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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, January 3, 2014 4:08 PM

Friday done. Free snow cones available. More bender fenders and ditchfinders today too. Sunshine helped melt some snow today. Mother nature is going to give us some more snow on sunday according to the guessers. Matt could be closed again on Monday.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 3, 2014 4:10 PM

tree68

Two of my digital thermometers are optomistically reading +22F.  But both are in the sun (it's clear and sunny!).  The other one is in the shade and reads a realistic -1F right now.

The wind has  subsided, but not quit, and walking into it is a real "treat."  

A good reason to stay inside, and hope that no one requires assistance via the fire department.

+1 here, only we got to 38.  And we passed a fire truck, an engine and a medic unit all going out on calls just on our way home from watching trains.  Seems like bitterly cold weather is a good reason to set your house on fire. 

And watched a KCS as the lead engine on a x-freight going south.  At least one thrill for today! 

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Friday, January 3, 2014 6:44 PM

OK --  enough is enough with this weather.  This Alberta clipper is affecting us in the south as well.  I suspect that somehow you up north have revised the weather signaling system to show a green over green?.  No clear diverging .

For Atlanta Yesterday evening this morning's low was predicted 27 but digital showed 22.5 this morning.   For Tuesday morning it is even worse.  Yesterday morning Tuesday was to be 20. last night was going to be 15.  This morning 10 degrees and tonight's prediction for Tuesday morning is 5. Do not like this trend.   + some snow flurries as well 

With this cold and the sun out black ice will become a very bad problem and the too cold will not let ice melt to work.  Too many homes here ( not mine ) do not have basements to allow some ground heat to protect water pipes and the skimping of anti-freeze will freeze many auto  engines.  Has not been this cold since early 1980s.

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 3, 2014 7:39 PM

Having been born in Nebraska, I am used to pretty harsh winters.  But the south was always warm and made us wish we were there.  But we haven't heard anything from our Canadian neighbors.  Is this a different winter for them or is this just business as usual?  Are we really colder or just older and feel it more?

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 3, 2014 8:40 PM

A community near me has a habit of having big fires (ie, "block fires") when it's very cold.  I've been to all of them (well since 1978).  Chipping ice off of one's helmet is fun.  Not.

Just got back from our fire station.  One of our members stopped in and discovered that the heat wasn't working.  Got in touch with a service company, which replaced the burner motor on the oil burner.  It's catching up now, but was still only at about +47F inside when I left.

It's good that he stopped in - we might have discovered frozen fire trucks in the morning otherwise.  That furnace has been there for about 20 years or more, so I suppose it's paid its dues.

Already down to -14F...

We don't usually get this kind of stretch of cold weather until February.

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Posted by locomutt on Friday, January 3, 2014 9:06 PM

Weather is rotten here, come on summer so I can complain how hot it is........

For you all up north, the south is having a cold spell also. Here, it got up to about 23 degrees after starting off at about 12 degrees. next week we are supposed to be in the single digits for highs......

Larry, when I was an active firefighter, several times we fought house fires in freezing weather, I did not appreciate getting "iced up"!!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, January 4, 2014 5:08 AM

morning

we are under a winter storm warning. We are stocked up in the pantry. Football team had too many injuries and mistakes last night. Mookie your basketball team is visiting Ohio today.Hope they can make it safely back home.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Saturday, January 4, 2014 8:21 AM

       The TV weather dorks can hardly contain themselves.  They haven't been this excited since the last tornado blew through the area last summer.  They're predicting -22 for the low Sunday night, and the end of the world for Monday. Black Eye  "This is the coldest it's been on this date since 1997!!"


     The only thing missing from this storm is a name- like how The Weather Channel started naming big storms last summer.  In honor of the local name given these yearly blast of cold air, how 'bout we name this one *Winter storm Alberta*?  We could name the next one after the weather dorks- *Winter storm windbag*.

