dpkimmel2001
Team Owner
I have AT&T. Hardly ever lose my signal in the US or Canada.
Headed west across North Dakota past Devil's Later now. Hovering about -20f
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Headed west across North Dakota past Devil's Later now. Hovering about -20f
Devil's Lake
Whizzer
Gig'em
While in Fargo, are you in the truck? Or a motel? If the truck, how do you keep it warm? By running engine
I looked for emoticon of a freezing/frozen, minion. Couldn't find one. But the suggestion of posting the search tells the story how this old Florida guy feels just reading those temps. People really live in those areas???
They do that to keep warm.
Four inches will paralyze Wendell and surrounding areas. On the plus side they are getting better at snow removal and icy conditions. I heard they now have two snowplows for Wake County.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Huh. All the NWS is calling for down here is -maybe- freezing rain. I wonder if the front is going to stall out in the 150 miles or so between us?
dpkimmel2001
Team Owner
Unless I'm broke down, I stay in my truck. At those low temps I idle but the truck produces very little heat. I supplement the heat with a little plug in heater. I can maintain 70 degrees. My truck will likely not be shut down until I get back to Chicago on Saturday.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I suspect at those temps the truck has to be kept running regardless.
While in the National Guard, I 'missed out' (didn't volunteer) on two weeks in Minnesota in January. The guys reported sleeping with the vehicle batteries between their sleeping bags to keep them warm. Artillery pieces have hydraulic spades or blades on the back to dig in and absorb the recoil. They had to use axes to get the ground broken to emplace the spades. Otherwise the hydraulics just jacked the back of the howitzer off the ground.
dpkimmel2001
Team Owner
I can plug it in to keep the engine warm if power is available or I can set the truck to automatically start before the batteries are depleted or the fluids get to cold.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
When I turned 16 Dad passed the '67 Plymouth Valient down to me. I was looking under the hood and notice the dangling end of an AC power plug hanging down. Dad said it was a leftover from being assigned in Upper Michigan in '68-'70, an oil pan heater so the oil didn't freeze.
KTMLew01
Team Owner
Somebody spread white shag carpet all over the trailer park! Not very warm tho.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Try hosing it down. Start at the street and work your way back to the door.
Just getting below freezing here. Maybe some minor freezing rain build up but not expected to affect power lines or tree limbs. The 30mp gusts should blow it off.
It’s gonna be 80 this weekend 
KTMLew01
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KTMLew01
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KTMLew01
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Now saying two tenths ice on top of whatever falls tonight and tomorrow. This could get fugly.
KTMLew01
Team Owner
No ice that I know of in my area. Sunrise temp tomorrow guesstimated to be12 degrees! But warm up to 40ish by afternoon. Caling for 60's and maybe 70 next week!
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I have 21F at 0600 down this way, calling for 24F tomorrow. As I expected, we didn't get any ice accumulation Wednesday night. The wind was blowing too strong and the ground was too warm. I was heartbroken.
We have relatives coming from central FL next week. That warming trend to the 60s should keep them from needing parkas and boot warmers.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I stepped out to hang the hummingbird feeders. When I opened the back door, I heard the wind chimes clanging. That's never good on a cold morning. I'd forgotten about the wind chill. Air temp may be 21F but that wind feels more like 15 at best.
KTMLew01
Team Owner
They missed it by few degrees. Looks like low was around 18? Did move the oil filled space heater from beside bed to bathroom and left cold water trickle. Still wonder if heat tape is actually working. So far so good.
Not doing so great mentally. Fully expecting to lose or have serious delays getting paid. Then stacked on that lose medical care. Possibly need to go find some sort of employment. This will get ugly. But that's what they want.
Not doing so great mentally. Fully expecting to lose or have serious delays getting paid. Then stacked on that lose medical care. Possibly need to go find some sort of employment. This will get ugly. But that's what they want.
Whizzer
Gig'em
Don't count on it. Temps below 70 are considered below freezing in Florida.
There are days when it is cold - cold being below 70 - and natives are wearing short sleeves. Must be something in the human anatomy of people relocating to the Sunshine State that affects their blood as we seem to get cold easier than the local natives.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
Most of the Southeast North Carolina coast now in a severe drought in spite of last week's much needed rain (unfortunately, the rain didn't amount to much).
No rain in the 10 day forecast.
No rain in the 10 day forecast.