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Calling it. Tell everyone I named it.

 

Are you in for some bad weather? It’s getting down to 9 on Friday. We don’t know what to even do with that in Atlanta. We’re treating it like it’s snowing, which it isn’t. I’m gonna be a baby.

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The_annoying_one Monster Mutant

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7 minutes ago, SwimOdin said:

Calling it. Tell everyone I named it.

 

Are you in for some bad weather? It’s getting down to 9 on Friday. We don’t know what to even do with that in Atlanta. We’re treating it like it’s snowing, which it isn’t. I’m gonna be a baby.

I’m only about 2 hours south of Atlanta. Lows in the teens and wind chill below zero is expected this weekend. No snow, though (I hope).

tsar4 Monster Mutant

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1 hour ago, SwimOdin said:

Calling it. Tell everyone I named it.

 

Are you in for some bad weather? It’s getting down to 9 on Friday. We don’t know what to even do with that in Atlanta. We’re treating it like it’s snowing, which it isn’t. I’m gonna be a baby.

9??  Last I heard our high here is supposed to be 0 F...and OH THOSE 55MPH wind gusts!

molarbear Hero

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5 hours ago, SwimOdin said:

Calling it. Tell everyone I named it.

 

Are you in for some bad weather? It’s getting down to 9 on Friday. We don’t know what to even do with that in Atlanta. We’re treating it like it’s snowing, which it isn’t. I’m gonna be a baby.

My plan is to fortify the area around my nesting spot with blankets, after that I will set out to find you so I can use your head to kindle the first flame and bring warmth back to the land

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NewBluntsworth Legend

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They're calling for a blizzard warning, which apparently is more about the wind than snow. Supposedly only a few inches of snow, but combined with strong winds makes visibility shit. And yeah, the high for tomorrow is about zero degrees. 

I will be at home watching out the window. 

André Toulon Monster Mutant

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5 hours ago, molarbear said:

My plan is to fortify the area around my nesting spot with blankets, after that I will set out to find you so I can use your head to kindle the first flame and bring warmth back to the land

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Yeah, sposed to be 3 tonight here too. 

Kinda wish I had took off this week instead of for my birthday but that really was never an option....

Anyway, it'll be fine as long as the no snow thing pans out down here

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Seight Monster Mutant

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I left work early partly to avoid any possible weather impacts and partially because people CANNOT drive on the Highway between work and my house without running into each other when you spot them a clear road sometimes.

katt_goddess Monster Mutant

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It was -33'F here this morning. I think it had warmed up somewhat and was only about -23'F when I walked home. Snowed all last week. Still been snowing on and off all this week despite it not supposed to be doing that this week. 

When I go to bed, it's a nest of blankets and eventually the cat wedges herself in somewhere. The colder it is, the closer to the pillows and my face she gets. :D :D:D

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tsar4 Monster Mutant

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8:37 pm - -4F, real feel -27F.  The wind is supposed to really pick up tonight & last through 6pm tomorrow.

Edit: just looked at the latest storm warnings and there's one for now through 10 pm tomorrow and one for now through 6 am Saturday.

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Raptorpat Monster Mutant

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On 12/22/2022 at 9:42 AM, Raptorpat said:

Temperatures are supposed to upswing out of freezing, like 38 today and 50 tomorrow, just enough to get the remaining ice off my driveway. Then we get another storm over the weekend.

the warm weather worked, but the rain/snow started already before the temps dipped below freezing (in about an hour) so all horizontal surfaces gonna go right from wet to freezing

rip

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tsar4 Monster Mutant

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We were supposed to have a high of 3F, but the most we got was -3F.  Wind Chill started at -37F, we're at -29F now.

It took from 6 am to 2:30 pm for the furnace to bring the temp in the house up 5 degrees. 

I had forgotten to partially shut the vents upstairs and open them fully in the basement.

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Seight Monster Mutant

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Oddly, nobody considered the possibility of "Hey, what if the wind blew so consistently that everything basically evaporated before it ever froze?"

Present company included.

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3 hours ago, tsar4 said:

I went out to clear the sidewalk and refill the bird feeders and found a dead bird at the front door.  The cold was just too brutal for the poor thing.  

It's killing me but that's why I didn't fill the feeder at the start of this. I'd normally fill it and call them in so they can fill themselves but I don't want them getting blasted into the side of the building in the gusts and freezing in a drift if I can't see them from the window to save them in time. 

