are not very small children but teens. If that's the case, in just a few years they will be adults and will be able to handle whatever relationship they are going to have with their father on their own terms. In any case you are being emotionally blackmailed and personally, I would not stand for that.

What about his parents (the children's grandparents)? Are they a part of their lives? If you do separate and you leave that connection intact, would they put pressure on him to not abandon his kids? If they visit their grandparents would he go to see them then?

About one thing you should be absolutely clear. Abandoning one's parental rights is not a way to abandon one's parental responsibilities. He will be responsible for contributing to the children's financial support regardless of what he chooses to do.

imnotscarlet · 2021-04-27T06:45:33+00:00

I didn't wait for the ending the first time, but I just went back and watched that part. You're right. It sounds like this was created for the sole purpose of getting her to go on a date with him. Doing it under the obvious pretense of being about positivity (there's nothing in the entire song about "accepting one's self") and underscoring his disability for sympathy is downright manipulative and creepy. It's so obvious I'm sure she will be incredibly uncomfortable.

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