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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on January 14, 2024, 02:37:29 PM
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2 degrees and falling with snow going sideways. I had hoped not to see that sort of thing around here again.
We might get above freezing on Wednesday...maybe Thursday then in the deep freeze again.
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It was only about 20f in N GA this morn. Of course, ideal time to shoot a 7 stage IDPA match in Dawsonville. You know what doesn’t work well in sub-freezing? The sticky stuff on pasters.
I had a weird squib, where the bullet didn’t fully leave the case but stuck just as it entered the forcing cone. I suspected a bad primer. Pushed the round back in the case with one strike on the rod. Usually a primer only round will push the bullet pass the barrel/cylinder gap. When I disassembled it there were just a few grains of powder, so I don’t know. Perfect storm? Bad primer and no powder? Oh well, I’ve had multiple squibs with commercial ammo this century, so I’m not the only one.
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2 degrees and falling with snow going sideways. I had hoped not to see that sort of thing around here again.
We might get above freezing on Wednesday...maybe Thursday then in the deep freeze again.
Stages of snow fall: First it comes down, then it comes down sideways, then it quits falling but for the next week God just moves it from place to place. It is a lot like a wife rearranging the furniture. I think it would be nice over there .... No, try over there .... What about there ... Husband, stupidly under his breath but a little too loud, that was spot number three half an hour ago.
I am not complaining, and I often point it out around here, because Chicago is far warmer than Minnesota. But, our forecast HIGH temperatures Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday totaled together will not reach +10f. Off to a great start with a high of minus 5 today.
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1' of snow here and -2. Tuesday the high might be 0.
Took me 20 mins to drive out of my 80' drive way.
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I have 4" of snow after 3-4 hours. Still coming down as it has cooled down to 0 now.
I want my global warming. And I want it now.
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Did anyone catch the news from Iowa. Climate activist were disrupting campaign events to protest global warming.
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Did anyone catch the news from Iowa. Climate activist were disrupting campaign events to protest global warming.
Iowa, let me count the ways:
1. Truck stuck on east bound I-80, blocking one lane, for 60 hours.
2. Truck waiting in Council Bluffs for36 hours waiting for state highway 30 to open.
3. Truck waiting in Columbus NE 48 hours, because state highway 30 is plugged in both NE and IA.
4. Truck running up through WI, across MN, down through IA and into NE, didn't have to wait anywhere, but route went from four days to five due to deep snow.
5. Truck going into IA couldn't go, waited 36 hours to depart, due to closed roads.
6. Truck departing this morning for MN, IA and NE did not go, due to poor road conditions and customer lots being plugged.
7. Seven outside carriers hired to pickup at plants in SW MN, NW IA, central IA and eastern NE, were all 36 to ..... WELL ... 78 hours and counting late to pickups.
Using my massive mind and perfect memory, but more importantly reading and listening to weather history, this is a normal week in January. You want to protest climate change? I can send you an address where you can come and sit at my desk.
As much as I worry about customer service, none of these delays is an issue. The weather has been such that these stores are running limited hours, and their customers are buying food anyway.
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Supposed to be in the low 20's here Wednesday AM....so I need to drain and blow out the water lines in the camper before then. We have the cold weather package, but I don't trust it even with pex lines. I was under the weather last week and didn't feel like fooling with it rolling around on the wet ground but alas, I haven't a choice now. LOL
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Supposed to be in the low 20's here Wednesday AM....
Wait. 20's below the Gnat Line? What's it going to be here? Egads. I know we in the metro ATL don't pay a lot of attention to the rest of the state but that should have been news.
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It's 1 degree here at a quarter after 8 in the morning, but it feels like 12 below because the humidity is 83%. There's a wind chill advisory, but no real wind chill because it's only blowing 7mph. But last month I heard someone say winter was canceled this year, because of El Niño or something like that, so, What The...? ??? I put the plow on my ATV just before sunset, in case we get enough snow this winter to use it. My toes were so cold wearing my SOREL boots that after I came in I wore my imitation Mickey Mouse boots around the house for several hours trying to warm up. Once while riding my ATV in the winter, I broke through some ice and got ice water in my boots. After awhile my boots were full of nice warm water and my feet felt good the rest of the day. They'll keep your feet warm, but pray you never have to walk far in them because they weigh about 8 pounds in my size. I was going to weigh mine to see how they compare to the real ones, but don't know where my luggage scale wandered off to again. They're white, so I guess that makes them imitation"Bunny boots". The real Type II white boots are rated all the way down to −65 °F. The Type I black boots are only rated for temperatures down to −20 °F and weigh a pound less.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_boots
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Well, we are up to 0 right now....it was -2.
