Serious ARCTIC blast
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I plead guilty to that also
More than 50% of my stock holdings are in the 'unnamed evil power company' that powers MS, AL, GA, and N. FL.
Sure, the company takes a hit when a hurricane blows thru, but whenever people are complaining about high power bills, money is pouring into my pocket.
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I think it's just prudent to look for any opportunity that may increase your bottom line. When I heard the news about 9/11 I immediately bought defense company stocks and gold. Everyone else was stunned. I also owned shares in Chinese coal mining companies.I plead guilty to that also.
More than 50% of my stock holdings are in the 'unnamed evil power company' that powers MS, AL, GA, and N. FL.
Sure, the company takes a hit when a hurricane blows thru, but whenever people are complaining about high power bills, money is pouring into my pocket.
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Where did you ever hear that? Chains are the only real traction device there is that makes it possible for driving on ice. Studded tires are a big help too, but they don't come close to the traction of chains. And in some areas they are not allowed.
I put studded tires on all of our vehicles starting in October. And we still slide off the road occasionally, but they do give us the edge to keep from crashing. I use chains a lot getting up my driveway because of the ice and steepness of our road.
I had to chain up my school bus, front and back, twice a day to do a back road (6km) with a bad hill and a tight three point turn around on the edge of a river bank several hundred feet high.
If chains didn't work on ice, guess where I would get hung up. I get paid an extra 2 hrs a day to do this and pick up the kid back at the main road. No way he is riding the bus on that road. Stupid, is reserved for management and the idiot that goes along with it.
Chains work very well if used properly or that bus would be permanently blocking the road as I called it quits and walked on out of there.
Temps are dropping -10f or lower next week so they finally admitted that it might not be safe for the bus to keep going back there. I have a two month reprieve from doing so. I won't miss chaining up, but they do work and are a must to have for winter driving.
If chains didn't work on ice, guess where I would get hung up. I get paid an extra 2 hrs a day to do this and pick up the kid back at the main road. No way he is riding the bus on that road. Stupid, is reserved for management and the idiot that goes along with it.
Chains work very well if used properly or that bus would be permanently blocking the road as I called it quits and walked on out of there.
Temps are dropping -10f or lower next week so they finally admitted that it might not be safe for the bus to keep going back there. I have a two month reprieve from doing so. I won't miss chaining up, but they do work and are a must to have for winter driving.
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You'd think the kid could walk a way to meet you.
So far we got off easy here, only about 3" yesterday. More to come soon, though. The real storm is going south of here, but the good old lake effect snow machine will be kicking in.
6 km is 3.5 miles. His driveway is the turn around. His dad drives him down to the road to meet the bus after I complete the 7 mile round trip to and from his place and return from the rest of the route.
The problem is that only certain people can change a bus route and they are in another province and don't have a clue about the complexities of the road conditions or the fact that once started, there is no turning around on a narrow bush road.
Buses have GPS tracking now so they know exactly where it is. A year ago I would have made a deal with the dad and skipped going back there and management would have remained blissfully ignorant.
It was only after being trapped back there several times by downed trees and having to wait three hours for a chain saw rescue, that they deemed it (if I we're to guess) less expensive to temporarily cut the road off the route and not dock my pay. They know I would have quit.
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That's nuts.
Hope everyone in the storm's path is ready! Looks like an icy mess!!
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V-bar are the best chains ever...you can stop on a dime on solid ice...i put them on the front of my 4x4 truck...well when i was out all winter in all conditions..i no longer venture out..but back in the day i chained up as soon as i started back into mtns hunting for the day...used them to rescue my grandmother one year in an ice storm when she had to go out and check on the dog and it was a solid sheet pf ice...she fell..broke her arm and crawled back in the house...i went and set the broken arm and then secured it to her torso and drove her to ER...Dr.s were happy with my first aid and said i done well..bone could have cut her artery/vein in her wrist area...they cast it up nice and off home we went.
4 wheel drive don't even help that much.4 wheel drive don't even help that much.
When we lived in north Alabama, the guys thought it made them invincible.
We would get 2" of snow and I would wait until it thawed, and drive down the road counting the 4WD trucks on their side in the ditch.
When we lived in north Alabama, the guys thought it made them invincible.
We would get 2" of snow and I would wait until it thawed, and
drive down the road counting the 4WD trucks on their side in the ditch.
More Effective where it is posted and FIFY Sup...!!!
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What cracks me up is how some, mainly young adults, think that extra wide tires will give them better traction on snow and ice.
