NighthawkChris Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Man it is COLD here this morning in MI! I can feel every air leak in my house and I only hope that my furnace lives until the warm up around the corner that can’t come fast enough! I worry about my wife who went to work today. My newborn is home with me and my other little guy is at the grandparents. I have a fireplace if all else fails that works, but even then, I don’t want a pipe to freeze... I live in a more rural location so I don’t want to wear my well pump out with trickling water or any of that mess. Just been a weird time this year because it was so mild all winter then we get this blast of snow and blistering cold, windy crap. Temp is going to be -12 F tonight and wind chills going to be tens of degrees colder... I like the winter and snow, but this crap is garbage. I never get used to this kind of weather. Anyhow hope everyone is doing well and keeping warm in the colder spots of this polar vortex. Our governor declared a state of emergency so I was granted permission to telecommute to work if necessary. Just wish my wife had that option, but she is a tax accountant during the busiest time of her work season. I told her to make sure she has warm stuff in case of a car breakdown that way she survives. I am glad I don’t have to worry about my boys today as they are in good hands. Anyhow stay warm if you’re dealing with this stuff. It’s not fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 It's brutally cold here in Kentucky too. Schools are out. Thankfully we didn't get but an inch or two of snow but it's about 9 degrees F here and the wind chill is no fun. The house isn't too bad and we have the heat up, the water running, the humidifier on. Our band had an all acoustic practice last night, since our rehearsal area is in our singer's barn. It has heat but it was really cold last night. I hope everyone stays warm and stays safe. I just saw where it's going to be 65 degrees F here on Monday. Mother Nature says, "You can't have all four seasons in one week." Kentucky says, "Hold my bourbon and watch this s**t!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 It's brutally cold here in Kentucky too. Schools are out. Thankfully we didn't get but an inch or two of snow but it's about 9 degrees F here and the wind chill is no fun. The house isn't too bad and we have the heat up, the water running, the humidifier on. Our band had an all acoustic practice last night, since our rehearsal area is in our singer's barn. It has heat but it was really cold last night. I hope everyone stays warm and stays safe. I just saw where it's going to be 65 degrees F here on Monday. Mother Nature says, "You can't have all four seasons in one week." Kentucky says, "Hold my bourbon and watch this s**t!" yeah, you're getting more than 4 seasons this year, haha! If I wish that I could hibernate like a bear and wake up when this crap leaves us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Man it is COLD here this morning in MI! Yeah, this is national news. Can't believe your wife went to work! Hang tight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Yeah cold here in TN as well but Thank God it is not going to be minus 12!! I do not know how you people live up there like that....forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Man it is COLD here this morning in MI! I can feel every air leak in my house and I only hope that my furnace lives until the warm up around the corner that can't come fast enough! I worry about my wife who went to work today. My newborn is home with me and my other little guy is at the grandparents. I have a fireplace if all else fails that works, but even then, I don't want a pipe to freeze... I live in a more rural location so I don't want to wear my well pump out with trickling water or any of that mess. Just been a weird time this year because it was so mild all winter then we get this blast of snow and blistering cold, windy crap. Temp is going to be -12 F tonight and wind chills going to be tens of degrees colder... I like the winter and snow, but this crap is garbage. I never get used to this kind of weather. Anyhow hope everyone is doing well and keeping warm in the colder spots of this polar vortex. Our governor declared a state of emergency so I was granted permission to telecommute to work if necessary. Just wish my wife had that option, but she is a tax accountant during the busiest time of her work season. I told her to make sure she has warm stuff in case of a car breakdown that way she survives. I am glad I don't have to worry about my boys today as they are in good hands. Anyhow stay warm if you're dealing with this stuff. It's not fun... I lived in Appleton, WI for two years. The coldest it got when I was there was -20. Freekin' cold, so I feel your pain. How big is the pressure tank in your water system? if it's big enough your pump won't cycle too often and shouldn't be too bad for it. