Millions of Americans brace for winter storm Fern
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:29.9 | The words that are being used include catastrophic and Arctic. |
| 0:36.2 | So the National Weather Service has warned of great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rains starting Friday. |
| 0:45.9 | And much of the nation's midsection right around its belly. |
| 0:49.7 | And then starting to... |
| 0:50.9 | The belly of the nation. |
| 0:52.7 | And then it's going to shift towards the East Coast through Sunday. |
| 0:58.0 | It's got a name. |
| 0:59.4 | When did we start naming winter storms? |
| 1:01.6 | It was about five, six years ago. |
| 1:03.1 | Oh, really? |
| 1:03.6 | That's a thing? |
| 1:04.1 | I remember it specifically because, you know, they obviously, there's a naming system for hurricanes that we're all familiar with. |
| 1:10.0 | And then they started naming other winter storms. I'm going to say just because it's fun. Oh, okay. Just try to have fun with the weather. Try to have fun with the weather. So that you can say, do you remember where you were when winter storm fern hit? That's what this one is called fern. Fern is interesting. And not fern with an F. |
| 1:28.5 | You're not saying Vern with a V. No, I'm not saying Vern. Like the, uh, I'm saying fern like a plant. You know what I mean, Vern? Yeah, no, not like that at all. So fern like the plant. That to me, that's like a warm weather name. Yeah, Fern does sound a little tropical. Actually, that's a better name for a hurricane. |
| 1:44.3 | Right. |
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