Cold!

[Swiley383]

Friday was the coldest day I Nashville since 1996 and guess what happened. At 5:30 am on my way to work my truck decides it doesn't want to go to Nashville and quits!!! According to the thermometer at the house it was 11 degrees. The $3.09 a gallon gas I got a couple days ago was full of water and froze. The truck ran for 15 to 20 minutes defrosting in the driveway and it wait till I am on the road to die. It's suppose to be even colder the next couple days in the single digits I hate cold whether!

[ajk]

11 is nice, high of -15 tomorrow at the home of the "Frozen Tundra" may need the thermal underwear if it gets colder than that

[bjuice]

Put 3 bottles of HEET in the tank.

[Swiley383]

I put two bottles of heet in the tank I am gonna put a couple in my wife's jeep also it's suppose to be a high of 9 degrees and a low of 1 tommrow.

[TheRabbit]

11*, ouch that hurts!! Hope you get it thawed out.
I think it's suppose to get to 11 for us Monday night and a high of 40 Tuesday. I don't function well in that kind of cold. lol. My little garage is full of winter projects too. You can bet I'll have the truck plugged in every night next week.

I honestly, don't see how people live up north where it's 20 and 30+ below.
I guess mother nature has her way of keeping us separate. She keeps us southerns out of the north with the extreme cold and keeps the Yankees out of the south with the 100* + heat in the summer! lol

[Swiley383]

It in the high 40s right now but temp is suppose drop like a rock tonight and start snowing. I loses a bunch of weight a while back and now I can't handle cold at all guess I lost all my insulation. The temps are suppose to be almost 60 by next Saturday no wonder everybody keeps getting sick around here.

[shybx1969]

we had -20

[Swiley383]

4 degrees this morning windchill it suppose to be -7 tonight. The doors on my truck were froze shut this morning it rained then turned to sleet and snow last night. The roads were clear this morning but cold.

[Harbone]

-10° tonight, last night was -15° and that's before the wind chills of almost -40° with the 20+mph winds...
:cry:

[Swiley383]

Too cold for me don't know how how you guys do it.

[zipper06]

9 degrees here tonite in La. and i'm only 100 miles from the gulfcoast, i don't like it at all in my old age. I grew up in Chgo. from my early teens until 34 yrs old, the cold didn't bother me then, but now i hate it. I lived in Phx. for over 20 yrs and went thru 110 degree summers, learned to live with that, so i guess i'd complain if i lived in the south pacific :lol:

Zip.

[shybx1969]

11*, ouch that hurts!! Hope you get it thawed out.
I think it's suppose to get to 11 for us Monday night and a high of 40 Tuesday. I don't function well in that kind of cold. lol. My little garage is full of winter projects too. You can bet I'll have the truck plugged in every night next week.

I honestly, don't see how people live up north where it's 20 and 30+ below.
I guess mother nature has her way of keeping us separate. She keeps us southerns out of the north with the extreme cold and keeps the Yankees out of the south with the 100* + heat in the summer! lolIts like when i visit my father in law in NC in summer..100deg everyday i said too him how do u do it.Old dude across the street wears long sleeve shirts...he said hes done it all his life..lol

[TheYellaBrick]

Long sleeves in high humidity is actually cooler as your sweat is wicked away through the cloth and acts as an air conditioner.

[Harbone]

Long sleeves in high humidity is actually cooler as your sweat is wicked away through the cloth and acts as an air conditioner.


Yeppers and pale ass white boys like me keep from getting fried in the sun that way!

[TheYellaBrick]

Us old western boys sport a farmers tan year 'round. Too many older guys are ending up with skin cancers from too much sun exposure, so I wear jeans and T-shirts, ball cap, hardly ever 1/2 naked.

[shybx1969]

Us old western boys sport a farmers tan year 'round. Too many older guys are ending up with skin cancers from too much sun exposure, so I wear jeans and T-shirts, ball cap, hardly ever 1/2 naked.See us northern boys like me wear shorts, tshirt in 100 deg weather.But i wear cutoffs in the winter, if im moving around , unless its below zero, or im drag racing for safety...

