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Post by nxp on Jan 7, 2014 16:19:24 GMT
Now that the "artic vortex" is heading down to the southern states to chill for a while, how are those of you south of the Mason-Dixon dealing with the temps that we usually see? Understanding that this is a freak every 20 years kind of thing, but does the infrastructure of the south have things to deal with sub zero temps?
It's not uncommon for us to loose water mains, every now and then a road might buckle up, etc from the cold.
Watching the news, looked like Atlanta woke up to -5F with the windchill this morning. Had to laugh out loud when Barrow, AK (the furthest north city in NA, which lies above the artic circle) was a balmy 22F to our -27F without wind this morning. If you add in the wind we were under -50F. Lot of cars were not happy campers.
Dog dang near got froze to the fire hydrant this morning. Heh.
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Post by NamelessStain on Jan 7, 2014 17:11:49 GMT
Not too bad here in coastal SC. The worst threat is the freezing pipes. Many houses are on slabs or raised with a crawl space. Just keep a faucet dripping and it will be fine.
Brother in PA did the hot water trick, not a drop hit the ground.
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Jan 7, 2014 18:52:38 GMT
Yeah, it's cold. We were down to 14 with a 20 MPH wind. Burrrrrr....
One pipe froze in the kitchen, left the cupboard open and it's fine now.
And I hate plumbing. Yupe. I was fixing a toilet wall outlet all morning. Ended up getting wet once and going to Lowe's twice.
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Post by RTF Squared on Jan 7, 2014 21:15:35 GMT
We were -6 at 10:00AM according to my phone yesterday. This winter feels colder than usual this year, or I'm losing my tolerance to it. Winter sucks, I hate cold and the split second I can afford it I'll start "wintering" in AZ like all the old people.
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Post by rickoshea on Jan 7, 2014 21:51:19 GMT
I let my water run, but it froze at the pressure switch for my well tank. I had to go outside in my jammies first thing this morning and pour some hot water on it to get it flowing again.
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Post by Browning35 on Jan 8, 2014 1:31:07 GMT
Luckily I got a Carhartt jacket and a beanie, three really warm long sleeve shirts and some wool Dickies socks right before all this. With all that stuff on it's not too bad. Before that I was having to quadruple layer trying to keep warm. Ordinarily a light jacket does it for me all winter. Not this one.
My son spilled a drink on the living room rug yesterday and I went out to the garage to get the carpet cleaning machine. The garage isn't heated and so the water reservoir in the machine froze, expanded and then leaked water all over the place as I was bringing it in. Not really used to that happening.
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Post by omegaman on Jan 9, 2014 3:45:25 GMT
Knowing that it's buggy and summertime 9 months out of year here in coastal SC, I'm loving the cold weather! We left the water dripping and the only problem we had was our hot water freezing up the other morning (water heater is outside). I was expecting much worse in the very old and drafty house we just moved into.
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Post by NamelessStain on Jan 9, 2014 12:17:57 GMT
Knowing that it's buggy and summertime 9 months out of year here in coastal SC, I'm loving the cold weather! We left the water dripping and the only problem we had was our hot water freezing up the other morning (water heater is outside). I was expecting much worse in the very old and drafty house we just moved into. I guess you'll need to cover those windows after all.  |
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Post by nxp on Jan 10, 2014 17:16:25 GMT
We had a few folks that tried the dripping faucet thing up here - their drainlines froze. *DOH*
Had to knock the ice off my radon vent, looked like an ice torch coming off the side of the house.
Hopefully the homeless population faired okay. It wasn't that cold (at least from my perspective) but if it's something you're not accustomed to or prepared for that would have made for quite the rush for the shelters.
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