2020-21 Winter weather; bring it on

[Wally Pryor 5244]

That tail of snow has another 2-1/2 hours left in it.  Going to see snow till 3 probably.

[ztejas 43266]

8 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

My wife woke up and is mad I "wrecklessly went out in the storm while drunk." Thabkfully she went back to bed and I can drink in peace.  Godspeed gents..

Amazing. 

4 minutes ago, Catpfish said:

Yeah. I'm thinking this is not good. The pump is running full speed. Not exactly sure what can be done at this point

Where is this? I've been debating whether or not the pool is going to ice over where I'm at. 

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

7 minutes ago, Catpfish said:

Yeah. I'm thinking this is not good. The pump is running full speed. Not exactly sure what can be done at this point

I wonder if aquarium heaters would give off enough heat to be useful?

and you should be ok as long as the pump inlet and outlet don’t get frozen over. 

Edited February 15, 2021 by Pato del Muerto

[Paper_jam 831]

1 minute ago, Updawg said:

Supposedly heat pumps are having trouble with this cold?

Just something I heard. No idea if true. I have a gas system

It's been decades since I lived in a place with one, so maybe newer ones are better--but back in the '80s and '90s, once temps got down into the mid or lower 20s, a heat pump was about as useful as tits on a bull. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

And a high of 17 today.

Holy shit.

[TwiceHorn 31283]

Well, I may have converted to team flow.  The frost-free spigot froze again and it took a good hour of dumping hot water on it to unfreeze it.

And another one, that was not frozen eight hours ago is.  The third is still hanging in.

[washparkhorn 9935]

22 minutes ago, 1978horn said:

WTF is this thunder snow shit. Fuck winter go the hell back north. We don’t want you here.

Thundersnow is rare. The winter demons are bowling. Hold on to your hats. Here comes the snow.

[MissingInAction 24824]

1 minute ago, Wally Pryor said:

And a high of 17 today.

Holy shit.

Breaking out my new swim trunks!

Fml

[Machinator 32097]

 

[hookemATL 11611]

3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, I may have converted to team flow.  The frost-free spigot froze again and it took a good hour of dumping hot water on it to unfreeze it.

And another one, that was not frozen eight hours ago is.  The third is still hanging in.

Come to the dark side. Let the evil FLOW thru you 

[staboner 4959]

5 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

And a high of 17 today.

Holy shit.

damn man. thats going to fucking sting. we've had 17 as the low and that shit caused problems.

gonna be a hard monday for you homies. hang in there. sure wish i was drinking some whisky and participating (with no pipes on the line!)

[Catpfish 618]

Where is this? I've been debating whether or not the pool is going to ice over where I'm at. 

Pflugerville area

[NorthLoop 14093]

Probably a solid 1-2 inches already here. Might have 2-3 more before sunrise. 

[Shaggybevo 353]

ERCOT declared stage 1 emergency.

[6th Street 6357]

It's -8 here in Denver right now, but my dog is unfazed

[MissingInAction 24824]

Multi layers, taking dog out.... if yall dont hear from me in an hour I'm dead.

[washparkhorn 9935]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

 

banding.  

Collie Station will be a freak show, situation normal.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

2 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Multi layers, taking dog out.... if yall dont hear from me in an hour I'm dead.

I understand the consternation over pipes and power, and driving, but I don’t get the bitching about being out and about in the cold.  Texans are supposed to be of hearty stock.  It never occurred to me when I decided to move north that the cold would bother me. 

[Somnio 751]

13° and snow accumulation out the ass!  This is some crazy shit round these parts! 

 

[smoky 837]

Power's been out for over an hour now. The Austin energy crew is up in the neighbor's tree with a chainsaw.

Getting cold in here but looks fucking miserable where they are

 

[atomheartbevo 89449]

36 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Probably are at Daytona.  Last I saw they were racing at 12:30 A local.

Done, lap 200 was hilarious/awesome, as usual.

[atomheartbevo 89449]

23 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

insulation should be just as important down there for summer time, only other difference I can think of is my hvac is under the house so we have floor vents instead of ceiling vents. Maybe the heat starting at floor level and rising is significantly more efficient. 

Bingo.  We have heat coming out of the ceiling, because that's the cheap way to do it down here.

[HOOKEM4 5023]

We are in full crisis mode now. Power is out and i am pretty sure pipes are freezing. None of that matters. 