[TheRabbit]

Weather man said we hit 12 last night ( not sure what the wind chill was) and the high today was only 28. My kitchen sink froze and that's only the second time it's done that since I've lived here. I had to put a heater under the sink for more than an hr to thaw it out and that was at 5:00pm.
Good news is it'll be 72 Saturday! lol

[shybx1969]

Weather man said we hit 12 last night ( not sure what the wind chill was) and the high today was only 28. My kitchen sink froze and that's only the second time it's done that since I've lived here. I had to put a heater under the sink for more than an hr to thaw it out and that was at 5:00pm.
Good news is it'll be 72 Saturday! lolIt just aint FAIR 72deg on sat.... :roll:

[bjuice]

Monday night was the coldest night since 1985. It froze up the well pump inside the brick well house. I took a Jet heater out of the shop and turned it on in the 12x12 well house and within an hour it broke free. That Jet Heater throws out some BTU's...its on the side Im thinking it said 60,000....does this sound right ? I will check it tomorrow.

[csx8506]

It got down to 16* here, in South Georgia, one nite, and 18* the other nite, one nite the wind chill was -5*F. I live in the country and didn't have any frozen pipes or water tank. I used to have frozen pipes very often, till I did a good bit of work, foam insulation, electrical heating wires with a thermostat that applies on your water pipes, and biggest help of all, was moving my 100 gallon water tank into a well insulated room that I added onto my house for that purpose. No heat inside the water tank room at all, just the water temp. out of the deep well of about 65* keeps it from freezing. Since I used to make my living as a carpenter, I did all the work myself.
I'm like a lot of other people on here, I don't see how you guys from up north cope with this type of weather! Many years ago, I was working in Birmingham, Al. and the outside temperature was 6*F and I asked myself "what was I doing here"!! dgh

[Harbone]

after 3 days of below zero and unbelievable wind shill temps its finally getting warm here today! I spent the last 2 days basically in a plow truck trying to get the dealership lot cleaned up.
now they are saying low to mid 40's this weekend with rain, crazy ass weather! :roll:

[Spurger]

well I see people saying, hey I'd rather have the weather from mars than the one here.

[shybx1969]

Gonna b 50deg w/rain today :D

[BEAST477]

11*, ouch that hurts!! Hope you get it thawed out.
I think it's suppose to get to 11 for us Monday night and a high of 40 Tuesday. I don't function well in that kind of cold. lol. My little garage is full of winter projects too. You can bet I'll have the truck plugged in every night next week.

I honestly, don't see how people live up north where it's 20 and 30+ below.
I guess mother nature has her way of keeping us separate. She keeps us southerns out of the north with the extreme cold and keeps the Yankees out of the south with the 100* + heat in the summer! lol


Oh Rabbit, you and Bjuice loved it when me and the Mrs were down there. We were entertaining with her raccoon story and since we talk funny.Lol

[shybx1969]

Supposed to be mid to high 40s thru thurs. Good ill save on nxt mo heating bill. Lites/heat was 380!!! Last month..cant buy any speed parts till april.. :roll:

[bjuice]

11*, ouch that hurts!! Hope you get it thawed out.
I think it's suppose to get to 11 for us Monday night and a high of 40 Tuesday. I don't function well in that kind of cold. lol. My little garage is full of winter projects too. You can bet I'll have the truck plugged in every night next week.

I honestly, don't see how people live up north where it's 20 and 30+ below.
I guess mother nature has her way of keeping us separate. She keeps us southerns out of the north with the extreme cold and keeps the Yankees out of the south with the 100* + heat in the summer! lol


Oh Rabbit, you and Bjuice loved it when me and the Mrs were down there. We were entertaining with her raccoon story and since we talk funny.Lol

YA'LL talk funny thats for sure....lol

[TheRabbit]

11*, ouch that hurts!! Hope you get it thawed out.
I think it's suppose to get to 11 for us Monday night and a high of 40 Tuesday. I don't function well in that kind of cold. lol. My little garage is full of winter projects too. You can bet I'll have the truck plugged in every night next week.

I honestly, don't see how people live up north where it's 20 and 30+ below.
I guess mother nature has her way of keeping us separate. She keeps us southerns out of the north with the extreme cold and keeps the Yankees out of the south with the 100* + heat in the summer! lol


Oh Rabbit, you and Bjuice loved it when me and the Mrs were down there. We were entertaining with her raccoon story and since we talk funny.Lol

YA'LL talk funny thats for sure....lol
^^^^^^^ Yep, they sure do!lol

BTW Y'all should come back down this summer.
I went right by BJ's house just before Christmas and wanted to stop by but didn't have enough time that day. Poor excuse I know. I need to get back over that way to visit.


