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Weather - What's YOUR weather today? (Part ONE - Started Sat., March 14, 2009) (Let's keep this going.)
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Nina
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Jan 29, 2019 09:16AM
Zero tonight with wind chills about twenty below. Brrr. Only six degrees tomorrow's high and then by Saturday it will be fifty five degrees. Weird.
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Our current temp is 13°F.
Nasty commute this morning. It's 8 degrees out & we got over an inch of snow at home. The weather forecasters never mentioned any snow. I don't know what the wind chill is, but probably below zero. There's not a lot of wind, but it's certainly drifting the snow since it's so light. Salt isn't working well on the roads. It's too cold so the best ones were where they hadn't plowed yet. Unfortunately, half my 35 mile commute had been plowed. The Interstate was really dangerous. It was half plowed, lots of slush in piles with snow drifting back. At these temps, windshield wipers don't work so well & there was a tractor trailer that kept slowing way down then speeding up to pass. Yuck.
I made it in, though. They closed schools because of the cold, but Marg is supposed to have a meeting. I bet they'll cancel it. I sure hope I can make it back into the lane tonight.
IT'S BAD HERE TOO. LOTS OF SNOW!
I had to leave work early & run home as the water had frozen. I got it going again. The main water pipe comes up under the house in a crawl space. While the pipe is insulated, the shut off valve handle sticks out. A little heat on it & everything started to flow again. Now I have a space heater under there on low power since it's 5f (-15c). It was 8f when I left this morning at 4:30am, but only 2f when Marg got up a couple of hours later. Supposed to be colder tonight.We're just not built for it to be this cold for more than a day or so. I had terrible arguments with the contractors to make sure water lines were at least 18" deep. I really wanted 24", but was told that was overkill. Right. I was also told I wouldn't need glow plugs or a block heater in my diesel tractor. I had to put one in it, too. I don't know what these people are thinking, but I'd rather spend a little extra to prevent worst case scenarios.
SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THRU THIS, JIM.
That's life, Joy. Why are you typing all in caps?
BECAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR ME, JIM. I'LL BE 85 YEARS OLD IN APRIL AND EVERYTHING IS GETTING MORE DIFFICULT.
Soooo cold. This winter season is costly between snow plowing, roof snow shoveling and lots of oil deliveries! The past few weeks we had the heat up to 70 degrees. Usually our small log home just need 67 degrees to keep everything warm. Spring is around the corner, right? Oh Mr. Groundhog ...
Hope it warms up soon, Linda.
I think Mother Nature is off her meds. After sub zero temps last week, yesterday hit 60 & we're supposed to be warm for another week.
OUR CURRENT TEMP IS 24°F.
Same here today but expected cold to return Monday and so on..
OUR CURRENT TEMP IS 33°F.
Omaha , Nebraska had a nlizzard on Saturday February 23rd, 2019! Very high wind gusts---40mph+; rain; sleet; freezing drizzle and about seven inches of snow. We already had unmelted snow from two previous storms----thus three storms in a three day period!The storm ended Saturday night . We are still digging out! I have not left the house for five days now---walking too difficult. Still supposed to frigid all week with very little warming.
And the patterns of snow have hit in such a way that I have been unable to get to church for the last three Sundays. I haven't missed church three times in a row since my heart surgery in 2016.
Ten days, , not three! Oops!
Yuck, Mary. We got lucky & only got a few inches of rain. Hope things clear up out your way soon.
Thanks for posting, Mary. I can't wait till spring!
We also missed three Sundays at church and now with the temps showing one degree next Sunday it is another miss; yes, spring wherefore art thou?
We had three snowstorms in one week. None predicted so far this week.
We're drying up slightly & had a sunny 60 degree day. It was wonderful to get some outside work done. I cleaned up the mulch, manure, & brush piles with the tractor plus did a few other chores.One of the chores was stashing all the stuff from the horse trailer. Marg took it to the shop today to get a window fixed. As she was leaving, literally in their exit gate, the rear axle came off the trailer on one side. They took it off the rest of the way & I found a place that would recycle it where she could drop it on the way home.
It was a goose-neck, aluminum, 2 horse trailer with a tack room. It cost us $12K new 15 years ago. We had no idea that the connection between one of the axles & the frame had corroded, but it was so bad it couldn't be fixed. Apparently the others were going, too. The frame was just eaten up where the steel axles supported the aluminum frame. Ugh.
I don't know how we're going to afford another. Even a decent used one is $12K & my little car has over 100K miles on it, so I'll probably need to replace it soon. At least the trailer broke where it did without horses on it. We got lucky there. We have Horse & Rider, sort of a Triple A for trucks & trailers. We've had to call on their services twice & they've been very good, but it's a pain breaking down. The thought of an axle coming loose on the highway with horses is just plain terrifying.
Glad you and the horses are Ok. Other things are fixable.
Arctic blast coming our way with temps slightly above zero and under zero at night and it's almost March. Bah Humbug.
Our usual temp in March this week is fifty degrees. It is eight degrees and falling tonight.. Way below for this time of year.
We're right around freezing & got about an inch of snow that stuck. It was 34 when it started snowing & is now down in the mid 20s. Last week it was 31 & raining. Yuck. Colder temps coming this week.
Three degrees this morning at seven o'clock.
It was 5 when I left the house at 4:30am. It usually drops a bit after that. Hopefully it didn't today.
CURRENT TEMP HERE = 19°F
Hi All! Current temp here is 5 degrees
Good news - sunny.
No snow today.
Glad there's no snow today!
We don't have any snow, either. It started out at 13, but we should get above freezing briefly. It's sunny, like yesterday, but a really cold wind.
Current temp here is 19°F.
We're at 24 & dropping. It's supposed to warm up, but that could be an issue. Not sure if it will be snow, freezing rain, rain, or a mix.
Sunny today. Sunday not very promising. Guess I'll do errands and stuff on Saturday.
Current temp here is 11°F.
Finally almost forty and no snow in sight.
Not too far from Spring so think those thoughts.
Yes, Nina, let's think spring!
Spring forward the clocks Sunday ground hog is never a sign of Spring as far as I'm concerned
longer days is a sign
Spring forward the clocks is a sign
We may have a winter mix of something on Sunday but I'm hoping by sometime on Saturday the weather report changes. Well, one can hope, right??
Oh, boy. Springing forward. Sounds good!
Forties today and sixty degrees tomorrow and saw my first robin in the front yard. So spring is coming soon.
We briefly got up to 40 & the snow stopped, although not as soon as I expected. It was still going in the mid 30s, then turned to cold rain before suddenly everything melted.I've been seeing a lot of robins, but even better kill deer. On the way home today, I saw 4 pair flying by the side of the road. I really like them. Neat birds. I especially enjoy watching the babies running around.
Last night our temp went down to 6 degrees F.
I wish I could send you our weather/fifty tomorrow and not too bad rest of week. A bit colder at night; some in the upper twenties so not spring yet.
I have never seen a kill dear; could you post a photo some time?
Nina wrote: "I have never seen a kill dear; .... "Either have I!
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