Sunday, February 1, 2026

Devastation!

 It is said a picture is worth a thousand words.  Well, here are a few million words about the devastation in Oxford if you want a better idea of how bad it is up there.  

@macloversss

My heart is so heavy for Oxford. This doesn’t even begin to show the damage here.. homes without power and water, limited service, and so many families just trying to stay warm. It’s hard to put into words how heavy this feels. So grateful for everyone out there working around the clock.. clearing trees, fixing lines, and helping our community get back on its feet. Holding our community close and praying for our little snowglobe town🤍

♬ Psalm 95 - Instrumental - Poor Bishop Hooper

@smokymtfaithfoodfun The ice is so heavy in Oxford and so thick that a shelter in place was ordered last night. Pray for everyone still without power right now. Everyone doing ok? #storm #ice #Mississippi #news ♬ original sound - SmokyMtFaithFoodFun

@accuweather

Drone video shows a Jeep sliding off an icy road and colliding with a truck that had previously gone off the roadway in Oxford, Mississippi. ⁣ Oxford was hit hard by an ice storm over the weekend that turned roads into skating rinks and brought down trees and power lines under the weight of the ice.

♬ original sound - AccuWeather

@dk7595802v5 Update: Massive Winterstorm hits Oxford, Mississippi right now! - January 28, 2026 #snowstorm #winterstorm #update #hits #Oxford ♬ original sound - Julia TK

@warriorwritings We got a long way to go. Pray for the line men. 🙏 #ice #icestorm #mississippi #nopower #noheat ♬ original sound - SirLance

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dumbasses don’t know how to drive. It only took me a day to figure out how to drive in snow and ice Idaho.

Bob Boteler said...

What about Water Valley, Batesville, New Albany, Holly Springs, Taylor etc?

Kingfish said...

What about them? I expect the readers are smart enough to know this kind of damage was not just in Oxford.

Anonymous said...

Back in 2022 or 2023 we had a bad one and afterward I bought a kerosene heater. I told everyone who would listen that this was THE THING to have if we had another storm. Well, I moved away and gave my kerosine heater to a relative. They told me it has been a life saver.

Anonymous said...

So you expect readers to be smart enough to have basic reasoning skills. You know better than that by now. They have been constantly complaining about the response by officials because they think this was just another little ice storm. They are either stupid or just miserable people that want to complain.

Anonymous said...

@2:00 PM
This is those officials job. They fly around the country to conferences. They get courted by equipment vendors. There were warnings before this hit. Other states were showing evidence that this was a big one. Mississippi’s leaders were just lazy, areogant, and stupid. Same as sith Covid. Interesting how it is the same bunch. Taters legacy will be one of repeated failures during every aingle challenge he faced. And a lack of ethics and honesty when it was exposed that he wanted MDOT to build him a private access road to dang Chik Fil A!

Anonymous said...

And if they use it indoors, they can die of carbon monoxide poisoning. Duh. Google is your freind.

Anonymous said...

How long did it take Tate Reeves to activate the Missisippi National Guard to help the citizens of Mississippi with the winter storm disaster of 2026?

When did other governors affected by this winter storm activate their National Guard?

Some governors activated their guard units before the storm hit. The storm was forecast to be bad days in advance.

The next time a hurricane comes ashore on the Gulf coast should Tate wait until the eye is North of I-10 to call up the guard?

Enough said.

Anonymous said...

@2:32
kerosene heaters have been used indoors for 100 years. They release minimal CO if properly maintained. It is advisable to leave a window opened at lease one inch.
I gave the same relatives the four detectors i purchased and told them to place the detectors near the floor. Since the gas settles on the floor. Its really simple. Google is your friend too.

Anonymous said...

Think of it as an opportunity to landscape your yard.

To the blow hard who thinks people in Idaho drive on ice - I call bullshit. I lived in Utah and Idaho for twenty years and, other than occasional black ice on bridges, you are driving on SNOW, not ice. And if you have even a scintilla of a brain, you use snow tires.


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