Supposed to be mid to high 40s thru thurs. Good ill save on nxt mo heating bill. Lites/heat was 380!!! Last month..cant buy any speed parts till april.. :roll:

Got mine yesterday $69.48. ( Im not on budget billing either) How do they expect people to pay these high bills? lol I'm cheap on some things and I hate high utility bills. Some of that bill was from using my welder a good bit last month.

[TheYellaBrick]

Hit 43 today ! Actually broke a sweat ! :D :D

[Swiley383]

It going to be in the teens again tonight and tomorrow. The temps have not been that bad until tonight actually did a little shooting Sunday tested some critical duty ammo and some of my 9mm reloads. I am ready for warm whether.

[TheYellaBrick]

INto the teens once again....has been freezing fog for 1.5 weeks.....

[Swiley383]

Woke up about 3am freezing the heat when't out its 5 degrees out side and 50 in house and dropping. Figures I just got a nice bonus check from work.

[curtisreed]

Woke up about 3am freezing the heat when't out its 5 degrees out side and 50 in house and dropping. Figures I just got a nice bonus check from work.

IMO, it was a blessing that you received a bonus right when you would need it. Gotta look on the bright side.

Curtis

[Swiley383]

True

[TheYellaBrick]

Freezing rain, schools closed all over, wrecks all over. We're getting ours now to catch up with the rest of ya !

[Swiley383]

More bad news I got a call this morning my wife's uncles house was on fire. Whent over there and it was on the ground apart stoped and beat on the door and woke him up he made it out ok thank god. I got back home to wait on the heat people and heard water running walk to the basement and the main supply line coming to the house busted and was flooding the basement. What a day

[Harbone]

More bad news I got a call this morning my wife's uncles house was on fire. Whent over there and it was on the ground apart stoped and beat on the door and woke him up he made it out ok thank god. I got back home to wait on the heat people and heard water running walk to the basement and the main supply line coming to the house busted and was flooding the basement. What a day

Holy crap!!!

I hope things get better cause I dont think they can get much worse.

On a serious note about the water in the basement, back in 2004 I had a guy that worked for me as a delivery driver, retired cop, I got a call from the PD looking for him on day after lunch. Turns out his basement had flooded, his wife and 18 year old son were trying to get the water out and were standing in about 4" of water. The water hit the bottom of the deep freeze and electrocuted them both. Neighbor found them about 4 hours later.
Just be careful!

[TheRabbit]

Atlanta got hit pretty bad yesterday. Part of the problem was terrible planning by the city and schools.
All decided to close at the same time and did it way to late.
There were some people stuck in traffic jams fro more than 14hrs.
A lot of kids didn't get out of school in time and had to spend the night at school.
It took my cousin 4hrs to get her kids out of school which was only 20miles away and one is a handicapped and in a wheel chair. Talk about be furious if she hadn't have been able to get him.
We had a 25 car pile up on one interstate this morning and many other wrecks on other roads and the other interstate hwy.
We only got about 3 inches of snow but it rained / sleeted for 2hrs before that. It was about 33, 34 today which melted a lot of the snow, but it's suppose to be 16 tonight.

I've had a problem every since I bought this house of my kitchen water line freezing every time it got down around 20 degrees.
I knew that a moron plumber put the water line all the way against the brick and probably didn't have any insulation
around it.
After it's frozen twice this year I figured I'd go ahead and tackle it before it busted. Needless to say I wasn't going to completely remove the entire kitchen counter top, sink, garbage disposal, dry wall, etc, so I cheated and just cut a small access panel out.
Needless to say it was a moron plumber for sure. The cold water line has a T that goes to an outside faucet and the pipe is pulled so tight into the wall there is no room for anything to go around it. They actually already hacked away at the inside of the brick to fit it in there. Not to mention a lot of air comes in through that hole and from somewhere else. I could feel a good draft blowing in this side of my house is well protected from the wind.

I had to use a chisel and hammer and cut a bunch of brick out to get enough room to wrap the line. As you know it's not much fun working under a sink all day much less lying on your back, stomach and side with a hammer and chisel then trying to insulate everything.

It's not pretty but it's done.

How it was

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Some of it done. I actually removed every bit of the mortar and brick on the left and cleaned it all up so I could wrap it and get some foam behind it to stop any air from getting in. Whoops, knocked a hole all the way through by the faucet, but at least know I can get it wrapped all the way.

