Joe Handley Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Come on, Joe! Didn't you enjoy today's heat wave? The high temp today actually made it above zero! I mowed the lawn, and then relaxed out on the deck with a cold beer. Oh, I know. Picked Dad up from the shop he took his company truck to for more repair work. Told Mom it nearly felt like a heat wave at 0º when I left to get him! I'l wait until we're back into the double digits and the snow is a bit less hefore I start to rejoice. OK, the water is back on, but.......... While I was out in my over packed storage unit of a garage to put heat on the water heater and well tank I was climbing over my Harley, slipped, and fell back into the floor jack and landed on the mower deck. I'm in pain, and my grandson still wants to build my models for me. Did I say I'm in pain? Yikes, that sounds painful, hope you get over that soon, and/or get some good pain meds.
madhorseman Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 was listing to the news last night if you guys want a heat wave accorcing to the news it is warmer in Antartica and they was calling Chicago Chiberia, her it is now 8 degrees witih a windchill of - 2 HaHa, Chiberia.....I heard on one of the news shows it was warmer on Mars than in Minnesota!!
Craig Irwin Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Yikes, that sounds painful, hope you get over that soon, and/or get some good pain meds. I may have cracked some ribs, but at least I didn't pull the bike over on me. Shoveling last night didn't help either.
Tom Geiger Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Just checked, 7 degrees here and windy. The furthest I ventured out today was to the end of the driveway to get the mail and my empty garbage can! I've had the gas fireplace going all day. And it's still chilly in here!
Joe Handley Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 According to Accuweather, we're back down to -2º............but considering that's still noticeably warmer than yesterday.......Oh https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdalbjPIEAAWZoh.jpg
madhorseman Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 I can't wait until tomorrow......so I can complain about the heat!!!
madhorseman Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Yes! Can You pick me up a 5lb bag of ice,please? Edited January 8, 2014 by madhorseman
1930fordpickup Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 -12 here in SE MICHIGAN yesterday. With the wind chill just stupid cold. Today it was -8 to -5 most of the day. Just checked and it is 0 for a high today so far. The wind chill is not as bad today. Snow 12 to 18 inches deep in the yard before the wind made all the drifts.
Harry P. Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 -12 here in SE MICHIGAN yesterday. With the wind chill just stupid cold. Today it was -8 to -5 most of the day. Just checked and it is 0 for a high today so far. The wind chill is not as bad today. Snow 12 to 18 inches deep in the yard before the wind made all the drifts. Gotta love the "global warming"...
1930fordpickup Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Every time it gets like this my brother likes to tell his to cold for the car to start story. Back in the early eighties he was in Hocking Hills Ohio visiting a old man his buddies knew . It was -10 and the wind was blowing. They get up on the morning and the old slant six will not turn fast enough to fire. The old man told them to get the big pan behind the stove. They looked at him funny and he told them to put the hot coals from the stove in the pan and place it under the engine. After an hour and a refill of the pan the slant six came to life. Hillbilly block heater .
Joe Handley Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Every time it gets like this my brother likes to tell his to cold for the car to start story. Back in the early eighties he was in Hocking Hills Ohio visiting a old man his buddies knew . It was -10 and the wind was blowing. They get up on the morning and the old slant six will not turn fast enough to fire. The old man told them to get the big pan behind the stove. They looked at him funny and he told them to put the hot coals from the stove in the pan and place it under the engine. After an hour and a refill of the pan the slant six came to life. Hillbilly block heater . Funny you mention this. There is a thread going on NAXJA started by somebody else who was dealing with a XJ not firing in the extreme cold. Two of the older guys on there mentioned that but with a shallow metal pan with some gasoline in it under the oil pan of a 258 in powered CJ and that working like a charm, but was afraid to do so with his XJ do to a heavy layer of grease built up on the engine. The other guy said he did that witha hubcap filled with sand and gas after getting caught in a sudden freak freeze while camping in the desert in a stripped down CJ..........he made part of his drive home while wearing his sleeping bag.
Agent G Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Happens all the time here way out in the desert. There's nothing to hold the heat after the sun goes down. Used to watch the crews build fires under their tanks at 29 Palms after a cold night. G
DrKerry Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Every time it gets like this my brother likes to tell his to cold for the car to start story. Back in the early eighties he was in Hocking Hills Ohio visiting a old man his buddies knew . It was -10 and the wind was blowing. They get up on the morning and the old slant six will not turn fast enough to fire. The old man told them to get the big pan behind the stove. They looked at him funny and he told them to put the hot coals from the stove in the pan and place it under the engine. After an hour and a refill of the pan the slant six came to life. Hillbilly block heater . Not to funny, my grand father used to do that. Heck the other night her I put the battery charger on trickle and put my trouble light on aimed at the starter all night. It barely cranked over the day before I did this, and it cranked over pretty good by my doing so.... If that doesn't make me a hill billy some of the other krazie stuff I've done will...... Edited January 8, 2014 by DrKerry
Quick GMC Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 It's 48 here, I think I might die. I have a standing job offer, a really good one, in Winnipeg. I was born and raised and still live in Southern California. It's double what I make now, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
Harry P. Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 It's 48 here, I think I might die. I have a standing job offer, a really good one, in Winnipeg. I was born and raised and still live in Southern California. It's double what I make now, but I just can't bring myself to do it. You'll spend all the extra money you'd make on heating your house in the winter!
Craig Irwin Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Next, this weekend we will be in the low 40's with rain, melting snow and all, with the ground super frozen. Can anybody say severe flooding?
Agent G Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 My Deputy Chief just shared photos of his place in Northern California in the early 80's. It had snowed so much he could walk onto the roof of his house without using a ladder. He had to shovel the roof due to the weight of the snow. There's a reason he moved to Vegas as well.................................... G
Tom Geiger Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 It had snowed so much he could walk onto the roof of his house without using a ladder. He had to shovel the roof due to the weight of the snow. Back around 1990 we had a major snowstorm in New Jersey. It snowed so much that my company didn't have room on the property to put the snow and had it dump trucked off the property. The Facility Services Manager had a couch in his office just for these occasions. I don't believe he left the property for at least 3 days. They had crews that hand shoveled the snow off all the flat roofs. When that fellow left the company, I took over that role that year, and I was really worried about this kind of event. I even bought my Geo Tracker 4x4 so I could get there in any weather. And what happened? There wasn't a significant snow event the entire time I held the job!
Craig Irwin Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Getting 1 to 2 inches now to add to the 18 or so we already have just to make this weekend's melt down even more interesting.
Harry P. Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 Just 2-3 days ago were were at 20 below zero overnight temps, record-setting cold for the date and close to the all-time record cold temp here (not wind chill, actual temperature was 20 below! With wind chill factored in, 40-45 below). Tomorrow and Saturday it's supposed to be near 40 and they say rain. That's a 60 degree swing in just a few days. Crazy.
chevyfever2009 Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Harry welcome to the midwest where it can snow and be sunny
Harry P. Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Harry welcome to the midwest... I've lived here all my life and still can't get used to the crazy weather!
High octane Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Nah, Harry's not goin' to move. Trust me.
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