200 Million Americans vs. The "Big One" (Winter Edition)

A "catastrophic" winter storm is currently steamrolling across 30+ states, putting over half the U.S. population under weather alerts. With 15 states already declaring emergencies and 125 million people bracing for subzero temperatures, the grid is the main character again. In a weird 2026 twist, the National Weather Service is using its new AI-powered forecasting to predict hyper-local outages—but that doesn't help much when your pipes are frozen in Dallas.