Stay safe in that minus degree weather. Frost bite sets in fast, as I'm sure you guys know
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-35 here this morning. My dog loves it.
With the windchill. It was only -8 without.
With the windchill. It was only -8 without.
raggie33
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be careful its like 20 below with windchill here and me being super idiot rode my motorized bike to the store i trully thught i had frostbite
rwolfenstein
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Hmm over the course of the day it went from 21 degrees F to 29 degrees F, we are in a heat wave!
aginthelaw
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You’re in the same boat. It’s 5 degrees now and we lost power for a while. Can’t believe we experienced a 50 degree change in temperature in a matter of hours
Weather south of the Mason/Dixon provides lots of variety.
6:30 AM, it's 4 F with a wind chill that feels like -13 F.
Ouch, that's cold.
My bedroom is the coldest room in the house. We have in the floor radiant heating, and it takes a long time to heat up. The heat kicked on at 5AM, and in the hour and a half, I watched the thermometer in my room drop from 65 to 62 F.
I guess I am contributing to global warming, because I am not keeping the heat inside my house, but rather, am releasing it outside.
Ouch, that's cold.
My bedroom is the coldest room in the house. We have in the floor radiant heating, and it takes a long time to heat up. The heat kicked on at 5AM, and in the hour and a half, I watched the thermometer in my room drop from 65 to 62 F.
I guess I am contributing to global warming, because I am not keeping the heat inside my house, but rather, am releasing it outside.
I was glad to see street lights on at 5am after a very windy day yesterday. Winds were still howling on occasion at 9 o'clock last night.
One year our whole house heater konked out so we did some portable electric type, which kept select rooms 60 degrees using 600 watts. Then Mother Nature played a cruel joke, that resulted in electricity being konked out. Next morning the house was in the lower 40's, which was still 30 degrees warmer than outside.
At that time Mrs Fixer had a chameleon that started turning white in the 60 degree thing. She had a carrier cage so we placed him in that and set him next to a pan of simmering water on the gas stove. I built a little hut around the carrier cage to trap the radiant heat and check on him each hour. The little hut was in the 70's.
I made a trip to Home Depot for a generator big enough to heat one room (or cool it in summer). They had one Honda left in stock. Upon returning home I began shoveling the snow for a place to set the generator when the lights came back on. I'd fix one thing on the heater and something else would break. The last straw was when the exhaust manifold had developed a leak and a safety feature would cause it to stop working. $1500 for the part with a 3 week wait? Or new system for $2500 plus install? Next week? Pffft that was easy. So we celebrated Christmas by electric heaters that year.
This morning I awoke early and made a trip to a window to marvel at all the street lights still on thanking The Good Sheppard for heat, thinking what it must have been like to be a farmer 200 years ago on a frigid cold morning like today.
The one I won't forget was in 98 my all electric apartment lost power for 10 days. On Christmas Eve it was 20 degrees inside and 15 degrees outside. I opened the refrigerator to keep the food cold. But nearly everybody in a 50 mile radius was out. I had gone to WalMart the day before the forecast ice storm hit and bought jar candles and aa batteries. That was before bright LED's so C and D batteries were all gone. I still have the Coleman 4aa lantern as a reminder. What was left of the candles got used when Isabell hit our area.
One year our whole house heater konked out so we did some portable electric type, which kept select rooms 60 degrees using 600 watts. Then Mother Nature played a cruel joke, that resulted in electricity being konked out. Next morning the house was in the lower 40's, which was still 30 degrees warmer than outside.
At that time Mrs Fixer had a chameleon that started turning white in the 60 degree thing. She had a carrier cage so we placed him in that and set him next to a pan of simmering water on the gas stove. I built a little hut around the carrier cage to trap the radiant heat and check on him each hour. The little hut was in the 70's.
