Cold Weather Storm. Anyone Experience This Yet?

[user 7704]

For most My life Iv heard Yankees say stuff like no one in the South can drive in snow or You's Guy's don't know what winter is down here . For the past week the news is full of stories from up North People complaining that its cold and snowing .

Was talking to my brother today who moved from Connecticut to Texas. There is no comparison. When we get snow down south it's usually an ice mix not a dry snow.

Also my we don' have the same equipment that is needed by Northerners. This is a totally unfair comparison. In my Southern opinion.

 

[Dani]

At least us southerners aren't having to shovel our drives and walkways when it snows or shovel it off the roofs.

 

[WGregMiller]

It made it up to 34 yesterday. 26 today.... if it weren’t windy it wouldn’t be so bad.... back to the low 40s Monday and maybe Tuesday, then back into the 30s for highs...

 

[TexasFreedom]

Gazrok, let me guess, your bedroom is on the south or west corner of the house?

A fair comparison of north/south would be when it hits 100F+ in New England. The news cryie about the elderly dying in the heat, not having an AC unit & suffering. 2 days of it & you'd think WW3 had started. But down by me, we call that "July", and "August" and more. Down here anybody without an AC unit is called an idiot. And of course anyone up north without a snow shovel is called the same... different needs in different places.

 

[jontte]

 

[user 7704]

Iii I would love a big beautiful snow

 

[jontte]

still waiting for that nice white fluffy stuff in my neck of woods,ain't much here by the coast

 

[Psalm7]

still waiting for that nice white fluffy stuff in my neck of woods,ain't much here by the coast

Helsinki ?

 

[jontte]

yup,nada,zero,nothing...all melted away last weekend in the rain.

 

[user 7704]

Helsinki ?

Middle Tennessee

 

[user 7704]

Oh that's where you are. I'm geographically in the center of the state. Off by a few miles.

 

[Psalm7]

Middle Tennessee

No Im from Middle Tennessee, jontte is from Finland . LOL

 

[user 7704]

No Im from Middle Tennessee, jontte is from Finland . LOL

I was talking to you. Should have specified. My bad

 

[Brent S]

All I know is I thought I had two years worth of wood stacked. At this point I’m hoping to make it to spring! Even though I really hate the cold, I really love keeping the house warm with the wood stove. I guess you have to learn to take the good with the bad in life.

 

[Gazrok]

On the southeast corner.

Of course, I think the duct may be blocked or something, I don't know yet.

My poor Cockatoo died last night. I thought it was the cold at first, but the house (especially where she was) never got any colder than 65 degrees. It actually looked like she fell and broke her little neck...

Just a weird coincidence of timing? I don't know. Not the first time she's fallen....so it fits. Just sad. I thought she'd outlive all of us...

 

[user 7704]

On the southeast corner.

Of course, I think the duct may be blocked or something, I don't know yet.

My poor Cockatoo died last night. I thought it was the cold at first, but the house (especially where she was) never got any colder than 65 degrees. It actually looked like she fell and broke her little neck...

Just a weird coincidence of timing? I don't know. Not the first time she's fallen....so it fits. Just sad. I thought she'd outlive all of us...

Sorry to hear about that. How old was it and what is their life expectancy? I know parents live as long as humans. It's always sad to lose a pet. We lost out Lab this summer. Christmas was different wi th out him.

 

[Psalm7]

When Me and My Wife were just getting togeather (1988) We got caught off gaurd by a cold spell and came home after dinner and a movie and it was cold in the house and Our Oscars were belly up in Our aquarium .

 

[user 7704]

When Me and My Wife were just getting togeather (1988) We got caught off gaurd by a cold spell and came home after dinner and a movie and it was cold in the house and Our Oscars were belly up in Our aquarium .

Ouch. I saw on the news about a dog freezing to death on someone's front porch.

In this weather, give your animals some protection, or you don' deserve animals. Even if they are food not pets, they deserve protection.

 

[Psalm7]

My Daughter gets mad at Her Great Pyrenees. She built them a super dog house and they would rather make their bed in the snow . She will bring them inside when its real cold and they want back out . Good dogs .

