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My car show friend from South Dakota, Bob called the other night for our monthly phone visit, I was complaining about our wet cold weather, some snow, lots of rain and my cars were all bundled up for the last month and unusable, when he reminded me that it was - 40 at his house, and it was warming up! He wears a mask if he needs to go out to his garage so he doesn't burn his lungs. Then people ask me why I live in California. I quit feeling sorry for my self and sent him a pair of thermal socks.
How's your winter going?...Tedd
Brutal here in St. Louis, morning low of -5°F yesterday with a high of 8°. A virtual heatwave this morning with a low of -1°, and I think we're supposed to make it to the low teens this afternoon. At least the roads are clear here, we've barely got a dusting on the ground. I grew up in Michigan, so relatively this isn't bad, but I still hate it!
Temp was in the 30s when I got up this morning. The sun’s been up for a couple hours and it’s mid-40s now, so the wife and I are going for a hike. Full blazing sun makes it feel MUCH warmer than the air temp suggests.
And we had chains to put on the tires if it got real bad
If you lived in the North lands and could afford them, a dedicated set of studded snow tires went on the rear at the end of October and stayed on until mid-April. Helped immensely!
If you lived in the North lands and could afford them, a dedicated set of studded snow tires went on the rear at the end of October and stayed on until mid-April. Helped immensely!
They were very helpful on ice. But some northern states banned them after seeing the wear they created on the pavement.
It was 10° when I got up this morning. It is now 21° and the high today is supposed to be 23° today. It will no be above freezing until Wednesday. We had a light dusting of snow this morning.
They were very helpful on ice. But some northern states banned them after seeing the wear they created on the pavement.
Yes, that's true. What's odd though is that states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois that get a ton of snow have all banned them completely, while many more southern states still allow them from Oct/Nov until Mar/Apr. Go figure?
Yes, that's true. What's odd though is that states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois that get a ton of snow have all banned them completely, while many more southern states still allow them from Oct/Nov until Mar/Apr. Go figure?
That's because all of those southern roads are dirt or gravel. Studded tires actually help.
I'm glad that my parents left Alaska when I was a wee tyke. The thing about rear wheel drive back then was, even with snow tires it took 30 seconds to get through an intersection after the light turned green. You might get two or three cars through by the time that it turned red. Took forever. Still snowing and blowing here, so I took the two lane home instead of the highway. Ran about 50 mph on a glazed roadway. Currently sitting at 14" on my snow gauge. Other areas in W. Michigan got up to two feet.
-10° in NE Illinois this morning. Lots of broken garbage trucks this morning including mine. Hydraulics hate this stuff but I'll take it every time over 90°+. I can always add more layers.
Lots of broken garbage trucks this morning including mine. Hydraulics hate this stuff...
No doubt. With a freezing point of -10°F, hyd. fluid has the consistency of Mississippi mud (tar oil) @ 0°F. I know specialized equipment i.e. snow plows, large rig tow trucks, etc. have heated reservoirs. Doubtful garbage trucks have heated reservoirs.
90? Pffft. That’s a mild spring day around here. Our whole thermometer is shifted 30 degrees to the right. 115 is a typical summer day and 30 is a hellacious freeze.
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Visited friends this weekend in mid IL. It got to -11 at night. House here in the Evil did ok. Warming it up from 60 now. It's 9 out now. Think I may work from home tomorrow.
-4 here this AM in central Mn.
Weird thing about this year is we had about 4-5" of snow early in Oct.
All melted by Nov. and didnt get any till maybe 2 weeks ago.
Still only have about 3" on the ground.
Heck, people were water skiing and jet biking on the lakes new years day.
No picture because I ate it, but my mom sent me home with several frozen servings of her lentil soup. Excellent cold weather meal, and you get auxiliary heat for several hours as you digest all the beans.
It will finally get above freezing tomorrow about noon. 68° on Thursday ahead of another Blue Norther on Friday. You Yankees need to stop sending those!
We have had a run of below zero Temps here in Denver. The wind blowing makes it even worse. -19 this morning. Today we got above freezing. Long overdue. My husky loves it.
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