Good morning!!!!

[IXLR8]

I know it is a first world problem, but I got tired of the power flickering causing the refrigerator and heating system to keep cycling on/off. The refrigerator wasn't getting down to temp, the heating system couldn't keep the house up to temp. Soooo I shut off the main power breaker and fired up the generator. Now I can at least get the house up to temp and have some breakfast, with hot coffee.

Wife headed off this morning to see her kids/grandkids in NC, she had to clear a few branches off the driveway to get out, but nothing major. So that is good news.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
3 degrees with a high of 15 forecast. Temperature has dropped almost 50 degrees in 24 hours.

It was raining until it turned to snow before the wind kicked up.
When I went down the lane in the Carryall, albeit at a brisk pace, when I got to the first 90 degree bend, I spun out like Ricky Bobby, a full 270. I continued at a more reasonable speed and collected the trash and recycling toters.

Most of the day was spent cooking, baking, and puppy proofing the the things we missed. I made a run to HD for some supplies, before everything turned to ice.

Zoe was not a happy camper when we went to bed without her. She whimpered and whined for a long time. It was after midnight until she went to sleep. My phone rang at 3, it was my DIL, her parents had no electricity since noon, and were now worried about the house freezing up. So my son came up and we packed up the little Honda EU2200 and some electrical supplies so I could connect it to their boiler. I got the boiler fired up, but they have a single zone and included a greenhouse. The radiator in the greenhouse froze, an stopped the flow to the rest of the house. We put a kerosene heater in the greenhouse, hopefully it will thaw out the radiator, and nothing burst.

When I got home I figured out what quieted Zoe down. She scaled the castle wall and curled up next to my mothers 17 year old Norwich Terrier that we “inherited” when she passed away. The old dog is deaf and nearly blind, but served as the company she craved. The amazing thing is that the castle wall was a 24” tall wire pen, and Zoe is only 8 weeks old.

Now that I’m up, We will check on the heat situation at DIL’s parents. Worst case is to go get the 150k torpedo heater out of my hangar and bring it over to them.

We had a few short outages her, that were not an issue, generator started right up and carried the load, the Mitsubishi mini split in the shop is doing a great job, it’s still making heat at these low temps.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! -1 and has been steady for a couple of hours. up from -8 when we went to bed. No power or gas issues. But the faucet in the barn is being difficult. Have heat on it all night.

Merry Christmas a bit early. We are headed to MD, maybe, for Christmas with my wife’s family. Been 3 years since we have gotten together. I will wave at buckeye and Frits as we drive by. We still may not go depending on some weather related things.

Sorry to hear about your brother Lou.

Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[Buppies]

Gone up to 2 degrees still breezy nice help PopG. House 66 at thermostat 64 where weather station is located not sure up stairs different heat pump, bedroom 72 go figure. Bet pond is frozen this morning

 

[buckeyefarmer]

2° was the low, just hit 4° as the sun is now shining. Going to stay in mid teens today.
Pellet stove ran thru lot more pellets, but it stayed nice and warm. Was worth burning a half bag more. I had cranked up the downstairs geo also, to try to get more heat to rise upstairs.
Upstairs probably ran on aux heat most of the night, but we were warm. My monitor isn’t picking up the aux heat run time for some reason.

Cats fed, now my turn. It is cold in basement, we don’t heat it.

I remember the Boy Scouts going on a backpack hike on AT in PA where 0° F was the high for the day. My son got sick and didn’t go, so I bailed out also, but I did help drive them there. Honestly, I did not have sleeping bag for that cold.

Need to get something for wife’s Bday tomorrow.

 

[Thomas]

5F windchill -11F -16F highs low teens least winds calming down 10-20mph.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Took quick lookzzz around this morning LOTS of limbs branches clean up come spring.

Plans for today...trip to town for critter food,couple wheel barrow loads wood in basement just in case,watch Giants defeat Vikings kinda putter day.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

Once again Popgadget to the rescue. The amount of folks he helps is remarkable.

my water ditch is of course frozen solid at 4 degrees out. 1.66 rain two days ago had it filled.
Going to bundle up and walk out there to take a pic. Maybe walk out on it. Only a foot deep...
fondly remember going ice skating as a kid here on local canal
now if I fell I might not get up

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Rich, hope travels are smooth. western MD gets a lot of bad weather.

Popgadget to the rescue!!

 

[check]

Good morning everyone! Wow, what a super storm all over Southern Ontario. Made it up here to the cottage on Thursday, before the serious action started.

Plowed the driveway and parking area last night just around dusk, and there has been a good 6 inches or more since then, and it is still snowing. Looks like it’s going to snow all day and into Christmas day.

I will plow here again today, and then I have to tackle the rental property, which is a 500 foot driveway. Will probably have to break out the blower for that one

Many roads and highways were closed because of the storm, and it still continues. And the most dangerous part is the blowing winds and snow squalls between here and Toronto. My daughter was supposed to drive up this morning with her boyfriend, but I’m going to advise her to delay until at least tomorrow. We have had a hundred car pile up on the 401 highway west of Toronto, which is a traditional snowbelt. That was probably caused by snow squalls.

On top of that, it looks like both my wife and I are coming down with something. Coughed a lot last night, and feeling a little bit stuffy. She used a quick test for Covid and it was negative, and I will probably test myself this morning as well.

This could’ve been such a fun adventure if my daughter and her boyfriend had come up Thursday with us. She loves cross country skiing, and loves to shovel off the deck! And I love using my tractor to blow big snow. (All the snow falls to date have been pretty much piddly little things.)

Have a great day everyone, and Merry Christmas to you all!

 

[Thomas]

Try and take it easy both and your bride Check...and if you could don't send us any of that white stuff.