The Cold Weather Is Here!
- anthony7812
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Whew its 10 here in Colley with a damn 20mph wind
- michaelanthony
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-1* this morning and the wind chill?...I don't care to go out and check, it is too nice in here!
- CoalHeat
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- jjs777_fzr
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Just North of Boston its 23F and had dipped down to 17F during the overnight.
Pellet Stove (First Floor Noth Wing) running on low in the LR - wall TStat says 68F. Using about 40lb per day.
Wood Stove (First Floor South Wing) in SunRoom - I've been throwing small splits just to keep it going and then load it up for the overnight burn - might get 4-5hrs from good solid oak dampened all the way down to lowest air intake setting. TStat says 74F in adjacent DR.
Coal Stove (Basement) - had thrown 3 scoops of nut and 1/2 scoop of pea around 2AM. Side of stove temp 394F at 930AM and basement is reading 68F.
Tonight expected temps dropping to single digits.
Pellet Stove (First Floor Noth Wing) running on low in the LR - wall TStat says 68F. Using about 40lb per day.
Wood Stove (First Floor South Wing) in SunRoom - I've been throwing small splits just to keep it going and then load it up for the overnight burn - might get 4-5hrs from good solid oak dampened all the way down to lowest air intake setting. TStat says 74F in adjacent DR.
Coal Stove (Basement) - had thrown 3 scoops of nut and 1/2 scoop of pea around 2AM. Side of stove temp 394F at 930AM and basement is reading 68F.
Tonight expected temps dropping to single digits.
- lowfog01
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We warmed up quite a bit - 43* with a full sun. That's enough for me to go in the bee hive and insure the girls have food to last until the next break in the weather. The girls seem to be doing ok and I got 4 stings for my effort - ingrates.
It's dropping back to the low 30's tomorrow. I'll be sipping coco and eating bon bons by the stove. Lisa
It's dropping back to the low 30's tomorrow. I'll be sipping coco and eating bon bons by the stove. Lisa
- Cyber36
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Hey Lisa! Don't you think one form of chocolate is enough??lowfog01 wrote:We warmed up quite a bit - 43* with a full sun. That's enough for me to go in the bee hive and insure the girls have food to last until the next break in the weather. The girls seem to be doing ok and I got 4 stings for my effort - ingrates.
It's dropping back to the low 30's tomorrow. I'll be sipping coco and eating bon bons by the stove. Lisa
- CoalHeat
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The sky is falling!!!! The sky is falling!!!! GAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...THEN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING
REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH.
* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH
AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES... SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND
MIDNIGHT WHEN SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE ONE INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES
WITH VISIBILITY RESTRICTED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S THROUGH THE ENTIRE STORM...POSSIBLY
DOWN INTO THE TEENS AT TIMES IN THE POCONOS AND THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SUSSEX COUNTY NJ.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TEND TO ICE UP FIRST.
- NWBuilder
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I loved this... it is so true, I was on empty and had to wait in line for fuel I bet they didn't have any bread or milk in the store!!! We have turned into a bunch of wimps because of all the news hype about storms. 8 or 10 inches is no big deal!!! Practically a flurry!!Wood'nCoal wrote:
- CoalHeat
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I quit paying attention to all the horrible warnings, after all the hype we'd get a little dusting.
In the mid 1980's there was a hurricane coming, I was watching television, NY news anchor Chuck Scarborough was on Hurricane Watch. He kept saying the storm was coming, kept saying "T Minus 1 hour" , "T-Minus 1/2 hour", "T-Minus 15 minutes!!!". By the time the storm was supposed to hit I was ready to jump out the window. I never could stand to look at that knucklehead again.
In the mid 1980's there was a hurricane coming, I was watching television, NY news anchor Chuck Scarborough was on Hurricane Watch. He kept saying the storm was coming, kept saying "T Minus 1 hour" , "T-Minus 1/2 hour", "T-Minus 15 minutes!!!". By the time the storm was supposed to hit I was ready to jump out the window. I never could stand to look at that knucklehead again.
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I gotta fess up, I got like that once but it was beer I was out of....
- CoalHeat
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Oh no!!! Think I'm low on beer..........
- Rob R.
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It just hit 0F on my porch. Amazing how easy the house heats when there is no wind. 0 degrees outside, 72 in...doing it with 160 degree water in the baseboards and radiators. Add a 15 MPH wind to this situation and the boiler would be running all the time.
- Rob R.
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I have a lot of beer on hand, but I just pulled a Labatt Blue out of my box in the garage and it was partially frozen. Time to move the beer to the bottom of the basement stairwell...Wood'nCoal wrote:Oh no!!! Think I'm low on beer..........