winter

[lonewolf]

don't you have any heating where you live?

 

[Maverick]

We had 28 degrees overnight, not awfully cold but enough to get a fire going, right now we have freezing fog.

 

[user 5745]

don't you have any heating where you live?

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.

 

[lonewolf]

yeah, wife has studied ley lines she's into all that.
we have a cast iron ESSE stove, its electric because the house is all electric, but its the only heat we need most times, we have a convector heater in the hall but only use that when its really cold.
we are only a few miles from Dartmoor and that's the direction our weather comes from, the sun has to come over the moors before it gets to us, the house faces East so we get the rising sun.

 

[jimLE]

It's suppose to get down to anywhere between 42 and 28 the next few nights.with rain in the forecast for Sunday and monday.with 28f for tuesday morning.guess i'll be doing my share of cooking those days.for the extra heat.just to keep the heating cost down.at least somewhat.

 

[jontte]

still no winter here,just a depressing drizzle and dark as f@@@,some snow would brighten things up.

 

[user 7704]

Got up at 5 am this morning to break the ice on the pond for the cattle. Normally I drive the 4 wheeler out in a shallow area until the ice breaks. But today the ice was a little too thick so I had to jump on the ice until it broke. Then we drove 8 hours north to visit the kids and grandbabies. Got 3 inches of snow tonight so far. When we get home tomorrow night I'll use the Jeep to break the ice.

It's definitely Winter where you are.
On Tuesday we may have flurries And the temp 19°. That's cold for Tennessee

 

[Maverick]

14deg right now, no moister, 38 for a high and sunny, snow forecasted for Tuesday and Wednesday

 

[DrPrepper1]

I am down here complaining about - high of 40 degrees. Some friends of mine went camping this weekend... umm no thanks! Not unless I can camp at the Holiday Inn

 

[user 7704]

I am down here complaining about - high of 40 degrees. Some friends of mine went camping this weekend... umm no thanks! Not unless I can camp at the Holiday Inn

My lawn guy and a church group were scheduled for a camping trip this weekend. With it in the 20s they cancelled. That's just too cold to be out in the woods. I don't care how good the down sleeping bag is.

 

[Psalm7]

I go camping when your sleeping bag freezes to the ground and your canteen freezes solid .

 

[user 7704]

Psalm, did you see they changed our forecasted low on Tuesday from 19 to 27 and no snow flurries. That's a rather large change.

 

[Psalm7]

Yes this rain front brought made the difference .

 

[Maverick]

We having very high Eastern winds 35mph sustained, 50~55mph gust or more suppose to last till 6:00pm tomorrow afternoon

 

[user 7704]

We having very high Eastern winds 35mph sustained, 50~55mph gust or more suppose to last till 6:00pm tomorrow afternoon

Watch for flying debris. I had a limb almost hit me.

 

[Maverick]

NASA saying because of the lack of sun spots we could be heading towards a very cold period that could last a good long time

“Data from NASA’s TIMED satellite show that the thermosphere (the uppermost layer of air around our planet) is cooling and shrinking, literally decreasing the radius of the atmosphere”

https://www.iceagenow.info/lack-of-sunspots-to-bring-record-cold-warns-nasa-scientist/

 

[DrHenley]

And now we should expect to see articles blaming the lack of sun spots on Global Warming and Donald Trump.

 

[Maverick]

Climate contrarian uncovers scientific error, upends major ocean warming study
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/sd-me-climate-study-error-20181113-story.html

 

[Maverick]

We still under heavy fog, damn near need an umbrella to go outside, visibility probably 30yrds if that.

from my front porch looking at my fence

 

[tmttactical]

We still under heavy fog, damn near need an umbrella to go outside, visibility probably 30yrds if that.

from my front porch looking at my fence

View attachment 9147

Good camo job on the fence.

 

[Maverick]

All I need now is a cornfield to play in

the tree to the right is 40' away

 

[Gazrok]

Woo hoo! Finally! Supposed to be in the 50's over the weekend. I can wear my armor to the Medieval Faire and not have a heat stroke! Yay!

 

[Squirtgunsquirter]

It's been cold. Not having heat, aside from a small space heater (desk top sized) that has to point at the pipes, has been taxing.

I'm sick, and that isn't helping. Hot showers are great, 37 degrees in the bathroom isn't.

I'm looking at it as a training exercise. I could order a new regulator right now, but I'm holding off. The pipes aren't going to freeze, and I can handle it. But I feel tired, working outside wet and windy and cold, then still cold inside...

Still, not a bad winter so far. And I'm saving on Nat Gas, lol.

 

[Mountain trapper]

It warmed up to 42 degs today! I was able to unplug the chicken water heater and refill the pigs water barrel. What little snow that we have left is hard to spot.
Does this mean that global warming is real? Or is it just a normal fluctuation in something that we used to call "weather".

 

[user 6493]

It warmed up to 42 degs today! I was able to unplug the chicken water heater and refill the pigs water barrel. What little snow that we have left is hard to spot.
Does this mean that global warming is real? Or is it just a normal fluctuation in something that we used to call "weather".

it's normal,,,,,

 

[Dani]

It has been cold, wet and nasty out for the last week. Tomorrow will be the last day to be in the 30s so that will be nice. Even though we had the wood stove going in the bedroom I wanted to knock off the chill in the main part of the house so started my morning with baking hunny some Cowboy Cookies, which is his favorite and yesterday was his birthday. Unscrewed the lights in the oven and left that sucker wide open along with starting a fire in the fireplace. It helps knock down the chill with the blower on but nothing comparable to a wood stove. Then started canning some chicken broth that I had in the fridge from 10 lbs chicken I boiled up at 29 cents a lb. Couldn't pass that up and we got 40 lbs this week. 10 lbs boiled. another 10 minus 4 quarters for gumbo. 4 quarters plus another 20 lbs frozen. Hunny was talking about adding in a second wood stove which would be great. He wants to add it in front of the current fireplace, which would limit my furniture placement in the living room even more than I already have and we are already rather small. My solution was get rid of the big ass tv he just purchased along with the antique dresser he put in on and we put it in the corner of the living room. That way I can still get behind it and clean the floor and windows in the corner of the room without having to heave and hoe, then try to maneuver myself in odd spaces . . . oh wishful thinking on my part. I was happy when the big screen went out and he downsized with the backup out of the RV. . . . Anyway, I am currently hauling wood for only one now and I got the stove in the bedroom. Hunny's watch is on the fireplace in the living room which uses three times the wood.

 

[lonewolf]

its been wet here but its forecast to get colder next week.

 

[user 7704]

It's 26° now but forecast is 57° and sunny. Good for my son's field trip.

 

[user 6493]

It's 26° now but forecast is 57° and sunny. Good for my son's field trip.

it will be about the same here today,,,,and good for my old bones!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Maverick]

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