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Post by kbareit on Dec 22, 2022 14:58:12 GMT -5
Heading out in a little bit. Going to cram two days of jobs into one. We're supposed to get hit with this storm early tomorrow mostly ice to start out. Not calling for a lot of snow but high wind and freezing temps. Just don't want to be out in it if I don't have to be. We have 40 mph winds and 4 degrees coming in tonight and we're in Texas! 🤯 That's crazy for Texas. Try to keep warm and have everything nailed down. I just got the generator out and fired up to make sure it's ready. Got all the extension cords ready. They say we could get wind gusts over 50 so I'm as prepared as I can be. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 22, 2022 16:35:54 GMT -5
We have 40 mph winds and 4 degrees coming in tonight and we're in Texas! 🤯 That's crazy for Texas. Try to keep warm and have everything nailed down. I just got the generator out and fired up to make sure it's ready. Got all the extension cords ready. They say we could get wind gusts over 50 so I'm as prepared as I can be. I fired up the back-up fireplace and tested it. The living room went from 65 to 83 in 45 minutes. All of the pipes are double wrapped and we are ready. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 22, 2022 17:27:28 GMT -5
Everybody stay as safe and warm as possible!
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Post by don on Dec 22, 2022 17:34:32 GMT -5
Drove in to work today. Got a lot done. I enjoy driving my little Tacoma when we get some snow. Maybe about a quarter of normal volume on the interstate this morning. We will have about half the office out tomorrow. Probably not doing much work, but a lot of eating and jaw-jacking.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 22, 2022 17:49:03 GMT -5
I saw probably 400 snowflakes today and I didn't even go to a mall! 😁
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2022 19:48:36 GMT -5
 Wife and I put tar paper around the old house which is 4 ft off the ground, stakes hammered in the ground then nailed to btm of house, trying to stop North wind , filling up water bottles, bathtub, for water to flush toilets. Canceled Christmas with kids, they have to cross bridges which will be frozen. We will celebrate later. Good preparation. I used to do similar, years ago when livingi n rural Virginia. I would bag, in quality Contractor Bags, the broad leaves which fell from the oak and broadleaf trees in the Fall of the year. Then stack the up against the North wall of the house to break the wind. Come Spring, easy removal and into the compost pile. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2022 19:51:47 GMT -5
Everybody stay as safe and warm as possible! I was talking to on e old boy here this afternoon at our gas station who talked about when it was -55 degrees Fahrenheit here (that is MINUS) BEFORE the wind chill factor. That is cold. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 22, 2022 20:05:16 GMT -5
Everybody stay as safe and warm as possible! I was talking to on e old boy here this afternoon at our gas station who talked about when it was -55 degrees Fahrenheit here (that is MINUS) BEFORE the wind chill factor. That is cold. That qualifies, yeah. Snowing here, now, as just mentioned elsethread. |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 22, 2022 20:26:15 GMT -5
Everybody stay as safe and warm as possible! I was talking to on e old boy here this afternoon at our gas station who talked about when it was -55 degrees Fahrenheit here (that is MINUS) BEFORE the wind chill factor. That is cold. Kinda crazy since geographically we are not that far apart, you are a days drive away and we are at 57 degrees at sundown. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 22, 2022 20:37:34 GMT -5
56% humidity and -9 with a bit of wind makes the WC -33°. My 45Y walk to the mailbox was all I wanted of that! Even Eli was anxious to get back inside. 6% humidity inside. Couple more frosty days and then temp will rise for a few days with mid 40s by middle of next week. We have had intense cold for quite a spell now and I hope it’s gonna break soon. WCs of -55 get tedious after a while. Looks like we may be in for a real winter this go-round.
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2022 20:43:06 GMT -5
I was talking to on e old boy here this afternoon at our gas station who talked about when it was -55 degrees Fahrenheit here (that is MINUS) BEFORE the wind chill factor. That is cold. Kinda crazy since geographically we are not that far apart, you are a days drive away and we are at 57 degrees at sundown. The San Luis Valley of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico is one of the coldest places in the USA. |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 22, 2022 21:35:35 GMT -5
I dip my toes into Colorado on Tuesday, Cortez....the forecast looks pretty good, but in February I am taking my res run off for vaca.
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Post by urbino on Dec 22, 2022 22:08:56 GMT -5
56% humidity and -9 with a bit of wind makes the WC -33°. My 45Y walk to the mailbox was all I wanted of that! Even Eli was anxious to get back inside. 6% humidity inside. Couple more frosty days and then temp will rise for a few days with mid 40s by middle of next week. We have had intense cold for quite a spell now and I hope it’s gonna break soon. WCs of -55 get tedious after a while. Looks like we may be in for a real winter this go-round. 6% humidity sounds like nosebleed territory. Set a pot of water on the [wood] stove! The 45-yard walk reminds me of the old joke about outhouses. You always put them 100 yards from the house, which in winter is about a hundred yards too far, but in summer it's a hundred yards too close, so it's kind of a compromise. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 22, 2022 22:31:34 GMT -5
56% humidity and -9 with a bit of wind makes the WC -33°. My 45Y walk to the mailbox was all I wanted of that! Even Eli was anxious to get back inside. 6% humidity inside. Couple more frosty days and then temp will rise for a few days with mid 40s by middle of next week. We have had intense cold for quite a spell now and I hope it’s gonna break soon. WCs of -55 get tedious after a while. Looks like we may be in for a real winter this go-round. 6% humidity sounds like nosebleed territory. Set a pot of water on the [wood] stove! The 45-yard walk reminds me of the old joke about outhouses. You always put them 100 yards from the house, which in winter is about a hundred yards too far, but in summer it's a hundred yards too close, so it's kind of a compromise. Makes for great dry baccy. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 23, 2022 1:00:58 GMT -5
I was talking to on e old boy here this afternoon at our gas station who talked about when it was -55 degrees Fahrenheit here (that is MINUS) BEFORE the wind chill factor. That is cold. Kinda crazy since geographically we are not that far apart, you are a days drive away and we are at 57 degrees at sundown. Before the front blew in, Clayton NM and Amarillo TX were both much colder than the surrounding towns that weren't on the Llano Estacado. 11 here now. |
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Post by Silver on Dec 23, 2022 1:25:00 GMT -5
Rain has turned into snow, and the wind has picked up a bit. The wind chill is gonna be pretty brutal here.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Dec 23, 2022 6:51:55 GMT -5
Our cold weather is moving in today. By 9am the wind chill is going to be below freezing and it's only going to get colder as the day goes on. Single digit, and teen, wind chills until Sunday or Monday. It's pretty unheard of this far south, especially for days at a time. With all the rain we've had this week, it's going to be pretty miserable. I'll take it though, it beats the July swamp air.
