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Accidental Tech Podcast

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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment

Technology

4.32.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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0:00.0

I survived the bitter blast.

0:03.4

And now I believe we're on to the, I don't know,

0:06.6

Blue Mountain Freeze.

0:07.9

Are these coffee flavors?

0:09.1

Yeah, what are we talking about?

0:10.2

This is the names that the local weather station that plays in my coffee shop that I see many mornings,

0:16.6

gives to weather for the week.

0:19.7

So this past week, it was cold.

0:21.6

It got very cold.

0:22.6

It is January.

0:23.2

That happens.

0:24.1

That was apparently the bitter blast.

0:26.7

Like, were weather events as heavily branded in the past as they are now?

0:32.0

I don't know, but now that you've opened this can of worms, buckle up because I have

0:35.8

thoughts about weather right now.

0:38.0

So, if to recap, and I've been through this many times, Virginia or Richmond, anyway, I shouldn't

0:43.6

generalize to Virginia. Richmond, if we get like three inches of snow in a, you know, day or so,

0:50.2

the kids will be out of school for probably a day, right? So if they know that three inches is due on a Tuesday, they'll be out that Tuesday.

0:57.8

Six plus inches of snow, you're looking at multiple days off of school, generally speaking, like anywhere between two and five days off of school, right?

1:05.6

As I sit here now on Wednesday evening, it is, we are slated for three inches of snow on Saturday, which is, you know, manageable for us, but a little aggressive.

1:17.6

On Sunday, we're due for 24 inches.

1:20.1

In total, that is 30 inches of snow, which I don't even know that's, I think it's like three quarters of a meter or something like that.

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