Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: Deerhunter51]
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02/16/21 10:27 PM
02/16/21 10:27 PM
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Paulco
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11 degrees in TN this morning with 4” of weird white stuff on the ground - ready for spring to get here.. Deerhunter, it was 5 degrees here in middle TN this morning but finally got up to 17. We have had lots of freezing rain and snow on top of it. I guess more is coming too. My house is an old farm house that is drafty and very cold.
A wicked man saved by Christ
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: Cedar Hacker]
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02/16/21 10:28 PM
02/16/21 10:28 PM
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Mike in A-town
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I cannot remember seeing sparrows and what looks like a big wren eating on other dead birds but I have now. Both male and female red birds and spanish doves, then mourning doves were freezing to death and the others birds are eating them.
A neighbor called yesterday and said he had found several black buck antelope froze to death.
I left water faucets running slow in the house and it still froze somewhere plus the septic system is frozen. I have a small heater going in the well house, so still have water there.
Water troughs have frozen solid so I am having to get water out of the well house and get to horses.
I have slipped and fell every day for the last three days. We have a solid sheet of ice under snow and have to be really careful getting around. My feet went out from under me yesterday afternoon and I landed flat of my back. I was lucky that my head didn't hit. Sure does hurt today.
Pretty tough when you are pushing 80. I can remember one time in the 1950's, once in the 1970's and once in the 1980's it was really bad cold similar to now but I was a lot younger then and it wasn't as hard as now. Gotta be careful. Of course I'm talking to myself as much as anyone else... I made a firewood run the other day. Found a deadfall Hackberry and figured I would add it to the woodpile. It had fallen across a small branch of the creek which was fortunately frozen solid... I knew it wasn't stable so I was being careful, but not careful enough. It rolled and I caught an 8 inch branch across the head and wound up flat on my back on the ice... My head, left ear, and left shoulder look like they went a round with a jackhammer. But the worst part is that when I went down my foot kicked something and pretty sure I broke my left big toe. My wife was with me, I think I took a few years off of her life with that one. Stuff sure hurts more than it did 10 years ago. Good times. Mike
One man with a gun may control 100 others who have none.
Vladimir Lenin
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: snowy]
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02/16/21 10:40 PM
02/16/21 10:40 PM
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Mark June
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Mark June
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Snowing and 17 in Dallas so not as bad as last few nights. The cold doesn't bother these Michiganders of old, but our home in SA had the Mrs. up in the attic thawing (and guarding) water pipes that homes down here run in the top of the house for some odd reason. Plus our water heaters sit outside like we're in Phoenix.
Donna finally took a breath today as she was "after it" these last three COLD nights. I got me a good Mrs. and I couldn't even attempt to find a road to go 300 miles south because the parking lot at seminary has the gate frozen shut and since DTS is closed this week, the ancillary lot where I park my rig is not a concern.
8 in SA is way colder than the pipes appreciate and we have a fairly large casa with all sorts of "hot weather" finery that needs TLC this week. Rolling back outs made using heaters tricky Missy told me. The people are rugged. Stucco with exposed piping is not. Did I mention I really, really, really like fossil fuels.
Blessings, Mark
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: Yes sir]
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02/16/21 10:42 PM
02/16/21 10:42 PM
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Mark June
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Mark June
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I hate to here about you guys suffering down there like this but it is a little humorous to hear your guys describing what you think about the cold. It was minus 16 up here this morning, the morning before minus 10 with a negative 30 wind chill and never got above zero. Had to spend almost a hour and a half on the four wheeler bringing heavies up. About the second coldest I ever remember seeing it up here but we are use to single digits at least once most winters. I was shedding clothes at -5 yesterday because I was getting too hot, never would have that was possible. Stick your water pipes on everything you own out in the elements and it takes on a whole new meaning.
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: snowy]
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02/16/21 10:50 PM
02/16/21 10:50 PM
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Mark June
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That is not uncommon in the Deep South. Very efficient to have radiant heat all year warm your water. We have two outside plus our softener also. Donna built a tent city over them with a heater but the power is out quite often so the electric heater comes and goes. I got rid of my big space heaters when we moved from Nebraska.
Grandpa made it. So will we.
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: 30/06]
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02/17/21 01:58 AM
02/17/21 01:58 AM
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Mark June
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Can those of you with vulnerable plumbing depressurize your water system and drain out the system before it freezes? I do that occasionally in bitter cold as my crawl space, though insulated, can get below freezing in bitter cold, and I don't really trust heat tape. With a week or more predicted, trying to keep the water functioning to some degree. We can dip water out of our pond, which in South Texas, they call a swimming pool.
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: snowy]
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02/17/21 09:12 AM
02/17/21 09:12 AM
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I see now another mess is hitting the south and eastern states. I hope all are doing fine.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Hope all are fine in the South
[Re: snowy]
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02/17/21 10:12 AM
02/17/21 10:12 AM
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^ not sure why this shortage has to be. Unacceptable.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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