 

[user 7704]

I have a Lab/Pyrenees mix. Looks like a Lab. Tall, thin, thin hair, but he is the calmest dog ever. We laugh at his laziness. Someone dropped the entire litter at pound. Really good rescue dog. Zeus

 

[Psalm7]

My Daughters 2 Pyrenees are rescues . One from a farm . The Elderly Guy that owned Farm just got Him as a pup and passed away . When the pup was found He was scavaging the farm for anything He cold eat . The other was a family with moe animals than they needed took in a little Female and couldnt take care of it . It was in worse shape than the one left by itself . At 2 years old they may let them have pups . If so I will get a couple for chicken dogs . My old Red bone hound is near 16 years old and still keeps varmits out of the yard but she is showing Her age .

 

[Maverick]

This was back in 2010/11, when we got 10 feet of snow, it snowed from October 2010 to April 2011, it took our heavies to dig out a couple of our vehicles, this is a Bronco with a lift and 44 tires on it, as you can see the snow on the roof of the Bronco, it took roughly 14hrs to dig out, most of the time spent was getting the heavies to the vehicles, we also had no power for over 5 weeks, during those 5 weeks we were at -12

The snow got to the point we couldn't keep up with it, my son camped out in the stable a 1/4 mile from the house to keep the generator running that provided lights and heat and the propane heater going, he was able to keep the stable at 34-35 deg for 3 1/2 weeks. It was the worst winter we ever had here on the property

 

[Psalm7]

About that time again. Roughly every 10 years ?

 

[Gazrok]

Sorry to hear about that. How old was it and what is their life expectancy?

She was only 15. They can live to be 120 or more. However, when her previous owner was dying, she plucked a lot of her feathers out, which gave her some health issues. We got her recuperated pretty well, and she was a pretty happy bird. Usually riding around on my shoulder once I get home.

 

[Gazrok]

Good God Maverick, why even go out in that? Just stay home. We can all mostly work from home now. Yikes.

 

[Maverick]

Good God Maverick, why even go out in that? Just stay home. We can all mostly work from home now. Yikes.

Lot of animals to take care of, still need to get the firewood plus we need to inspect the out building, I try to keep the big propane tank from being buried in snow I don't want a gas pocket building under the snow in case of it developing a leak, plus stray cattle was a major concern. Working from home generally means working outside here lol

 

[user 7704]

Lot of animals to take care of, still need to get the firewood plus we need to inspect the out building, I try to keep the big propane tank from being buried in snow I don't want a gas pocket building under the snow in case of it developing a leak, plus stray cattle was a major concern. Working from home generally means working outside here lol

Every morning at 6:15 it's time to let the chickens out and water them. Then I've b33n water a little every 2 to 3 hours.

Other than that, we have been staying inside. My son has loved walking in the bitter cold.

 

[Maverick]

We have a lot of predators here so the chicken are released according to the sun, the coop enclosed inside a barn were they have an area to roam under cover but have a door from the coop to outside where they can free range (need to figure out how to kill my daughters malay rooster without her knowledge)

I love walking the fence line in the snow as long as it is walkable

 

[Gazrok]

Yep, I get up anywhere from 5:30am to 6am (depending on how groggy I am) and go out to drop feed and hay for the horses....then feed and water the bunnies and the chickens. About 6:45, time to turn the horses out into the pasture (10 of them, in 3 different pastures). My wife is feeding the inside animals while I do this (and women just take longer to get all work-ready anyhow).

Then, around 7:15am, I drive us both to work (about an hour and 15 min drive). I work until 5pm, she works until 6pm. We then drive home (about an hour and a half).

So, once home at 7:30pm, I go out and (muck our stalls if needed), bring in the horses, and then do their pm feed and hay (fill water buckets, etc.). Meanwhile, she's feeding the inside animals and cooking dinner, unless it's a night I'm cooking.

By the time we sit down to dinner, and a little TV, it's about 8:30pm or so. We watch a show or two while eating, generally pausing at a point for us to clean up dishes, etc., then sleep and do it all over again.

It's why we live for the weekends though, and try and have fun then.

But all of the above, has really SUCKED to do in freezing temperatures, let me tell ya...(though sure I don't need to). Especially filling water buckets....

 

[Gazrok]

We have a lot of predators here so the chicken are released according to the sun

We have too many predators to really let them out at all (unless I wanted to keep replacing chickens). But we do have a decent sized coop...and I try to get them treats like mealworms, etc. often.