New Ice Age!!
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Well, it probably isn't good that most? folks in central/eastern Texas don't have basements. The ground is so dry, that when it does rain, the ground dries back up and cracks - it would ruin a basement. So they are slab - and there isn't any air pocket to protect the floors from freezing at least around the edges of the houses.....
If it gets too cold, Tex, you can refer to my survival thread, build an igloo in your backyard, start a fire with a ferro rod, and drink up some pine needle tea......(also helps to put candles in depressions in the igloo walls. )
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Our electricity was off for about 4 hours overnight. Came back on but lasts for short periods, just enough to move the inside temp from 58F to 60. They are having trouble making things roll back on apparently. We get partly cloudy and around 29F today. So decent sunshine. Will that be enough to melt some of the tree ice? I ask because they as calling for about 4-5 hours freezing rain overnight in round 3 of this thing. Trees are already just holding the load now. And I think this has killed off most of the migratory birds who were coming through and likely a lot of native birds & animals who are not made for this extended low temp stuff (5F as I type).
Our electricity was off for about 4 hours overnight. Came back on but lasts for short periods, just enough to move the inside temp from 58F to 60. They are having trouble making things roll back on apparently. We get partly cloudy and around 29F today. So decent sunshine. Will that be enough to melt some of the tree ice? I ask because they as calling for about 4-5 hours freezing rain overnight in round 3 of this thing. Trees are already just holding the load now. And I think this has killed off most of the migratory birds who were coming through and likely a lot of native birds & animals who are not made for this extended low temp stuff (5F as I type).
Joe Biden and the green new deal will have you fixed up in no time, Joe will solve all of your problems never fear.
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Probably a good idea to leave the garage door up if you're going to sleep in the car with the motor running. Word to the wise tex.
WSS
Also:
Probably a good idea to leave the garage door up if you're going to sleep in the car with the motor running. Word to the wise tex.
WSS
So far we are getting just enough attempts at restoring electricity for my heating system to keep it around 58-62 inside the house. I have a bunch of firewood that I brought in for our fireplace as an ace in the hole if we start to get closer to 40F. Plus (and I know this will be hard to believe) I had enough foresight to keep about half a cord under a large plastic tarp held down on the edges for some two year old firewood that is well dried out enough to burn easy. My son and I used hot water poured over an outside faucet of his to free it up enough to put on a far faster dripping speed, so now it's fine. We may hit above freezing tomorrow which well help get the thaw started. In the upper 50s by Sat. Back to the normal upper 50s & 60s beyond that. I
I'm keeping water in the garage to know whether it starts to freeze. I have a water pipe to an outside faucet that shares and inner wall in there with a bedroom. I keep that pipe on a higher drip and it's been fine. Now an then I flush all four outdoor faucets for about 30 seconds just to be certain. So far they are fine with a drip per second rate.
That Subaru was a champ in the snow to go help my son out. Just saw other Subarus and trucks with 4WD and monster tires.
Thanks for all the advice. Much appreciated, even the igloo. But we would settle for taking a fully gassed up Subaru for a nice warm winter drive.?LOL!
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Also:
Probably a good idea to leave the garage door up if you're going to sleep in the car with the motor running. Word to the wise tex.
WSS
So far we are getting just enough attempts at restoring electricity for my heating system to keep it around 58-62 inside the house. I have a bunch of firewood that I brought in for our fireplace as an ace in the hole if we start to get closer to 40F. Plus (and I know this will be hard to believe) I had enough foresight to keep about half a cord under a large plastic tarp held down on the edges for some two year old firewood that is well dried out enough to burn easy. My son and I used hot water poured over an outside faucet of his to free it up enough to put on a far faster dripping speed, so now it's fine. We may hit above freezing tomorrow which well help get the thaw started. In the upper 50s by Sat. Back to the normal upper 50s & 60s beyond that. I
I'm keeping water in the garage to know whether it starts to freeze. I have a water pipe to an outside faucet that shares and inner wall in there with a bedroom. I keep that pipe on a higher drip and it's been fine. Now an then I flush all four outdoor faucets for about 30 seconds just to be certain. So far they are fine with a drip per second rate.