I made a trip to Home Depot for a generator big enough to heat one room (or cool it in summer). They had one Honda left in stock. Upon returning home I began shoveling the snow for a place to set the generator when the lights came back on. I'd fix one thing on the heater and something else would break. The last straw was when the exhaust manifold had developed a leak and a safety feature would cause it to stop working. $1500 for the part with a 3 week wait? Or new system for $2500 plus install? Next week? Pffft that was easy. So we celebrated Christmas by electric heaters that year.
This morning I awoke early and made a trip to a window to marvel at all the street lights still on thanking The Good Sheppard for heat, thinking what it must have been like to be a farmer 200 years ago on a frigid cold morning like today.
The one I won't forget was in 98 my all electric apartment lost power for 10 days. On Christmas Eve it was 20 degrees inside and 15 degrees outside. I opened the refrigerator to keep the food cold. But nearly everybody in a 50 mile radius was out. I had gone to WalMart the day before the forecast ice storm hit and bought jar candles and aa batteries. That was before bright LED's so C and D batteries were all gone. I still have the Coleman 4aa lantern as a reminder. What was left of the candles got used when Isabell hit our area.
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pnwoutdoors
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One thing I don't have, these days, is a pot-bellied stove running on pellets or wood. Age and general decrepitude have precluded my living out in the country with all of those niceties ... a decent wood-burning stove, plenty of cut firewood for the thing, an uninterruptible artesian stream feeding the house, etc. In the current place, if the electricity and gas go out, it'll require relying on clothing to keep warm. Ah, well. There are worse things. Like being a chameleon and falling off the branch. (A decent knitted wool onesie might have done him well, back then.)
My boss's family lives in the countryside. Her 80 year old dad is pretty independent and ready for a lot but when an ice storm knocked out power it took out a bunch of trees that fell across his 1 mile driveway. Being 80 years old, he was not enjoying being so isolated there for a few days.
Stress_Test
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Our local power company instituted rolling blackouts for our city this morning, with no prior announcement that I saw anyway. Last night the news was saying that other surrounding (smaller) towns were doing the rolling blackout thing, but no mention of my city.
This morning I was up early, and in the kitchen using the sink at about 5:30am when "poof", no lights. Crap. One of the few places where I don't have a light in arm's reach, of course!! But I just slooowly felt my way along the wall, being careful with my feet, until I got to the next room where I keep a Quark 123a. Clicked that on for moonlight. Went upstairs and got another Quark 123a and clicked that one on medium for about 30 lumens. I was using these because I've got old SureFire cells that "expired" in 2018 so I figure might as well use them up in lower output cases like this. Left both lights on so that if one poofed unexpectedly, I wouldn't be back in the dark again. Ate breakfast like that.
Power came on about 30 minutes later.... and then a couple hours after that, "poof!!" it went off again!! Son of a.......
Similar deal, off for about 30 minutes then back on. That was when I figured it was probably rolling blackouts, but I didn't want to turn on the PC and risk anything getting fried during the next poof.
Checked the news around lunchtime and sure enough, there was an article saying that the utility company was now ending the rolling blackouts for our area. Thanks for the timely heads-up guys!!! Sheesh. I had made an early grocery and gas run, and saw that even some traffic lights were out. They weren't even blinking, so I guess maybe the cold killed the backup batteries that are supposed to make them flash when the main power is lost. I wonder if the power company will catch hell over this. They kinda deserve it, they should've notified everyone the night before, especially if traffic lights are going to get taken off also.
By the way, when I got in the car at about 8:30am, the little thermometer I have stuck in the dash showed about 2 degF, the coldest I've ever experienced. But, the wind wasn't as strong, the sun was shining brightly, and I thought: heck, it's a beautiful day!!
This morning I was up early, and in the kitchen using the sink at about 5:30am when "poof", no lights. Crap. One of the few places where I don't have a light in arm's reach, of course!! But I just slooowly felt my way along the wall, being careful with my feet, until I got to the next room where I keep a Quark 123a. Clicked that on for moonlight. Went upstairs and got another Quark 123a and clicked that one on medium for about 30 lumens. I was using these because I've got old SureFire cells that "expired" in 2018 so I figure might as well use them up in lower output cases like this. Left both lights on so that if one poofed unexpectedly, I wouldn't be back in the dark again. Ate breakfast like that.
