winter

[jimLE]

Live updates: Power outages top 300,000 as snow, ice storm slams eastern US

https://m.accuweather.com/en/weathe...0-as-snow-ice-storm-slams-eastern-us/70006639

https://www.google.com/search?oe=ut...ts=1542374617854&source=browser-type&devloc=0

 

[Psalm7]

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

Its gotten cold enough in the past few years to drive most of the fire ants out of this part of Tennessee. Maybe the mini ice age will send the armadillos packing too .
They have both been here in numbers since the last 2 elninno weather patterns .

 

[Psalm7]

Live updates: Power outages top 300,000 as snow, ice storm slams eastern US

https://m.accuweather.com/en/weathe...0-as-snow-ice-storm-slams-eastern-us/70006639

https://www.google.com/search?oe=ut...ts=1542374617854&source=browser-type&devloc=0

I saw that story this morning . And They say We Southerners panic when it snows .

 

[Gazrok]

Well, we lose power, it means no AC, lol.....that's worth panicking.

 

[jimLE]

Thats what gets me.folks not only panic and/or freak out.but so many don't take the needed steps,to prepare ahead,for times like that.but yet still go out into situations like.and have things go very wrong when they get stuck on the road somewhere.

 

[Gazrok]

I don't get why the hell folks even drive on icy and snow covered roads. I remember once, in Alaska, my mom ended up driving out onto a lake, because you couldn't even see the transition.

 

[lonewolf]

don't understand why folks don't prepare for these things but that's sheeple for you, don't do anything until something happens then panic.

 

[brandx]

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.

Now that is bizarre. it makes no scientific sense. Do you use an oven? If you have an oven in the house that holds heat to bake with?

 

[brandx]

I don't get why the hell folks even drive on icy and snow covered roads. I remember once, in Alaska, my mom ended up driving out onto a lake, because you couldn't even see the transition.

Because I have to get to work and get groceries for one.

 

[brandx]

Weather here, same old, up, down, up, down, no biggie.

 

[user 7704]

While driving to school I saw a strange, glowing orb in the sky. I couldn't believe how wonderful it was to see the sun. First time in days.

 

[DrHenley]

I know that feeling! I didn't think it was ever going to stop raining.

 

[jimLE]

Going to work is one thing.more so then ever.if you work in the medical feild,a officer,or a fire department..but as for going out for groceries when the roads are iced over.i won't do it.thats why i make sure that im always well stocked on food.before hand..

Because I have to get to work and get groceries for one.

 

[lonewolf]

Because I have to get to work and get groceries for one.

that's why we prepare.

 

[user 7704]

Going to work is one thing.more so then ever.if you work in the medical feild,a officer,or a fire department..but as for going out for groceries when the roads are iced over.i won't do it.thats why i make sure that im always well stocked on food.before hand..

I'm with you Jim. I don't risk it. I have my son that relies on me for everything. I'll eat veggie soup for weeks if I have to.

 

[user 7704]

It was so beautiful and warm today that I was able to scrub the chicken poop from the porch. During all of the rainy days they sought refuge under the roof. 20 chickens can poop a lot.

My Christmas tree is 9' tall and the lights are screwy so I was in the garage pulling and tugging and out pops a teenage possum. I was practically in its face. I screamed like a girl and he waddled away.

I don't decorate until the day after Thanksgiving, but I knew the lights would take a week to fix. No lights on the top tier. Too many lightening the middle and zero lightening the back. My husband bought net lighting to fix it. What a complete mess. Wires everywhere.

After Christmas, I'm hitting the sales. I may go down to a 7.5 ft tree because the 9 ft is so heavy it hurts my back. I hate saying that. Makes me feel old.

Some how this is about prepping Paul. I promise.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I don't get why the hell folks even drive on icy and snow covered roads. I remember once, in Alaska, my mom ended up driving out onto a lake, because you couldn't even see the transition.

Our roads could be snow and ice covered for about 4-5 months a year. People still have to go to work, school and shopping. We don't have the luxury to stay home every time it snows. That reminds me, I need to start putting the studed tires on the vehicles and chains on the tractor soon. We're about a week or two behind on our first heavy snow.

 

[lonewolf]

a big red ball up in the sky this morning, but it was cold! just above freezing.

 

[brandx]

Going to work is one thing.more so then ever.if you work in the medical feild,a officer,or a fire department..but as for going out for groceries when the roads are iced over.i won't do it.thats why i make sure that im always well stocked on food.before hand..

