Mike CHS
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This is longest prolonged cold that I have seen here and you guys seems to be similar a day later. Hope everything works out.
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CntryBoy777
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That certainly isn't good.....if any of the animal water is frozen it can be melted to flush toilets and save what ya have in the tank for drinking and using. I insulate all the up pipes from the underground connection, just in case. We went above freezing today and have rain moving in overnite....really Crazy weather!! Hope it all turns out okay for ya....water bubbling out of the ground will let ya know where the leak is.....
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The water from our well goes to a big tank- like everyone has that has well water... so it has clean water also has a spigot- we hooked up a hose to the spigot (3ft with a handle) and fill the animal buckets and buckets for the house.
This water is clean.
The problem is that tank is in our warehouse the pipes go from there to a little "wellhouse" that has a whole house filter on it and then comes into the house. IOW if we took that whole house filter off it would still be clean water from the main tank. The issue is in the long pipe underground- somewhere it is frozen.
So even though we have access to good water we cannot shower, run laundry, do dishes etc. We are bringing water in for toilets.
Just thankful we have water to take care of animals and bring in what we need.
So, pizza for dinner, paper plates, plastic utensils, palstic cups, lots of paper towels.
We also got baby wipes so we can microwave them and clean udders for morning milking.
Tomorrow NC thaws!
it was 0-1 degree this am
Everyone I talk to is having a tough time, heat pumps cannot take this cold for two weeks. Several people we know are also dealing with frozen pipes and no water.
We try to always have lots of available heat sources. The ice storms of 94 were so bad (up North) many had no power for 10 days in freezing temps. We made it out and didn't get stuck like all our friends and neighbors... but after that experience we make sure that we are prepared!
Pretty much have several radiator heaters (electric) 3 Kero heaters, fuel, enough stored water for about a week, canned food, grill, and wood for woodstove.
Yes, as long as I have lived in NC I have never seen a stretch so cold and so long. But it is NC... it will probably be 65 degrees later this week
Gotta love NC!
This water is clean.
The problem is that tank is in our warehouse the pipes go from there to a little "wellhouse" that has a whole house filter on it and then comes into the house. IOW if we took that whole house filter off it would still be clean water from the main tank. The issue is in the long pipe underground- somewhere it is frozen.
So even though we have access to good water we cannot shower, run laundry, do dishes etc. We are bringing water in for toilets.
Just thankful we have water to take care of animals and bring in what we need.
So, pizza for dinner, paper plates, plastic utensils, palstic cups, lots of paper towels.
We also got baby wipes so we can microwave them and clean udders for morning milking.
Tomorrow NC thaws!
it was 0-1 degree this am
Everyone I talk to is having a tough time, heat pumps cannot take this cold for two weeks. Several people we know are also dealing with frozen pipes and no water.
We try to always have lots of available heat sources. The ice storms of 94 were so bad (up North) many had no power for 10 days in freezing temps. We made it out and didn't get stuck like all our friends and neighbors... but after that experience we make sure that we are prepared!
Pretty much have several radiator heaters (electric) 3 Kero heaters, fuel, enough stored water for about a week, canned food, grill, and wood for woodstove.
Yes, as long as I have lived in NC I have never seen a stretch so cold and so long. But it is NC... it will probably be 65 degrees later this week
Gotta love NC!
greybeard
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Kinda makes ya wonder what Feb is going to be like......
Been pretty nice here for the last few days, once that really cold air moved East but it was in the low 20s and upper teens for 3 nights before the stuff moved out.
My plumbing insulation probably won't handle single digits for more than a couple of hours.
Been pretty nice here for the last few days, once that really cold air moved East but it was in the low 20s and upper teens for 3 nights before the stuff moved out.
My plumbing insulation probably won't handle single digits for more than a couple of hours.
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Southern by choice
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Gotta be better @greybeard !
Seems this weather has also affected people's moods. So many grouchies!
I even found myself a couple times getting really grumpy. Then I made cookies.
One of our cheese batches didn't come out... it was a direct set but didn't set. Wasted a gallon of milk.
Made more.
Hanging cheese today. Woo Hoo!
Gosh it smells good.
Seems this weather has also affected people's moods. So many grouchies!
I even found myself a couple times getting really grumpy. Then I made cookies.
One of our cheese batches didn't come out... it was a direct set but didn't set. Wasted a gallon of milk.
Made more.
Hanging cheese today. Woo Hoo!
Gosh it smells good.
babsbag
Herd Master
Was your house too cold for the cheese?
Baymule
Herd Master
February is usually the coldest month here. If February is worse than January..... 
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Baymule
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CntryBoy777
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Hope it wasn't too bad of a fix....but, sure glad it was taken care of....they are saying there is a possibility of 4" of snow come Friday here and temps falling back into the teens. Rain Thursday nite changing over, so it sounds like there will be ice under the snow....will have to get vehicles covered so locks don't freeze and can't get in and save all the scraping. My hope with the cold is that it thins out some of the bugs by Spring....
