RE: Socked In? Froze Up?

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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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soul2share -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/22/2008 7:46:53 PM)
well, it's been unseasonably cold here in the Valley....it's about 50 degrees right now, and rainy......I'm numb from riding my scooter home from work......shoulda rode my bike, but noooooooo, I had to take the chance it wasn't going to rain. The rim country is getting snow, which suits me just fine...and all the skiers too.....I see the weather heading east and just think "Better them than ME!" Yeah...they don't call me the Evil One for nuttin' honey!

Sanity -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 7:15:08 AM)
It's been snowing almost steadily around the Boise area since I first posted this poll & temperatures have warmed up some with the highs around 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The commutes yesterday and this morning have been awful with slide offs and wrecks blocking the freeway... the snow has been compacting some because of a little rain and above freezing weather, but there's still around nine inches of accumulation at my house, with the drifts being much deeper (of course).

sambamanslilgirl -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 7:48:07 AM)
woohoo - it's a balmy 20F! heatwave! i even braved the below zero temps yesterday to do some grocery shopping.

DDraigeuraid -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 7:51:35 AM)
Warm and sunny here (or it will be once the sun comes up). I bet I don't get any sympathy for the sunburn I got last Friday. I refuse to live anywhere that I can't wear shorts and slippas every day! Might go to the beach Christmas afternoon. Dragon

Lockit -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 7:52:11 AM)
Okay now I am sick of this cold! It is ruining everything! First the frozen pipes we worked out... now everything is plugged up and I am wondering if the pipes going out can freeze up. I am seriously in some shitty trouble here! What the hell was I thinking I could get a few months down the line before any real trouble. I didn't account for winter and slow payments! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

sirsholly -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 8:03:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DDraigeuraid Warm and sunny here (or it will be once the sun comes up). I bet I don't get any sympathy for the sunburn I got last Friday. I refuse to live anywhere that I can't wear shorts and slippas every day! Might go to the beach Christmas afternoon. not one damn bit. <---scampers off to defrost frozen pipes...AGAIN!

Lockit -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 9:54:26 AM)
Running water in a mobile home like everyone has told me for years is a very bad thing! Had I flushed the sewer with full blast running water or a bathtub filled and released all at once, it wouldn't have frozen. A trickle or just a lil bit freezes! Now my sewer line is totally frozen from what they tell me and I am waiting for another guy to see how much it would cost to take apart and fix or for warmer whether and sunshine. This could be a long haul camping trip here... only there aren't any bushes to hide my behind and I am sure 'some' of the neighbors wouldn't like that much. lol You learn something every day... but I am sure I could find something more interesting to learn! Hang in there Holly! Once again... we have something in common! lol

angelikaJ -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 11:48:34 AM)
The furnace did run last night for one full cycle...which raised the temp of the entire house more than 30 degrees! However.... sigh This morning it was back to it's usual non-functional self.

PanthersMom -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 12:52:26 PM)
sounds like it might be the thermocouple angelikaJ. ours went out a couple years ago and cub had it fixed in an hour. they're pretty easy to do and not too expensive. i hope it'll be fixed soon! PM

thornhappy -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/23/2008 2:37:15 PM)
Icy here again. Had to use 4WD on my teeny sloping driveway.

Sanity -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 8:44:07 AM)
We're getting hammered here today (by local standards). It's a good thing I don't have to go anywhere! Last week's commute was horrible, for the most part, and people were delayed at airports all around the Pacific Northwest, including a friend of mine who was stuck in Portland for days. The freeway has been closed around the Utah line off and on all week too, and there are avalanche warning in the mountains just to the North of me here. But the skiing is great, and the snow pack is helping alleviate our drought. There is a ski area just barely above Boise I need to head up to soon with my UM. Neither of us ski, but the tubing there is great fun. It makes me feel like I'm a kid myself again!

T1981 -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 8:52:18 AM)
Here in the midwest, we've been having strange weather. A few weeks ago I woke up to a 65 degree morning. By the time I left work at 3:30 PM, it was below zero. Seems to be the cycle lately. Argh.

kyraofMists -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 9:18:25 AM)
The river has finally frozen over where we are and it is warming up here. It reached - 11 C here yesterday and it is -15 C right now. Now that it is warming up, it will start snowing again. We may take the munchkins sleding or snowboarding today. Knight's Kyra

Sanity -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 10:54:06 AM)
Well I did it. I just purchased advance tickets for the "Gold Rush" tubing hill at the Bogus Basin ski resort (right above Boise) for the 6:00 - 8:00 session tonight. Now I have to find or buy enough cold weather gear for windy 17 degree (Fahrenheit) weather, and decide whether or not I need to buy chains for the car in order to get up there... That mountain's always a blast. Woo hoo! [sm=banana.gif]

PeterJay -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 11:49:16 AM)
Right now it's 60 degress and pouring rain. All the snow is melting & we're under a flash flood watch. They are calling for snow showers changing to snow later. The last time it was this warm & the temp dropped low enough to snow, we got 23". I hope that does not happen again.

lusciouslips19 -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 11:51:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeterJay Right now it's 60 degress and pouring rain. All the snow is melting & we're under a flash flood watch. They are calling for snow showers changing to snow later. The last time it was this warm & the temp dropped low enough to snow, we got 23". I hope that does not happen again. Yes. Its freakishly warm in Chicago. Global warming at its finest!

Sanity -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 2:12:20 PM)
That was pretty good. This thread made it to 96 posts before anyone mentioned "Global Warming". quote: ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19 Yes. Its freakishly warm in Chicago. Global warming at its finest!

sambamanslilgirl -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 3:45:12 PM)
right now - watching the the water soak the floor due to melting snow and rain - this sucks!

mistoferin -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 3:48:11 PM)
Wow, I hear ya! Yesterday we were buried in snow and ice and today I have lakefront property. I'm making a "No Wake Zone" sign for the backyard. Watching carefully because another half inch and the water will be pouring in the basement windows.

sambamanslilgirl -> RE: Socked In? Froze Up? (12/27/2008 3:56:55 PM)
it totally sucks now - my bedroom has water ...hopefully i won't be swimming tonight!

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