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Post by HiTemp on Nov 9, 2014 18:51:31 GMT -7
I see in the news that parts of WY are globally warmed into -30°F temps. Hope y'all are okay out there and you're able to keep the cows thawed out.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Nov 10, 2014 7:38:58 GMT -7
It was not supposed to be here until later this evening, but right now we are treated to a near whiteout. They are only calling for -3 here for Wednesday night, but that's tough after being in the 60s for a couple weeks. They were talking minor accumulations of snow, but we already have what they said we would by tomorrow morning.  I could have used another week of good weather to finish the roof. |
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Post by HiTemp on Nov 10, 2014 8:49:58 GMT -7
Later this week I'm driving up to Norfolk for my son's homecoming. He's been deployed 9 months over in the Middle East Puddle (Persian Gulf). I'm anxious to see him again but I'm so not looking forward to being on a pier in Norfolk in November. The temps are predicted to be in the 30s-low 40s but the wind on those piers can make a good 20 degrees difference in how it feels. Especially when they tie up two of those big flat tops either side of the pier - it makes a thousand foot long wind tunnel where you can actually body surf on the wind. Many a morning I went to work and you had to lean forward at about a 30 degree angle just to make forward progress. Everyone coming the opposite way is walking but moving at the clip of a slight jog.
When these big ships pull in they set up bleachers on the pier because there's about 8-10K people there and they don't want them getting in the way of shore power cables or anyone handling mooring lines. So I'm planning on wearing, I dunno, 37 layers or something, that ought to keep me warm for the first two hours of waiting.
After we pick him up we're headed up to my daughter's in Maryland. She's about 1/2 way between Ft. Meade and Annapolis. Temps up her way are predicted to be mid to high 30s daytime, into the 20s at night. I'm just not used to cold like that anymore, been down here in the Redneck Riviera too long.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Nov 10, 2014 9:16:00 GMT -7
Heheh, I'm not used to cold like that. Its been a warm fall over all, now we pay for it. And I can't say I miss snow moving sideways. You sure 37 layers is enough?  |
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Post by HiTemp on Nov 10, 2014 12:05:03 GMT -7
You sure 37 layers is enough? No, I don't think it will be. It's more like a maximum limit; after that my circumference approaches that of my height and it becomes a safety issue, meaning that if a gust should topple me I'd be caught in one of those Top Gun flat spins that I couldn't recover from. I'd be blown down the pier like a tumbleweed, completely out of control with a few thousand airdales on the carrier yelling "EJECT! EJECT! EJECT!" Can't have that. |
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Nov 10, 2014 15:53:06 GMT -7
You'll just have to wear extra heavy boots, weebles wobble but they don't fall down!
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Post by HiTemp on Nov 12, 2014 9:12:49 GMT -7
LOL the Weeble! I forgot about those things. I think they're in the filing draw beside the Pet Rocks.
Doing my weather check this morning I saw there were NWS warnings and advisories issued for Cheyenne and parts thereabouts, something about turning into a Popsicle in just a few minutes. Yep, that's how I remember Cheyenne but I was there in January.
Hope your roof is far enough along to keep the coolies out.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Nov 12, 2014 9:52:05 GMT -7
Yeah its somewhere between damn cold and holy crap is it cold, we were -5 this morning, and no breeze, so not too bad. The breeze has come up, but its out of the NW and we have a pretty good windbreak, but man get on the wind side, ugh. The bad part is its here for a while, we get a reprieve of 30s for high on Friday then right back in the ice box for the weekend.
The roof got done enough to cover the worst of the leaks, so other than knowing I have to get back up there I am not fretting too much.
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Post by zrct02 on Nov 12, 2014 14:21:37 GMT -7
Eric,
My wife wants to know how you keep from replacing your pipes every year.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Nov 12, 2014 21:04:35 GMT -7
Bury them deep and heat the rest. Water lines are 5'+ deep. The well house is well insulated and has a heater, and it keeps the ground warm enough to keep it all flowing unless its get down to those -20s or less the really bad windchill, then I will have to run a infrared heater to get it warm enough to warm the ground. I have to thaw out the pipes on the automatic waterers everyday when it gets down to the single digits or less, but I have hose running up to the elbow and float valve, so nothing cracks. I have rarely had it freeze solid, but its a bear to get thawed when it does, and even then have been lucky for the most part, except some 3/8" copper line. I think I have more issues keeping me from freezing than the water, usually. This probably would not be so bad, but we went from 60s to single digit highs in a day or 2.  |
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Nov 19, 2014 6:48:59 GMT -7
Whoa, I think we get a break for a little bit, supposed to be 40 something today and little wind. I might be able to peak out from the burrow i.f the sun shines
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Post by Garf on Feb 5, 2015 11:21:46 GMT -7
A few days ago it got up to the mid 80's here in Miami. I have been growing tomatoes for the last 4 months. Attachments:
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Feb 6, 2015 7:10:35 GMT -7
We went from a bitter stretch of -30+ over the new holidays and into the newyear, with 20 something inches of snow, to 70, for a bit, just had another 5" a couple days ago , but 60s now, so its been a rollercoaster. The only down side with the warm is the wind. The only thing I have been growing is moss, but that will shave off. |
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