Saturday, January 11, 2020
And in today's weather... Armageddon!
The weather here today is a little crazy. The weather networks are calling for scattered apocalypse with flurries of armageddon, now I'm not saying that we are having it worse than others... but I think I saw three of the four "end times" horsemen.
Basically starting from +7 Celsius and ending down around -15, we are to expect rain, freezing rain, hail, sleet, ice pellets, rain mixed with snow, snow, heavy snow. In other words we will experience every weather type from September 20 to February first in a twenty four hour period. It poured rain all last night and today until afternoon, it has been relentless since about 3:00 p.m. with the freezing ice pellets and snow.
I have prepared to lose power. I'm storing water, I have the candles and flashlights ready. Hopefully that doesn't happen but it's not uncommon. Winter in Canada, oh well... only another three and a half months to go!
Move here to Weho. Our winters are in the mid to high 60's. It's bitter cold.
ReplyDeleteCali Boi, can I stay with you for awhile!!! Lol, how are you doing buddy? :)
DeleteIt's times like this I'm glad to be in Wilton Manors. What about your pipes? How do you prepare up there in Canada?
ReplyDeleteJimmy, where have you been, I was worried. Jimmy I usually wear long underwear and that keeps my pipes from freezing! No seriously when they built this house the old timers were smart and put all the pipes in the center of the house, away from the walls where they could freeze.
ReplyDeleteOf these, the freezing rain is the worst. It's so pretty, and yet so destructive. (I shall refrain from making the comparison to certain bloggers.)
ReplyDeleteGood luck in weathering the storm. Good job to your ancestors for designing their houses properly.
Lurker, yes the grumpy old bastards did a lot of things right.
DeleteRain in any form in the winter is bad news. We are due to be -30C for the next week, but at least that's too cold for any form of precipitation. I hope you have a generator if you lose power.
ReplyDeleteDebra, no generator unfortunately but I have ways of getting by. I'm hearing that it's supposed to turn cold.
DeleteWe've had so much rain recently that my garden is partially under water. I'm thinking of digging the roses up and planting rice.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had any real cold, frosty weather for two winter's now. I think we need the cold to kill bugs off.
Christina, I don't mind the cold as long as it's sunny. Sorry to hear about all the rain.
Deleteit was 63F in philly yesterday. today the same and rain. it's january 12. WTF?
ReplyDeleteWe are back to normal temperatures now and it finally stopped snowing this afternoon.
DeleteIt was 55F in my house when I woke up this morning. I had to turn on the heater! Oh, the suffering! Actually, I'm just grateful that there're no fires going on here, at least for now. Stay safe, punkin.
ReplyDeleteDeedles, lol your house was a lot colder than mine! Yes you don't want fires... not good.
DeleteIt's so nice to be missed! How deep does your pipe go?
ReplyDeleteJimmy, I'm sending you back to where ever it was you disappeared to!
DeleteStay in and stay warm.
ReplyDeleteI did Richard, there was no way to go out safely.
DeleteYou do understand this is what happens with Climate Change, don't you? There will no longer be anything such thing as a weather pattern. I suspect here in Central PA we are either going to end up being a desert or a tropical rain forest. Anne Marie hit 63(F) and we, who are farther north and west hit 68(F).
ReplyDeleteDave, yup... we haven't had "normal" weather for probably 15 years now. I worry because this winter is warm which usually means a super hot summer and then tornadoes, tornadoes, tornadoes all season instead of once every ten or more years.
Deletetut this is what happens when you decline invites from warmer climes.
ReplyDeleteDr Spo, well maybe if you didn't currently look like some thug that's ready to mug me, I would come down! :D
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better.
It was 70 here in central VA today. I wore shorts!
ReplyDeleteMichael it was 12° Fahrenheit here today, plus a cold wind to make it feel colder... so no shorts! Lol
ReplyDeleteSteven! Apologise to Jimmy this second. He is asking innocent questions about your plumbing and you are chasing him away! You should appreciate his presence more, and also add him to your blogroll.
ReplyDeleteAlso, shame on you for not taking Dr Spo up on his offer. If the good Doctor was to make untoward advances on you then you could just touch his jaw and run away.
Jimmy I sincerely apologize to you that you have to read old Lurker comments on my blog, sometimes two or three. I think it's what happens when an internet troll and a spam bot breed, they create a Lurky. Plus I didn't realize that you were blogging, I will add you my friend.
ReplyDeleteDr Spo, I sincerely apologize that you have to read old Lurker comments on my blog blah blah blah....... :D
Thanks. The freeze depth for water lines must be very deep in Canada . I Had a 1922 craftsman with plumbing configurations as your house but it still had water pipes that branched out to outside faucets, which had to wrapped and insulated in the winter. The freeze depth there in NC was 32" if I remember correctly.
ReplyDeleteps. Get your mind out of the gutter. Too much porn, me thinks.
Jimmy, lol sorry I thought you were being silly. I'm not sure of the pipes death but 32" would be risking frozen pipes. Our line comes from a well that's over 100 feet down and it comes right into the basement. There is a line to the barn, that's at least four feet down and yet there is a danger of freezing, so we never plow snow near it. Snow acts as an insulating material.
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