I can put extra clothes on to go to town. I can only take so many off before it becomes a problem, a felony, and a life long title.
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 23, 2022 7:10:32 GMT -5
That cold snap for some of you sounds nasty. Stay safe everyone.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 23, 2022 13:57:28 GMT -5
It's much warmer at toshtego S than it is in Houston! That doesn't happen often. |
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Post by Darin on Dec 23, 2022 15:45:42 GMT -5
65F and sunny here for the weekend ... can't complain at all!
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Post by kbareit on Dec 23, 2022 21:17:37 GMT -5
Got all the Christmas cookies baked and a couple Pumpernickel loafs. I think were on to a heat wave, it was -5 a couple hours ago and it's now a balmy -3.  |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 23, 2022 23:09:43 GMT -5
It's much warmer at toshtego S than it is in Houston! That doesn't happen often. As of 2100 hours, a balmy 20 degrees (F) here. |
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Post by Silver on Dec 24, 2022 0:07:20 GMT -5
Currently, 1 deg F with 45 mph gusts. No midnight lunting for me!
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Post by Gandalf on Dec 24, 2022 0:21:03 GMT -5
Guess I'm going to be running a taxi service for the next few days.
My son's diesel BMW won't start in this cold.
Told him not to buy a damned deisel, but would he listen? Hell no.
I'll be taking him to and from work on midnight shift for at least the next 2 days, maybe 3.
At least he works just a couple blocks from my house - but lives about 15 minutes away.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 24, 2022 0:35:36 GMT -5
It's much warmer at toshtego S than it is in Houston! That doesn't happen often. As of 2100 hours, a balmy 20 degrees (F) here. 18 here. 23 in Houston. |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 24, 2022 0:48:23 GMT -5
Guess I'm going to be running a taxi service for the next few days. My son's diesel BMW won't start in this cold. Told him not to buy a damned deisel, but would he listen? Hell no. I'll be taking him to and from work on midnight shift for at least the next 2 days, maybe 3. At least he works just a couple blocks from my house - but lives about 15 minutes away. BMW’s are supposedly made in Bavaria, don’t they come equipped with block heaters? |
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Post by Gandalf on Dec 24, 2022 0:51:09 GMT -5
Guess I'm going to be running a taxi service for the next few days. My son's diesel BMW won't start in this cold. Told him not to buy a damned deisel, but would he listen? Hell no. I'll be taking him to and from work on midnight shift for at least the next 2 days, maybe 3. At least he works just a couple blocks from my house - but lives about 15 minutes away. BMW’s are supposedly made in Bavaria, don’t they come equipped with block heaters? Maybe it does and my son just doesn't know it - since he's never used it. I'll Google it right now. |
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Post by Gandalf on Dec 24, 2022 1:05:18 GMT -5
BMW’s are supposedly made in Bavaria, don’t they come equipped with block heaters? Maybe it does and my son just doesn't know it - since he's never used it. I'll Google it right now. Nope. No block heater. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 24, 2022 1:10:32 GMT -5
BMW’s are supposedly made in Bavaria, don’t they come equipped with block heaters? Maybe it does and my son just doesn't know it - since he's never used it. I'll Google it right now. They do not always have them installed. They were an option. He could place an electric heating pad on the Head overnight. I know people who have place a can of sternon under the oil pan to warm an old Mercedes Benz diesel. Please do not use ether starting fluid. This engine was not built by Cummins or Caterpillar. Although, I used to ignite BMW Marine Diesels with Lighter Fluid. Then there is fuel gelling. He might want to add Diesel Rescue Red Label if he did not already add the white label anti-gell. |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Dec 24, 2022 7:55:57 GMT -5
"17, feels like 8" in town. So out here in the sticks I'm sure it's more like "12, feels like 2."
I just got recruited to do some last minute shopping. 1. I hate going to town. 2. I hate large crowds. But, it's Christmas, and it's for the kids. Suck it up buttercup.
Checklist:
1. Tobacco
2. Pipes
3. .45
4. Xanax 🤣
1 & 2 are for tranquility. 3 is for safety because people are crazy. 4 is to make it through the day if 1&2 don't work.
Merry Christmas all!
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Wife and I put tar paper around the old house which is 4 ft off the ground, stakes hammered in the ground then nailed to btm of house, trying to stop North wind , filling up water bottles, bathtub, for water to flush toilets. Canceled Christmas with kids, they have to cross bridges which will be frozen. We will celebrate later.
