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bayoubill

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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. 

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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.

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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! ?

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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 

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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.

 

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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 

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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