Good Morning 1/14
By snowy
@snowy22315 (182666)
United States
January 14, 2024 10:15am CST
Well my cold weather kit is coming all together. I just sent friend and Jax on their way, but he helped me get the indoor propane heater together...although this is not something that I would use for a prolonged period, but it is marked safe for indoor use. I also have my thermos, small stove and a lantern. The snow blower I am going to work on getting assembled. I it is finally out of the box. It is very windy here, but the real cold weather is yet to come. Are you prepared for this cold, in case of a power outage?
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@marguicha (223964)
• Chile
14 Jan
In winter I have 2 gas heaters that I have on as little as possible during the day. At night I use electricity in my bedroom with a thermostat to turn it on only at certain hours.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
14 Jan
I would think with those kinds of temps you would not be safe to stay there for any length of time. That would get dangerous within minutes.
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@paigea (36315)
• Canada
14 Jan
@snowy22315 My husband thinks it would take a couple days before the water pipes would freeze. I'm not so sure, but certainly we'd be fine if the power was off for a few hours.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
14 Jan
@paigea I wouldn't chance it personally. With the temp that low, the inside temp would drop awfully fast. You don't have a generator?If I lived somewhere like that, I would think that would be a priority.
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@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
14 Jan
It sounds like you've made good progress on your cold weather kit with the indoor propane heater, thermos, stove, and lantern.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
15 Jan
@PurnaSharma We had a terrible storm here a couple of years ago that knocked out power for a few days and it was really cold..I don't want a repeat of that. wasn't prepared then
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
14 Jan
Yes, I also have multiple jugs of water..because everything in the house is electric including the water pump.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
14 Jan
Are you prepared in case of power outage?
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
14 Jan
I wonder if our cold weather is going to blow over there? I am thinking some of ours maybe came from China or Korea..it was very cold there a few weeks ago.
@LadyDuck (472222)
• Switzerland
15 Jan
@snowy22315 Our cold weather is blowing from the Arctic Sea. Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden are now hit by the cold. According to the weather forecast the southern part of Switzerland, Italy and France will not get too much cold and Spain will remain mild.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
15 Jan
@LadyDuck I hope it stays that way for you...unless you want it to be colder.
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@LindaOHio (182653)
• United States
15 Jan
Yes, as I mentioned before we have a standby generator that goes on automatically when the power goes out. Hubs keeps an electric heater running in "his room" because he's always cold. Have a good day and keep warm.
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@AmbiePam (94357)
• United States
14 Jan
It’s 5 degrees right now, and whatever snow comes today I hope is light enough to not knock out the power. I have a flashlight, tons of candles, warm blankets, but if I am left in the dark I’ll most likely go to my dad’s unless the roads are impassable. He has a fireplace so at least I know it will be warm there.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
14 Jan
They keep changing their mind about snow here, the latest is that it is on for today and tomorrow into Tuesday, but not likely much of an accumulation.
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@snowy22315 (182666)
• United States
15 Jan
Thank you, it is supposed to get really cold. I mean not frigid, but down into the teens at night.
