DoorDash Adds To Viral Jokes Amid Talks Of Winter Storm Prep

States from New Mexico to New England are below a warning going into Saturday. Temperatures are dropping exterior, however social media is heating up with jokes as roughly 140 million individuals put together for the winter storm. Even DoorDash joined in, warning the women that supply gained’t be doable for all merchandise, so select your snow buddy correctly! As the jokes maintain rolling, so are the updates on the primary winter storm of 2026, simply 23 days in.

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DoorDash Has The Internet In Stitches With A Delivery Warning 

As talked about, the National Weather Service forecast has promised widespread heavy snow and a band of catastrophic ice stretching from east Texas to North Carolina. That means providers might be interrupted, from electrical energy to DoorDash deliveries. The firm dropped in through social media to remind its prospects to remain secure and choose their snowed-in buddies correctly. And, as anticipated, the feedback began cuttin’ up with reactions to the not-so-subtle message about life…9 months from now.

“Ladies: If Saturday comes and also you get snowed in with THAT man, there may be nothing we will ship to assist. Please, be picky,” DoorDash wrote on X on Friday.

The firm saved the jokes rolling with replies, from “He will def attempt to eat the snacks, get him out of there!!” and “Because why would a person be there??” 

Social Media Users Don’t Take Anythingggg Seriously

And then right here y’all go, following in DoorDash’s circulation with the jokey jokes! Keep scrolling for a kiiii and real-deal updates from what consultants say might be a winter storm to recollect!

Me consuming my winter storm snacks earlier than the storm even arrives: pic.twitter.com/cV42or3f9r

— Drebae (@Drebae) January 24, 2026

& it higher STORM after i simply purchased all these groceries!!! pic.twitter.com/trmuwTv57k

— 𝕜𝕚𝕠𝕟 . (@MrFlyyyGuyyy) January 23, 2026

The winter storm hasn’t even hit but and I’ve already eaten all the bathroom paper I purchased.

— 𝑴𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒓 (@MoMohler) January 23, 2026

Typa efficiency DoorDashers are about to have throughout this winter storm pic.twitter.com/TohoujOFJv

— MattBeNice (@mattbegreatyt) January 23, 2026

With the snow storm coming I made certain to ONLY get the necessities 😋 pic.twitter.com/RfNGiz5GAN

— 🥔 (@salzmann__) January 22, 2026

How east coast individuals really feel watching the meteorologist make jokes concerning the incoming snow storm…. pic.twitter.com/x8apliotIU

— Bruce Straughan (@bruce_straughan) January 24, 2026

Checking the climate app for the seventeenth time to see if it’s really going to snow pic.twitter.com/wifsNTHPhR

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 23, 2026

Whole home gonna be lacking toes and arms by subsequent week pic.twitter.com/Mz5quKB3Mo

— Mesh🇧🇧 (@rahsh33m) January 24, 2026

Literally my temper till summer time comes again pic.twitter.com/qLVmdLGHai

— CallUnc (@Callunc) January 24, 2026

How Serious Is This Winter Storm Anyways? 

DoorDash and social media customers could also be cuttin’ up as we await snow to fall, however officers are taking warnings significantly. Some areas are already getting hit, and overlook about touring! More than 12,000 flights have been canceled Saturday and Sunday throughout the U.S., in line with the flight monitoring web site FlightAware.  Disruptions have been additionally piling up at airports from Dallas to Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Churches moved Sunday providers on-line. Mardi Gras parades in Louisiana have been canceled or rescheduled. School superintendents in Philadelphia and Houston introduced closed faculties for Monday. Some universities within the South canceled lessons for Monday.

Governors in additional than a dozen states sounded the alarm concerning the winter storm forward. Many have declared emergencies or urged individuals to remain residence. Forecasters say the harm, particularly in areas pounded by ice, might be like that of a hurricane. By noon Saturday, 1 / 4 of an inch of ice was reported in elements of southeastern Oklahoma, jap Texas and parts of Louisiana.

“What actually makes this storm distinctive is, simply following this storm, it’s simply going to get so chilly,” stated Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “The snow and the ice might be very, very sluggish to soften and gained’t be going away anytime quickly, and that’s going to hinder any restoration efforts.”

Around 120,000 energy outages have been reported within the path of the winter storm Saturday afternoon, together with about 53,000 in Texas and 45,000 in Louisiana, in line with poweroutage.us.

This Winter Storm Will Be Extremely Cold, Experts Say

After sweeping by the South, the winter storm will probably transfer into the Northeast. It will dump about 1 to 2 ft of snow from Washington by New York and Boston, the climate service predicted. Officials in Georgia suggested individuals within the state’s northern areas to get off the roads by sunset Saturday and be ready to remain put for no less than 48 hours.

Will Lanxton, the senior state meteorologist, stated Georgia might get “maybe the largest ice storm we’ve anticipated in additional than a decade” adopted by unusually chilly temperatures.

“Ice is a complete completely different ballgame than snow,” Lanxton stated. “Ice, you possibly can’t do something with. You can’t drive on it. It’s more likely to convey down energy strains and bushes.”

The Midwest noticed wind chills as little as -40°F. This means frostbite might set in inside 10 minutes. The -36°F studying in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, on Saturday morning was the coldest in virtually 30 years.

“I believe there are two elements of this storm that make it distinctive. One is only a broad expanse of spatial protection of this occasion … You’ve acquired 2,000 miles of nation that’s being impacted by the storm with snow, sleet, and freezing rain,” stated Josh Weiss, a meteorologist at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. “The different a part of this storm that’s actually spectacular is what’s going to occur proper afterward. We’re taking a look at excessive chilly, document chilly.”

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Associated Press writers Thomas Peipert, Jeff Amy, Dave Collins, Mike Schneider, Rio Yamat, Julie Walker, David A. Lieb, George Walker, and Laura Bargfeld contributed to this report through AP Newsroom.