This is really a pain. It was too cold to start the tractor yesterday...but we're going all the way up to 14 or 15 today. I'll head out in a couple of hours and start putting some heat on the tractor engine...I have to break ice for the livestock to have drink today.
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It was 2 degrees an hour and a half ago with 74% humidity and felt like -10. Then it got colder, not warmer when the sun came up. It's still 1 degree, but now it feels like 14 below. It's 78% humidity and the wind is up to 9 mph now.
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Last night my friend texted me pictures from the cabin. Since it's a 3-day weekend he went up there to work on stuff, or go snowmobiling the first time in a few years there was enough snow to ride on. Whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. It only matters to his wife that he went away, and left her alone. When he retires he can live at the cabin all winter, and she can live there all summer so he won't get on her nerves. :) Nah, she'd never let the house be destroyed by guys while she's away that long. :D I don't know how much it snowed or how fast, but he had to get the snowblower out of the garage/shed to clean out the driveway so he'll be able to come home. This is about halfway between Mio and Lewiston, the 2 cities I marked on Google Maps. It's a good deal north in the mitten from here, so it "up north" but not "way up north" across the bridge. And when people in Michigan simply say the bridge, there can only be one bridge they're talking about. The one between the state of Michigan and the 51st state, the State of Superior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_(proposed_U.S._state)
The second picture is from the door of the garage. The third picture is facing right at the back of the cabin. The little hut against the wall is where the propane tanks for the stove are. The last pic is going past his mom's little cabin, back out to the private trail 3/8 of a mile away that leads to the road. It takes a lot of 3/8 mile trips to clear the whole driveway. If I was there, I'd tell him to sit on the front rack of the ATV and operate the snowblower, while I drive really slow in low range. Forget about all that walking. That's a big, heavy duty pickup he drives, not a regular one, so the snow is even deeper than it looks.
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No one ever complained about scraping sunshine off their windshield.
I checked and yes we'll will drop below 20f for a couple of mornings this coming week. But just early in the mornings. Maybe a little mixed precip one day, but probably nothing sticking.
Of course sub-freezing is good for the Peach Trees, who need several days of it each winter to blossom properly in the spring.
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No one ever complained about the pavement melting under their feet when they walk around here in the summer. Every part of the country has something bad about it, and most have something good about them. IMO, Louisiana's only redeeming quality would be its cuisine. I've never been to the state of Misery, so I can't say what's good or bad about it. All I remember about Georgia is when you hit the northern border and think you're almost to Florida, it's still a long way to drive.
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It was 21° this morning.....we're about 60 miles north of the GA/FL border...or about 200 miles south of Alf.
It got a little colder than earlier predicted but once it gets that cold a few degrees isn't much to feel....but, those few degrees CAN mean the difference in frozen pipes and such. It's a matter of time as to how long it stays below freezing.
It's supposed to get into the low 50's for the high today and right back down in the 20's again tonight.
It doesn't do this often here (Once last year it got into the teens for a day) but I'm thinking of investing in a few Freeze Misers to put on several water spigots around the farm.
https://www.freezemiser.com/
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We were up to 10 degrees by 8 AM this morning. We're supposed to get as high as 33 today....whoo boy!
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I may have to reconsider what parallel I'm willing to live. Understanding more every year why FL is a retirement haven. Maybe below the 29th or 28th, or even with Kevin down near the 26th.
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23 degrees warmer today than yesterday
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S'posed to hit 55° for the high here...which is close to normal with low in the 40's tomorrow then back into the low 20's Saturday and Sunday.....and THEN next week highs near 80. 8)
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I hope it stays above freezing here. Other wise all this snow is going to trun into nasty ice/mud
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Although it is supposed to get below freezing for a few days here in SUNNY warm-ish Savannah, GA, I do remember the days - and nights - of moving snow at -28F by hand and small machine in ND. The transformer that blew leaving us without power (i.e., electric heat) for 3 days - at 0F. Not to mention the 40' of snow we got in back to back blizzards in 2010, right at New Year's. Of course, being ND, they had it cleared in no time, but while it was going on (the blizzards started Wednesday afternoon, quit Thursday afternooon, restarted late Thursday night and petered out Saturday morning), I-94 was shut down and there was a nasty pileup on 94 just outside my little town (1 fatality, a truck driver trying to help one of the motorists). But by Sunday night (New Years Eve), the roads were clear, the highways opened and Fargo open for celebrations.
