Author Topic: Brrrrrrr!!! (Read 45173 times)

MoMo · « **Reply #200 on:** February 09, 2014, 06:03:59 AM »

Quote from: calj737 on February 09, 2014, 05:20:21 AM

Larry - you live outside suburbia and on a well? I do and every time power goes we are susceptible to the same issues. Installed solar hot water and small panel to run my well pump. Gotta have water. The solar hot water system is sufficient to create enough standing hot water for about 2 days of showers for 6 people.

That and a whole house generator and we've said goodbye to suffering at the hands of the public utilities. But I feel for you and your neighbors during this season.

I fortunately did not lose power but thousands of people around me are still without. It has to be tough to be without for a week. I work at Home Depot where sales of generators are through the roof. I think of installing a generator for my well and heat but have never lost power for any extended period of time so I keep putting it off, after 66 years of rarely needing one I think I'll continue without... How expensive were the solar hot water and panel to run the pump? ...Larry

MoMo · « **Reply #201 on:** February 09, 2014, 06:43:37 AM »

$6500 for peace of mind for a family of 6 is a bargain. I am widowed and live alone-son is temporarily(permanent?) with me so I can bear a short inconvenience, at least at the present time

Damfino · « **Reply #202 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:32:41 AM »

MoMo · « **Reply #203 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:37:24 AM »

I used to live in the country, Gap is out there but I am at the corner of a fairly major intersection(Rtes 41 and 10) which took awhile to get used to the noise but I've adjusted after a year. I am actually considering moving farther south-maybe my mood will change after winter but this year has been awful with the cold and frequency of snow, I've only ridden 3x this year

that is what I looked like after snowblowing the driveway Damfino....Larry

Stev-o · « **Reply #204 on:** February 09, 2014, 11:04:20 AM »

Quote from: Damfino on February 09, 2014, 10:32:41 AM

Great movie! First saw it in Wyoming on a bike trip....

Damfino · « **Reply #205 on:** February 09, 2014, 11:06:26 AM »

That's no movie! That's a pic my wife took of me out shoveling snow!!

MoMo · « **Reply #206 on:** February 09, 2014, 01:50:13 PM »

and now for something completely different...

another snow storm just started

...Larry

Damfino · « **Reply #207 on:** February 09, 2014, 01:57:52 PM »

It's Hell Larry!! It has finally frozen over!! Just look at the bright side...another few months and we'll all be here #$%*ing about the heat!

MoMo · « **Reply #208 on:** February 09, 2014, 02:03:43 PM »

Thing is Damfino I almost live in the southern plant zone-just a few miles from the Mason/Dixon Line, we normally have 3 or 4 snow storms a year-one heavy one and the rest minimal.

the only time I ever complained about the heat is down in sunny, unbearably humid Florida. It had to be 95/95 everyday from April to October. Oh well, it will end soon, unless you're right and hell has frozen over....Larry

rb550four · « **Reply #209 on:** February 10, 2014, 05:26:35 PM »

What a brutal winter this has been. I'm wondering why I even bother to put my frozen goods (groceries) in the freezer any more, it's colder outside than it is in the freezer...maybe unplug it and put the frozen goods in one of the trucks.
The snow I can handle, it's the cold...Haven't spent a full day in the shop in months, an hour at a time is all I could take.
Need spring to get here fast. At least the Dayton 500 is close.That is the mental heralding of spring for me.

Stev-o · « **Reply #210 on:** February 10, 2014, 05:31:49 PM »

The roller coaster ride here continues.

Yesterday - sunny and 75 degrees, beautiful.

Now - 33 with freezing rain predicted....Brrrrrrrrrr!!

70CB750 · « **Reply #211 on:** February 10, 2014, 05:35:15 PM »

-33F?

