How's this winter treating you?

[jfh28]

Just being without the PT for one storm made me realize how much I depend on it and what a critical piece of equipment it is for me to have. I know many are getting it a lot worse than I have and I usually enjoy the winters....watching the snow fall....romping around in it with the dogs......a little seat time.......but with the amount of snow this year....the frequency of the storms.....the brutally below 0 temps....I can honestly say that this winter is kicking my butt! It seems that every day I'm dealing with something.......plowing.....ice......frozen pipes......dead battery......tires losing air.......stuck cars.......falling trees......and on and on. So hows it been for everyone else this year? .....Jack

 

[J_J]

Yep, this 50 degree weather is whipping my butt also as we are used to 70 degree winter.

However, I know what cold is, I was in Iceland several times in my Navy career, and we sometimes had to use ropes to get from the barracks to the chow hall because of whiteouts, and sometimes the runway was iced over and we had to chip the ice out of the pad eyes to chain the planes down. Yes sir, to cold for me..

Did I dread flying over the north Atlantic, you bet I did. Some time we took off in the fog and flew for 8 hr and landed in the fog. I also did the opposite by flying around Cuba during the Cuban crisis in the nose cone of the P2V Neptune. Was it hot, you can believe it. We were flying as low as 50 ft off the water to snap photo of the missiles on board the Russian ships.

 

[Bird]

Since our home is total electric, we expect big cooling bills in the summer and small bills in the winter, but this winter we're getting big electric bills for heating.

And since I stay inside more in the cold weather and get less exercise, and also tend to snack when I'm not busy and going, I gain weight in the winter. And of course our little mutt just can't understand why I don't take her out to the park for a walk.

So that's the two worst things for me about this cold weather.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I'm a landscaper and the winter this year is killing me too.

As of this morning, we've had 24 days where the temps have got below freezing, compared to 4 days last year. I'm really struggling with laying off some of my people, or maybe selling one of my tractors to help cash flow until we can get back going in about 3 or 4 weeks.

 

[Bird]

One of my brothers spends the summers in the state of Washington and the winters just north of Waco and he was complaining today that he comes south because he doesn't like cold weather and so far this winter has had more days when he couldn't play golf than the last 6 years combined.:laughing: And besides that, his water line to his RV was frozen this morning.:laughing:

And this is a guy who lived in Anchorage about 20 years and even raced snowmobiles professionally for awhile.

 

[k0ua]

Since our home is total electric, we expect big cooling bills in the summer and small bills in the winter, but this winter we're getting big electric bills for heating.

And since I stay inside more in the cold weather and get less exercise, and also tend to snack when I'm not busy and going, I gain weight in the winter. And of course our little mutt just can't understand why I don't take her out to the park for a walk.

So that's the two worst things for me about this cold weather.

Same here Bird, our electric heating bills are thru the roof. And what little Propane auxiliary heat we have, the propane is thru the roof. The outside kitty is inside, and he alternates between sleeping and tearing around the house.. He is bored to tears. He wants to go outside every day, but sticks his nose outside with single digit temps, and wind chills below zero, and come right back inside..

 

[murphy1244]

I have not seen above freezing in at least a Month. Should slow down the Emerald ash borer.

 

[SPYDERLK]

A few short cold snaps. Above average temperatures overall judging from ice on the lake. ... Colder than the last couple yrs tho.
larry

 

[300UGUY]

Pretty darn rough here. We have had 2 periods without power, in November and December, resulting in 13 days without power. We have a whole house generator, but it ate a lot of expensive propane. And we had a record cold January, and a record snow load for January. Febuary isn't starting out all that great, we had 8 inches of snow 2 days ago. And it is back into single digits now...

 

[deerseeker001]

I lived in this house since 1982 and never seen a winter like this one.we had snow every day for weeks on end no big amounts but piled up after months.the last i heard was like 50 some odd inches. we have 30+ days below zero temps.we have temps going up in the 20/30 next week cant wait.