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Almost finished and no more draft.

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[TheYellaBrick]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/01/111546-tweets-atlantas-snow-storm-stranded-kids-schools-drivers-icy-roads/

[Swiley383]

I found the leak before it cause major damage it must have bust right before I got back. Shut the water off at the road and knocked a whole in the drywall to let the water out so it would not fall on my head while I looked for the leak. I had to take down some drywall from the celling to find the pipe. Now for the heat going to have to replace the whole unit. It was going to cost almost as much to fix this as to replace it. The unit has struggled the last couple of summers so I knew it almost done but was hoping for one more year. Harbone I was concerned about electricity while I was pulling down the drywall. I did not think there were any wires in the area but I did not know for sure. I got the first piece down were I could see what was behind there and all was clear of wires.

[curtisreed]

More bad news I got a call this morning my wife's uncles house was on fire. Whent over there and it was on the ground apart stoped and beat on the door and woke him up he made it out ok thank god. I got back home to wait on the heat people and heard water running walk to the basement and the main supply line coming to the house busted and was flooding the basement. What a day

Ok, now that is just adding insult to injury. Not a fun day I'm sure. I hope they get your heat back on soon.

Curtis

[shybx1969]

God $$$$ myself some duck dynasty long underware on sale at wallyworld. :( Whatta waste of money, not as toasty as my hanes long undies.Cheap,cheap,cheap.God now i see why they were on sale... :cry:

[Swiley383]

My brother, dad, and myself installed the new heat/ AC unit my dad has his lincese from a former part time job years ago and saved us a crap load of $$$$. We had to run some new gas pipe and we also leveled up the slad we were planning on doing this in the spring anyway. It's nice and warm in the house now.

[Harbone]

My brother, dad, and myself installed the new heat/ AC unit my dad has his lincese from a former part time job years ago and saved us a crap load of $$$$. We had to run some new gas pipe and we also leveled up the slad we were planning on doing this in the spring anyway. It's nice and warm in the house now.

Good to hear that everything is back to normal!

Well the temps are kind of up here, saying maybe up to 6" more snow tomorrow and the extended forecast says we might get anywhere between 6-10" come this Tuesday! Does this winter ever end!?!?!?!?!? :cry:

[TheRabbit]

My brother, dad, and myself installed the new heat/ AC unit my dad has his lincese from a former part time job years ago and saved us a crap load of $$$$. We had to run some new gas pipe and we also leveled up the slad we were planning on doing this in the spring anyway. It's nice and warm in the house now.


Glad you got it fixed.


It was 18 this morning, we still a little snow left and it's gonna be 64 Sunday!!
Typical winter in the South. lol

[DirkaDirka]

More bad news I got a call this morning my wife's uncles house was on fire. Whent over there and it was on the ground apart stoped and beat on the door and woke him up he made it out ok thank god. I got back home to wait on the heat people and heard water running walk to the basement and the main supply line coming to the house busted and was flooding the basement. What a day

Glad he made it out safe. I had a house fire this past thursday and wouldnt wish that on anybody.

[shybx1969]

Yup glad too hear everyones ok...

[oldandtired]

Atlanta got hit pretty bad yesterday. Part of the problem was terrible planning by the city and schools.
All decided to close at the same time and did it way to late.
There were some people stuck in traffic jams fro more than 14hrs.
A lot of kids didn't get out of school in time and had to spend the night at school.
It took my cousin 4hrs to get her kids out of school which was only 20miles away and one is a handicapped and in a wheel chair. Talk about be furious if she hadn't have been able to get him.


My cousin (Delta Airlines) got home 24 hours after he left work. He spent the night at the home of another Delta employee who he had never met.

Rabbit is correct about the events.
1. Tractor trailers started it off by loosing traction and blocking the interstates.
2. Locals (yes they all left at once with the busses) took to the side streets, clogging them completely.
Now for the stupid response: "Let's thru a bunch of money at it. We will buy spreaders and snow shovels and all the required storage and maintenance and training so we will have it the next superstorm comes thru."
Then in 2019 when the next storm hits, the equiptment will be rusted or cannot be located and nobody who was trained on it works for the city anymore.

[shybx1969]

We got 12inches a few days ago...snowblower decided to give me trouble.lol thank god for 2 sons and 2 shovels....Boy did they WHINE FOR AND HR....

