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blackrams
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DEC 28, 08:41 AM
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Returned to Southern Mississippi, all was as I left it. Was happy to be home.
Yesterday, took the Solstice convertible out for a drive. Was a bit cool with the windows down allowing that breeze to hit us but, felt so much better than the weather we experienced in KS and TN that it didn't matter. Ready for Spring.
Edit: Today, will be riding on of my Valkyries to the Gulf Coast, A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. 
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 12-28-2022).]
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maryjane
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DEC 28, 10:35 AM
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Back in the mid 70s when I was going back home from Memphis to Houston on a 2 day winter weekend, I often drove with the top down on my Corvette on the return trip Sunday night, heater running fulll blast but not for the enjoyment. The cold air on my face was to keep me awake. Good times tho.
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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 28, 12:39 PM
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Moved to Ontario this fall. We heard that summers are fun and winter is beautiful. We think there is no more beautiful a place in the whole world!
December 8 - 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic, we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9 - We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks.
This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!
December 12 - The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry- we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14 - Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15 - 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16 - Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17 - Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God! I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20 - Electricity's back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all day. The damn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but. they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
December 22 - Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white **** fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob-who has a plow on his truck-for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the ******* is lying.
December 23 - Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago. She says she did but I think she's lying.
December 24 - 6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a ***** who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling, and then he comes down the street...at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents...but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.
December 25 - Merry f---ing Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight - snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to feed her through a chipper shredder.
December 26 - Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27 - Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $4,400 to replace all my pipes.
December 28 - Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The ***** is driving me crazy!!!
December 29 - 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30 - Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted.
December 31 - I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8 - Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed ???
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Jake_Dragon
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DEC 28, 01:49 PM
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Moved from Ohio/Indiana to California.
It was 82 Christmas day. -14 in some places just south of the Great lakes.
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maryjane
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DEC 29, 08:47 AM
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blackrams
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DEC 29, 05:14 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
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Well, since I can't control the weather, I can take advantage of it when it meets my requirements.
Road the Valkyrie to the Gulf Coast today, got back in time to take the Solstice to the car wash. Wiped the water drops off and put the top back down for a nice drive home.
Yeah, beats the hell out of those temps I saw last week.
Rams
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maryjane
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DEC 29, 06:47 PM
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read today that there is to be an invesigation into widespread power outages in the deep south, the east coast and NE. I have to say I'm surprised to read of this since I thought it was true that only Texas experienced power outages in frigid weather and all the rest of the nation was part of one big happy family of shared gridlines and power generators. Have I been misled?
| quote | Joint inquiry into storm's widespread power outages
The winter storm that rattled much of the U.S. over the holiday weekend also left millions in the dark, with widespread power outages reported across the country.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, North American Electric Reliability Corporation and regional entities announced Wednesday that they would open a joint inquiry "into the operations of the bulk power system during the extreme winter weather conditions that occurred" during the winter storm.
While most of the outages were from the weather's impact on local utilities' electric distribution facilities, the NERC noted that some utilities initiated rolling blackouts in some parts of the southeast, including Tennessee and North Carolina. In other regions, the bulk power system was also "significantly stressed."
The winter storm's effects “demonstrate yet again that our bulk power system is critical to public safety and health,” FERC chairman Rich Glick said in a statement. “The joint inquiry with NERC we are announcing today will allow us to dig deeper into exactly what happened so we can further protect the reliability of the grid.” |
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| quote | Dec 28 (Reuters) - An inquiry will be opened into the power outages caused by extreme weather during historic winter storm Elliott, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other North American regulatory authorities said on Wednesday.
Elliott was the name given to the system that brought frigid cold and blowing winds last week, knocking out power for more than 1.5 million homes and businesses across the United States.
FERC will probe operations of the bulk power system to identify performance issues and recommend solutions alongside the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and its six regional entities which encompass nearly 400 million customers, mainly in the U.S. and Canada.
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U.S. regulators to probe power outages during historic winter storm
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Damage following a winter storm in Buffalo
A street light is seen beneath a pile of snow in front of Central Terminal during a cleanup effort following a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
Dec 28 (Reuters) - An inquiry will be opened into the power outages caused by extreme weather during historic winter storm Elliott, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other North American regulatory authorities said on Wednesday.
Elliott was the name given to the system that brought frigid cold and blowing winds last week, knocking out power for more than 1.5 million homes and businesses across the United States.
FERC will probe operations of the bulk power system to identify performance issues and recommend solutions alongside the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and its six regional entities which encompass nearly 400 million customers, mainly in the U.S. and Canada.
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"This storm underscores the increasing frequency of significant extreme weather events and underscores the need for the electric sector to change its planning scenarios and preparations for extreme events,” said NERC CEO and President Jim Robb. |
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So FERC will be investigating NERC?
So, may I assume the seven Ps are applicable in this situation?
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum6/HTML/126207.html[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 12-29-2022).]
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blackrams
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DEC 29, 10:00 PM
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 That is always a possibility, not sure. Spent Christmas in (or near) Memphis. They had issues with public utilities (water lines) breaking but, only lost power for a very short time, I assume that was a local issue. About 20 (maybe 30) minutes after the power went out, it came back on. But the seven Ps are always applicable regardless of who we're talking about.
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 12-29-2022).]
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maryjane
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DEC 31, 10:56 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
I posted earlier about pool maintenance/winterizing.
We decided to close and winterize our swimming pool. Probably a good thing, in retrospect. Money well spent.
We also have an above ground dog training pool (Google "dock diving") - that we were going to leave open, and just run the pumps if it was threatening to freeze.
When we heard about temps in the teens, we decided to close it, too, last weekend. Drained both pumps and sand filters, disconnected and purged all the hoses (A shop vac with the hose plugged into the "blow" port works wonderfully.) and capped off all the fittings. There are ball valves near the bottom, where the skimmer hoses connect. We put insulating socks over those. So far so good. <knocks on wood>
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We left the pump running for nearly 72 hrs straight while we visited Jane'smother in NE Texas even tho I had insulated everything pretty good. Had no problems with the pool or anywhere else. (only have 3 outside faucets and I double insulated them)
Bad cell phone photo but you can see most of the pool plumbing. The only exposed pipe goes straight open ended to the backflush hose and it is self draining.
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Raydar
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JAN 02, 05:02 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
We left the pump running for nearly 72 hrs straight while we visited Jane'smother in NE Texas even tho I had insulated everything pretty good. Had no problems with the pool or anywhere else. (only have 3 outside faucets and I double insulated them)
Bad cell phone photo but you can see most of the pool plumbing. The only exposed pipe goes straight open ended to the backflush hose and it is self draining.
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Received your PM. I appreciate the info.
We actually made it through everything unscathed. Didn't have any pipes to freeze, including the ball valves on the above-ground pool, which currently have nothing connected to them. (We installed insulated socks over them.)
AFAIK, the lowest temperature we saw was 9 degrees. Not that cold, in the grand scheme of things, but the coldest we've seen since we've lived here, in this house-over-a-crawlspace.
Oh... BTW, 5 PM, and 69 degrees, just now. My shop doors are wide open.
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