If I need something I just get it before work. Otherwise it waits, but that is how I always do it to save time and fuel anyway. We seldom have "road emergencies" where the Sheriff says you will get a ticket if we catch you on the road and you don't have to be. Since 1983 I have had a job where I was required to go no matter what, even if I had to call the county to send a snow plow to come and get me. Except for the last year. So far I have never had an accident because of bad roads, Pop taught me how to drive in all conditions when I was a kid and how to test the road with your vehicle, etc. Smart man, Pop.

 

[lonewolf]

I don't see the point of going out and putting myself at risk, that's why we have a larder and food stocks, we could probably sit tight for at least a couple of months.
people are always putting themselves at risk, we see it all the time, they go out in bad weather, with no coat, shirt sleeves with the car heater on full, no food and a tiny bottle of water, no first aid kit and no shovel, no hot drinks, and they end up trapped in a snowdrift on one of the highest points in the region and have to be rescued by the emergency services, the only "emergency" shelter is either a motel or a local senior school.

 

[brandx]

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I don't see the point of going out and putting myself at risk, that's why we have a larder and food stocks, we could probably sit tight for at least a couple of months.
people are always putting themselves at risk, we see it all the time, they go out in bad weather, with no coat, shirt sleeves with the car heater on full, no food and a tiny bottle of water, no first aid kit and no shovel, no hot drinks, and they end up trapped in a snowdrift on one of the highest points in the region and have to be rescued by the emergency services, the only "emergency" shelter is either a motel or a local senior school.

Yea, that's just not thinking at all. I have seen this as well. Saw someone in a t-shirt, sandals, no jacket or coat. It was 30 degrees. I keep blankets, and get home bag. On the other hand I just don't go anywhere either. Just 7 miles to work and back, I know several people all along the way, I probably would not even have to get out of the car if it stalled. I don't swerve for deer, I am cautious and always scanning. Deer are more a problem with driving here than bad weather. That and inattentive drivers. It is just smart to keep a store at home, I do and don't ever have to go shopping. But to pick up fresh stuff, I go before work to cut down on travel. I even take side roads to stay away from the highway. My office is on the highway in a small town and there are a lot of bad drivers, I see it all day long.

 

[lonewolf]

we also see the other extreme in good weather, people walking on Dartmoor-our local national park full of "bogs" marshy areas, rivers and very open, no trees, we can get 3 seasons in one day up there, and yet you see them, shorts, strappy tops(the women) men in vests, flip flop sandals, no hat, a small bottle of water between them if your lucky, they end up having to be airlifted to hospital with either a snapped ankle or hyperthermia, one person drowned not long ago trying to retrieve a bag from a river.

 

[DrHenley]

Perhaps you meant "hypothermia" ? But I guess they can get overheated too...

 

[lonewolf]

Perhaps you meant "hypothermia" ?

yes, bad spelling on my part. I do tend to get that one wrong a lot.

 

[lonewolf]

yes, they can also get heat exhaustion, especially in the summer we just had, that was a scorcher.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I don't really care how well prepared someone else is, or isn't. My only concern is for myself and family. Last winter I helped a guy who slid off an icy road who only had a T shirt on. His problem not mine.
Maybe some people in some areas could stay home in bad weather, but not around here, life goes on. I couldn't imagine someone here saying "It snowed last night so I'm going to stay home and not feed the cows today".
The county plows the road up to my road, except on weekends or during a bad storm. My private road is 2 miles long. Some days it take me 10-12 hours to plow. On one bad storm last winter it took 6 days to dig it out well enough to take my wife to the airport. Bad weather happens, and so far it's never stopped me from going where I need to go. I'll admit that it isn't fun driving 150 miles on ice or snow covered roads, or crawling under my truck to put chains on. I guess the alternative would be to move down south. No way.

 

[lonewolf]

one of the reasons I live in the south of the UK and not the north(apart from it being where my paternal family comes from)is the weather, we normally have a very mild climate, usual weather is rain not snow but we do get snow one year in maybe 10 then people go all stupid and do the things I said previously.

 

[jimLE]

Last time we got snow and some ice here.was the winter of 2008/09 if i remember right.it was bad enough where people could decide to stay home.or go into work,or where ever.i had already stocked up on food and drinks.to everything else i figure was needed,by the time the snow started to fall..so i choose to stay home.

 

[lonewolf]

I think the last time we had snow here was the winter of 2009/10 just after we had moved here, we were snowed in for a few weeks, the main roads were ploughed but we aren't on a main road so ours wasn't, so I decided not to chance it and stayed home, the only time I went out -apart from snow clearing- was to take our (now late) dog for her walks, she loved walking in the snow!

 

[Maverick]

22deg, not as cold as it was supposed to be but at least no moisture, towards the end of the week snow is coming so they say. They saying we should be below our normal snowfall this season, another wait and see season.