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KTMLew01 said:
U-tube weather nerds saying Southeast gonna freeze mid-January thru mid-Feb. Likely in single digits here in NC. Possibly heavy snow. Or 4 inches like it usually does.

Had about 28 different models but they all agreed...gonna get COLD! Might be a good time to dig up the end of heat tape on waterline and plug it in. No idea if still works. Put tape on in 2013-2015? Has a thermostat. I don't really trust those thing. Essentially a dead short under the house.
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I've heard much of the same. Cold lasts into February.

I hate it for the people still recovering from Hurricane Helene out west, but it's about time we have a real winter. This should also help with The Pollenation too. Last year, pollen season ran from February through May into June, then it got blazing hot.
 
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The view outside of work about 3 hours ago. I just got back home. Needless to say, we didn’t have many customers.


 
Apparently Dallas only averages 1.5-3 inches of snow per year. They’re gonna get clobbered in a few days. That city is gonna be a mess!
 
In 2020, Wake Forest and Raleigh got hit with a 100 year snow storm that paralyzed the city and Wake County for several days. There was 20 inches of snow ate our house. The snow was to the top of the wheels on the motorhome. Had to shovel s path for the corgis.
And to think we left New Jersey to get away from shoveling snow. HA!!
 
Brentford said:
Apparently Dallas only averages 1.5-3 inches of snow per year. They’re gonna get clobbered in a few days. That city is gonna be a mess!
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I'm surprised it is that much. Do Texans know how to drive on snow?
 
Dudley said:
I'm surprised it is that much. Do Texans know how to drive on snow?
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Depends on which part of TX. In the panhandle, probably. Houston, definitely not. Dallas? I have my doubts.

Many Southerners think they should handle driving in snow just like rain. :blink:
 
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.


 
Seems quite a few of these homeowners very recently lost their fire/hazard insurance because the state tried to strong-arm the companies into covering properties they didn't want to cover. As a result of the mandates both All State and State Farm dropped coverage for many of these houses.
 
Dudley said:
Seems quite a few of these homeowners very recently lost their fire/hazard insurance because the state tried to strong-arm the companies into covering properties they didn't want to cover. As a result of the mandates both All State and State Farm dropped coverage for many of these houses.
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That sounds like something Fox propaganda would come up with. The real reasons are because the insurance weasels can't make a buck. Sorta like they do with health cares "pre existing condition" to deny coverage.

"Several years of increased frequency and severity of weather events have caused an increased lack of profitability in this line of business."
www.newsweek.com

Map shows 9 states where homeowners are losing their insurance

American National Group said it will pull back from offering homeowners insurance policies in nine states.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
 
StandOnIt said:
The real reasons are because the insurance weasels can't make a buck.
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Well, insurance companies are in business to make money. Whether they make too much is up for debate.

I realize this doesn't apply to everyone but people have to learn not to build and rebuild in disaster probable areas.
 
StandOnIt said:
That sounds like something Fox propaganda would come up with. The real reasons are because the insurance weasels can't make a buck. Sorta like they do with health cares "pre existing condition" to deny coverage.

"Several years of increased frequency and severity of weather events have caused an increased lack of profitability in this line of business."
www.newsweek.com

Map shows 9 states where homeowners are losing their insurance

American National Group said it will pull back from offering homeowners insurance policies in nine states.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
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Sorry. Didnt realize you were one of those who blames FoxNews for any news you don’t like. 🙄

apnews.com

California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas

California will start requiring property insurers to increase coverage in wildfire-prone areas after homeowners across the state increasingly struggle to find policies.
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State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market

Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer.
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Dudley said:
Sorry. Didnt realize you were one of those who blames FoxNews for any news you don’t like. 🙄

apnews.com

California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas

California will start requiring property insurers to increase coverage in wildfire-prone areas after homeowners across the state increasingly struggle to find policies.
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That you posted is in reference to insurance companies pulling out I.E. cancelling peoples insurances. My article points out other states. Florida tried self insuring and it has become a calamity. If you think this is strong arming, so be it. The same thing is happening in other states while they continue to make billions and that is after they pay the help. They say they aren't making money lol. There isn't any climate change though.
California's proposal:
Insurers will have to start increasing their coverage by 5% every two years until they hit the equivalent of 85% of their market share. That means if an insurer writes 20 out of every 100 state policies, they’d need to write 17 in a high-risk area, Lara’s office said.
 
Somebody needs to educate the firefighters who seemed pretty bothered by the absence of water.
 
Crazy how you are so willing to defend the morons who let this happen simply because they are on your side politically.
 
We may have got 2 or 3 inches of snow today , our first in snow in almost three years.

I think the local NBC affiliate has covered it non stop. You would think it is freaking Siberia to hear them reporting it all.

