Thread: What lousy weather!!!!!!

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Not the house Falcon go to the garage . Two more days then shut down i am getting off this chair during the mornings .

I started to go out there yesterday but the chair was really comfortable, there were a few good old movies on, and the kids were baking cookies so the house smelled pretty good. I did go online and order all my engine parts for the Chevette and drove about 15 miles to pick up a set of 883 small block heads. That was about all the energy I could muster.

Picture postcard this morning with ice on the trees, snow on the ground & bright blue skies. Down side is -2°f.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Picture postcard this morning with ice on the trees, snow on the ground & bright blue skies. Down side is -2°f.

hmmmm. one of them postcards with the caption, "How NOT to spend the winter"?--- almost the same here minus the ice and not near as warm.....-12 this morning... Let the dog out to do his thing, he had to pee on the run so he didn't freeze to the ground!!!!

Ain't winter fun.

There's just a dusting of snow in the second pic. This is all sleet & freezing rain. the real snow comes tomorrow.

Sorry guys, no snow in central Va yet, but I am hanging it up till it gets warmer. I worked on wiring the headllights and got the tailights hooked up while listening to Christmas music on the local station but the temp in the garage never got above 64F and was mostly in the 50F range so I ended up with my usual sinus infection. My lady MD-GP got me some amoxcillin for a ten day supply and this morning I slept late and woke up feeling like I had come out of a dark cave so I guess I was miserable for a week or so. Saturday I ran a red light (squeaked through) so I think my fever was messing me up. Thus I am a house boy till it warms up again, maybe by March 1 around here.

Don Shillady
Retired Scsientist/teen rodder

Why blame us? We're just the middleman. It is really a problem with those dang Canadians. It''s all their fault. I think there aught to be a law about them letting their weather out without a leash or at least a fenced border. We don't let our tornados run all over their country so why should we have to put up with their weather coming down here and taking a big ol snow dump in our country?

Originally Posted by 61bone

Why blame us? We're just the middleman. It is really a problem with those dang Canadians. It''s all their fault. I think there aught to be a law about them letting their weather out without a leash or at least a fenced border. We don't let our tornados run all over their country so why should we have to put up with their weather coming down here and taking a big ol snow dump in our country?

C'mon 61, were just one big happy family.....we love to share.

CA-CA-CA- COLD !

Here are some cool,..... (actually COLD) old pictures for your enjoyment

And the hits just keep on comin'!
Got a little wind to boot, the first pic is our front porch that's under a 14' overhang, the second is my poor truck.

Last ones,..... I promise.

A picture is worth a 1000 words

Power Outage

Just when you think it’s cold and things are tough, the power goes off. Thursday night we went to the grandkids Christmas play. The roads were covered with ice, and it was cold we had planned to have one of the grandkids come over for the weekend. Friday morning I was hearing what I thought was ice, and snow falling from the roof. I got up early and could not believe what I was seeing. Trees had fallen down from the weight of the snow, and ice. I wanted to move a couple of cars that were under some heavy branches; I didn’t want to take a chance on the roof’s caving in.

I saw a top part of a tree lying over the power lines. We called the power co. they said they had a big power outage but we still had power. My wife went to work that evening, and just as I was in the bathroom the power went out. I have vertigo so it’s bad when I cannot see, I had my cell phone and it gave enough light to get back to the kitchen. I got the flash lights out then the candles.

The generator was in the garage a good distance away, didn’t learn from the outage last summer when it was really hot to have it close by. We made it through the night the house didn’t get below 50 degrees. The survival mode kicked in and I pulled the generator though the snow, and ice to the basement. I couldn’t find my tools in the dark garage so I got a screwdriver, and a hammer. I put a hole in the basement garage door to run the power cord through. We had extension cords running through the house first to get a light in the basement, and then unhooked the furnace line to the power source. I made up a plug to run that furnace, and then hooked up the freezer. We ran another line up to the main floor hooked up the refrigerator, ran another line to the other furnace at the far end of the house. We had gone for groceries the night of the play so we had food. I was making scrambled eggs on an electric griddle just when they were getting close the power went off. I overloaded the multiunit outlet. Those were the best scrambled eggs I have ever had. The other light was still on in the basement so I reset the multiunit. The generator is a 6500 unit from sears but you just can’t imagine how much power it takes too run everything in a house. The next morning after checking every few hours on gas to operate the generator I was like a zombie. I made up a 220 plug so we could run our pump for water. I went back to town for more gas then around 2 pm I got something to eat. We were without power for two nights, and 2 and half days; it seemed like a lot longer though. We just kept thinking how are the other people making it with kids, and no power source.

When the guys came in our yard to cut the tree I was one happy camper, I tried to give them $20 to get something hot to drink (it was bitter cold) for there help but they insisted they could not take it. Sometimes we take for granted when we flip a switch and the lights go on. I don’t know how many times I would try to wash my hands only to remember no water with out electricity. I sure feel sorry for the other people who have been without power a lot longer then us.

Richard

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We've got 4-6" of fresh wet snow on the ground on top of the 1-2" of ice/sleet. I just got done blowing the snow off the driveway. I had to take 1/2 passes in high gear to shove the wet stuff in the blower. Slow or full passes it would just plug up. The ol' tractor was creaking & groaning & popped out of gear a few times. As I was finishing up it started to sleet again. It's supposed to sleet/rain through the night & then turn back to snow finishing Christmas eve.
Then a nice Christmas day with another storm for Friday.

Except for a few flickers, we've still got power though.

Originally Posted by ford2custom

Power Outage

Just when you think it’s cold and things are tough, the power goes off. Thursday night we went to the grandkids Christmas play. The roads were covered with ice, and it was cold we had planned to have one of the grandkids come over for the weekend. Friday morning I was hearing what I thought was ice, and snow falling from the roof. I got up early and could not believe what I was seeing. Trees had fallen down from the weight of the snow, and ice. I wanted to move a couple of cars that were under some heavy branches; I didn’t want to take a chance on the roof’s caving in.

Richard that sounds pretty bad. How did the new tree fort/car port do?
I'm greatfull that all we get is rain, rain and more rain. It still seems to kill the power every other year or so. We definately need a small generator to run things like the furnace, fridge and on demand water heater. The stoves gas so we are good there! I wanted to get one this year, but just couldn't seem to do the 500.00 price tag! I wanted one with a Honda engine, that will work when ever wherever! My neighbor bought two less expensive types on line, but both arrived damaged, niether would start. His son in law bought one from the autozone, it too never worked, some voltage regulator problem, when it comes to needing it, I just want a good quality generator!
Sorry to hear about your troubles but sounds like you guys came thru ok! About 7 or 8 years ago we lost power for 5 days, since then we have kerosine lamps, and coleman stoves etc.., just need the generator!