winter

[jimLE]

Live updates: Power outages top 300,000 as snow, ice storm slams eastern US

https://m.accuweather.com/en/weathe...0-as-snow-ice-storm-slams-eastern-us/70006639

https://www.google.com/search?oe=ut...ts=1542374617854&source=browser-type&devloc=0

 

[Psalm7]

https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/16/a-mi...-and-its-going-to-get-very-very-cold-8146529/

Its gotten cold enough in the past few years to drive most of the fire ants out of this part of Tennessee. Maybe the mini ice age will send the armadillos packing too .
They have both been here in numbers since the last 2 elninno weather patterns .

 

[Psalm7]

Live updates: Power outages top 300,000 as snow, ice storm slams eastern US

https://m.accuweather.com/en/weathe...0-as-snow-ice-storm-slams-eastern-us/70006639

https://www.google.com/search?oe=ut...ts=1542374617854&source=browser-type&devloc=0

I saw that story this morning . And They say We Southerners panic when it snows .

 

[Gazrok]

Well, we lose power, it means no AC, lol.....that's worth panicking.

 

[jimLE]

Thats what gets me.folks not only panic and/or freak out.but so many don't take the needed steps,to prepare ahead,for times like that.but yet still go out into situations like.and have things go very wrong when they get stuck on the road somewhere.

 

[Gazrok]

I don't get why the hell folks even drive on icy and snow covered roads. I remember once, in Alaska, my mom ended up driving out onto a lake, because you couldn't even see the transition.

 

[bigpaul]

don't understand why folks don't prepare for these things but that's sheeple for you, don't do anything until something happens then panic.

 

[brandx]

My house doesn't hold heat. Neighbours' houses do; over the road does; but not mine. Fully insulated the loft a few years back: no difference. Carpets with thermal underlay: no difference. Thick curtains and other draught-proofing: no difference. New boiler and radiators: no difference. It's ley lines, I tell you! I'm used to it, now, and will probably overheat at my friends' houses.

Now that is bizarre. it makes no scientific sense. Do you use an oven? If you have an oven in the house that holds heat to bake with?

 

[brandx]

I don't get why the hell folks even drive on icy and snow covered roads. I remember once, in Alaska, my mom ended up driving out onto a lake, because you couldn't even see the transition.

Because I have to get to work and get groceries for one.

 

[brandx]

Weather here, same old, up, down, up, down, no biggie.

 

[Robinjopo1]

While driving to school I saw a strange, glowing orb in the sky. I couldn't believe how wonderful it was to see the sun. First time in days.

 

[DrHenley]

I know that feeling! I didn't think it was ever going to stop raining.

 

[jimLE]

Going to work is one thing.more so then ever.if you work in the medical feild,a officer,or a fire department..but as for going out for groceries when the roads are iced over.i won't do it.thats why i make sure that im always well stocked on food.before hand..

Because I have to get to work and get groceries for one.

 

[bigpaul]

Because I have to get to work and get groceries for one.

that's why we prepare.

 

[Robinjopo1]

Going to work is one thing.more so then ever.if you work in the medical feild,a officer,or a fire department..but as for going out for groceries when the roads are iced over.i won't do it.thats why i make sure that im always well stocked on food.before hand..

I'm with you Jim. I don't risk it. I have my son that relies on me for everything. I'll eat veggie soup for weeks if I have to.

 

[Robinjopo1]

It was so beautiful and warm today that I was able to scrub the chicken poop from the porch. During all of the rainy days they sought refuge under the roof. 20 chickens can poop a lot.

My Christmas tree is 9' tall and the lights are screwy so I was in the garage pulling and tugging and out pops a teenage possum. I was practically in its face. I screamed like a girl and he waddled away.

I don't decorate until the day after Thanksgiving, but I knew the lights would take a week to fix. No lights on the top tier. Too many lightening the middle and zero lightening the back. My husband bought net lighting to fix it. What a complete mess. Wires everywhere.

After Christmas, I'm hitting the sales. I may go down to a 7.5 ft tree because the 9 ft is so heavy it hurts my back. I hate saying that. Makes me feel old.

Some how this is about prepping Paul. I promise.

 

[Arcticdude]

I don't get why the hell folks even drive on icy and snow covered roads. I remember once, in Alaska, my mom ended up driving out onto a lake, because you couldn't even see the transition.

Our roads could be snow and ice covered for about 4-5 months a year. People still have to go to work, school and shopping. We don't have the luxury to stay home every time it snows. That reminds me, I need to start putting the studed tires on the vehicles and chains on the tractor soon. We're about a week or two behind on our first heavy snow.

 

[bigpaul]

a big red ball up in the sky this morning, but it was cold! just above freezing.

 

[brandx]

Going to work is one thing.more so then ever.if you work in the medical feild,a officer,or a fire department..but as for going out for groceries when the roads are iced over.i won't do it.thats why i make sure that im always well stocked on food.before hand..

If I need something I just get it before work. Otherwise it waits, but that is how I always do it to save time and fuel anyway. We seldom have "road emergencies" where the Sheriff says you will get a ticket if we catch you on the road and you don't have to be. Since 1983 I have had a job where I was required to go no matter what, even if I had to call the county to send a snow plow to come and get me. Except for the last year. So far I have never had an accident because of bad roads, Pop taught me how to drive in all conditions when I was a kid and how to test the road with your vehicle, etc. Smart man, Pop.

 

[bigpaul]

I don't see the point of going out and putting myself at risk, that's why we have a larder and food stocks, we could probably sit tight for at least a couple of months.
people are always putting themselves at risk, we see it all the time, they go out in bad weather, with no coat, shirt sleeves with the car heater on full, no food and a tiny bottle of water, no first aid kit and no shovel, no hot drinks, and they end up trapped in a snowdrift on one of the highest points in the region and have to be rescued by the emergency services, the only "emergency" shelter is either a motel or a local senior school.