MoMo · « **Reply #212 on:** February 10, 2014, 05:48:35 PM »

Quote from: 70CB750 on February 10, 2014, 05:35:15 PM

-33F?

yep, Prokop, hell has frozen over...Larry

Stev-o · « **Reply #213 on:** February 10, 2014, 05:49:57 PM »

Quote from: 70CB750 on February 10, 2014, 05:35:15 PM

-33F?

Ha! May as well be.

70CB750 · « **Reply #214 on:** February 10, 2014, 06:20:54 PM »

Quote from: MoMo on February 10, 2014, 05:48:35 PM

Quote from: 70CB750 on February 10, 2014, 05:35:15 PM
-33F?

yep, Prokop, hell has frozen over...Larry

In that case we should expect some political changes

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #215 on:** February 10, 2014, 11:26:31 PM »

Quote from: MoMo on February 09, 2014, 05:07:25 AM

lots of people around here without electricity, so no heat nor water, Terry. Ice storms brought down power lines almost a week ago. Brrrrrrr....Larry

Same here Larry, we've got some massive uncontrolled bushfires with 20 mile frontages, lots of houses destroyed (no deaths reported so far, thank God) power outages due to power poles destroyed in the fires, and the whole state of Victoria is blanketed in smoke. I'll take the snow mate, send some over please.............

MoMo · « **Reply #216 on:** February 11, 2014, 01:12:06 AM »

Are bush fires common down under Terry? There have been some massive ones out west but a 20 mile frontage during my years on the earth is a tad on the large size.....Larry

KC_Northstar · « **Reply #217 on:** February 11, 2014, 07:18:31 AM »

31 below up here this morning. Living in Northern Minnesota, you expect super cold winters, but this has been crazy.
I went on the weather site and collected a little data. So far this winter we have had 63 days below zero. That's about
what we have in the coldest winters,for the whole winter, but we have most of February and March left. (The coldest temp I've experienced up here was in March about 8 years ago - 45 below) So we have plenty of winter left. Here are a few of the stats I collected for this winter:

Total days below zero so far 63
Total days of 25 below or more so far 31
Total days of 30 below or more so far 12
Coldest temp so far 44 below

Winter doesn't usually bother me, but I'll be glad to see this one end.

KC

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #218 on:** February 11, 2014, 10:35:58 AM »

We have seen similar numbers here in Chicago KC. The number of days with temps that hit 0 or less through last week was more than the total number for the past 4 or 5 years combined. I too will be very happy when this Winter is behind us.

dhall57 · « **Reply #219 on:** February 12, 2014, 03:04:22 AM »

Snow fall starting around noon time today. 4 to 6 inches expected in Greensboro, NC. Just hope the freezing rain holds off and it's all snow.

70CB750 · « **Reply #220 on:** February 12, 2014, 03:22:30 AM »

6PM up here and 3-8" they say. Depends how much you send us

Seems like a good time to get a new battery for the Kubota

nccb · « **Reply #221 on:** February 12, 2014, 07:28:51 AM »

Quote from: dhall57 on February 12, 2014, 03:04:22 AM

Snow fall starting around noon time today. 4 to 6 inches expected in Greensboro, NC. Just hope the freezing rain holds off and it's all snow.

Ours starts about 1. They are predicting about the same for us AND 3/4" of ice. I really hope the ice doesn't happen or trees will fall. . .

Vicman · « **Reply #222 on:** February 12, 2014, 10:58:28 AM »

To you NC guys, already got 1.5 since lunch and it's coming down with flakes the size of horse turds.

nccb · « **Reply #223 on:** February 12, 2014, 12:24:05 PM »

we got 3 and get the call my wife drove off the #$%*ing road

Vicman · « **Reply #224 on:** February 12, 2014, 12:32:05 PM »

I got a pic from my old employer in Clinton yesterday that showed a pretty good hit.
It's still coming down, kids are out wearing out the lawn

Why would your wife drive off the road in this kind of weather, doesn't she know how much of an inconvenience it is for you to come fetch her?

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Author Topic: Brrrrrrr!!! (Read 45173 times)