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:02 AM

....This will be deadly stuff.  Here, Sunday to be seeing 12" of snow by the PM....Then the Arctic blast arrives and in full force by Monday morning, and from that point on, we're to be below "0" for up to 55 hrs.  Add wind and that will be deadly stuff.

We're being told to expect 16 or so below "0".  We had a blast of stuff like this way back in I believe it was 1994...{And we were in Florida}....and missed it, but our home survived ok.

Believe church will be canceled tomorrow....And after I get some more stuff today, I shall be right here at home, and Pray the Power will remain on.  One advantage, might be the snow will be {again}, light...{less moisture}, and perhaps easier on trees, hence power lines.

Me...Total electric...so we'll be ok if that power continues to do the job.  Same for most other people as well with electric needed to run furnaces.

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Saturday, January 4, 2014 10:54 AM

It was 50 degrees at midnight last night, 4 inches of snow right now 9 hours later. The light rail bubbas are having issues in Denver again. (Just another day for the freight railroads)

 

Da Boyz love it!

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:23 PM

Joe - evidently we can't win if we leave home!  Blah...

Q - what about Ella?  Is she potty trained? 

We're having a heat wave - 18 above!  North wind up to 30.  I think it worked and blew all our snow into Totoland. 

Sir C - da Boyz are de only things that are liking this weather

Murphy - here we are again - I am playing the straight man to you!  Most of those weather-guessers were barely born before '97. 

Winter storm Windbag - I like it! 

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 4, 2014 7:00 PM

Jen...In the past, we went thru a learning curve...for Ella.  So I can say she really does an excellent job now.  And has been for quite a while. 

Boy I hope I don't have to join her out in the grass.....If we lose Power, we have no water pressure. 

The calm before the storm...Right now it is right about freezing outside for temp....But what is coming.....!

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, January 4, 2014 8:35 PM

Q - we had a mixed - very mixed dog - Budz, just a little bigger than Ella.  She would go out in the snow to the farthest end of the yard, do her bidzness and then wait for the Driver to come and pick her up.  She would get snow frozen in the fur inside her paw pads and it would hurt to walk.  So she would lie down until he went out and picked her up.  He kept telling her to stay by the door, but obviously she didn't understand Driver Lingo.  I found out later that we could have oiled her paws to keep that from happening...maybe. 

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:20 PM

The thawing of frozen water pipes claimed a victim today.  A house in the next fire district over was pretty much destroyed by fire as a result.  My department ran the tanker fill site.  Had the house been on the other side of that road, it would have been our fire.

While the wind made things uncomfortable, the temperatures were mild - at least the upper twenties, with more of the same forecast through most of Sunday.  Then we're in it again.

I kind of like the Weather Channel's naming of winter storms - it makes it a little easier to keep them straight, especially when there are two or three in the mix nationwide.

In the end, though, it's winter, it's cold, and it's gonna snow (especially in the lake effect areas).  I just realized that the weather bureau has apparently given up on the term "lake enhanced," settling for good old "lake effect..."

Time for bed.

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Posted by Deirius on Sunday, January 5, 2014 3:43 PM
Hope everyone is safe during this latest issue with "Global Warming".

I just moved away from Omaha a month ago and I'm wishing I had been able to stay. I like cold. I like bitter cold. Yes, I know I'm an oddball. Twisted and perverted to like the cold you say? I'm insulated. Like a polar bear :)
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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 5, 2014 4:24 PM

schools closing left and right. Defiance police have closed the northside hill. We are on a level 2 snow advisory. We are warm and comfy.Will dig out when it gets done.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, January 5, 2014 5:21 PM

Yesterday morning, when I left the house at 6:30 to go to a breakfast meeting, I discovered that we had had a light snow--and it was enough to enable the smog to rise out of the valley. when I left for church this morning, I could see no smog. This morning's temperature was about twenty.