That Subaru was a champ in the snow to go help my son out. Just saw other Subarus and trucks with 4WD and monster tires.
Thanks for all the advice. Much appreciated, even the igloo. But we would settle for taking a fully gassed up Subaru for a nice warm winter drive.?LOL!
So far we are getting just enough attempts at restoring electricity for my heating system to keep it around 58-62 inside the house. I have a bunch of firewood that I brought in for our fireplace as an ace in the hole if we start to get closer to 40F. Plus (and I know this will be hard to believe) I had enough foresight to keep about half a cord under a large plastic tarp held down on the edges for some two year old firewood that is well dried out enough to burn easy. My son and I used hot water poured over an outside faucet of his to free it up enough to put on a far faster dripping speed, so now it's fine. We may hit above freezing tomorrow which well help get the thaw started. In the upper 50s by Sat. Back to the normal upper 50s & 60s beyond that. I
I'm keeping water in the garage to know whether it starts to freeze. I have a water pipe to an outside faucet that shares and inner wall in there with a bedroom. I keep that pipe on a higher drip and it's been fine. Now an then I flush all four outdoor faucets for about 30 seconds just to be certain. So far they are fine with a drip per second rate.
That Subaru was a champ in the snow to go help my son out. Just saw other Subarus and trucks with 4WD and monster tires.
I've been a Subaru devotee since 1998 the only new car I ever purchased. I got three hundred thousand plus miles out of her.
On the other hand we have this kind of shit on and off all winter hahaha.
WSS
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So far we are getting just enough attempts at restoring electricity for my heating system to keep it around 58-62 inside the house. I have a bunch of firewood that I brought in for our fireplace as an ace in the hole if we start to get closer to 40F. Plus (and I know this will be hard to believe) I had enough foresight to keep about half a cord under a large plastic tarp held down on the edges for some two year old firewood that is well dried out enough to burn easy. My son and I used hot water poured over an outside faucet of his to free it up enough to put on a far faster dripping speed, so now it's fine. We may hit above freezing tomorrow which well help get the thaw started. In the upper 50s by Sat. Back to the normal upper 50s & 60s beyond that. I
I'm keeping water in the garage to know whether it starts to freeze. I have a water pipe to an outside faucet that shares and inner wall in there with a bedroom. I keep that pipe on a higher drip and it's been fine. Now an then I flush all four outdoor faucets for about 30 seconds just to be certain. So far they are fine with a drip per second rate.
That Subaru was a champ in the snow to go help my son out. Just saw other Subarus and trucks with 4WD and monster tires.
I've been a Subaru devotee since 1998 the only new car I ever purchased. I got three hundred thousand plus miles out of her.
On the other hand we have this kind of shit on and off all winter hahaha.
WSS
I've been a Subaru devotee since 1998 the only new car I ever purchased. I got three hundred thousand plus miles out of her.
On the other hand we have this kind of shit on and off all winter hahaha.
WSS
I have the 2021 Crosstrek limited with the bigger 2.5 engine. Even with stock all season tires it is great in the snow.
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Geez, and I just had to mow the stinkin lawn.
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www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons
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So far we are getting just enough attempts at restoring electricity for my heating system to keep it around 58-62 inside the house. I have a bunch of firewood that I brought in for our fireplace as an ace in the hole if we start to get closer to 40F. Plus (and I know this will be hard to believe) I had enough foresight to keep about half a cord under a large plastic tarp held down on the edges for some two year old firewood that is well dried out enough to burn easy. My son and I used hot water poured over an outside faucet of his to free it up enough to put on a far faster dripping speed, so now it's fine. We may hit above freezing tomorrow which well help get the thaw started. In the upper 50s by Sat. Back to the normal upper 50s & 60s beyond that. I
I'm keeping water in the garage to know whether it starts to freeze. I have a water pipe to an outside faucet that shares and inner wall in there with a bedroom. I keep that pipe on a higher drip and it's been fine. Now an then I flush all four outdoor faucets for about 30 seconds just to be certain. So far they are fine with a drip per second rate.
That Subaru was a champ in the snow to go help my son out. Just saw other Subarus and trucks with 4WD and monster tires.
I've been a Subaru devotee since 1998 the only new car I ever purchased. I got three hundred thousand plus miles out of her.