That was 13 years ago. Don't miss it either, but having just returned from Hawaii, even 25F is tough to take.
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It was 21° this morning.....we're about 60 miles north of the GA/FL border...or about 200 miles south of Alf.
It got a little colder than earlier predicted but once it gets that cold a few degrees isn't much to feel....but, those few degrees CAN mean the difference in frozen pipes and such. It's a matter of time as to how long it stays below freezing.
It's supposed to get into the low 50's for the high today and right back down in the 20's again tonight.
It doesn't do this often here (Once last year it got into the teens for a day) but I'm thinking of investing in a few Freeze Misers to put on several water spigots around the farm.
https://www.freezemiser.com/
I thought about buying a Freeze-Proof Faucet before. When you turn the knob it doesn't shut the water off outside. It shuts it off about a foot and a half away, inside the house where it's nice and warm. But I never use my outside faucet in winter, so I just turn it off in the basement and open the faucet outside to try to drain it. Actually, I keep it turned off all the time when I'm notusing it, so no one else can use it. I used to put a Styrofoam faucet cover with a foam rubber seal over it, but don't think I've done that in a few years.
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I may have to reconsider what parallel I'm willing to live. Understanding more every year why FL is a retirement haven. Maybe below the 29th or 28th, or even with Kevin down near the 26th.
Florida is where old people go to die. Like the legendary elephants' graveyard, but for smaller gray animals. ;)
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It's 9 degrees here at a quarter after 11 pm. 100% cloud cover, 80% humidity, and it feels like 3 below. The humidity in my house is barely half of what it is outside. It actually feels comfortable at 68 dgrees because I still have my boots on. If my feet got cold I might have to turn it up to 70. I like 30-40% humidity.
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I found my electronic luggage scale and weighed my imitation Bunny Boots in 2 plastic grocery bags. They each take up a whole bag, and the pair weighs 3.0 kg, 6.6 pounds according to my scale. Never judge a man until you walk a mile in his moccasins. and hope you don't have to walk a mile in his bunny boots.
Real Mickey Mouse boots weigh around 5.5 pounds, and Bunny Boots are heavier at about 6.5 pounds. I think that's for a size 9, so mine really are about as heavy as the real thing. They have fake valves molded into them above the outer ankle. On the real boots, you open the valves while in an unpressurized aircraft so they don't balloon up, and keep the valves closed at all other times. They have lugs on the heels that fit G.I. ski bindings. I saw an arctic operations TM in the army where they showed a bunch of guys skijoring behind a snowmobile. It looked like fun, and a lot better than XC skiing, which is how one of my cousins used to get to work in winter, but it was only 1/3 of a mile. I have a pair of surplus snowshoes in the basement that are made of magnesium instead of wood, and the webbing is plastic coated stainless steel aircraft cable instead of rawhide. Pretty neat, but made for a maximum of 200 pounds IIRC. Maybe less. I threw away the crappy bindings that came with them and put a different kind with Fastex buckles, and a leather piece over the toes on. My ex has an identical pair and probably hasn't used them once.
It's 35 right now and supposed to get up to 38 later today, then in the 40s for 4 days, then up in the 50s. God I love global warming! I haven't shoveled my sidewalk yet this winter, but there was one time I should have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skijoring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2j9qeFV028
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Consumers Energy announced plans on April 5, 2023 to install 123 new automatic transfer reclosers (ATRs) in 2023 to help prevent power outages and improve electric reliability for customers in my part of the state. They already had nearly 470 of these 800-pound devices currently on the electric system, so there are around 600 of them now. Helping to keep me warm this winter. I imagine DTE Energy (formerly Detroit Edison) and other energy companies are doing the same thing in the rest of the state. These may be operating when my power blinks off just for a moment.
It's supposed to be in the low 50s Thursday and Friday, then back down to the 40s. Still not bad for mid-winter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-aIu2KnuE
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It's still winter for 2 1/2 more weeks, but it's not cold anymore. It's getting up to 68 degrees today. I guess it's safe to take the snow plow off my ATV now. I didn't use it all winter. I have a snow shovel downstairs that I never took out of the basement all winter too.
