# Rain, snow, sleet or hail. Oh, hell no **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134 "2026-01-28T23:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/1 "2026-01-28T23:10:09Z")
So no rural mail delivery since the artic dumped here. Not really surprised. Our postal carrier has issues, any way. So mail is a hit or miss. But I look in the paper. Mail delivery is suspended in Arkansas. Sarah, at it again. I thought the mail was supposed to run, whatever. Is this common? I get the mail truck can’t run if the road is gone or during some catastrophic event. But announcing an “official suspension of mail delivery”…by the governor? Never seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/2 "2026-01-28T23:48:11Z")
I worry about Dialysis patients in these icy road conditions. Delivery here is spotty. I got a pizza delivered for lunch. I watched him walk up my driveway. He left the car on the street. I tipped generously. Walmart is two blocks down the same road. My order is scheduled to arrive Friday. 2 days from now. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/3 "2026-01-29T00:10:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But announcing an “official suspension of mail delivery”…by the governor? If trump hated Sarah your state would be excommunicated. The state government has exactly zero influence, much less control, over USPS or its subcontractors. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/4 "2026-01-29T00:12:10Z")
I have to give the USPS credit here (Memphis). I was supposed to get two packages last Friday, before the storm hit. I got neither. But USPS managed to get one of them to me yesterday. The snow is so frozen that the driver didn’t even leave footprints on it. I was impressed. I think they are only delivering packages, though. The other package is still at the FedEx hub. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/5 "2026-01-29T00:18:58Z")
Us dialysis patients can call for a deputy and they”d bring an ambulance. In my case, I wouldn’t die in a few hours. I’d get increasingly unwell. Over days. So there is some time. My Son got me to 2 treatments so far. 4 wheel drive, heavy truck. We did fine if not really slowly. No one has missed dialysis that’s on my same schedule. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/6 "2026-01-29T00:43:14Z")
That’s good news. I watched tonights weather for Arkansas. No significant melting until late this weekend. I’m getting a bit stir crazy. I called a relative in a Nursing Home. It’s very short-staffed because of road conditions. More sandwhiches for lunch and fewer resident showers. They’re trying hard. My aunt said the building administrator brought her lunch tray. All hands on deck. Ice and snow will be a bad memory by next week. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/7 "2026-01-29T00:51:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The state government has exactly zero influence, much less control, over USPS or its subcontractors. I wonder if it’s a matter of the state saying, “we’re in a state of emergency, nothing but emergency/essential traffic is allowed on the roads, and no, the mail isn’t essential traffic.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134/8 "2026-01-29T01:33:44Z")
Sarah did issue a state of Emergency on the 23rd..I assume to get the federal monies started. But today’s blurb in the paper was different. Papers gone up the fireplace flue, but my memory says: “official suspension of mail deliveries”