bayoubill Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 We ended up with 6 inches of snow yesterday Last night was a nightmare. Power went out at 9 pm. The temperature dropped to 1 that’s one degree. In the house it got down to 46 degrees in the house Power finally came back on at 9 am this morning. 12 hours of cold Tonight they saying it all going to happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Water is out and going to be a long while before it comes back on The water heater froze up too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Getting about an additional 3 to 4 inches of snow tomorrow night record low before that 1 degree reading this morning was 20 degrees so the record was smashed last night. Who could have imagined this would go on here for a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Stay safe Bill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Sorry to hear that Bill. Hope the power doesn't go out again tonight. ?? I heard they are doing rolling outages all across the midwest grid because people are using too much power to stay warm. Repair guy is coming tomorrow morning to look at my stove that blew up when the power went out here last week. I had to plow the road and my driveway so they can get in tomorrow morning and it was -17F when I started. My outside temp thingy said it warmed up to 8F when I was done. Took me 3 hours. ? This weather is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Still wondering why Bill stays in that neighborhood... Summer season: Hot with lots of falling rain and flooding water! Winter season: Freezing with lots of snow and frozen water! Is the only reason you're still there due to the fact that the roads are never "dry" enough to drive??! Yikes! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Thanks for the good comments guys! Good luck on your stove Shane and hope it doesn’t cost too much. My son brought over a generator so that will help craig if my son didn’t live here I’d certainly be somewhere else . I’m planning on moving to my daughter and her family’s house in about a year in a half . She’s the one in Brick New Jersey. They bought a big fancy house there and XX and myself are talking the basement The weather guy keeps ypind the snow amounts. Now up to 5 to 6 inches. What a day it’s been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveStrummerUK Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Some of us can only dream of 5 to 6 inches Or should that be centimetres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 hours ago, SteveStrummerUK said: Some of us can only dream of 5 to 6 inches Well, I suppose one could always have the extra cut off, but why? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWS Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 8 hours ago, bayoubill said: Water is out and going to be a long while before it comes back on The water heater froze up too Turn off your main water valve and open up a sink valve so the expanding water/ice has a place to go. You won't know if a pipe has burst until the ice melts: You want to avoid major water damage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 "There's too much water"........ "There's not enough water....." It seems to me that Bill is very difficult to please when it comes to water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 We are getting rolling power outages We got one at the very worse possible time for over 12 hours. Due to corrupt casinos politicians and officials all our tax money got diverted or reallocated upgrades fixups etc hasn’t happened here for 50 years The entire city is under boil advisory until further notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 16 hours ago, RobertWS said: Turn off your main water valve and open up a sink valve so the expanding water/ice has a place to go. You won't know if a pipe has burst until the ice melts: You want to avoid major water damage. My son is a mater plumber and owns a plumbing and heating service. He came and took care of everything . He and we didn’t expect a power outage with 1 degree temperatures I’m much more fortunate than most here. Only my water heater froze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 So far, we have been extremely lucky. A few short term outages of <1hr only on Monday/ Monday night. We live in a rural area and the electric co-op that serves us is awesome. We took to opening the hatch to the attic to let heat up into there. Wasteful for sure, but not as wasteful as broken pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I feel for you Bill. A few years ago we had an ice storm (Raleigh, NC) and our power was out for 6 days. I had to cook and brew coffee on the grill. By the sixth day, I got a friend to come over and get us and take us to a place with power (it was cold in our house!). When we got there, our neighbor called and told us the power was back on. I read on FB that Beagle was searching for firewood. He's in Ft. Worth, as you may recall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWS Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I have a relative whose water is off. Fortunately, they have a swimming pool with water they are using to flush the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBH Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Chicago area here - just south of the lake : 20 " of snow fell this last week, we'll be finally getting out of single digit temps next week. It's a weird feeling when temps climb up to 30 deg and it feels like t-shirt and sandals weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 8 hours ago, RobertWS said: Fortunately, they have a swimming pool with water they are using to flush the toilet. Oooh, getting out of the pool to have a pee...... How the other half live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 It's all the fault of those darn windmills, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWS Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, bitflipper said: It's all the fault of those darn windmills, you know. Yep, they all froze because of global warming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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