[TheYellaBrick]

Finally been getting piddles of the white stuff. We're only at 64% snow pack in our watershed. Gonna be a bad summer for farmers and fires, I think.
California is already burning ....

[shybx1969]

This yr in upper ny state we are gettin more cold than snow.from albany south...is getting buried this yr...Doesnt hurt my feelings...Thats why a lotta people i know are converting sleds to ice/asphalt racers..Not getting the snow to warrent the cost..

[oldandtired]

SNOWJAM 2014 part 2 coming to Atlanta!! Watch the overreacting...

[bjuice]

SNOWJAM 2014 part 2 coming to Atlanta!! Watch the overreacting...

Amen old and tired on the snow the local weather forcasters are saying this next snow should be something SC has ever seen. we shall see.

[Harbone]

come on guys, its just snow and ice! :lol:

Weekend before last we had almost 8" of snow. Last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning we got another 4" mixed with high winds. My normal 55 minute drive home on Wednesday was an hour and 45 minutes. Thursday morning was even worse, 2 hours to get to work. The whole interstate for almost 30 miles was a solid sheet of ice with accidents everywhere.
You cant call it "black ice" when its visible!
http://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.racingjunk.com/ui/9/36/33484369-359.jpg

[TheRabbit]

We just got sent home from work at 3:00 today. It's raining at 40*'s, but suppose to start sleeting and snowing tonight around midnight. Tomorrow is suppose to sleet and some snow.
Schools are closed too.
I bet Atlanta is over-reacting today too.

[Harbone]

How are you guys doing down there so far???

[shybx1969]

-17 this morn.....dont know how much more i can take.... :roll:

[bjuice]

[quote="Harbone"]How are you guys doing down there so far???[/quot

Locked down !

[shybx1969]

That big storm should b hitting us by 10 am :roll: . Got dentist app 10:10 am what luck. :lol:

[Harbone]

Be carefull everybody, make sure to get plenty of milk and bread... :lol:

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[TheRabbit]

We have had an 85% power outage since Wednesday. Over 125,000 homes without power. It rained, sleeted then snowed then the temp dropped to about 25. Not long after that limbs and trees started falling everywhere. News said there were thousands of trees / limbs blocking roads so for a while all roads were closed and people were told to stay home. I could here tree limbs falling all night and yesterday in my neighborhood.
The roads froze over but weren't all that bad.
Many people have been without power since the storm started.
Probably more than half of all stores, grocery stores and gas stations are without power. My parents got hit really hard and have trees down all over their property. One storage shed hit, but no damage to their house.
I'm doing fine. I still have hot water, kerosene heat and my little generator for light and running my refrigerator. I took most stuff out fridge and packed in a cooler with snow but didn't have enough cooler space for all of it.
There is some power one block over from my house so I hope I get power back today. All the power for my neighborhood is underground so I have no idea where the problem is.
I did get out a little yesterday and it seriously looked like a small war zone with so many trees / mostly limbs down everywhere. Lots of trees / limbs on houses and cars and in the road.

I knew it was a bad sign when jim Cantore came to Augusta! He can leave now and I would be just fine!

[shybx1969]

Sorry too hear...Hope things get better (power on ) by end of day..

[Swiley383]

We had a bad ice storm back in the 90s and were without power for 11 days and that was inside the city limits of Nashville. It sucked. My grand parents live in the country just north of Nashville and were out for only 2 days.

[bjuice]

We have had an 85% power outage since Wednesday. Over 125,000 homes without power. It rained, sleeted then snowed then the temp dropped to about 25. Not long after that limbs and trees started falling everywhere. News said there were thousands of trees / limbs blocking roads so for a while all roads were closed and people were told to stay home. I could here tree limbs falling all night and yesterday in my neighborhood.
The roads froze over but weren't all that bad.
Many people have been without power since the storm started.
Probably more than half of all stores, grocery stores and gas stations are without power. My parents got hit really hard and have trees down all over their property. One storage shed hit, but no damage to their house.
I'm doing fine. I still have hot water, kerosene heat and my little generator for light and running my refrigerator. I took most stuff out fridge and packed in a cooler with snow but didn't have enough cooler space for all of it.
There is some power one block over from my house so I hope I get power back today. All the power for my neighborhood is underground so I have no idea where the problem is.
I did get out a little yesterday and it seriously looked like a small war zone with so many trees / mostly limbs down everywhere. Lots of trees / limbs on houses and cars and in the road.