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It's still winter for 2 1/2 more weeks, but it's not cold anymore. It's getting up to 68 degrees today. I guess it's safe to take the snow plow off my ATV now. I didn't use it all winter. I have a snow shovel downstairs that I never took out of the basement all winter too.
Drove up from the grocery store this afternoon and the thermometer was saying 72. If this is fake Spring, that's okay. As long as it doesn't pop back to real Winter.
Crusader Rabbit
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We have had snow, got about 6" yesterday
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I just looked out my back door and literally said out loud, WTF! Because it's snowing. I guess I don't have to mow the lawn for awhile yet. I had daffodils, tulips, and lilies all popping up a couple weeks ago, and some little purple flowers in bloom. That was probably ground ivy, or maybe catnip, both weeds in the mint family. I saw it in my front yard one day when I got my mail. I may have other weeds in that spot, but remember something like ground ivy being in that spot for several years. I'm sitting around in my bathrobe and slippers without my lounge pants on, and my ankles have felt cold for hours. Now I know why. It's below freezing outside and I still haven't moved my desk to open the heat duct behind the door that's pinned open by my desk. Once I open that duct, the heat can blow though a 5" wide space between the door and wall to my right, around the edge of the door that's a foot from the wall behind my desk that's half open in back.
Today's trivia: The board that runs across the front underside of a desk and keeps you from looking up a lady's skirt is called a a modesty board, or a modesty panel. Mine is only 14" high and reaches down 4" from the floor. Plenty of room to get some hot air in my lap, if not on my ankles from the half of the desk that's wide open. Until I open the heat duct I'm wearing Under Armor Coldgear fleece pants. My ankles are still exposed and cold, so I better grab a pair of winter boot socks too. Sometimes I wear those to bed if my feet get too cold, and I may have a couple of clean pairs. The rest of my body is so warm I have my robe wide open, but my feet are too far from my core to stay warm. :( I just walked outside dressed that way to get my mail and didn't feel cold at all, except for my ankles.
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I can't speak for the rest of you but the older I get the MORE cold affects me. Years ago I heard my mother speak about being "chilled to the bone". I THOUGHT I knew what that meant. I was WRONG. Now I understand. Sometimes it takes a full day to get back to a normal state after being "Chilled to the bone".!
It is March and this morning it is 26. The high will be about 40. WAYYYYY too cold.
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It's 26 here too but feels like it's only 20, and the high is supposed to be 36. It was in the 60s or 70s earlier this month, maybe last month. I can't keep track of the days anymore. The good news is I got a box full of Pyro Putty and stuff today. If all else fails, I'll set something on fire to stay warm!
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Since Tuesday was the first day of spring I mowed my grass. It was really hard to start the mower since I didn't properly winterize it. Tuesday night it snowed, and Wednesday there was still a little bit of snow on the south side of my shed and driveway all day where the sun don't hit it. I don't know how cold it was, but it was too cold.
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Like the song written by Frank Loesser 80 years ago said, Baby, It's Cold Outside. It's 28 degrees but feels like it's only 20. But try telling that to this daffy-dill that's planted with a tulip. This thing is just plain daft, coming out in weather like this. The tulip will wait until after the daffodil blooms and the flower dies off, before it blooms. If I don't accidentally mow it down first. The pics are less than an hour old.
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Where is the cold, we hit a record today 107....
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I was suffering here at 84....
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Where is the cold, we hit a record today 107....
:o :o :o TRIPLE digits!!
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We've been in a heat sink the last month.....some days with triple digit actual heat at 101°-104° and heat index around 115° F......and the humidity keeps the swamp-ass real.
Tropical storm Deb has cooled us down overnight.... AC hasn't run much today.
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The actual temperature is 61 now and that's what it feels like outside. It's warmer in the house and I have the A/C running but not turned down very low. I'll probably turn it off when I go to bed.
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La Nina on the way?
https://econcurrents.com/2024/09/14/noaa-updates-its-enso-alert-on-september-12-2024-we-remain-in-enso-neutral-published-september-14-2024/ (https://econcurrents.com/2024/09/14/noaa-updates-its-enso-alert-on-september-12-2024-we-remain-in-enso-neutral-published-september-14-2024/)
What it could mean:
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2024-09-12-us-la-nina-watch-noaa-update-2024 (https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2024-09-12-us-la-nina-watch-noaa-update-2024)
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I don't know what it all means, but I'm getting tired of the breaker in the basement tripping and shutting off the A/C and fan in my bedroom. If I'm downstairs when it happens, I don't even know about it until I go back upstairs and it's too hot to sleep.
