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Socked In? Froze Up?


I'm socked in and our pipes are frozen!
  3% (2)
We're socked in, but we're well prepared.
  17% (10)
Sunny and warm here!
  29% (17)
It's like this every winter here, no biggy.
  27% (16)
Records (or close to record) snowfall, record cold
  8% (5)
None of the above
  13% (8)


Total Votes : 58
(last vote on : 12/27/2008 11:46:23 AM)
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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 5:13:36 PM   
trappedinamuseum


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Status: offline 		Agh.  I do not want to leave here for Michigan.

Dammit.


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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 5:50:30 PM   
kyraofMists


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Status: offline 		It is -32 C here or -25 F and supposed to get down to -36 C or -33 F.

He was out working last night and it was -40 C/F.

It is cold but we are prepared and snuggly tucked inside.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 5:57:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: OneMoreWaste

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lockit
My pipes are frozen... so much for heat tape and other preventitive measures!  The fridge went down and while I tried to find something I could afford... while using the outside to cool what food is left... now I have no water and could have new busted pipes down there!  The washer pump is leaking... the dryer was clogged but not now... I sit here warm in side and am glad the heater is still on! lol


If you can get close to where the pipes are coming in from the cold, you may be able to thaw them with a space heater, hair dryer, or even a 100-watt lamp (incandecent, or even better, halogen- not an "energy saving" CFL bulb) placed directly underneath. Then, as Sanity mentioned, leave a tap or two just drizzling. Best chance is to do it now, while you still have a little of the heat of the day; otherwise, when the temps drop overnight, you'll have an even greater chance of them freezing to the point of breaking. Good luck...



After crawling all over the place... my son in law found it was exactly what you say here!  A couple minutes with a blow dryer and water was spraying all over outside.  I now have a waterfall in my bathroom making sure it doesn't do it again!  The heat tape was working every where else.  So no busted pipes!  Woohoo... merry christmas to me!

Thank you!  Happy Holidays!

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 6:06:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		   Grew up , up north .    Commuted for years in winter horrors !    Paid my dues big time - no more of that !     Just another sunny, balmy day here - out on the boat the other day ....   yawn .    I'm so-o-o-o spoiled now !!!!!!

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 7:36:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		+1F right now, wind chills to -20.  Brrrrrr!

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 7:38:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

It's cold, damned cold. Zero degrees F with a windchill of -28........last I checked.

Thursday night and Friday morning we had an ice storm that put 3/4 of an inch over the 8 inches of snow already on the ground. We were certain we were going to loose power long enough to need the generator, but we only had two outages that lasted approx 2 hours each. Because of the pellet stove the house is toasty warm. I am sitting here in a t-shirt, socks and undies.

Yes, everytime I go outside to check on the horses or run the dogs it is a 3-5 minute process to get dressed. And yes I hate it and it sucks. But such is life in rural Iowa.


Ya know, when I was on the other thread reading about fudge and other assorted goodies, I kept thinking it might be nice to actually meet LaTigresse. Now I'm not so sure. It's bad here, but not that bad.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 8:05:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		sand angels are much warmer, and dont freeze the metal peices in my body. i learned about that the hard way. thank you for thinking  of me though.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 8:30:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's cold and I hate it.  No snow or ice or any of the stuff coming down, but I just hate the winter months.  Ick...

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 8:43:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here in London the clouds are kind of light grey and the rain is cool and refreshing.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 8:47:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		its been cold and rainy here i wish it would snow, i kind of miss a good snow

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/21/2008 9:51:01 PM   
Celene


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Status: offline 		You can have mine. We got a foot or more on Wednesday and it isn't warming up enough to melt it. I have lots of damaged trees to clear. But the pipes are okay.... so far as I know. I'm not testing things at this point and I hope I didn't jinx myself saying that. The forecast is calling for more precip... as we used to say in Oregon "it would have to warm up to rain".
Stay warm and dry everyone. Sunny thoughts to all.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 12:36:33 AM   
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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 2:44:46 AM   
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ORIGINAL: thornhappy

We've had ice last week, and the low is supposed to get to around zero tonight.  Wind chill's going to be around -10 to -20 overnight through Monday morning.

Tuesday through Tuesday night should get us an ice/snow event.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 3:43:46 AM   
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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 5:49:43 AM   
OneMoreWaste


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quote:

ORIGINAL: kyraofMists
He was out working last night and it was -40 C/F.

It is cold but we are prepared and snuggly tucked inside.


EGADS! Do you have to worry about polar bears going through your trash?

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lockit
After crawling all over the place... my son in law found it was exactly what you say here!  A couple minutes with a blow dryer and water was spraying all over outside.  I now have a waterfall in my bathroom making sure it doesn't do it again!  The heat tape was working every where else.  So no busted pipes!  Woohoo... merry christmas to me!

Thank you!  Happy Holidays!


Good! I'm glad you've got somebody to look out for you there

Happy Holidays, and stay warm!


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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 5:57:38 AM   
Aynne88


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ORIGINAL: thornhappy

quote:

ORIGINAL: kittinSol

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ORIGINAL: Sanity

We had about two inches of powdery before, but what we're getting right now is wetter, and so it's probably going to have a frozen crust on top of it by the end of the day. So to answer your question, wet and dry cement...



Hahahahahaha. Sorry, but that's nothing: they're counting the snow fall in FEET here this weekend. It's absolutely fucking insane. It's fluffy, mind you... but cold, and the visibility is nil.

New Hampshire!  Holy shit!  It was bad enough in Poughkeepsie, let alone all y'all up there!

thornhappy, who once lived in Maine (winters, too!)




well thorn ( and kittin ) it is feet in Maine this morning. Sucks sucks sucks...

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 6:01:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am socked in at the moment but have lots of supplies on hand 

-the weather forecast changed again today  -we  have been hit with a couple snowstorms in the last few day and are get another today  ...I am going to have to got out and brave the wind chill , bundle up, wrap a scarf around my mouth/face so I am not breathing in the cold air directly  ,  dig out the snow blower pray it starts and clear before this before the next storm hit  otherwise will be too deep for snow blower,  more snow coming  on the 24th with continued  winds and I am supposed to be travelling that day for christmas...I will take the dog with me as well as my shit load of meds  and will stay there overnight if things get too nasty rather than risk driving home again



segment for our weather warnings for today

quote:

HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUTS IN SNOWSQUALLS TODAY....
WIND CHILL WARNING..THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR IS PRODUCING EXTREME WIND VALUES OF MINUS 30


It is one of the joys on living here being boxed in between  the great lakes ,,when the wind is coming from the west or northwest moisture is picked up off of Lake Huron  so we get dumped on..if wind is coming from the south moisture is picked up off Lake Erie so we get dumped on,  if coming from the east or  south east  moist is picked off Lake Ontario/lake Erie so we get dumped on




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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 6:15:17 AM   
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Be careful.

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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 6:46:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		DAMNIT...it took 20 minutes for the pipes to freeze up again!!!

it is going to be a loooong day


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RE: Socked In? Froze Up? - 12/22/2008 6:50:24 AM   
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