Hope it stays on for you!
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Cold rain today, and lots of it. But then clearing for the weekend!
Here near DC, we have a layer of frozen rain under sleet now. Slippery, but won't bring down trees or power lines like that!
-jk
I'm lucky, I live in a newer part of town and we have very few above ground electrical lines. Those that we have are massive trunk lines designed for hurricane force winds. I used to have sympathy to those impacted by large scale weather events. Compared to many, I've only been lightly impacted by this event. But I've moved much more to the empathy camp after this go round.
So, I've been offline a bit. What's the deal with all the Ymmmm, threads.
Having endured cold weather hardships, I know that few things are as annoying or dangerous as frozen pipes in the house. Nasty thing to deal with, and it's common for folks to compound the problem by using small butane torches to thaw pipes, which can result in setting your house on fire...
I was lucky this time. Only had issues with one faucet. It is my only faucet on an exterior wall except for the outdoor spigot. Cold was impacted first then warm, but not for more than a few hours.
People really do this? I had not heard of this...
Can't speak for the rest of them but I just wanted to spread the gobbler good word with all my fellow DBR turkey enthusiasts.
Posted upthread but it happened it the southeast back in 2014 (I think). Atlanta let schools out mid-day right as a wicked snow/ice storm was bearing down and the city just collapsed. I was one of thousands and thousands of people that just abandoned their care on the side of the road and hoofed it home. It was the closest thing to a true Armageddon-style event as a I can remember with cars scattered everywhere and people walked up highways by foot.
oh yes, every winter we see cases of fires started with torches and other devices. And unless Texas is more different than I think it is, they will see (during this cold stretch) people who die from carbon monoxide poisoning from various devices, e.g. grills, generators in garages, on and on...(20 years ago a numbskull near us nearly killed his family of six by running a generator in the basement...one kid woke up, staggered into the road and collapsed, triggering the emergency response, otherwise they all would have died).
We are getting more snow. And it is sticking.