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Indiana where I am (central) is currently -14 degrees with wind chill at -40...sucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Hang in there Chris!! I'm in central Mass, over night we got about 4 inches of light fluffy snow, followed this am by gorgeous winter day, (Clear skies, sun shine, nothing like fresh fallen snow, clear blue skies and Sun,, God is a great painter no?) Temps are going to "plummet" later. supposed to jam tonight,, we're leaving the options opened.. Jamming is fun, yea but not worth the hassle on nights like what's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 I lived in Appleton, WI for two years. The coldest it got when I was there was -20. Freekin' cold, so I feel your pain. How big is the pressure tank in your water system? if it's big enough your pump won't cycle too often and shouldn't be too bad for it. Good luck! I think it's around 40gal. It's pretty big and around 22gal give or take have to be drained so to speak for the pump to engage. I do not think I have pipes on an outside wall and my basement is definitely WELL above freezing where the vast bulk of the plumbing resides, so I'm in the clear. My house is not an older home either so it has decent insulation but could be better I imagine. I went around all the sill plates of the walls a while back and sealed the air leaks. My windows are not that good though where I feel the cold air leaks mostly, but I can deal with this. Anyhow, thanks for the concern. Just waiting for time to go by to make it to Friday... Getting the suntan lotion ready for the 45 degree weather... Oh wait, rain in the forecast. Darn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Indiana where I am (central) is currently -14 degrees with wind chill at -40...sucks... Yeah, we aren't getting it that bad, but we are almost near that bad. Stay warm man. Hopefully this leaves us sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I'm working from home today. It was -23 or something this morning warmed up now to -19! I feel bad for the postal workers...unless they got the day off too, not sure but I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I feel bad for the postal workers...unless they got the day off too, not sure but I hope so. How does it go? Neither rain nor sleet nor snow?? They don't mention bone chilling, life threatening cold though. Maybe they left that out for good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 That reminds me of a local story here in Oregon. Back in 18' whatever a pony express rider rode off into the cascade mountains to deliver the mail in a brutal winter storm. Neither him, his poor horse or the mail were ever seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 -27f without wind chill here,up in the northern part of my state someone showed a picture of their thermometer at -50 f. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 -27f without wind chill here,up in the northern part of my state someone showed a picture of their thermometer at -50 f. Where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1548867648[/url]' post='1975027']Where are you? North Dakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 North Dakota Wow thats cold be safe my friend.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1548871829[/url]' post='1975035']Wow thats cold be safe my friend.. I just talked to my wife,she said car temp display said -40 when she left for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1548873073[/url]' post='1975039']Is winter and it being cold at the same time something new? To be honest,this ain't near as cold as it used to be here. You could figure on these temps being that cold for most of December and all of January back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Is winter and it being cold at the same time something new? Of course not but we are seeing temps that we have not had since 1985 so I would say it is cold..there is cold then there is COLD. I would venture to say that there are members here that have not seen those temps in their life and I am not talking of those who live in warm climates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Stay as warm as you all can, I heard the news say a Arctic Blast was hitting the U.S. They were calling for a -45 windchill last night here and this morning it was something like -17 with a -25 windchill at 7:00 am. My SUV was in the garage all night and the battery dead this morning. After doing a quick charge on it, it started and I let it charge up and pulled it back in, turned it off and tried starting it again right away. Dead as a Door nail. Got a appointment to get a new battery at Firestone tomorrow. Normally I change them out myself but its too darn cold to do it myself as my hands freeze up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Made the news over here too.. Keep safe everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 yea it's all coming to a neighborhood near me tonight... we're all good, our "hood" is smack dab in the middle of the fire/police stations to one side, a major local hospital campus to the other. being in the middle, our grids come up way before anyone else.. our old gas furnace doesn't need AC, our GAS stove thermostat runs on 2 AA and we have a genny... Oh and our stove/oven is Gas too... manual pilot override there too Could probably survive a nuke strike till the side effects took us out.. !! (but tbh,, we don't want to find out if THAT'S true...) Polar Vortex Shmortext... well there is the gas line fail and the subsequent explosions.. so.......... LOL! stay warm peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Indiana where I am (central) is currently -14 degrees with wind chill at -40...sucks... Northward of you, it sucks even worse! Not trying to propose a misery contest, just know I feel your pain, brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hang on, I'll go out and check... nope it's currently ~58 in the Fort Lauderdale area, but they expect it to be in the low 70's by mid day. Maybe a good for bass fishin' :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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