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Post by whollygoats on Feb 11, 2021 16:15:46 GMT
Awaiting snowfall. All preconditions met for significant accumulation. No snowfall, yet.
ETA: Rain.
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Post by Moose on Feb 11, 2021 23:07:57 GMT
Steve - boiler leaks and I can't face dealing with workmen right now. So no, no heat. But the water still works
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 12, 2021 12:38:40 GMT
Humpf...We got snow. About a half an inch; a light dusting overnight. The big deal was the winds. They took out the power at about 2 pm and it did not return until about 8 pm. I cooked and ate my dinner by candlelight.
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Post by Kye on Feb 12, 2021 14:38:43 GMT
It's -18 here at the moment. Bright blinding sun.
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Post by tangent on Feb 12, 2021 15:44:11 GMT
Steve - boiler leaks and I can't face dealing with workmen right now. So no, no heat. But the water still works I'm really sorry you have no heat and I have great sympathy.
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Post by Mari on Feb 13, 2021 13:11:08 GMT
It's -18 here at the moment. Bright blinding sun. This except minus 10 rather than 18, and going up to minus 1. Excellent ice skating weather.
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Post by Moose on Feb 14, 2021 1:00:54 GMT
I have a hot water bottle
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 14, 2021 1:26:24 GMT
Okay...32 hours later, I had a repeat power outage. Of course, this time it occurred in the middle of the night. I awoke with a start because my CPAP wasn't delivering...it was all dark. I made it to dawn and managed to get up and start a fire in the fireplace. I could light the stove top, so I could cook. Folks were out and about, but my interior temperatures continued to plummet, except right in front of the fire. I used all the firewood I had readily available and rummaged a few more bits from outdoors. During that foray, talking with a neighbor who had better comlinks than I, I found that the power utility was announcing that the outage may last through Monday, or Tuesday. My spirits plummeted with the temperatures.
I dug out sweatpants, sweaters, sox, and layered up. I crawled back in to bed and tried (successfully!) to entice fuzzy buddies in under the covers. Warm was warm. Then, about an hour after noon, the lights came back on. The house temperature stood at 52 (11) degrees. I've been struggling back up to my usual for several hours now. It was a pretty clear case of "you don't know what you got 'til it's gone".
Now, the weather forecasters are predicting freezing rain overnight and more snow tomorrow.
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Post by Kye on Feb 14, 2021 1:46:26 GMT
That does not sound fun... I'm glad you're warm for the moment!
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 14, 2021 2:33:07 GMT
Does Montreal have overhead power lines? Or, is everything buried?
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Post by Kye on Feb 14, 2021 2:52:08 GMT
In the city they're buried I think... *checks* yep buried.
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Post by tangent on Feb 14, 2021 9:44:40 GMT
That sounds grim, WG.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 14, 2021 14:21:19 GMT
Well, actually, it is something of a feature of the local 'mediclimate' (bigger than very localized 'microclimates' and smaller than 'regional climates'). Much of it arises because of our location in relation to the source of precipitation (the ocean), the mountains, and the gorge, sets up some recurring icing situations. It's really much worse than ordinary snow, which is actually rare hereabouts. Four-wheel drive is useless when the roads are covered in thick glaze ice.
You'd think that with 'civilized' humans presence of nearly two hundred years, that we'd have figured this out and adapted. But, nooooo....We still string power lines overhead. Out in the open, where the weight of ice and icy tree limbs can tear them down. This is because it is expensive to bury the lines and, if we did, one of those tectonic events that happen every twenty to forty years, just might mess up underground lines....**facepalm** Then, when the ice storms hit, the lines come down. I guess it is a 'full employment program' for linemen.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 14, 2021 16:20:19 GMT
It's mid-morning here and as I text, I hear the sleet coming down outdoors. It seems we got a couple more inches of accumulated snow overnight and now, with slightly warmer air overhead, the ice is now coming down as small pellets that freeze to the growing crust of ice on the accumulated snow. This time, the rising temperatures are to be more permanent, as the overnight low is expected to be above freezing, barely. Then comes breakup. With rain, it will all be gone in a couple of days....and that will have been 'winter' for this year. Spring starts with the floods of the runoff from the snow and ice storms.
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Post by Sarah W. on Feb 15, 2021 15:04:15 GMT
It's been brutally cold here lately (highs barely reaching 0° F) with wind chills far below zero.
It's nothing compared to what's happening down south with ice, snow and almost as cold temperatures in places that rarely see any winter weather and aren't prepared for it.
Looks like warmer weather is finally on the way this week with highs expected to be a little above freezing by Wednesday. That will feel very nice after this.
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Post by tangent on Feb 15, 2021 16:16:51 GMT
Commiserations on the cold weather. Today we are experiencing temperatures of 11°C compared with -4°C last week. It's quite invigorating.
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Post by Kye on Feb 17, 2021 12:20:58 GMT
It's so cold! I was walking the dog this morning and couldn't wait to get back in the house. Weather app says it feels like -27 out there and I believe it. Even the dog was hurrying to get inside.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 17, 2021 14:05:25 GMT
Well....I went through three power outages over the last six days. That's Thursday afternoon, Saturday morning, and all day Monday and then Tuesday morn. Two days of the last six have been without power. Indoor temperatures plummeted to cool, but outdoors six to eight inches of blowing snow, subsequently cemented in to place by freezing rains accumulated.
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Post by Kye on Feb 17, 2021 14:36:06 GMT
That sounds gross! I hate freezing rain...
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 17, 2021 15:17:52 GMT
From watching and listening to the news, it seems the folks in Texas have a new appreciation for Canada's weather patterns.
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Post by JoeP on Feb 17, 2021 20:27:23 GMT
They're all being misled about the causes of their power failures.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 17, 2021 23:19:02 GMT
Yeah...Well. That's the Reptilian way.
They're a bunch of predatory parasites, all too common in Texas.
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Post by Mari on Feb 19, 2021 8:52:25 GMT
We've got lovely blue skies and sunshine. Temperatures above freezing. Predicted to get spring temps this weekend of about 18 degrees.
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Post by Kye on Feb 19, 2021 11:22:55 GMT
So lucky!
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 19, 2021 13:39:03 GMT
Yeah....N-V.
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Post by whollygoats on Mar 2, 2021 2:39:54 GMT
Well, we're getting ours.
We just finished the second day, in a row, of shirtsleeve weather. I've been out in the garden. Spring pruning has begun.
It is glorious and blissful. I had to wear a hat to protect my head! Real live sun, with distinct shadows.
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Post by Kye on Mar 2, 2021 3:07:12 GMT
We had above freezing temperatures today, which was nice. But it's going down to -16 tonight and my car is parked in a puddle.
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Post by tangent on Mar 2, 2021 15:16:48 GMT
Brilliant sunshine for the past two days, although a little cold (7°C) outside.
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Post by Kye on Mar 2, 2021 15:56:23 GMT
It was hellish walking the dog this morning. A brisk wind made it feel like -29 even though on paper it was closer to -17. And I have an interment this afternoon!
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Post by whollygoats on Mar 2, 2021 20:30:15 GMT
Shy sun today, but it is staying dry.
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