On the other hand we have this kind of shit on and off all winter hahaha.
WSS
I've been a Subaru devotee since 1998 the only new car I ever purchased. I got three hundred thousand plus miles out of her.
On the other hand we have this kind of shit on and off all winter hahaha.
WSS
I was a Toyota fan for 30 years and bought a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek.
The old lady was always driving it and loved it.
She went out and bought a 2021 Ascent just before Christmas, and that’s her baby.
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Hey I Just shoveled the walk.
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WSS
And I raked up about 20 30+ gal bags of leaves and filled about 20 more loads in my wheelbarrow and took them to the Outback. At least all that ice then snow and then freezing rain will water the yard really well when it all melts. Too bad I had not put fertilizer down yet.
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I've been a Subaru devotee since 1998 the only new car I ever purchased. I got three hundred thousand plus miles out of her.
On the other hand we have this kind of shit on and off all winter hahaha.
WSS
I was a Toyota fan for 30 years and bought a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek.
The old lady was always driving it and loved it.
She went out and bought a 2021 Ascent just before Christmas, and that’s her baby.
I was a Toyota fan for 30 years and bought a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek.
The old lady was always driving it and loved it.
She went out and bought a 2021 Ascent just before Christmas, and that’s her baby.
After driving mine in all kinds of deep snow when she borrowed it for a Colorado family ski trip, my daughter and son in law came back and bought an Ascent as well. They have a trip planned to Monarch ski area in Colo. over spring break. She loves that thing. Says using mine in those conditions sold her immediately.
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I was a Toyota fan for 30 years and bought a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek.
The old lady was always driving it and loved it.
She went out and bought a 2021 Ascent just before Christmas, and that’s her baby.
After driving mine in all kinds of deep snow when she borrowed it for a Colorado family ski trip, my daughter and son in law came back and bought an Ascent as well. They have a trip planned to Monarch ski area in Colo. over spring break. She loves that thing. Says using mine in those conditions sold her immediately.
After driving mine in all kinds of deep snow when she borrowed it for a Colorado family ski trip, my daughter and son in law came back and bought an Ascent as well. They have a trip planned to Monarch ski area in Colo. over spring break. She loves that thing. Says using mine in those conditions sold her immediately.
I’ve recently retired, and the wife bought the Ascent for some long vacation road trips.
She’s currently got us heading to Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida at the end of this month.
We both feel a little more comfortable in a larger vehicle.
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Guess I shouldn't have sold this..
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After driving mine in all kinds of deep snow when she borrowed it for a Colorado family ski trip, my daughter and son in law came back and bought an Ascent as well. They have a trip planned to Monarch ski area in Colo. over spring break. She loves that thing. Says using mine in those conditions sold her immediately.
I’ve recently retired, and the wife bought the Ascent for some long vacation road trips.
She’s currently got us heading to Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida at the end of this month.
We both feel a little more comfortable in a larger vehicle.
I’ve recently retired, and the wife bought the Ascent for some long vacation road trips.
She’s currently got us heading to Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida at the end of this month.
We both feel a little more comfortable in a larger vehicle.
my brother-in-law lives out your way.... we are planning on Tennessee in April with friends, and out west to S. Dakota this fall. We love tent camping, so we don't need a bigger vehicle - and the worse gas mileage. Being retired rocks !