-22'F right now. HEAT WAVE!

tsar4 Monster Mutant

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4 minutes ago, PenguinBoss said:

Had my water freeze, but it eventually thawed, so hopefully it was just the outside tap since there wasn't an obvious leak anywhere.

So...your water didn't break?

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tsar4 Monster Mutant

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22 minutes ago, PenguinBoss said:

It appears like the water froze, but the pipes didn't burst, if that's what you're asking.

Yeah, let's go with that...

on a serious note - do not heat those pipes, let them warm up slowly, or you risk cracking it.

 

PhilosipherStoned Monster Mutant

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My water is back as well. Tonight is the final night of below freezing temps for at least a week, but I live near the boundary of whats considered west Texas Just inside the high plains. Dealing with 120 degree highs and almost year long droughts are supposed to be our thing not fucking artic scale blizzards and subzero temps. We're not out of the woods when it comes to another crazy ass blizzard either. The one I'm thinking about that hit in like 2016? It was in February.

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26 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

Yeah, let's go with that...

on a serious note - do not heat those pipes, let them warm up slowly, or you risk cracking it.

 

I've been scared to take a hot shower but I want one so bad. None of my faucets had running water since thursday night, but the only exposed pipes are the main water supply and the front/backyard faucets to my knowledge. Todays temps really werent bad and about normal though. I think it just dropped below 30. Yeah It's 29 outside right now.. How bold do you think I'd be to take a hot shower?

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because I'm not sure I'm bold enough.
tsar4 Monster Mutant

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5 minutes ago, PhilosipherStoned said:

I've been scared to take a hot shower but I want one so bad. None of my faucets had running water since thursday night, but the only exposed pipes are the main water supply and the front/backyard faucets to my knowledge. Todays temps really werent bad and about normal though. I think it just dropped below 30. Yeah It's 29 outside right now.. How bold do you think I'd be to take a hot shower?

The run from the main to the house is usually buried below the freeze line.  If your worried, you might check what that is for your area, then see if the city your in puts the pipes below that.  If they're lower, then the feed to the house & the water heater should be fine.

PhilosipherStoned Monster Mutant

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24 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

The run from the main to the house is usually buried below the freeze line.  If your worried, you might check what that is for your area, then see if the city your in puts the pipes below that.  If they're lower, then the feed to the house & the water heater should be fine.

You're probably right. I just don't even know where the freeze was. My kitchen sink went first then the bathroom sink and bathtub, but none of the pipes I have access to where bulged or seemed frozen of course so it either happened from the outside in blocking water supply or pipes I don't have access to froze. I really don't know shit about home maintenence though, and I don't need another hard lesson a week before the end of the year. I'm going to figure this shit out one way or another though. xD

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Thank fucking god that cold shit ends tonight and we go back into the 50's. I'm very grateful that there were strong winds that dried everything up before the temps went to single digits. Georgia cannot do ice storms. This is the first time I've ever had to consistently drip the taps all day and night for more than 3 days though. 

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SwimOdin Legend

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9 hours ago, DragonSinger said:

Thank fucking god that cold shit ends tonight and we go back into the 50's. I'm very grateful that there were strong winds that dried everything up before the temps went to single digits. Georgia cannot do ice storms. This is the first time I've ever had to consistently drip the taps all day and night for more than 3 days though. 

SAME. I know several people who didn’t and their pipes froze or burst. We aren’t built for this.

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2 hours ago, SwimOdin said:

SAME. I know several people who didn’t and their pipes froze or burst. We aren’t built for this.

We were out and about yesterday, and those tell-tale large frozen puddles outside of businesses we drove by...😬

Seight Monster Mutant

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1 hour ago, Tricolor said:

Here in California it wasn't that bad. We got a pretty chilly 81 degrees on that day. People were at the beach wearing parkas and snowshoes. Crazy.

I think you're kidding but also I can see it.

DragonSinger Paragon

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5 hours ago, Vamped said:

Cold tap water is back on (still under a boil water advisory) but they said they can't fix the hot water until MAYBE the end of next week at the earliest 

Is your electricity back on, and do you have an electric or gas stove?

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8 hours ago, DragonSinger said:

Is your electricity back on, and do you have an electric or gas stove?

Yep the power fortunately never went out for the building (aside from the rolling blackouts.) Just the water 

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