Freezing Rain
02-11-2014, 06:46 AM
#11
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Outside St. Louis
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Our temps have b een going up and down, more so than usual. Can't get use to the cold because it warms up.
I got a puppy a couple of weeks ago and he insist on going outside to potty. Freezes me, he likes to get into the snow.
I got a puppy a couple of weeks ago and he insist on going outside to potty. Freezes me, he likes to get into the snow.
02-11-2014, 09:17 AM
#14
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Location: So. Central MO
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Propane has doubled this winter - SUPPOSEDLY a shortage of propane - up to about $5.00 a gallon. We use propane but this year my DH has lit the fireplace and is putting wood in it several times a day - it is in our family room and it is so hot in there - so we put a hook up in the kitchen doorway - and put a little fan - and it is pointing down our long hall and moving the hot air really good down the hall. Now our furnace does not kick on until the fire in the fireplace goes out. We have an insert in the fireplace so no heat goes up the chimney. This works very well for us.
Originally Posted by Onebyone
I didn't know gas/propane was so expensive. I'm in AR and we are getting snow/wind/sleet a lot. I'm all electric here and no surprise bill so far. We have a fireplace with insert but we only use it when the power goes out. So far no power outages this year.
02-11-2014, 11:06 AM
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Duncan, SC, 29334 USA
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*** I am in the Upstate of SC and it has been snowing since 6:30 AM
this is the 1st storm and we have about 2 - 3" already.
*** The 2nd is due tonight and we are expecting 5-8 inches with
1/10" of ice and 20 degrees or so tonight.
*** Have prepared lamp, flashlight, wood for fireplace incase the
snow/ice take down the trees who take down the powerlines.
*** And this is suppose to be the SUNNY SOUTH.
***
*** I am in the Upstate of SC and it has been snowing since 6:30 AM
this is the 1st storm and we have about 2 - 3" already.
*** The 2nd is due tonight and we are expecting 5-8 inches with
1/10" of ice and 20 degrees or so tonight.
*** Have prepared lamp, flashlight, wood for fireplace incase the
snow/ice take down the trees who take down the powerlines.
*** And this is suppose to be the SUNNY SOUTH.
***
02-11-2014, 01:40 PM
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: central Indiana
Posts: 1,166
So sorry to hear you are having the freezing rain in Dallas! Youngest DD flew to Dallas yesterday on business and will fly on down to San Antonio in a few days. I can just hear her complaining...she was looking forward to some warmer weather than what we've been having in the frozen tundra of central IN! Hope all of you southerners are able to stay safe and warm this week!
02-11-2014, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DOTTYMO
Over in UK we have a mixture of weather, rain, rain with rain, and rain with storms. Even the Thames in London is flooding. How these people are surviving I don't know, floods in Somerset levels since Christmas. People moving their livestock to safety.
Hope these storms and rain stop soon. It will take weeks to see the water subside and even longer for places to dry out .
Hope these storms and rain stop soon. It will take weeks to see the water subside and even longer for places to dry out .
02-12-2014, 04:21 AM
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: plymouth uk
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I am in Plymouth UK , and the rain hasnt stopped for a month 
luckily tho Devon is quite hilly but the 80 mile an hour winds make it difficult to go out , so when not working I am having a few* sewing in my jammies* days 
luckily tho Devon is quite hilly but the 80 mile an hour winds make it difficult to go out , so when not working I am having a few* sewing in my jammies* days
02-12-2014, 05:37 AM
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
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North central Illinois: Below zero most of the time for almost a month now, forced air gas furnace is running almost constantly- I keep temp at 70- and house has some chilly spots! Snow is heavy almost record breaking....BUT upside, so THEY ( weather gurus.?hah! ) say will gradually warm to above freezing next few days..then more snow. My concern now is when these mountains of snow begin to melt in the spring thaw ( whenever that is!) it will be a flooding problem. The earth is surely having a gigantic hiccup!
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