Winter Storm

[Chief]

Three inches of snow on the ground and the temperature is about 10 degrees with a breeze that brings it below zero.

And I'm in the desert Southwest close to the Mexican border.

Record temperatures for down here and snow, which is rare.

Rolling blackouts for us this morning and tonight, too.

 

[CATCH17]

I've been stuck in my house the last 2 days .


Roads are so bad that the place I work at is closed. Im bored and the zone is just as boring the past few days.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I ventured out to work today and I really regret doing so. Took me almost 5 hours total to get to work and back.

I told the brass that I wasn't coming in tomorrow if conditions are similar to what they were today.

 

[MetalHead]

Sunny and very cold here in the Twin Cities,but no snow.

 

[Viper]

No way I was going to work today. If I went in, they would of held me there until everything is back to normal. I wasn't going to work for 36 to 48hrs. 20 inches, with 50 mile a hour winds. My driveway was fun, I'll have to do it a couple more times. It's gonna be 19 below tomarrow, this reminds me of the60's and the 70's. Wish I had a snowmobile. Wonder if I can put ski's on my motorcycle.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Three inches of snow on the ground and the temperature is about 10 degrees with a breeze that brings it below zero.

And I'm in the desert Southwest close to the Mexican border.

Record temperatures for down here and snow, which is rare.

Rolling blackouts for us this morning and tonight, too.

Minus 11 right now here in Rio Rancho with the WC. Temp will continue to drop. It's nippie out.

 

[notherbob]

Out here on our ranch in west central Texas it has been below freezing for the third day and it won't come back above 32 until Friday and our pipes probably won't thaw out until Saturday so no water for us until then.

It is forecast to be in single digits overnight and we'll probably have to chop holes in the thick ice tomorrow so our cattle can drink. Riding that old open Ford tractor for an hour or two and putting out big round bales of hay with the temp in the teens and 10 to 20 mph winds gets old in a hurry and there's no excuses, it has to be done. Nobody ever said cowboying was easy. I don't know what the wind chill is as my anemometer is not currently working and so I can't calculate it.

Still, I wouldn't trade my life out here in the middle of nowhere for Jerry Jones mansion in Dallas. I no longer have any desire to be in town.

I spent all day Sunday cutting and splitting oak firewood and it's time to put another log in the fireplace. The fireplace is our main source of heat although we do have a little open gas heater in the dining room. We love our old fashioned lifestyle although it gets a little incobvenient every now and then.

Life is good.

 

[k19]

Minus 11 right now here in Rio Rancho with the WC. Temp will continue to drop. It's nippie out.

Its below freezing inside the Hangars here at Kirtland. Yay for broken water pipes. The drive home to Los Lunas should be fun with whatevers left on the road turning to ice.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Out here on our ranch in west central Texas it has been below freezing for the third day and it won't come back above 32 until Friday and our pipes probably won't thaw out until Saturday so no water for us until then.

It is forecast to be in single digits overnight and we'll probably have to chop holes in the thick ice tomorrow so our cattle can drink. Riding that old open Ford tractor for an hour or two and putting out big round bales of hay with the temp in the teens and 10 to 20 mph winds gets old in a hurry and there's no excuses, it has to be done. Nobody ever said cowboying was easy. I don't know what the wind chill is as my anemometer is not currently working and so I can't calculate it.

Still, I wouldn't trade my life out here in the middle of nowhere for Jerry Jones mansion in Dallas. I no longer have any desire to be in town.

I spent all day Sunday cutting and splitting oak firewood and it's time to put another log in the fireplace. The fireplace is our main source of heat although we do have a little open gas heater in the dining room. We love our old fashioned lifestyle although it gets a little incobvenient every now and then.

Life is good.

At least your Internet pipe didn't freeze up! :laugh2:

 

[Faerluna]

Out here on our ranch in west central Texas it has been below freezing for the third day and it won't come back above 32 until Friday and our pipes probably won't thaw out until Saturday so no water for us until then.

When I was really young, we lived with my grandparents. I remember when it was very cold like that, we would leave the bathtub faucet on and dribbling overnight so the pipes wouldn't freeze.

My friend that lives in upstate NY also resorted to this a few days ago after having her pipes freeze one night as well.

 

[notherbob]

When I was really young, we lived with my grandparents. I remember when it was very cold like that, we would leave the bathtub faucet on and dribbling overnight so the pipes wouldn't freeze.

My friend that lives in upstate NY also resorted to this a few days ago after having her pipes freeze one night as well.

We left faucets dripping, too but the pipes froze anyway. Another day or two of inconvenience and then back to normal. Life is good, anyway.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Its below freezing inside the Hangars here at Kirtland. Yay for broken water pipes. The drive home to Los Lunas should be fun with whatevers left on the road turning to ice.

I heard that. Sandia was having problems yesterday with some of their stuff as well. Water is frozen here at my work. Lots of families all around ABQ with no power or water. It's pretty cold.

 

[Concord]

Thank God this great storm turned out to be nothing like they said it was going to be here.

 

[big dog cowboy]

We left faucets dripping, too but the pipes froze anyway. Another day or two of inconvenience and then back to normal. Life is good, anyway.

Good luck!

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

It's been mid 40s and sunny up in Seattle this whole week. It's weird. Today, the sun has disappeared, but it's been beautiful all week.

 

[theebs]

its pretty cold here today. I hope the pittsburgh media and everyone at espn are having a miserable time!

My little mini split heating and AC unit is chugging along pretty well. I thouht these things couldnt function at certain temperatures but it is still blowing heat!

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Thank God this great storm turned out to be nothing like they said it was going to be here.

Same here.

With the way the wind was blowing yesterday morning and how it started snowing I thought we were in big trouble. But it passed and this morning all we had was a slight dusting of snow.

I am happy we did not get it. Although I was kind of hoping to stay home instead of going to work today.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Looks like Houston is about to get a little snow. I don't foresee anything like what's gone through the midwest.

But they have canceled school and all their after school activities.

 

[jnday]

Living in South Mississippi , I have got a kick out of some of these post.They were real funny until I looked outside at sleet and snow that is starting to fall.

 

[peplaw06]

I've basically been confined to the house for three days now, and I'm losing it.