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Topic: weather - all bad
Posted By: A square 10
Subject: weather - all bad
Date Posted: February 17 2025 at 9:52pm
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seems everywhere we are seeing this bad weather , im going to add mine - we will be at -20 f in the morning , the wind chills well below that , its expected to carry over for a couple days , slow warm up till the weekend then we might see the 40s - thats abnormal , and it wont lat more than a day or so . its winter here , long as the heat stays on we will survive , im not saying that we are in a fix like some areas of the country right now , im not we are not but this kind of cold is more than most experience , the heat is required and the electricity is as well , both are stable so far ,
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Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 4:01am
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One of the advantages of having an old house, is that it will have a chimney or two. I have a couple of wood burning stove's in our house. It does have electric radiators in all the rooms, but the electric is expensive now. The chimneys also transfer heat into the wall in the main bedroom. It's always good to have two options for heating, one that requires no electricity is essential for times when there may be supply issues. ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 4:26am
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Insurance companies HATE (or maybe love?) woddburners here! They rate your insurance policies much higher & you better keep accurate records of chimney / stove maintaiance, o/w your policy will be cancelled when you need to file a claim. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 5:14am
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I`ve been heating our home for 37yrs with wood. Its a little more work than electric, gas or oil but its a darn site cheaper. I mean like $900-$1200/yr as opposed to $500-$900/ month.(prices for fuel wood is sky rocketing lately though) The first yr we had our house we heated with electric, winter of `92 and our electric bill averaged over $600/month, that was nearly all our disposable income at the time, and it was tough with two babies! We couldn`t have our house now if not for the ancient heating technology.  I think it was $700 for this yrs wood, we had 5 face cords left over from last yr because of the tropical winter we had. This yr will be close, probably non left over, might even have to get a bit more in. This is the first REAL winter we`ve had here since 2015-16 *Our insurance is marginally more with wood heat than if without. Us rural folk have it easy that way* Mind you insurance is a huge scam anyway. If my house burns down, parish the thought, I`m sure they`d figure a way or try very hard to disqualify our claim. Its a game of take with very little give. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 10:46am
| as hoadie noted , i removed my wood burning fireplace and got a reduction in my rates , i dont miss the mess but i do miss the ambiance |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 11:18am
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I love being able to have as much or as little heat as I want with out worrying about the bill. Our House was build in 1887 and tends to be a bit drafty at times, the air`s always fresh inside ...lol, love it. But ya, it can be a bit messy at times.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 1:35pm
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We have a woodstove for heat & ambience @ the cabin. In summer theres the firepit outside. As it gets cooler the woodstove takes over. Takes some of the pressure off the propane furnace. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 1:55pm
| This morning I woke up to -28F at my place. It was just hateful. |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 5:20pm
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Oh I don`t miss those mornings one bit. I spent a lot of time way up north and that kind of cold kills. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 10:31pm
| yes it does , but so far ive not heard of any deaths , we generally get a few between exposure and carbon monoxide poisoning when the power goes out , |
Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 1:42am
| 17 and snowing (again!) in North Texas with wind chill of 2. Here's hoping we don't have a repeat of the Winter of 2021 when ERCOT screwed the pooch and we lost power for 3 days. We have a fireplace and a good supply of wood as usual but I picked up a dual fuel 13.5 Kw generator (gasoline or propane) which I can tie into the electrical panel in about 10 minutes if necessary. |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 3:21am
Snow in Texas??? Where is global warming! 
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Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 3:28am
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Oh havn`t you heard, its no more. the x-spurts are now saying we`re in global cooling. Wonder how a tax base for this scam will work...
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Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 7:46am
| They will just tax the crap out of fuel oil and propane, probably. |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 8:01am
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It is a Toasty 13F -10C in Fort Worth, Texas right now. So glad I am retired ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 11:09am
| we are still below zero today, might get into single digits above briefly but warm up is promised friday through the weekend into next week , we shall see |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 11:31am
| Same here. -35C this morning, 0 or +1C On the weekend. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 12:03pm
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------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 1:57pm
We got most of that about 2:30 this afternoon. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 2:05pm
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You can have share.
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 19 2025 at 4:44pm
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Ta very much! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: February 21 2025 at 4:39am
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19 deg F this morning, pretty cold for Atlanta. Heading to the range, see how the cooler weather affects muzzle velocity of the Varget loads, should not be much. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 21 2025 at 8:01am
| sunshine and headed for the 20s above zero today , up from high teens yesterday , tomorrow 30s and sunday 40s if all goes as predicted , wonder who left the gates of he!! open ? |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 21 2025 at 8:18am
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Hoadie did it! ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 21 2025 at 9:39pm
| well thank you hoadie , they are predicting ,mid 40s here all of next week [our second indiabn summer] of this year , im not sayin i expect this far from that - i expect the cold and the snow , its what ive experienced here for near 40 years+ but then ive been here for 40+ |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: February 22 2025 at 5:05am
I have a shyte-ton of snow here.(That wasn't supposed to happen!  ) Got as much as - or maybe more snow - in 12 days - than the last 2 yrs combined! Pretty dang cold, too. Now, they calling for rain early as Sunday nite! OOooh! It's gonna be scary! All that melting snow & ice at once...I can see alot of indoor swimming pools!!------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: February 22 2025 at 8:31am
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No skinny dipping Hoadie! You are not a polar bear and do not see that on the telly. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 22 2025 at 7:20pm
| we had a foot of snow two days ago , today it hit mud/high 30s we have a lot less now and tomorrow supposed to be mid 40s , that will change it some more , |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 24 2025 at 6:06pm
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43f and sunny today and warmer tomorrow. Snow`s going fast
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 24 2025 at 8:02pm
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yesterdays mid 40s turned to todays near 50s and our sunshine gave way to cloudy , my complaint is that the snow piles from clearing my drive and walks is daming the water [from the melt] in my driveway , its a couple inches deep and rising , washed my truck today but it was messy by the time i got home , we shall see what tomorrow brings - may wash it again ,
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Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: February 25 2025 at 3:44am
| Finally! Texas is back to a more normal temperature, it was 76 and sunny yesterday and wife and I went for a lovely walk through our city's park. More of the same forecast for the next 10 days, YAY! |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 25 2025 at 10:16pm
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glad to hear it for you , this is not normal here in feb , or march or april even may - we often get snow those months , but i know we are experiencing cabin fever because my wife asked this morning if we should take the boat and motor home out of storage next week , its two months ahead of her normal request - she was calculating the cost of storage and i told her to forget it , we may well get bad weather in the next couple months in spite of it feeling like spring here right now , i can afford not to have them in the driveway at this point , i need to clean out my garage stall for the boat first and i dont need to be blowing snow around that camper , its too early no matter how nice it seems to be and no matter how much we might want it to be so , besides - this spring they are going to tear up our road and replace it , the utilities and add walks and curb and gutters , revised the storm drainage and alter the road location in front of our house , big assessments and another tax add on for the schools , we agreed to put it off till ened of march when we can get a better read on the weatrher but im pretty sure it will be foirst of may at the earliest , much as id like it as she sees it ,
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