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It may mean colder and wetter in the northern part of CONUS and warmer and dryer in the southern part. If it shows up at all....
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I had to turn my furnace on last night. And it was only 65 degrees in here when I got up today, which is what I set it for before I went to bed. It ran for a little while and I don't remember hearing it anymore after that. It's 63 degrees outside at about 4:40 pm. And the "feels like" temperature is the same. Yesterday I wore shorts and was walking around barefoot when I went outside for a few minutes. I think it was only a half hour or an hour before sunset and it was 68 degrees, wasn't windy at all and felt good.
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On June 28, 1994 when it hit 120 degrees in Monahans, Texas it only got up to 82 degrees here in Flint, which is less than 1 degree above average for that day. That's a difference of 38 degrees in the high temps that day. When it gets down to freezing next weekend and stays there for a few days, I may complain about the cold, but at least I won't be complaining of triple digit heat. And I'm not likely to die of heatstroke any day of the year. 120 degrees is 15 degrees hotter than I can set my toaster over to on the "warm" setting. It's like turning my dehydrator up more than 3/4 of the way. People in Monahans could walk around with slices of raw meat and make jerky using nothing but ambient air temperature. I'm not sure how much walking around they could do without dying, and have to wonder if any of them were saying, "Yes, but it's a dry heat." If they did, they deserved to be punched in the face by anyone left with the strength to do it.
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I've been to Monahans quite a bit. Stayed there a few times for work. Better than Pyote down the road but by far Pyote has the best hamburgers and chef salads anywhere at Sook's Place. Huge portions and good quality for hard workers....
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Mmm, burger. I didn't feel so hot and missed out on a free burger for my birth month at Freakin' Unbelievable Burgers. And I felt like crap on Veteran's Day and missed out again.
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It's 34 degrees here but feels like 24. I'm glad I'm inside. We had a weather alert tonight.
Snow Squall Warning issued December 4 at 9:02PM EST until December 4 at 10:00PM EST by NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI
The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Northwestern Oakland County in southeastern Michigan...
Southeastern Shiawassee County in southeastern Michigan...
Northeastern Livingston County in southeastern Michigan...
Southern Genesee County in southeastern Michigan...
* Until 1000 PM EST.
* At 901 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from Durand to near Hartland, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to
blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility. Wind gusts
greater than 35 mph. A rapid accumulation of snow of
roadways, creating slick conditions.
SOURCE...Radar and webcams.
IMPACT...Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous
within minutes.
This includes the following highways...
I-75 between mile markers 94 and 121.
I-475 between mile markers 1 and 10.
I-69 between mile markers 114 and 148.
US-23 between mile markers 67 and 90.
Locations impacted include...
Flint, Hartland, Fenton, Grand Blanc, Holly, Davison, Durand, Burton,
Swartz Creek, Linden, Corunna, Cohoctah, Goodrich, Ortonville, Byron,
Bancroft, Lennon, Gaines, Oak Grove, and Lake Fenton.
Slow Down! Rapid changes in visibility and road conditions are
expected with this dangerous snow squall. Be alert for sudden
whiteout conditions.
I'm 1 mile from mile marker 118 on I-75 in the affected area. There's just enough snow to cover the roofs of cars so you can't see what color they are. It looks like winter couldn't wait 2-3 more weeks to start.
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17 degrees this morning heading to a "HI" of 25. Presently a "balmy" 21.
DAMN. This is "supposed" to be the South!!!!!
(Kentucky)
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9 today
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17 degrees this morning heading to a "HI" of 25. Presently a "balmy" 21.
DAMN. This is "supposed" to be the South!!!!!
(Kentucky)
Jim, I'm a little more south that you, but here in Western North Carolina we awakened to 15 degrees. Of course we are heading for a near-tropical 33 this afternoon. Time to break out the shorts and umbrella drinks.
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Jim, I'm a little more south that you, but here in Western North Carolina we awakened to 15 degrees. Of course we are heading for a near-tropical 33 this afternoon. Time to break out the shorts and umbrella drinks.
It's going to be 45 here in a couple days, with overnight lows of 35 or 36 a couple of nights. People can say whatever they want about Michigan, but it's not a bad place weather-wise if you're far enough inland to not be buried in lake effect snow. Unless you're in the U.P. which is like Canadian tundra compared to the southern half of the sate. The Great Lakes moderate the weather to a large degree, so it feels more like southern Ohio than it does another northern state like Minnesota.
