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62 outside grey and rain today. Always loved it when snow would shut things down. We'd get the sleds and walk up to the local Wendy's and get a hot chocolate.
lisab said:In summary: Let cooler heads prevail.
lisab said:Ugh. The dreaded tic-tic-tic sound of freezing rain as it hits the window.
Meanwhile I got a message from my daughter, she's without power .
lisab said:Ugh. The dreaded tic-tic-tic sound of freezing rain as it hits the window.
Meanwhile I got a message from my daughter, she's without power .
Slippery in Seattle: surprise ice storm cripples city
a dangerous ice storm is presently glazing the Emerald City, with mounting power outages (around 120,000) and car accidents. Washington’s Governor has declared a state of emergency.
Andre said:I'm afraid, it's not looking good
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...cripples-city/2012/01/19/gIQArD73AQ_blog.html
I think you would have told us that...if there was power.
We think of you.
Do you have a portable generator Lisa ? Enough for fridge, lights, TV, cable ? I got one after the last hurricane, glad I did. Turbo has one too, a fairly big one if I remember correctly.lisab said:Well it's been very "interesting"! Power was on and off for the afternoon, lots of momentary "blinks" followed by surges. Is that caused by the linemen powering up a line that was down, I wonder? So I shut down my electronics to protect their delicate circuits .
It seems stable now, though.
rhody said:Do you have a portable generator Lisa ? Enough for fridge, lights, TV, cable ? I got one after the last hurricane, glad I did. Turbo has one too, a fairly big one if I remember correctly.
Rhody...
Same here. How's your daughter? Is her electricity back?lisab said:No, I live in an apartment . And it's all electric - everything! The heat, the cooking, the water heater. Not my preference, but renters can't be choosers.
The utility company would not powering up a line with momentary blinks. That's more likely short circuits somewhere on the local grid and possibly breakers opening and closing in response to current/voltage transients. That happened during the snowstorm in October. We had power, which fluctuated, but neighborhoods around us lost power for 2 or more days due to downed power lines. Usually, breakers open and isolate those areas from the grid.lisab said:Well it's been very "interesting"! Power was on and off for the afternoon, lots of momentary "blinks" followed by surges. Is that caused by the linemen powering up a line that was down, I wonder?
Brings back memories. I used to live in Yardley, PA and my office half of the week was in Edison, NJ, the other half was in Parsipany. How I loved those daily commutes up Hwy 1 from Trenton to Edison.Jimmy Snyder said:We've had a warm winter so far with no snow since last winter, that is to say October. With good luck we won't have any at all, but unfortunately, there's two inches of bad luck on my sidewalk right now and it's still coming down. Wouldn't you know it, my wife's inlaws are coming to visit for a few days and I have to drive up to Newark this morning to pick them up.
D H said:This weather here is ridiculously hot this winter. A [strike]mid-januaryfly[/strike] mayfly just flew by when I let the dogs out, and the cherry trees are already in blossom.
I took route 1 to Newark, and it was treacherous all the way. Coming back I decided to take the turnpike which was much better except that there was a crash right in front of me. I had no time to stop and so I threaded my way through the obstacle course. Fortunately, I didn't hit anything.Evo said:Brings back memories. I used to live in Yardley, PA and my office half of the week was in Edison, NJ, the other half was in Parsipany. How I loved those daily commutes up Hwy 1 from Trenton to Edison.
Evo said:We're having a bit of a drought. I wouldn't mind a nice fluffy daytime snow to watch, but all we've got is really cold weather.
It's only 21F outside today, but tomorrow it's supposed to go up to 45F, crazy weather.