Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Dang, those temps would be a nightmare for me! I had a morning of 15 last week and only a few hrs worth. Rare temp for here! You guys get that for days! I couldn't deal. happy for y'all that tolerate.

 

[Alaskan]

Hmmm. No oil lamps??? Really? In Alaska???

Figured you'd be set for anything!!!!

So, sorry more snow, no power. At least food spoiling with no cold isn't an issue you have wood stove, right? Sorry for your snow stranding. keep us updated.

I USED to have bright oil lamps... little kids broke a few, whatever was left i put into storage... humm... maybe I should find at least one and bring it out of storage. "Baby" is now 16.

We have candles and olive oil votive lamps (votive lamps for the prayer corner). Votive lamps aren't all that bright, neither are candles... not good enough for desk work.

But eh... we are fine. No problems really. No power and lots of snow is entertainment. And the question of "do you WANT to go to that much work to do X, or just skip it?"

 

[Alaskan]

Looks like here
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Guess I lied earlier, not 12°F outside, said 9°F on my truck this morning. Was cold enough that when I went to deal with inverter to see why it stopped charging the battery last night from genset that when I restarted the unit it didn’t come back on. No time to deal with it left it off, got home tonight, after popping cover off and turning heater on it, it came back on back to life. Hmm this happened last winter. Time to move the whole setup to a heated structure. They said the unit can handle down to -4°F, BS. Don't like the unit, my last one from Aims Corp kept the lights on no matter what and didn't need updates.

Yeah... some things do not run well in the cold.

One winter we were out of power and it was deeply cold. How cold? No idea... can't remember the number.

I just remember seeing our neighbor SUPER bundled up, hunched over his generator.. with a hairdryer plugged INTO the generator and pointed AT the generator. Yep.. I mean... poor guy! But the generator would stall out without the hairdryer pointed at it.

I was VERY happy that our house has an excellent wood stove!!

 

[SageHill]

Blah, blah, blah.....

Saw an emergency flashlight was out of batteries 2 days back... and I did not immediately find replacements.

So yeah, today we are out of power.

God clearly loves the incompetent... because the boys and I had a huge hot and hardy meal at noon. The power went out at about 1:30pm.

All good, don't need to see anyway. Now at 4:12 I had to stop office work... there is still light, but it is dim.

Over a foot of snow, heavy wet mess.

We had a friend come up and push back the trees in the road.... plow guy is swamped, duh... but will try to make a quick pass through our place.

Plow guy said "weatherman says no more snow for about a day" I said "weatherman lied, look at the sky! It is going to snow again, real soon, and if I get any more snow, you will not be able to plow this mess "

Anyway... yep..... snowing again right now!

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OMG Those photos!!! Should be framed. Gorgeous

 

[Weldman]

Dang, those temps would be a nightmare for me! I had a morning of 15 last week and only a few hrs worth. Rare temp for here! You guys get that for days! I couldn't deal. happy for y'all that tolerate.

This is nothing, come next month or at the end of this one we will go below zero and stay down there. That's when plastic and rubber become brittle, LCD's stop being able to be read, frost starts crawling up the places not insulated enough in your house and engines won't start.

 

[Baymule]

@Alaskan i have a couple of these collapsible TAC lights. Power goes off here often.

Coffee is ready, it rained last night and stormed. Supposed to be raining the next 5 days.

 

[Weldman]

Since I run so many Milwaukee tools it behoove of one to grab a light that can light up an area. So when the lights goes out I always got a battery and light around. Damn thing so bright I can stick it on the roof of my loader (has magnetic base) doesn't move and see spreading rock in the dark. This light will direct light in multiple directions of where you need it and not where you don't need it.
Going to be a high of 41°F today, but don't get too comfortable a winter weather advisory in effect. Going to start snowing this evening and stop Monday. I sure got that rock down in time.
Going to replace a hydraulic line, but I might have another chance to get more rock down if the snow melts enough in a couple of weeks.

 

[SageHill]

Ha @Weldman -- we're starting at 41 today. going to 65. Grew up in northern IL -- lots of below zero and snow there when I was a kid. They didn't close schools and I had to ski to school a few times.
So -- while not quite as bad as where you are, I did earn my weather wimp badge! Tis why I live here (though only for the weather and the land - leftist haven't chased me out yet).

 

[Blue Sky]

Pouring rain here. Should stop by noon. The great wood stove debate has resumed. I can’t find the helpful comments supplied here. Had to change accounts a couple of times when site or my iPhone malfunctioned, passwords etc. I’m thinking Drolet, catalytic?, while the Homer Simpson voice says “Ummm Vermont Casting, enameled”. Probably a multi step project. Best stove anyone?

 

[Weldman]

Ha @Weldman -- we're starting at 41 today. going to 65. Grew up in northern IL -- lots of below zero and snow there when I was a kid. They didn't close schools and I had to ski to school a few times.
So -- while not quite as bad as where you are, I did earn my weather wimp badge! Tis why I live here (though only for the weather and the land - leftist haven't chased me out yet).

What's odd is seeing a born and raised local 250 pound 6'2" 28 year old man wimper about the temperatures who played high school foozeball.
Wife let the birds out this morning, though it was too late for the temperatures, but she found a butt nugget. Split from being frozen, but we have our first egg since August

Guess I intimidated them when I picked up one of their friends snapped it's head off and pointed at them they are next, started with the males.