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Well at least down here this winter. About a month ago we had the most snow I've ever seen in Central Texas in my lifetime, about 4 inches. Then this week we had an "ice event" where we got very thick ice on all our trees, roads, etc. So much so that I went outside and hacked off several very big live oak limbs which were threatening to topple 2-3 trees onto the house. Each one individually with all that ice weighed about 300-400 lbs. They were the ones that were near horizontal that I felt might crack the main trunk with the 16-18 mph north winds we got on top of the ice storm. Then last night we made it all the way to 6F with about 6 inches of snow. So it just topped my previous all time snow event. And hopefully direct sunlight may help us some today and tomorrow though we expect only 21F today and 31F tomorrow. Needs to because they are predicting another freezing rain ice event Wed. early am for several hours. Anyway I've got got all my outside faucets on fast drip and every few hours I go out and run them strong for about 30 seconds each. Thinking of building an igloo in the outback. It's so cold, icy and snowy that Frosty moved back across the trumpy wall down to Monterey. ?️
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Well at least down here this winter. About a month ago we had the most snow I've ever seen in Central Texas in my lifetime, about 4 inches. Then this week we had an "ice event" where we got very thick ice on all our trees, roads, etc. So much so that I went outside and hacked off several very big live oak limbs which were threatening to topple 2-3 trees onto the house. Each one individually with all that ice weighed about 300-400 lbs. They were the ones that were near horizontal that I felt might crack the main trunk with the 16-18 mph north winds we got on top of the ice storm. Then last night we made it all the way to 6F with about 6 inches of snow. So it just topped my previous all time snow event. And hopefully direct sunlight may help us some today and tomorrow though we expect only 21F today and 31F tomorrow. Needs to because they are predicting another freezing rain ice event Wed. early am for several hours. Anyway I've got got all my outside faucets on fast drip and every few hours I go out and run them strong for about 30 seconds each. Thinking of building an igloo in the outback. It's so cold, icy and snowy that Frosty moved back across the trumpy wall down to Monterey. ?️
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Well at least you're knowledgeable about cold weather with your trips to Colorado. I was thinking about you and Tour with this Polar Incursion down your way. Below freezing all the way to the Gulf? Dallas had to be shut down. My pal's sister said they freak with an inch of snow, much less 6". Regarding Tour's Texas Hill Winery. A lot of those vinifera vines won't survive if the temperature drops to near zero.
I did notice several of those cold temperature records that were set go all the way back to the 1800s.
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Well at least down here this winter. About a month ago we had the most snow I've ever seen in Central Texas in my lifetime, about 4 inches. Then this week we had an "ice event" where we got very thick ice on all our trees, roads, etc. So much so that I went outside and hacked off several very big live oak limbs which were threatening to topple 2-3 trees onto the house. Each one individually with all that ice weighed about 300-400 lbs. They were the ones that were near horizontal that I felt might crack the main trunk with the 16-18 mph north winds we got on top of the ice storm. Then last night we made it all the way to 6F with about 6 inches of snow. So it just topped my previous all time snow event. And hopefully direct sunlight may help us some today and tomorrow though we expect only 21F today and 31F tomorrow. Needs to because they are predicting another freezing rain ice event Wed. early am for several hours. Anyway I've got got all my outside faucets on fast drip and every few hours I go out and run them strong for about 30 seconds each. Thinking of building an igloo in the outback. It's so cold, icy and snowy that Frosty moved back across the trumpy wall down to Monterey. ?️
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Well at least you're knowledgeable about cold weather with your trips to Colorado. I was thinking about you and Tour with this Polar Incursion down your way. Below freezing all the way to the Gulf? Dallas had to be shut down. My pal's sister said they freak with an inch of snow, much less 6". Regarding Tour's Texas Hill Winery. A lot of those vinifera vines won't survive if the temperature drops to near zero.
I did notice several of those cold temperature records that were set go all the way back to the 1800s.
Well at least you're knowledgeable about cold weather with your trips to Colorado. I was thinking about you and Tour with this Polar Incursion down your way. Below freezing all the way to the Gulf? Dallas had to be shut down. My pal's sister said they freak with an inch of snow, much less 6". Regarding Tour's Texas Hill Winery. A lot of those vinifera vines won't survive if the temperature drops to near zero.
I did notice several of those cold temperature records that were set go all the way back to the 1800s.
We have about 3 more hours of freezing rain to go this morning with about 1/4 inch ice after 5 hours of it. Then a mix tonight, but temps at least get near 32 today and into the low 30s tomorrow. From Fri morning high teens, we finally start a warming trend with low 40mthat afternoon increasing highs daily back to our normal high 60s by Sun.Then the plumbers are in high demand for frozen pipes thawing out. Ours have made it through with me constantly adjusting drip rates to cope with almost a week of below freezing highs and lows near zero a couile or 2 nights. I've been trekking out in the wee hours to run each faucet and reset drips. Thank God I'm retired and can do that with long naps during the day. We have been more fortunate than many with longest blackout of about 5-6 hours. Some have gone for days.
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