"The Bread and Milk Effect" perpetuated by Vic Dibitetto, heh.
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Anyone stuck in the midwestern blizzard?
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"The Bread and Milk Effect" perpetuated by Vic Dibitetto, heh.
The weather is certainly unpredictable in Iowa. I can remember going out to beg for candy on Halloween while there was snow falling. I remember many times having a "brown Christmas" where snow hadn't yet fallen. This is about the time of year that we'd get a bit of a warm weather after a snowy Christmas and New Year. I had a series of texts from my family and it looks like everyone is safe and warm at home, if perhaps a bit bored because events have been cancelled.
Always interesting for us, North of you, to see how « a bit of snow » is paralyzing the U.S. cities….
It's not that bad. I had to get the snowblower out. My kids didn't have school, which meant I couldn't go to the gym. That's about it.
Not Midwest, but the Bills game is postponed till Monday and the KC game was apparently pretty brutal. Snow is one thing, but negative double digits is crazy.
Landed in Chicago yesterday mid-afternoon. Nowhere near as much snow and ice there as I feared, was able to brush and scrape the car just fine. By the time we got back to the Fox Valley, there was a hell of a lot more snow, but things were plowed pretty well, and a neighbor had brought his snow blower over to do enough for us to be able to get into the driveway. I owe him a six-pack or two ...
Our church canceled services today because of the blightfuly cold (-4). But I wouldn’t have gone anyway because the wife and I are both laid up with a flu bug
Our church's heating system can't keep up when it's this cold, so we praised His name in our own cozy homes. Rapid healing, brother.
I would have paid a little extra to get in that cozy heated guest-box with Taylor Swift Bacon.
Riis
Well, I have the day off due to the cold. Air temp is right around zero, and when I arrived at work, found that the heating system was struggling to maintain 60 degrees. Not warm enough for me to do my things...
The last time I measured the depth of snow in my yard, it was 18 inches, and it snowed for another five or more hours after that so it may be approaching 24 inches. The current temperature outside, (without considering wind chill) is negative 13 degrees F. (The thermometer in my bedroom showed 39.8 degrees F this morning).
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The snow isn’t keeping us in, it’s the -10 without wind chill. It is brutal out there, stay safe everyone.
Not a blizzard here...but dang it's cold! negative digits with negative DOUBLE digit wind chill.
1/2” of snow, but very cold! Real temp of 7 this morning
but that’s not gonna stop me from making a small road trip today to make a trade with another TB’er.
but that’s not gonna stop me from making a small road trip today to make a trade with another TB’er.
One neat thing about having a flu bug is i get to take time off cancel a bunch of dr appointments
Time for a break…
Time for a break…
I ran the snowblower 3 times between Friday night and Sat AM.
Now, it's -5 and not sure of the wind chill, but cold. Gonna get colder for the next couple days before it starts to get better. I hate winter but at least we had it mild up until now.
Now, it's -5 and not sure of the wind chill, but cold. Gonna get colder for the next couple days before it starts to get better. I hate winter but at least we had it mild up until now.
-3F this morning when I got up with a bit of snow on the ground here in extreme south/central Missouri.
No school today due to MLK Day but even if it wasn't a holiday, not sure they'd be having school...the jury is still out if schools will be open for a few days after today. Most of the schools around here aren't very well insulated and the heating systems struggle to keep the heat at 68-70° when it's subzero.
The temps are supposed to moderate mid to late week and supposedly, this weekend will be mid 40s to low 50s.
No school today due to MLK Day but even if it wasn't a holiday, not sure they'd be having school...the jury is still out if schools will be open for a few days after today. Most of the schools around here aren't very well insulated and the heating systems struggle to keep the heat at 68-70° when it's subzero.
The temps are supposed to moderate mid to late week and supposedly, this weekend will be mid 40s to low 50s.
Supposed high of -2 today. -22 windchill. Glad the kids don't have school today. Got an alert from the local power company to conserve as much as possible to avoid blackouts.
I have a big humidifier and it's only lasting about a day as much as the heat has been running.
I have a big humidifier and it's only lasting about a day as much as the heat has been running.