I knew it was a bad sign when jim Cantore came to Augusta! He can leave now and I would be just fine!

Same here Rabbit. Everyone knows I cut a LOT of firewood in spring. We had plenty of that and my generator with plenty of gas. All is good.

We had several news stories air about people pretending to be stranded and when somone stopped to help them they got robbed.

[Swiley383]

That just makes a bad situation worse when people do bad things to those who want to help.

[Harbone]

Stay strong boys, keep the fires going, send the kids to bed early and snuggle up with the wife. Just do its "safely" so there is not a influx of births 9 months later :!: :!: :D

[bjuice]

Stay strong boys, keep the fires going, send the kids to bed early and snuggle up with the wife. Just do its "safely" so there is not a influx of births 9 months later :!: :!: :D

man ain't that the truth Bone.....Gonna send you over a text ( Pic) of what I was doing in the fire Pit outside keeping watch Wednesday....Many were stranded near the house and a bunch of shady looking younger guys walking on the road with mask etc...I am sure they were just Cold and it was nothing to it...but since we live sort of out off the beaten path and communication being down I took no chances... also there was a rash of people acting stranded and Robbing People.

[TheYellaBrick]

And THIS is just a lil ol' ice storm where 'life' is only on a very short temporary holding pattern....Just a tiny eentsy bitsy taste of the first week of an EMP attack ....... Should be enough of an eye opener for those who are awake, into knowing where to beef up your own deal.......

[Harbone]

Stay strong boys, keep the fires going, send the kids to bed early and snuggle up with the wife. Just do its "safely" so there is not a influx of births 9 months later :!: :!: :D

man ain't that the truth Bone.....Gonna send you over a text ( Pic) of what I was doing in the fire Pit outside keeping watch Wednesday....Many were stranded near the house and a bunch of shady looking younger guys walking on the road with mask etc...I am sure they were just Cold and it was nothing to it...but since we live sort of out off the beaten path and communication being down I took no chances... also there was a rash of people acting stranded and Robbing People.

Here are the pics he sent me

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[Swiley383]

Always better to have something and not need it than need it and not have it. I sure wished when our heat was out we had a fireplace.
Has anybody talked to Outlaw isn't he in the middle of all that mess to?

[Harbone]

Bjuice you southerners are crazy, up here we put our fireplaces inside the house! :lol:

So I hear that South Carolina had a earthquake last night?

We got another 5" of snow yesterday, that's 41" for this winter and 12" already for the month the February. The temp here right now is 0 degrees again, this has to end soon... :x

[oldandtired]

Strange week.

The 2nd snowstorm of the year in Atlanta and an earthquake north of Augusta (about 115 miles from my house). I bet BJ felt it too.

[bjuice]

Bjuice you southerners are crazy, up here we put our fireplaces inside the house! :lol:

So I hear that South Carolina had a earthquake last night?

We got another 5" of snow yesterday, that's 41" for this winter and 12" already for the month the February. The temp here right now is 0 degrees again, this has to end soon... :x

Heck ya my outside man cave..lol...I burn wood there and have a buck stove inside.

Hell ya I was sitting in recliner about 10:30 pm and the window panes started rattling the metal blinds clinking...it felt like a combination of being right beside a train track and a low flying jet this went on a good 10 minutes.

I looked at my wife and said WTF !!!!!!!!! I even went outside to see whatever..I had no clue what I was looking for.....at that time my smart phone pinged with an emergency alert "EARTHQUAKE"...about 15 or 20 minutes later we had an after shock.

The 8 yr old got all upset and crying....

We are on a fault line and the quakes will happen so often. They always catch you off gaurd..this one was bigger.

Now check this out. Ice snow Wed and Thursday..60 degrees Friday with a Earthquake and all snow gone...WTF !

Sc has had over 40 Earthquakes between 2006 and 2012. I do not know the #s for 2013 and 2014.

[bjuice]

Strange week.

The 2nd snowstorm of the year in Atlanta and an earthquake north of Augusta (about 115 miles from my house). I bet BJ felt it too.

That was something wasn't it Bud ?? I think you were closer to the origination point (Aiken S.C. ) than me weren't you ?

[BEAST477]

Bjuice you southerners are crazy, up here we put our fireplaces inside the house! :lol:

So I hear that South Carolina had a earthquake last night?