I am trying to moderate and the beer I left outside HAS FROZEN. These are trying times and honestly I don't need this kick in the balls. I am feviorously trying to raise their temps to a sustainable level. No soldier left behind. We are truly in dark times.

[Paper_jam 831]

I see a number of posts in the other thread (Texas deep freeze carnage) that they've lost water to certain rooms in their house (sometimes hot, sometimes cold).  Don't forget about dripping the hot water too. Shit is starting to get real.

 

[Somnio 751]

1 minute ago, HOOKEM4 said:

We are in full crisis mode now. Power is out and i am pretty sure pipes are freezing. None of that matters. 

I am trying to moderate and the beer I left outside HAS FROZEN. These are trying times and honestly I don't need this kick in the balls. I am feviorously trying to raise their temps to a sustainable level. No soldier left behind. We are truly in dark times.

Thoughts and prayers.  Seriously.  

[atomheartbevo 89449]

6 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I understand the consternation over pipes and power, and driving, but I don’t get the bitching about being out and about in the cold.  Texans are supposed to be of hearty stock.  It never occurred to me when I decided to move north that the cold would bother me. 

I lived all over the South, as well as mostly Texas.  Lived up north for two years.  Out of the sucky states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Florida, and North Dakota,  my top 5 worst places to live:

• North Dakota
• North Dakota
• North Dakota
• North Dakota
• North Dakota

You can run that list out to 10 if you'd like, won't change.

I loved their houses, they were well built, loved having an actual basement, liked ice hockey, ice fishing, snowmobiling, and seeing nuclear missile silos, but the cold sucked ass like nothing else.  You can't get your ass sucked even a fraction as hard in a truck stop in College Station, versus how hard the ass sucking in North Dakota is.

[atomheartbevo 89449]

4 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

We are in full crisis mode now. Power is out and i am pretty sure pipes are freezing. None of that matters. 

I am trying to moderate and the beer I left outside HAS FROZEN. These are trying times and honestly I don't need this kick in the balls. I am feviorously trying to raise their temps to a sustainable level. No soldier left behind. We are truly in dark times.

If you weren't on Team Drip, join Team Run while you try and get your water cut off.  

Really sorry some of you are going through this shit, and my fingers are crossed I won't.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

49 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

I'm also not nearly drunk enough for this. I ate a giant bowl of chili earlier and it's stifling my buzz. Must double my efforts. 

Light your farts for heat

[HOOKEM4 5023]

Pocket beer is a thing. It works. Try it.

I am a gd hero with the heaters. People give you shit for having heaters for your deer blind but when the world is ending and your family needs to be warm, they fucking work. We might survive this.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Bingo.  We have heat coming out of the ceiling, because that's the cheap way to do it down here.

Just remembered that the only place I have an attic is over the garage. So my roof insulation is at ceiling level. I’m sure that also helps. 

[mchookem 16224]

i've been informed - after discovering that one, our garage freezer had indeed shut down and shit was defrosting, and two, the little "window' on our pool pump for backwash was indeed frozen - that i am freakig out too much and need to chill, he's from Ohio this is nothing... which is true except this is Texas and our homes, pools, etc simply weren't built for this and y'all are freaking me out 🤨

anyways...it's very pretty and very bright for some reason!

 

[smoky 837]

Just now, atomheartbevo

4 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

We are in full crisis mode now. Power is out and i am pretty sure pipes are freezing. None of that matters. 

I am trying to moderate and the beer I left outside HAS FROZEN. These are trying times and honestly I don't need this kick in the balls. I am feviorously trying to raise their temps to a sustainable level. No soldier left behind. We are truly in dark times.

If you weren't on Team Drip, join Team Run while you try and get your water cut off.  

Really sorry some of you are going through this shit, and my fingers are crossed I won't.

Soooo, do I hook up the hose to the spigot now and run it into the yard or cut it off at the street?

[TwiceHorn 31283]

18 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I understand the consternation over pipes and power, and driving, but I don’t get the bitching about being out and about in the cold.  Texans are supposed to be of hearty stock.  It never occurred to me when I decided to move north that the cold would bother me. 

Yeah, I've been standing around like a dipshit fucking with outside spigots for about two hours on and off.  Got a good parka and a hoodie underneath, gloves, beanie.  It's fine.