See some snow and frozen ice on a random chain-link fence! no worries and please no panicking, news channel 4 has dispatched a team and they will do the live report soon on the fence conditions.
 
Greg said:
We may have got 2 or 3 inches of snow today , our first in snow in almost three years.

I think the local NBC affiliate has covered it non stop. You would think it is freaking Siberia to hear them reporting it all.

See some snow and frozen ice on a random chain-link fence! no worries and please no panicking, news channel 4 has dispatched a team and they will do the live report soon on the fence conditions.
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At 6:30 and they are doing a special report and no national news tonight.
 
Had at least 20" of daylight this afternoon here in Wendell NC. Buddy called from Myrtle Beach and said was snowing. I never left the recliner except for trips to bathroom & fridge. Need to hit Food Lion but probably out of eggs/bread/butter anyway.
 
Verizon be having a stroke. Posted the above. Drove to Food Lion, shopped, put groceries in fridge and was trying to figure out why the post about the lizzard condition didn't show up. Got about 10 werds in and...made that flushing sound of something happening. Verizon sucks here lately. Food Lion...nearly no bread, no milk, no meat, no eggs. I was laughing and talking junk to another patron and worker yelled...we got eggs! Few minutes later, chased a couple chickens out of back room. Said squeeze these while I go get more. It still be snowing. I blame Mayor Bass for not filling the fire hydrant.
 
I was in Calif seeing Family from Weds to Yesterday. Logged 560 miles of driving in 4 days.

1) No, Dallas does not know how to drive in snow. When DFWites learn to drive in the sun, we'll discuss teaching them to drive in snow. Dad says we only got a small amount; other parts of DFW got several inches. It was very spotty.

2) Taking the long way around from Ontario Airport to Bakersfield, through the Mojave desert, you wouldn't know there was a disaster going on.

3) Taking I-5 (The Grapevine) from Bakersfield into LA proper, you almost need an oxygen tank, even with car A/C on recirculate. The smoke is very thick. We never saw actual flames, though.

4) My Grandma's assisted living center is about a mile across the 210 from Alta Dena. As of right now they have no plan to move, they (and I think most people/businesses on that side of the 210) are trusting the 210 will act as a fire break.

5) A Drone damaged one of the super tanker planes, which has it grounded. Put a big hole in the leading edge of the left wing.

6) @BobbyFord might be able to elaborate better, but one of the catalysts of the Palisades fire is that a large reservoir that could be used to fire the fire, was drained empty and Gov. Newsom has been not-very-helpful in terms of water storage for emergencies...despite fires happening every year.

7) I've texted @Nitro Dude , but he may not have power or cell reception. The state has been shutting off power pre-emptively to prevent new fires from sparking from power lines swinging in the wind. Leaving my aunt's house in the Rancho Cucamonga area, there was no power for about 6 miles going eastward. She how power when I visited, but went 18 hours without it. It was causing issues because Emerg Mgmt is sending out mass text alerts, but the cell towers are powered down so the alerts don't go out...and when the towers come up hours/days later, the alerts go out then, despite being out-of-date
 
Magnethead said:
I was in Calif seeing Family from Weds to Yesterday. Logged 560 miles of driving in 4 days.

1) No, Dallas does not know how to drive in snow. When DFWites learn to drive in the sun, we'll discuss teaching them to drive in snow. Dad says we only got a small amount; other parts of DFW got several inches. It was very spotty.

2) Taking the long way around from Ontario Airport to Bakersfield, through the Mojave desert, you wouldn't know there was a disaster going on.

3) Taking I-5 (The Grapevine) from Bakersfield into LA proper, you almost need an oxygen tank, even with car A/C on recirculate. The smoke is very thick. We never saw actual flames, though.

4) My Grandma's assisted living center is about a mile across the 210 from Alta Dena. As of right now they have no plan to move, they (and I think most people/businesses on that side of the 210) are trusting the 210 will act as a fire break.

5) A Drone damaged one of the super tanker planes, which has it grounded. Put a big hole in the leading edge of the left wing.

6) @BobbyFord might be able to elaborate better, but one of the catalysts of the Palisades fire is that a large reservoir that could be used to fire the fire, was drained empty and Gov. Newsom has been not-very-helpful in terms of water storage for emergencies...despite fires happening every year.

7) I've texted @Nitro Dude , but he may not have power or cell reception. The state has been shutting off power pre-emptively to prevent new fires from sparking from power lines swinging in the wind. Leaving my aunt's house in the Rancho Cucamonga area, there was no power for about 6 miles going eastward. She how power when I visited, but went 18 hours without it. It was causing issues because Emerg Mgmt is sending out mass text alerts, but the cell towers are powered down so the alerts don't go out...and when the towers come up hours/days later, the alerts go out then, despite being out-of-date
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I'm not that close to the fire areas. Thanks for your concern though. I responded to your text a few minutes ago, so I hope you get it.
 
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