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-1 this morning.
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33 right now but it feels like it's only 25.
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27° F for the low this AM with wind chill/'real feel' of 22°..... too cold for my old worn out bones and joints.
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We were 17 this morning...up a bit from the 14 to 16 we've had the last 3 days.
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It's 20 now and shout get up to 25 for 4 hours this afternoon. The app on my computer only shows up to 5 pm. And there's a 96% chance of snow then, and the 1/8 of the sun that's shining isn't doing us any favors.
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I know this is just a sprinkling for you northern peeps, but in the ATL it's a major holiday. And don't tell me we don't know how to drive on it. There's ice underneath it all and most grades which includes overpasses, exit and entrance ramps are coated with it. 1-1/2" in a little over an hour. Followed by 3 hours of light drizzle. All on top of the frozen ground and roadways. My Sunday IDPA match my be cancelled. Fortunately because of the wide temp swings, this should all disappear by Saturday afternoon.
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All the snow melted off the streets, sidewalks and driveway, but it's been so cold the snow in my yard didn't all melt. It's not as bad as what you got, but I should catch up this evening.
P.S. People in Michigan forget how to drive in snow every year. The first time there's black ice in the underpasses, or freezing drizzle on the freeway, cars will go spinning and flying off the road as if they're being tossed about Frisbee-style.
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-4 with wind chill on the job site
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It's 37 here going to 39 and sunny, Warm for upstate NY.
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Ow. I've been sitting around in my bathrobe and my knees are hurting pretty bad. I'm going to put my fleece pants on and see if warming them up helps. I never used to have a problem with the cold, bur ever since I retired I spend most of my time half-dressed and sitting still. Not the best way to stay warm. I could turn up the heat but the rest of my body feels good at 68 or 70 degrees.
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We have an honest foot of snow. Makes tending animals a bit of a pain.
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It looks like we got 2" in the last 12 hours and it's very slowly coming down. It's 22 degrees but should warm up 5 degrees by 11 am. I don't know if I'm going to put the snowplow on my ATV and play in the snow, or just let it melt on its own like I did the last few winters. I might shovel my sidewalk once this year if I feel ambitious. My snowplow is 52" and the sidewalk is 60" so I can drive down it and be mostly done in 15 seconds.
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27 and lightly snowing at 20 til 5 this morning. Heat wave compared to the -4 a few days ago.
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It's 32 now but feels like 23. I think it got just above freezing, but now it's getting ready to dip below freezing again.
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I know this is just a sprinkling for you northern peeps, but in the ATL it's a major holiday. And don't tell me we don't know how to drive on it. There's ice underneath it all and most grades which includes overpasses, exit and entrance ramps are coated with it. 1-1/2" in a little over an hour. Followed by 3 hours of light drizzle. All on top of the frozen ground and roadways. My Sunday IDPA match my be cancelled. Fortunately because of the wide temp swings, this should all disappear by Saturday afternoon.
My kid lives in Peachtree City and sent me almost the identical photo. We're in the high 20s here in Western North Carolina and I can't get down my 1/4 mile driveway.
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I'm not going to ask why it's colder in NC than it is in Michigan. Sometimes it's colder in Texas than it is here. And Arkansas too when I checked a year or so ago. One guy at Universal Coin & Bullion in Beaumont, TX would ask how the weather was when he called. Sometimes he called when he wasn't trying to sell me anything, just to talk. It was funny to hear the times it was really cold there and maybe 20 degrees warmer here. Then in summer it was 30 degrees hotter there. It didn't sound very comfortable most of the time but I guess they have a couple of nice months a year, one in spring and one in fall. :) A lot of people think it's like a frozen tundra here in winter, but it's usually about like mid-Ohio, not like Canada or even the U.P.
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Yesterday it was 5 below at 5 am. I guess there was a cold warning for a few days. I didn't know about it but put an extra blanket on my bed for a few days starting Monday.
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It's 27 degrees now, but "feels like 14". It didn't actually feel that cold when I walked out barefooted to get my mail a moment ago.
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Last week in 18 hours we had a 46 degree swing. It was nuts.
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Yeah, that's crazy. Even in Michigan where the weather changes every 5 minutes, that would be way out of the ordinary.