[justhookit 4180]

Well after 3 hours of freezing rain it’s now snowing in Port A. And my north facing outdoor faucet has been frozen solid a few hours now. Good news is my outdoor shower is just snowing. Fuck this shit.

[NorthLoop 14093]

I don't think anyone's bitching about being in the cold. MIA mentioned he was letting the dog go pee. Pato just likes to remind everyone that he lives in Wyoming... like every day. 

[Updawg 2261]

I understand the consternation over pipes and power, and driving, but I don’t get the bitching about being out and about in the cold.  Texans are supposed to be of hearty stock.  It never occurred to me when I decided to move north that the cold would bother me. 

Pipes and power are the problem.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

2 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

I don't think anyone's bitching about being in the cold. MIA mentioned he was letting the dog go pee. Pato just likes to remind everyone that he lives in Wyoming... like every day. 

Not for much longer so don’t let it bother you

[washparkhorn 9935]

1 minute ago, HOOKEM4 said:

People give you shit for having heaters for your deer blind, but . . .

 

[TwiceHorn 31283]

So the WNW spigot is on flow and that makes me nervous for some reason.  I boxed up the east wall spigot because it didn't freeze as hard apparently.  South wall spigot is bagged.

I may wind up turning off WNW spigot and bagging it again.

[Somnio 751]

A lot of Texans don't know how, or aren't willing to wear appropriate clothing for cold weather either.

Obviously this weather is not common, but I still have some wool socks, a decent base layer, and an actual winter coat.

[Chapo 104]

So are we fucked tomorrow?

[vicerous 169]

Now no cold water from one sink in the master... every other faucet in the house is good. time to hit the main cutoff in the garage? 

[NorthLoop 14093]

Pretty sure my heater has stopped working. The air coming out of the vents is cool and the temp has dropped to 67 with the thermostat at 69. Gonna be a fun night. 

[Somnio 751]

As an anecdote, you wouldn't believe how many people around here seem to only own "no-show"  athletic socks.  Freezing temps, but their ankles are showing when they sit down.  And they have a hoodie on with a tee shirt under.  This is their cold weather gear.

[Damor 1233]

I just went out to knock off the big-ass icicles that have formed on the pool spillover features and which are threatening to plug them up.  I admit am not built for the cold, but I fail to see how 1/2" of styrofoam is going to keep my hose bibs from freezing through all of this.  

I am beginning to give in to despair. 

But as @mchookem noted, it does look kind of pretty, like a DMT surge before death's sweet release.

At least @C-Man hooked me up with some sweet-ass insurance.

[Catpfish 618]

Pretty sure my heater has stopped working. The air coming out of the vents is cool and the temp has dropped to 67 with the thermostat at 69. Gonna be a fun night. 

Are you a heat pump? If so, it's the unit trying to defrost. It will run the "AC" for about 10 to 15 minutes to heat the outside unit up and melt the frost from the fins and the unit. Hopefully, it will allow the heat to work again

[NorthLoop 14093]

Not so subtle humblebrag. 

[washparkhorn 9935]

1 minute ago, Somnio said:

As an anecdote, you wouldn't believe how many people around here seem to only own "no-show"  athletic socks.  Freezing temps, but their ankles are showing when they sit down.  And they have a hoodie on with a tee shirt under.  This is their cold weather gear.

Southern California and Austin say hello. 

 

2 minutes ago, Damor said:

I just went out to knock off the big-ass icicles that have formed on the pool spillover features and which are threatening to plug them up.  I admit am not built for the cold, but I fail to see how 1/2" of styrofoam is going to keep my hose bibs from freezing through all of this.  

I am beginning to give in to despair. 

But as @mchookem noted, it does look kind of pretty, like a DMT surge before death's sweet release.

At least @C-Man hooked me up with some sweet-ass insurance.

Beautiful. 

[NorthLoop 14093]

Just now, Catpfish said:

Are you a heat pump? If so, it's the unit trying to defrost. It will run the "AC" for about 10 to 15 minutes to heat the outside unit up and melt the frost from the fins and the unit. Hopefully, it will allow the heat to work again

It is a heat pump so I hope you're right. 

[washparkhorn 9935]

Just now, NorthLoop said:

Not so subtle humblebrag. 

I thought it was a public park . . .