We got another 5" of snow yesterday, that's 41" for this winter and 12" already for the month the February. The temp here right now is 0 degrees again, this has to end soon... :x

Yeah Harbone they are a little different. Now as far as snow we are just over 120" so far this winter. A little above normal.

[Swiley383]

I was in a earthquake sevral years ago here in Tennessee. The quake was very mild can't rember the reading but it was a very strange feeling. No damage to anything I can rember in the area. What about you guys any damage? I have not seen the news in a couple days hope everything is ok.

[TheYellaBrick]

Just heard from Outlaw on FB;

Ken,The RJ Bunch is wondering how ya'all is doing in this winter mess !

we are doing good. im trying to get to the shop more.snow is gone and the power is back on.god I love electricity!!!!! lol..been dealing with some heavy duty depression for a long time. think I might just win this round!!lol. happens a lot since my wreck..and thanks dd. means a lot to me, ya thinkin about me..

[Swiley383]

Thanks for the update. Glad he is doing ok I hope he gets in the shop a
Builds something awesome.

[TheRabbit]

Thanks for the update DD.



Happy ice storm, happy valentines day and happy earthquake day all in the same week. Lol.
My house is almost right where the quake started, but I was at my parents house when it hit.
My parents finally got power back on at 8:15 tonight. My mom has been pretty tough through all this, but it was about to get to her this afternoon. They have been using my old generator but it's been on its last leg since the last race I used it and it died this morning. Needless to say there are no generators anywhere around here. After they fixed the down power line she said she's never been so excited to hear a toilet flush in her life. Lol

This is a small example of the mess they have. They have close to 1000 trees that lost their tops or lost limbs. I planted almost all of them by hand about 12 years ago. It'll take us all summer to clean it all up.

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[Swiley383]

What a mess looks like you guys are going busy giving those chainsaws a workout. Glad their power is back.

[Harbone]

Glad to hear Outlaw is doing OK

Everybody else get dug out and have power now?

[bjuice]

Another freakin Earthquake today. Not as bad as Friday.

[Harbone]

Looks like another winter storm watch today, 4"-7" of snow mixed with ice/sleet and high winds. When will this end :?: :evil:

[bjuice]

Looks like another winter storm watch today, 4"-7" of snow mixed with ice/sleet and high winds. When will this end :?: :evil:


Man can you believe they are calling for 70 degree's here Wednesday ?? !..Probably another Earthquake Thursday and Snow Saturday.

At least you guys are consistant Bone on the bad side I know.....WE here in SC are ALL OVER THE PLACE ...No-one knows what to expect from day to day down here.

[Swiley383]

It's suppose to be in the high 60s here Thursday as well.

[TheRabbit]

This area is pretty resilient. After all the damage and power outages it was back to work almost as normal by Monday morning.
Wish I had a picture of the power companies staged at an old shut down mall. They had thousands of trucks from power companies from as far as Michigan staged and ready to go to work before the storm ever got here. Of course tree companies from all over and many of them are still working and will be for weeks.
With everything considered the utility companies, DOT, police dept, and the people got through this mess and cleaned it up pretty darn fast. Of course there is still a lot to clean up, but most of that isn't stopping people from normal day to day living or going to work.

[shybx1969]

Can someone draw us up plans to build a huge tube w/a humungo fan to blow sum warm air up from key west...50 LS 6 454s outta do it for power.lol :D

[curtisreed]

Looks like another winter storm watch today, 4"-7" of snow mixed with ice/sleet and high winds. When will this end :?: :evil:


Man can you believe they are calling for 70 degree's here Wednesday ?? !..Probably another Earthquake Thursday and Snow Saturday.

At least you guys are consistant Bone on the bad side I know.....WE here in SC are ALL OVER THE PLACE ...No-one knows what to expect from day to day down here.

Wow, are you in Oklahoma now? 74 today, earthquakes 3 of the last 6 days. 1ea yesterday and today.

Curtis

[Swiley383]

The temp hit 78 today now we are getting sever storms. Just saw a county north of us is getting 80 mph winds with a possible funnel cloud. We are suppose to get 60mph winds shortly.

[Harbone]

55° today and the 21" of snow we have had so far this February is melting fast and the flood warning are out. Main road to my house has 3 heavy wash over spots coming off the fields. Big mess is gonna get bigger unless it gets cold enough to freeze all this crap.

