Severe weather thread

They are saying that it is not going to be as severe here, either, so that is a good thing. Like always, you never know until it actually happens because all they can do is guess and predict.
I told Bobby that the arsenal put up their “Magic Dome” that seems to protect Huntsville from most of the severe storms that come through this area.
Even when we had the bad tornadoes back in 2011, the other areas of Huntsville got hit much worse that the part closest to the arsenal. Of course, we weren’t living in this house then, and were further bother where the tornadoes did hit, and were out of power for about 2 weeks and roads all blocked from the downed trees.
My daughter lived just off of the arsenal, and she had no problems and power back in a few days.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
Heavy icing is no joke for anyone. Some parts of the country are even less able to deal with it on trees and power lines. A lot of trees there just haven't had their weak spots tested by heavy ice or snow loads in their past.

So I suspect power outages might be the big threat. And if you can't drive on ice and in snow, just stay home. Maybe get some "extras" to fill in here and there but the aftermath won't last long. You don't need a truckload of bottled water and toilet paper.
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After "El Derecho" 10+ years ago, my power company went scorched earth on the right-of-ways. I came home from work and probably picked up an extra 1/2 acre of yard from where they pushed the tree line back. They also recently ran fiber to every single customer and upgraded the poles along the way. Some needed to be replaced with taller ones to comply with power and communication line height requirements, while those that looked "iffy" got replaced too, as long as they were at it. Dunno if that will help.

The real issue in rural areas is lack of power for well pumps. Since it's gonna be so frigid, the advice is to shut off the well and open every faucet in the house if there's no way to keep the water flowing.
 
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Yvonne Smith said:
They are saying that it is not going to be as severe here, either, so that is a good thing. Like always, you never know until it actually happens because all they can do is guess and predict.
I told Bobby that the arsenal put up their “Magic Dome” that seems to protect Huntsville from most of the severe storms that come through this area.
Even when we had the bad tornadoes back in 2011, the other areas of Huntsville got hit much worse that the part closest to the arsenal. Of course, we weren’t living in this house then, and were further bother where the tornadoes did hit, and were out of power for about 2 weeks and roads all blocked from the downed trees.
My daughter lived just off of the arsenal, and she had no problems and power back in a few days.
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Several years ago our entire county had an extended power outage for 4-5 days because of snow/ice. I had no idea. I don't watch the news anymore, and I guess the trees that fell around me missed the lines. When I finally ventured out, I swung by my friend's greenhouse business and he asked me how I fared. He was shocked I had no interruption. Everyone else who he talked to had lost power for days. Kinda odd for being so far off the paved road.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
We are having a "winter blast" this weekend; down into the teens and sleeting forecast. BRRRRRRR View attachment 620
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:ROFLMAO:
I asked Alexa+ about the weather today.

It is far more "conversational" than the standard product. It's reply said "brrr" among other things while giving the details.

Of course the sad thing is that this is the only place where I am addressed by name in an average day now. I never realized that I missed this.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
:ROFLMAO:
I asked Alexa+ about the weather today.

It is far more "conversational" than the standard product. It's reply said "brrr" among other things while giving the details.

Of course the sad thing is that this is the only place where I am addressed by name in an average day now. I never realized that I missed this.
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I noticed that when i was chatting with the Bing Copilot, too, and it always called me by name . Mostly , the only other human I ever see is Bobby, and he is mostly in his man cave, so my conversations are with Poodle and now with the kitty-cats. It is nice to be acknowledged, even if we know it is just a computer voice.
Bing is very friendly, remembers stuff I asked before, and suggests things that are related to my questions that it thinks I might be interested in knowing.
 
The cold still persists , with more cold, snow and etc coming tomorrow. I am not looking forward to any of this,as I am tried of being cold all the time anyway. Monday suppose to take him for eye surgery 2 hours away . Hoping we do not have to cancel.
Ya do not wanna be stuck out on the prairie lands even in good weather. what's coming could be a killer.
BTW after all is long gone..check in on Rill Call to let us know your alive and well :)
 
Looks like we will get mostly freezing rain. We are almost certainly to lose power. Duke Energy does a good job of keeping the trees away from power lines. They just trimmed them here last week. But when ice accumulates on the lines, there's nothing they can do but repair them afterward.

We have gas for the generator, gas for the gas cooker under the carport, kerosine for the kerosine heater and fresh batteries in the flashlights. I guess we are as prepared as we can be.

We had an ice storm in 2002 that had people on the backroads without power for two weeks. We are on the main trunk line, so they have to get us back online first. We were without power for three days.
 
John Brunner said:
Our snow forecast has been cut back somewhat, from 24" total to 10.5" of snow on Saturday night and 3" of "wintry mix" on Sunday (that term sounds like a Brach's candy assortment.) It's the wintry mix that concerns me the most. This is one pile of what we get along the right-of-way when there's ice storms:
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You can't tell, but the driveway is icy, so I don't get too aggressive with the tractor.
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Chains??
 
John Brunner said:
After "El Derecho" 10+ years ago, my power company went scorched earth on the right-of-ways. I came home from work and probably picked up an extra 1/2 acre of yard from where they pushed the tree line back. They also recently ran fiber to every single customer and upgraded the poles along the way. Some needed to be replaced with taller ones to comply with power and communication line height requirements, while those that looked "iffy" got replaced too, as long as they were at it. Dunno if that will help.

The real issue in rural areas is lack of power for well pumps. Since it's gonna be so frigid, the advice is to shut off the well and open every faucet in the house if there's no way to keep the water flowing.
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That is good advice. I even have a gallon or two of antifreeze for waste pipes. I don't want my traps freezing either. I have been having a nightmare of all my canned jars exploding. It sounded like a machine gun in the basement.:oops:
 
John Brunner said:
You know, from time-to-time I've thought of getting them all the way around. But after 15 years here, I've only needed them maybe once or twice. I think I actually researched them once. Even pre-COVID prices chased me away, if I recall correctly.
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I got 'em from the dealer. They fit well and were reasonably tough. Even I only really need them when it is very icy. Just running the tractor around with chains on breaks up the ice enough to make it less slippery.
 
Not bad here, at least so far.

Sure, it's -3 F and breezy, but we have full sunlight right now. And we expect maybe 2 or 3 inches of snow from this pair of storms coming through.

I wouldn't hang out there long, but I was just out and I haven't lost my nose. I didn't even wear fullface protection or my heaviest coat or two layers of pants.
 
Mary Stetler said:
Hope everyone survived their weather.😟
Our high winds should be over around 9 tonight. Still a bit chilly.
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Your stuff is headed my way, thank you very much. Truly 'tis better to give than to receive.

Here in Virginia, it's not gonna start until 10PM Saturday, and end roughly midnight Sunday. It's gonna hit 50°F today, and barely break 20°F tomorrow and Sunday, with a string of single-digit overnight temps to follow.
 
Ours is supposed to start here overnight, @Mary Stetler . We still have no idea of we will get snow or ice, or maybe some of both. It is supposed to stay bitter cold until the end of this month, so whatever we get, it is not going away.
37/FL27 here right now, and lots of freezing wind.
 
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