DoorDash Adds To Viral Jokes Amid Talks Of Winter Storm Prep

States from New Mexico to New England are under a warning through Saturday. Temperatures are dropping outside, but social media is full of jokes as about 140 million people brace for the winter storm. Even DoorDash has joined in to warn women that delivery won’t be possible all products, So choose your snowy friend wisely! As the jokes go, so too are the updates on the first winter storm of 2026, just 23 days away.

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DoorDash has the internet in stitches with delivery warning

As previously mentioned, the National Weather Service forecast promised widespread heavy snow and a band of catastrophic ice extending from eastern Texas to North Carolina. This means services will be interrupted, from electricity delivery to DoorDash deliveries. The company took to social media to remind its customers to stay safe and choose their snowed-in companions wisely. As expected, the comments began to flood in with reactions to the not-so-subtle message about life…nine months from now.

“Ladies: If Saturday comes and it snows with this guy, there is nothing we can do to help. Please, be selective,” DoorDash wrote on X on Friday.

The company kept the jokes flowing with responses, from “He’s definitely going to try the snacks, get him out of there!!” and “Because why would the man be there??”

Social media users don’t take anything seriously

And then, voila, follow the DoorDash flow with funny jokes! Keep scrolling for Kiiiii updates and real deals on what experts say will be an unforgettable winter storm!

I’m eating my winter storm snacks before the storm arrives: pic.twitter.com/cV42or3f9r

-Dripay (@Dripay) January 24, 2026

And it better be a storm after you bought all those groceries!!! pic.twitter.com/trmuwTv57k

– 𝕜𝕚𝕠𝕟 . (@MrFlyyyGuyyy) January 23, 2026

The winter storm hasn’t hit yet and it’s already eaten up all the toilet paper I bought.

— 𝑴𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒓 (@MoMohler) January 23, 2026

Typa DoorDashers’ performance is about to get better during this winter storm pic.twitter.com/TohoujOFJv

– MattBeGreat (@mattbegreatyt) January 23, 2026

With the blizzard coming, I made sure to have only the essentials 😋 pic.twitter.com/RfNGiz5GAN

– 🥔 (@salzmann__) January 22, 2026

How do East Coast residents feel watching a meteorologist make jokes about the coming snow storm…. pic.twitter.com/x8apliotIU

– Bruce Straughan (@bruce_straughan) January 24, 2026

Checking the weather app for the 17th time to see if it’s actually going to snow pic.twitter.com/wifsNTHPhR

– Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 23, 2026

The entire house will be missing toes and arms by next week pic.twitter.com/Mz5quKB3Mo

– Not 🇧🇧 (@rahsh33m) January 24, 2026

Literally my mood until summer returns pic.twitter.com/qLVmdLGHai

— CallUnc (@Callunc) January 24, 2026

How dangerous is this winter storm anyway?

DoorDash and social media users may be stuck waiting for the snow to fall, but officials are taking the warnings seriously. Some areas are already being hit, no need to travel! More than 12,000 flights were canceled on Saturday and Sunday across the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Disturbances also accumulated at airports from Dallas to Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Churches moved Sunday services online. Mardi Gras parades in Louisiana have been canceled or rescheduled. School superintendents in Philadelphia and Houston announced school closures Monday. Some universities in the south canceled classes for Monday.

The governors of more than a dozen states have sounded the alarm about the coming winter storm. Many declared states of emergency or urged people to stay home. Meteorologists say the damage, especially in ice-hit areas, could be hurricane-like. By midday Saturday, a quarter-inch of ice was reported in parts of southeastern Oklahoma, eastern Texas and parts of Louisiana.

“What makes this storm really unique is that after this storm, it’s going to get very cold,” said Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “The melting of snow and ice will be very slow and will not go away anytime soon, and this will hamper any recovery efforts.”

About 120,000 were reported without power in the path of the winter storm Saturday afternoon, including about 53,000 in Texas and 45,000 in Louisiana, according to poweroutage.us.

Experts say this winter storm will be very cold

After sweeping south, the winter storm will likely move to the northeast. The National Weather Service expected snow to reach about a foot or two from Washington through New York and Boston. Georgia officials advised people in the state’s northern regions to be off the roads by sunset on Saturday and to be prepared to remain in place for at least 48 hours.

Georgia could have that, said Will Lankston, the state’s chief meteorologist “It may be the largest ice storm we have expected in more than a decade.” Followed by unusually cold temperatures.

“Ice is a completely different game than ice,” Lankston said. “Ice, you can’t do anything with it. You can’t drive on it. It’s more likely to bring down power lines and trees.”

The Midwest saw winds as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that frostbite can occur within 10 minutes. A reading of -36 degrees Fahrenheit in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, on Saturday morning was the coldest in nearly 30 years.

“I think there are two parts to this storm that make it unique,” ​​said Josh Weiss, a meteorologist at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. “One is just the broad area of ​​spatial coverage of this event… You have 2,000 miles of the country affected by the storm with snow, sleet and freezing rain.” “The other part of this storm that’s really impressive is what happens right after. We’re looking at extreme cold, record cold.”

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Associated Press writers Thomas Peppert, Jeff Emme, Dave Collins, Mike Schneider, Ryo Yamate, Julie Walker and David A. Smith contributed to this report. Lieb, George Walker, and Laura Bargfield.