The grid went down about an hour ago.

Jim Taylor
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Monday, January 15, 2024, 12:56 (929 days ago)

We are on generator power.

Supposed to have an ice storm later this week

WB
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Monday, January 15, 2024, 13:52 (929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

that has me worried. Folks that have to can get around in the snow but ice is another matter. It also brings lines and trees down into lines. I have some propane and a backup kerosene heater but sure don't want to use them. Also the utility power off means the clock is ticking on the water system too. Tanks provide pressure but if depleted the pumps can't refill unless they are on a standby generator.

Our water system has them, but the rural associations do not.

Do you have an alternative heat source?

We have wood heat besides the propane furnace.

Jim Taylor
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Monday, January 15, 2024, 14:03 (929 days ago) @ WB

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I need to get me a wood stove this next summer

WB
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Monday, January 15, 2024, 14:59 (929 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

When they are a little cheaper. They’ve really gone up last few years. We have lots of woods. I could keep wood just by cutting up toppled trees.

I’d be happy with a smaller one, just a little cooking surface. May just do propane logs in this house.

We have 3 wood stoves in our house. Two are

Gary Reeder
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 12:23 (928 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

for heating and the third is a wood cook stove that is great at cooking plus heats the rear of our house.
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There is a company in Knoxville Tennessee that has been making them for 250 years or more. After our first winter of heavy snow and loss of electricity a few times I decided to do something to solve that problem and ordered the stove.
We go thru around 3 cords of wood a year although I think this year we will hit 4 due to the extreme cold.
We are on a well that hasn't given us any problems so far other than putting a new pump in several years ago. All in all we are getting by which a lot of folks are having trouble doing. The families back east, in the north east and the north west are really having a hard time. In some areas 100 inches of snow is not unusual. There have been several times were we had well over 100 inches of snow.
One side of our house is nearly covered in 2023.
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The same house 3 hours later
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Another corner of the house, almost 8 feet of snow on the ground and 4 feet on top of the house.
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a couple of years ago, almost 8 feet of snow on the back deck.
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Looking out the window on the back of the house, almost 7 feet of snow. A few years ago.
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We had to dig a way out to let the dogs get out.
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These pics are to help the folks that find themselves under a lot of snow. You'll make it. It all eventually goes away.

Our weather is doing funny stuff. Normally we

Gary Reeder
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 11:43 (928 days ago) @ WB

are ass deep in snow at this time of year but so far we have only had a "dusting" of snow, around 3 feet total. Lately, our days are sunny and bright with temps around 40, which is very unusual. Our nights are zero or below. There is no snow forecast until maybe this weekend.

Even without the snow, the cold nights can do some harm and damage to home systems if they hit zero and stay there for 10 to 12 hours. If the weather systems go as normal you folks east of us have a week or two of dry but very cold weather heading your way.

Meanwhile, between the Equator and the Canal...

AmBraCol ⌂, The Center Of God's Grace
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 06:54 (928 days ago) @ Jim Taylor

I'm sitting here with the fan on and the windows open. Life's rough, I had to water the flower beds as it's not rained in a week. :-D

Take care, my friend. Glad you've got a supply of fuel for the generator and wood for the stove. Weird as it may seem to folk up there "in the thick of it", I miss the changing seasons and occasional cold temps.

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