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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on December 17, 2016, 09:03:43 PM
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12 degrees and falling.
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my weather station says 8 and we have about 6" of snow. high today was 19.
its normally in the 40s.
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We have a dusting of snow...enough to cover most stuff about 1/3".
This time yesterday it was 54...now 11.
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its all good I got my wood stove loaded up, now if I only had some one to keep warm...
damn over night er shifts.
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Get a dog.
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Wah, wah, wah :'(
I left Des Moines at 11:00am, and it was 15f; after four and a half hour drive on ice, I arrived in Sioux City, and it was 7f; another three hours later, most of which in the shop trying to get the reefer started, it was 1f, and I headed northeast; two and a half hours later I pulled in at home, and the thermometer reads (read) -16f. Supposed to hit -27f tonight with a high of -2f Sunday.
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Dang....keep that up there with you. I don't want it down here.
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Sunday the 18th 4:30 AM as I type this. My outside weather station says 34 degrees. That's COLD for here. It will most likely hit freezing by the time the Sun comes up. I'll turn on the falls and the filter pump on the pool just to be safe. Day's like this are why I don't plant fruit trees.
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Puppy dog woke me up at 6:15 this morning. Outdoor thermometer reads -26.9f! I'm not going outside to double check! I'll just trust that it is DAMN COLD! I have enough corn in the house to keep the burner going all day, and I can see the Okey Dokey light on the reefer from the living room window. Time for more coffee.
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Not a fit time for man or beast. Minus 30....beejeebers. I'm at 1 degree here now and the sensor is a few inches from the brick wall so it may be zero. The official reading a couple miles down the lake says 3 degrees but the wind is blowing across 4 miles of lake to that sensor so the air is warmed up some around it.
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This weather does cut down on the riff raff. Compare Minnesota to California, New York, and even Chicago with its lake effect warmth.
One thing to remember tho: Brian Enos sells a really good lube called Slide Glide. It comes in three different weights: Medium and heavy may be good for Arizona, Texas and Florida, but Light is the must for Minnesota.
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Good point on the lube. I wonder how dry graphite works? Can you even get it these days?
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It was 5 about 48 hours ago..
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19 here today and it's supposed to hit the mid-30s this week. Not too bad for December. We've had 2 significant snowfalls totaling about a foot.
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Thank goodness for Global Warming....
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All the way up to six below!
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its 21 right now... been out in it working on the truck I just bought. gd its $$$ to buy racks, boxes, controlers etc...
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on behalf of the Florida Tourism Bureau.... here a little north of Tampa Bay, 75F and clear 8)
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on behalf of the Florida Tourism Bureau.... here a little north of Tampa Bay, 75F and clear 8)
If that was the hottest it got all year I would be happy there.
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on behalf of the Florida Tourism Bureau.... here a little north of Tampa Bay, 75F and clear 8)
I'll load up the Chicago bus and send them right down ;D
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Little late to the game.. Saturday morning it was -27 here, and not too far from here it was -48. Quite a few places in MT hit in the -40's that morning. A little below normal, but not too far off. Bigger issue is the wind has come up, which makes the wind chill down into the we won't talk about low numbers. I have plowed out my drive (1/10th mile) several times a day just due to the drifting snow. We got two feet of the stuff just a few days before.. :D
As a side not, my new neighbors from Napa Valley California, who moved here in August, are having a bit of an issue right now... never did see them put up any wood for their off-grid house.. hmm
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Napa is a liberal enviro nazi shit hole. Think of it as a drunker and cheaper north bay.
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Don't pee outside.You'll have to break it off cause you won't be able to shake it off.
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It's going to get above freezing for 6 days even getting up to 44 on Monday. It might rain but it won't be freezing rain. I don't mind as long as there's nothing to shovel. Then it's supposed to be 30-32 for awhile. I wouldn't want to live anywhere that gets below 0 very often. Single digit chill factors are bad enough.
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It is cold enough I caught liberal politicians with their own hands in their pockets.
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Dadgummit it got quick cold last night. We were only supposed to have a low of 29 right before daybreak and then warm up immediately. We made 29 before midnight and by 3 AM it was 24. Thankfully it got no colder but it did not get above freezing until after 10 AM.
So...when I woke up at 03:30 AM before I went back to sleep I noticed the temp. I laid there hoping it would warm up for another half an hour BECAUSE no one turned on the heat in the RV. So at 4AM I was up and out the door to remedy the RV's thermal dilemma. The lower bay with the water storage was down to 34 and the interior was 36...so I made it in time.
I'm afraid it's gonna be cold this winter. I'm going to pull out the Old Farmer's Almanac and see what they say about winter.
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Going down to 28 here tonight, the warmest over night temps for the next 10 days is 33, the lowest is 23 with flurries on Sunday... >:( >:(
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It snowed just a trace 2 or 3 nights in a row but it's so cold it hasn't melted off my car and most other objects. The driveway retained enough heat to melt it, but my yard has snow on top of the neighbor's leaves that I need to mow. The sun is coming up in 15 minutes but I'm not in any hurry. It's supposed to be back up in the 50s this weekend.
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Mid-20's in south GA tonight as well....got down to freezing last night.
I'm going to pull out the Old Farmer's Almanac and see what they say about winter.
The Farmer's Almanac will go away next year from what I've heard as of yestidy.
The Farmers' Almanac, founded in Lewiston, Maine back in 1818, will be ceasing after more than 200 years, as reported by Today. The 2026 edition will be the outlet's last and access to the website content will end in December.5 hours ago
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low 30s high 20s here at night. 60ish during the day.
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It's just above freezing but may dip down to 31 for an hour. It should happen very soon if it happens tonight.
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The Farmer's Almanac will go away next year from what I've heard as of yestidy.
That's what I heard. It's a bit confusing because the Old Farmer's Almanac (since 1792) is going to stay in business. It's the Farmer's Almanac (since 1818) that is going out of print next year.
I know I have been confused by the difference in names but the Old Farmer's Almanac is the little yellow book that I think I am familiar with from my childhood. I wish my folks were still alive so I could ask them.
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I thought there was only ONE Farmer's Almanac, the Old one. The one that predicts the weather right a year ahead of time better than the NWS does a week ahead of time.
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Nope. There are two.
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Not for long! But, now I know.