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Posted by Norm48327 on Sunday, January 5, 2014 6:25 PM

By tomorrow evening we will have about 15 inches of new snow. Then the bottom is going to fall out. I think virtually every school district in Michigan is closed tomorrow.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 5, 2014 6:29 PM

update

we are under a level 3 which means you can be arrested if you go out. Matt is closed. We decided we aren't going to work either.Will be ready to dig out when the storm is over.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, January 5, 2014 8:31 PM

It's raining here right now, and with all the ice, frozen ground, and other impediments to normal drainage, that could cause problems.  It's freezing on my driveway (or at least slushing up).

Starting at midnight, we're under a high wind warning, and the temps should start to drop, which will make the roads interesting.  Any residual salt will probably get washed off the roads, so the highway crews are going to be playing a game of cat-and-mouse - trying to get salt to stay on the roads so they don't turn into sheets of ice when the temperatures do drop later.

The wind might bring down some of the broken branches still hung up in trees, too.

Might be an interesting night.  

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:22 PM

No snow yet on the south side of the Mason-Dixon line, plenty of rain to go around. Still about 34 degrees here, supposed to get colder as the evening/night progresses.

Hope outside cats will be okay, they have plenty of food and water(?)(when it freezes) The inside cats should be okay, they have a human or two to warm up against.

(aaaargh, not looking forward to "cold paws" !!!!!!!!)

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 6, 2014 12:46 AM

Almost 2AM and it's forty-seven degrees outside.  The rain is about to begin again (almost two tenths of an inch so far), and the cold is bearing down on us.  Could be an interesting morning, indeed!

Glad I stocked up on groceries the other day...

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, January 6, 2014 2:27 AM

Going home yesterday, the thermometer in the truck went down to 6 degrees.  Tonight?  51. 

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It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 6, 2014 6:46 AM

     Decisions.. decisions...  What color necktie do you wear with a flannel shirt?  -20 below now.  Wind chill is -41 below. Grumpy 

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, January 6, 2014 10:10 AM

Murphy Siding

     Decisions.. decisions...  What color necktie do you wear with a flannel shirt?  -20 below now.  Wind chill is -41 below. Grumpy 

What color is your flannel shirt? Is it solid, plaid, Hawaiian?

We were promised 10 for this morning; the thermometer outside my bedroom window indicated about twenty. We do expect more snow from time to time this week.

As to oiling the dog's paws to prevent snow buildup, I sent the suggestion to Katie, and she responded, "I tried that with Boomer [an earlier dog].  He would sit down and lick the oil, which made his feet wet and the snow would stick even worse on the wet paws.  We called this problem "snow-toe." So, she will not try it with Holly. Holly is an interesting dog; the dogs I had were always ready to eat if anything was in their food bowls. Holly eats when her people eat, and we can leave food in her bowl all the time.

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Posted by narig01 on Monday, January 6, 2014 10:39 AM
Who took the warm air it's 19f here in Hope!

Think warm. :-)
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Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 6, 2014 10:41 AM

Murphy Siding

     Decisions.. decisions...  What color necktie do you wear with a flannel shirt?  -20 below now.  Wind chill is -41 below. Grumpy 

A Bolo, of course! 

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Posted by rvos1979 on Monday, January 6, 2014 10:46 AM
Some places in the Midwest are emergency travel only this morning, roads are very bad in places. About 40 here in Baltimore now, headed to a low of 7 tonight. Have to pick up later today, and head for Statesville, NC, for some time tomorrow, hope it's not too cold there........

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, January 6, 2014 11:27 AM

Murphy Siding

     Decisions.. decisions...  What color necktie do you wear with a flannel shirt?  -20 below now.  Wind chill is -41 below. Grumpy 

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Posted by eolafan on Monday, January 6, 2014 11:50 AM
Here in Aurora, IL (about 35 miles due west of Chicago) at 6:00 a.m. this morning it was -20F (real temp) with wind chill temps of -45F....very dangerous. Took my bride to the dentist at 10:00 a.m. and the roads were very, very bad and almost deserted around here. I just took delivery of a 2014 rear wheel drive Dodge Charger about a month back and was pleasantly surprised how well she rode on the ice (although I was doing a very leisurely 30 or so).
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