[shybx1969]

47 deg tomm :D

[bixblk]

Currently in a S.W Burb of Chicago its 43 degrees and windy, just got done raining on the 6 foot snow drifts I have next to my driveway (2-20-14 8:54 PM) That's Chicago weather for ya !!!!!

[Swiley383]

Did everybody make through the storms ok last night? I know some of you got hit pretty hard.

[bjuice]

Did everybody make through the storms ok last night? I know some of you got hit pretty hard.

lets see record breaking snow last week, warmed up to 70 degree's with 2 earthquakes in same week....this morning about 6am a tornado came thru...all within 7 days...hmmmmmmmm

well that about covers it all I guess but a Volcano and I do not believe we have any of those around here I DO NOT THINK...I better watch what I say. :shock:

[TheYellaBrick]

If Yellowstone blows, the whole Eastern US will be in the dark ages, for ages ......

[shybx1969]

If Yellowstone blows, the whole Eastern US will be in the dark ages, for ages ......We would be racing Fred Flintstone cars. :D

[Swiley383]

More like when Yellowstone blows

[Harbone]

I have been to Yellowstone numerous times and never got blown, hell nobody even touched me inappropriately... :(

[bjuice]

I have been to Yellowstone numerous times and never got blown, hell nobody even touched me inappropriately... :(

Yellowstone is she Indian.. lol

[TheYellaBrick]

I've yet to drive 'the YELLA BRICK' on the Yellow Stoned Hiway ! :shock: 8) 8) 8) 8)

[bixblk]

here we go again, this week 10 degrees tuesday,wed, than it gets warm 12 degrees, welcome to chi town :(

[Harbone]

here we go again, this week 10 degrees tuesday,wed, than it gets warm 12 degrees, welcome to chi town :(

No joke, Tuesday nights low is supposed to be -3° :shock:

[TheYellaBrick]

Mid 50's and dry this week ! Spring is springing ! LOTS of scoots out spreading the American heartbeat throughout the land RumpaRumpa .....

[Swiley383]

low 60s this past weekend 29 degrees when I left for work this morning and its suppose to be a low of 16 on Wednesday.

[shybx1969]

Yup temp is dropping up here in upper ny state. :roll: Another month and we will be home free....warm wetter.... :D

[curtisreed]

Thunder sleet, thunder snow, teens for high temps and an earthquake this morning. What a day it has started out to be. Seems someone has forgotten that this is Oklahoma.

Curtis

[Harbone]

about 4 more inches of snow last night, its 10° outside right now, getting old fast! :evil:

[Swiley383]

We are suppose to get ice tonight.once again we are on the line were it could be 1/2 inch to an inch with snow on top of it tomorrow. So far this year we have been lucky and the worst has always missed us. Right now it's raining heavy and the temp is falling.

[Swiley383]

Just saw a updated forecast they say now we will get around a 1/2 inch of ice followed by a inch of snow in the morning. It has been icing for about an hour now. The bushes out front have a coating on them don't think we are going to dodge it this time.

[oldandtired]

70 degrees yesterday and going to 29 tonight.
I hope the plants and trees can take it.

[jtortorete]

You fellows are still talking about winter weather, which just depresses me.

So I will not participate in that conversation, and wait to the guys start conversing on racing stuff.

Jack :)

[curtisreed]

Jack,

I think you have the right idea. :D

Curtis

[shybx1969]

-17 this morn new march records being set....power company raking in the profits...

[shybx1969]

-17 this morn new march records being set....power company raking in the profits...Embrace the cold and u will be at peace with ones self.....kung fooo

[Swiley383]

My in laws are still staying with us they were told it will be Thursday or Friday before there power is back on

[shybx1969]

I figure by mid april itll be all over...spring will be here..

[Swiley383]

Its snowing in Nashville today.

[Harbone]

We got a 1/2" dusting Monday night that turned the highway into a giant sheet of ice on Tuesday morning before the sun came up. Counted 5 semis and 15 cars in the ditch on my 62 mile commute!
Looks like the warming trend is starting this weekend finally! Come on Summer!

[TheRabbit]

We just finished cleaning up my parents place this past Sunday from the ice storm. There are still trucks running around town everyday picking up piles and plies of tree limbs. They haven't even started getting to some of the outer counties yet. That storm cost many millions of $'s in damages.
I've had enough of this cold weather and ready for spring and summer to get here. We'll probably go from this cold stuff straight to 90* +.