Power came on about 30 minutes later.... and then a couple hours after that, "poof!!" it went off again!! Son of a.......
Similar deal, off for about 30 minutes then back on. That was when I figured it was probably rolling blackouts, but I didn't want to turn on the PC and risk anything getting fried during the next poof.
Checked the news around lunchtime and sure enough, there was an article saying that the utility company was now ending the rolling blackouts for our area. Thanks for the timely heads-up guys!!! Sheesh. I had made an early grocery and gas run, and saw that even some traffic lights were out. They weren't even blinking, so I guess maybe the cold killed the backup batteries that are supposed to make them flash when the main power is lost. I wonder if the power company will catch hell over this. They kinda deserve it, they should've notified everyone the night before, especially if traffic lights are going to get taken off also.
By the way, when I got in the car at about 8:30am, the little thermometer I have stuck in the dash showed about 2 degF, the coldest I've ever experienced. But, the wind wasn't as strong, the sun was shining brightly, and I thought: heck, it's a beautiful day!!
PhotonWrangler
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I am SO glad I bought a bunch of thermal underwear last year. 🥶
So in my previous post, I mentioned it was 9°F. less than 24 hours ago. Well, shortly afterwards it fell to 8°F.
Now it's 15°F. here in NYC. Yup, practically double the temp. from less than 24 hours ago. That's insane! So.... whose going to help me rub this sun tan lotion on my back? I'll pay you back in eneloops. 🌞
Now it's 15°F. here in NYC. Yup, practically double the temp. from less than 24 hours ago. That's insane! So.... whose going to help me rub this sun tan lotion on my back? I'll pay you back in eneloops. 🌞
PhotonWrangler
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Lol. Time to get in the convertible and drive around with the top down!
Stress_Test
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Aaannnnd now it's snowing. It was supposed to get above freezing today but I don't think it made it....
Been leaving my tap water running at a pretty good trickle. Yesterday it looked like the apartments down the street had a water line break somewhere near the meter boxes in the ground; water was running out into the street gutter (luckily there was sun yesterday to keep it from becoming a solid ice patch there).
Been leaving my tap water running at a pretty good trickle. Yesterday it looked like the apartments down the street had a water line break somewhere near the meter boxes in the ground; water was running out into the street gutter (luckily there was sun yesterday to keep it from becoming a solid ice patch there).
Well, since those last two days I posted about above.... Client's site had 3 pipes burst! Huge mess! Including one on Christmas Day. The other two, on the same day. The experts did their thing. Got ready to leave, when the 2nd pipe burst. Thankfully they were still on site. Stayed for a few more hours and just added that repair to the client's bill.
pnwoutdoors
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In my area, it's gone from sub-zero last week to a quite-likely 60ºF today. Time to wash the car, clean off the deck, fix ...
Started raining a week ago and still coming down steadily, drenching. Eased up yesterday evening shortly but this morning back on..
The weather heads have new terminology "atmospheric river" I like the old "pineapple express" Maybe old term was prejudice against pineapples?
NorCal coastal areas got over 8" since last Friday. Forecast; more of the same, and even a bigger storm moving through Saturday, just in time for Happy New Year 🥳
Since CA has been in drought for too long.. No complaints.. tho it's a shame heads of state don't have the brains to build reservoirs, to catch this precious resource
The weather heads have new terminology "atmospheric river" I like the old "pineapple express" Maybe old term was prejudice against pineapples?
NorCal coastal areas got over 8" since last Friday. Forecast; more of the same, and even a bigger storm moving through Saturday, just in time for Happy New Year 🥳
Since CA has been in drought for too long.. No complaints.. tho it's a shame heads of state don't have the brains to build reservoirs, to catch this precious resource
