3 expected days of below-freezing temps wreaks havoc in Dallas!

seadoug

seadoug

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LOL, we know we are getting sleet and ice on Saturday morning and will stay in freezing temps through Monday. You would think The Apocalypse is coming. Yes, I've stocked on the food we will need to get us through this, but the grocery stores have been packed with people stocking up on, you guessed it... toilet paper! I went to buy toilet bowl cleaner today and all but two bottles of the store brand were gone!:oops: Really? Toilet bowl cleaner?

Of course, the news has been playing this up, but the behavior is so over-exaggerated it reminds me of the pandemic! You think people are overreacting?
 

We were chilly or cold last weekend in Pensacola. We had a bit of snow on Saturday night.
I woke up to see snow on my palm tree. It’s going to be in the mid 60’s this weekend here in Pensacola.

I also saw the F-35’s were flying last weekend. Pensacola Naval Station now has several
F-35B Lightning II planes. These planes are built to takeoff from carriers on a short runway and with being stealth, they have great capabilities of striking and being gone before any defense systems can catch up to them. Of course, any plane can be shot down, but this plane with all of its advanced stealth, sensors and electronic warfare makes it near impossible for a shoot down. The plane is flown by the Marines. Take a look.

 

OldFeller said:
Do any of you living in a warmer Southern climate own any coats for going outside?
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Yep, I have several. One of the things that happens is that those of us in the South will bundle up more like they do up north when it gets to our idea of cold. I grew up in MI so I can compare the responses to both settings.

It's also easy to tell who is from up north when we're in coats but we spot people in shorts and T shirts out and about.
 
robin416 said:
Yep, I have several. One of the things that happens is that those of us in the South will bundle up more like they do up north when it gets to our idea of cold. I grew up in MI so I can compare the responses to both settings.

It's also easy to tell who is from up north when we're in coats but we spot people in shorts and T shirts out and about.
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I have nephew who grew up in FL. He and his wife went to CO to do some snowmobiling. He said it was great except that his hands were freezing. It never occurred to him to bring gloves.
 
I went shopping at Aldis and all the good cheap Aldis brand breads and buns were gone. About 50 feet of shelves in that section were bare, not a crumb to be had. There was still 50 feet of imported brands of Brioche and assorted pastries. The rest of the store, including toilet paper was still in fine shape.

It's still relatively warm in Virginia, but I will be starting a fire when the temps dip tonight and will keep it going for the foreseeable future. Lots of trees in my area. I'm counting on a long power outage, because of freezing rain.
 
seadoug said:
LOL, we know we are getting sleet and ice on Saturday morning and will stay in freezing temps through Monday. You would think The Apocalypse is coming. Yes, I've stocked on the food we will need to get us through this, but the grocery stores have been packed with people stocking up on, you guessed it... toilet paper! I went to buy toilet bowl cleaner today and all but two bottles of the store brand were gone!:oops: Really? Toilet bowl cleaner?

Of course, the news has been playing this up, but the behavior is so over-exaggerated it reminds me of the pandemic! You think people are overreacting?
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I stocked up too, including foods that can be eaten with no preparation. From news reports, my biggest concern is downed powerlines from ice accumulation. It would not take many hours for the house to become unbearably cold. Even then, I could put on enough layers to make it.

What I could not do would be to keep water pipes from freezing, and the expense to repair them could run into hundreds or thousands, providing a plumber can even be found when needed.
 
DebraMae said:
I'm kind of nervous about this one. The water well is always my major concern and if the electricity goes out I'm going to have to take care of the well so it and the lines don't freeze or burst. Other than that I have everything I need.
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We built a small shelter over our well pump and then we put an electric heater or light bulb (back in the day) in it.
 
@seadoug I don’t know about the journalist, but I do not think the meteorologist are playing things up.

There are so many people in this world today that need literally led by the hand, the meteorologist have to go in to the exaggerated detail they do. And those are the people that, if they could sue Mother Nature, by golly they would do it because they’re too stupid to help themselves without being led around by the nose.

Most of us get what they tell us the first or second time. I have learned not to get upset with the tv reports because I’ve been around some pretty stupid people and I fully understand why the news media and the meteorologists have to repeat themselves over and over and over adnauseum.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I stocked up too, including foods that can be eaten with no preparation. From news reports, my biggest concern is downed powerlines from ice accumulation. It would not take many hours for the house to become unbearably cold. Even then, I could put on enough layers to make it.

What I could not do would be to keep water pipes from freezing, and the expense to repair them could run into hundreds or thousands, providing a plumber can even be found when needed.
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Have you got a sleeping bag?
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I stocked up too, including foods that can be eaten with no preparation. From news reports, my biggest concern is downed powerlines from ice accumulation. It would not take many hours for the house to become unbearably cold. Even then, I could put on enough layers to make it.

What I could not do would be to keep water pipes from freezing, and the expense to repair them could run into hundreds or thousands, providing a plumber can even be found when needed.
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Do you let them just drip? That keeps the water flowing and not freezing up. We have to do that here when in drops below 20 degrees.
Just a small drip not a stream.
 
IrishEyes said:
Do you let them just drip? That keeps the water flowing and not freezing up. We have to do that here when in drops below 20 degrees.
Just a small drip not a stream.
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I do not let them drip as long as I have power. I have space heaters that I run on a very low speed with cabinet doors open where the pipes are. That has worked very well for me.

If power fails, then I can either let the faucets drip, or shut off the main water to the house. This isn't our first big freeze in recent years, so I play it by ear.
 
Last year, there was a vacant house 2 doors away from my back yard. The water faucet froze on the outside of the house and as the hours went by, a huge mound of white started forming there until it eventually got several feet wide. Then came the thaw and repairs. No idea what that entailed.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
Last year, there was a vacant house 2 doors away from my back yard. The water faucet froze on the outside of the house and as the hours went by, a huge mound of white started forming there until it eventually got several feet wide. Then came the thaw and repairs. No idea what that entailed.
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Up here in the north, people take precautions because every winter brings cold weather. I can understand people not bothering about that down south.
I knew a woman who slept with her dog under the covers when her electric heat was down for 3 days.
 
DebraMae said:
I'm kind of nervous about this one. The water well is always my major concern and if the electricity goes out I'm going to have to take care of the well so it and the lines don't freeze or burst. Other than that I have everything I need.
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We used to leave the cabinet doors under the sink open and leave the cold water tap running a trickle, moving water doesn’t freeze.
 
Jules said:
Remember the band Three Dog Night. They said the name was based on the how cold a night was - 3 dogs was extremely.
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It sounds like the woman I'm talking about was nice and warm. But picture her dog. The size of a Pug. It was more like a heating pad and I guess had to be strategically placed for optimal warmth.
 

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