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With the right tread pattern wider tires do help on ice, not snow. But the ridiculously wide tires that I see on some punk flatlanders pickups are worthless. In general narrower tires, again with the right tread pattern, are better for deep snow and mud. The only thing that is truly effective on ice is chains. Studded tires help a lot, but not nearly as well as tire chains.
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It's all about ground pressure. High ground pressure = traction. Low ground pressure = flotation. Don't want flotation on snow or ice.
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Generally the more rubber on the ground equals better traction on ice, to a point. Sipping your tires helps too. Most tire stores can do that.
Snow is a different story. Narrow is better along with deep lugs.
Add to the below 60 MPH winds. Yep, it’s cold. Glad they added the IMPACTS below. Who knew? Hunker down!
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY
Begins: 4:21 AM Fri, Jan 3, 2025
Expires: 12:00 PM Sat, Jan 4, 2025
* WHAT...Very cold temperatures as low as 50 below.
* WHERE...Eastern Copper River Basin, including the Tok Cutoff and
Richardson Edgerton Highways.
* WHEN...Until noon AKST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures.
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY
Begins: 4:21 AM Fri, Jan 3, 2025
Expires: 12:00 PM Sat, Jan 4, 2025
* WHAT...Very cold temperatures as low as 50 below.
* WHERE...Eastern Copper River Basin, including the Tok Cutoff and
Richardson Edgerton Highways.
* WHEN...Until noon AKST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures.
Not in rural western Canada where Clem is, and especially not in winter. A kid walking a couple of miles on an isolated snowy road to meet the bus would automatically become cougar or wolf bait.
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Cable chains are great in most winter conditions, and zee bar cables run smooth, most people just can't get there head wrapped around NEEDING to go somewhere and just going. chain chains are a need to know how to use and can wreck stuff in the hands of rookies. they are a blessing on the tires of the experienced.
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Around here it's the parents responsibility to get their kids to the bus stop if they live off the normal bus routes.
Adapt 2030 has been covering this pretty steady and in depth ..it seems blackouts due to unprecedented usage and ice damage even if nit in your area might be a big concern..anyone here out there get ready..
The kid lives on the normal bus route. Around here, the routes are not what most would consider normal. We have routes in remote places where only logging trucks and a few school buses roam. It takes 7 hours just to get from dinky village nowhere to some of these routes/schools. The Alaskan highway , the feeder route, can get pretty bad.
School buses here run on all season tires, really dumb, with the requirement that they carry chains. The problem comes in that it's illegal to run chains on pavement other then the odd hills. School bus tires are bigger then logging truck tires and getting them on and off requires a lot of rolling around on the ground making human snow or frozen mud burritos in the process. Not fun and very cold and dirty at times.
Where the roads are all dirt logging roads the chains can stay on 24/7 but when they meet up with pavement the chains must come off and some serious attention must be paid to driving on slippery surfaces. There is a limited number of idiots that can do this with 50 -70 kids of all ages in the back seat. I do the runs that require an old battle axe b☆☆☆h to get them in line. Safety first. Right?
School buses here run on all season tires, really dumb, with the requirement that they carry chains. The problem comes in that it's illegal to run chains on pavement other then the odd hills. School bus tires are bigger then logging truck tires and getting them on and off requires a lot of rolling around on the ground making human snow or frozen mud burritos in the process. Not fun and very cold and dirty at times.
Where the roads are all dirt logging roads the chains can stay on 24/7 but when they meet up with pavement the chains must come off and some serious attention must be paid to driving on slippery surfaces. There is a limited number of idiots that can do this with 50 -70 kids of all ages in the back seat. I do the runs that require an old battle axe b☆☆☆h to get them in line. Safety first. Right?
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Chaining up to get home.
Today, in preparation for the cold, I had to deal with the ongoing issue of the tire on the front passenger side going flat. It's always a hassle, especially when the weather gets cold. I bought a new tire last month, but I decided to try a different tire store this time. I last want to be stuck in the cold, changing a tire.
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Changing a tire in the cold isn't fun at all. The wife's Grand Cherokee has 3 out of 4 tires with slow leaks. The tires are brand new and it appears that the factory rims have some corrosion around the bead. I'll buy new rims for it this spring. For now I carry a portable air compressor whenever we go somewhere.
@Mountain trapper you might try this, comes in different sizes for the size tire you have. It isn’t the old fix-a-flat, just the liquid sealant. I’ve had good luck with it and is supposed to work on leaking beads.
https://a.co/d/1cuXZFY Amazon link
https://a.co/d/1cuXZFY Amazon link
That stuff can rust the wheel inside. You always know when you take a tire off a rim that's had sealant in it.
