Weather where you are thread
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It was a real nice day. Got up to 67. Low wind speeds. I took the opportunity to do a load of laundry by hand, and to sweep and mop the house. We wear our shoes in the house. I have to wear sandals because the floor is always dirty. It's usually all I can do to sweep it out once a day so mopping is a rare achievement. Tonight will be mild around 60, but this will have been the warmest day in a 10 day forecast. The temperature will decrease throughout the day tomorrow ending in the 40's again, rain is forecast, and the wind speeds will be as high as 25 mph.
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Temp right now is 0, zooming up to 6 later in the day. Oh, and winds are 20 to 30 mph, just to add to the misery.
Forecasts up through Sunday show us failing to reach freezing, mostly staying below 20.
I dumped a little pile of squash seeds out at the base of a tree where I know a couple of squirrels live; I saved them from a kabocha we had a few days ago for dinner. I don't even know if the little furry guys come out in this cold or if they just huddle.
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Deep freeze hits us tonight. Miserable cold for at least a week. But I guess we’ll have a lot of company.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-winter-storm-snow-cold-weekend/
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My sister-in-law said they preparing for 2' of snow. This is a county north of Duchess by a small distance. She's trying to buy a snowplow for herself and help her cousin and former foster son who are facing the storm without heat. I think she's fairly stressed out. Not Me's aunt called me today from Tennessee. She said it's going to drop below zeo. Many homeless people will die of hypothermia. Many people will die of heart attacks because of overexertion working in the cold. Strangely, some people will fall through ice and drown. It always happens at this time of year. Severe weather events are terrifying.
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Balmy low 40s today but descending into the teens tomorrow. Sunday is supposed to be a big snow day.
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Looks like we are going to be too far north to get the brunt of the storm. Temps mid 20’s today. Sunny, actually fairly nice, dropping by the weekend. Maybe a couple of inches of snow. I spent the day scraping ice off of the driveway, a penalty for doing a lousy job of blowing the snow after the last storm. I won’t do that again. Now that the driveway is nice and clear the snowblower should take care of whatever hits over the weekend.
Colder by Sunday, single digits may be a few negative temps but once you get below about 20 it really doesn’t make any difference.
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Saturday it will get to 77/ 63, Sunday back to normal at 71/ 63, then Monday 71/ 63, then dropping to mid 50's/ low 40's, for Tuesday through Thursday, and...
Friday the 30th will be cold, 47/ 39 with max winds of 18 mph. This will be the coldest day we've had this year I even if the 39 doesn't hold and turns to 40. The last forecast of 39 ended up being 40 but high of 47 and 18 winds will easily make it it coldest yet.
Then it climbs to 54/ 40 and 61/ 50.
I think it depends on what conditions you're acclimated to; this will be uncomfortable but at least not dangerous.
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We are going to get bitter cold temps and maybe 10-20 inches of snow (depending on which report you look at).
That’s a lot of snow, so I’m worried about our pipes if the power goes.
If there’s no power, is leaving the taps open enough to prevent damage? How open? Should we open up a few taps? all the taps???
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We are going to get bitter cold temps and maybe 10-20 inches of snow (depending on which report you look at).
That’s a lot of snow, so I’m worried about our pipes if the power goes.
If there’s no power, is leaving the taps open enough to prevent damage? How open? Should we open up a few taps? all the taps???
All taps, just a drip is usually enough. Pay attention to which fixtures are on outside walls.
Meanwhile, a little generator might be a good investment. Nothing crazy - just enough to run the furnace. Maybe 2000 watt. They’ve gotten pretty cheap at places like Harbor Freight. They don’t weigh much and are quieter than they used to be c
Look at your furnace. Is it connected to power with a cord and plug or does it have a power switch? If it has a cord you’re golden. If it has a switch you can call out a sparky to convert it.
Power out? No worries! Unplug furnace and plug in an extension cord -I’d recommend 12 gauge. Set generator outside, plug in extension cord and fire it up!
There are many other more complicated and more expensive ways to do it but this setup will keep the pipes from freezing. Use the second outlet on the generator to charge your phones and such.
Keep warm!
