I’m bulking up for this one. Cold ain’t getting through the layers I’m building.
MAJOR WINTER STORM
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Polar Vortex flexing its muscle next week hope everyone keeps their power on after what looks to be a major ice storm bearing down on most of KY.
Really hoping the possibility of the storm pushing south (which some are suggesting is possible) happens and most of Kentucky can get into “mostly snow” territory. Sorry, not sorry, Tennessee.
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I’m right on the Tennessee line. Hoping for all snow or rain. No ice, please.
I don’t mind snow. I’m not saying I want it to snow every day, but I wouldn’t mind 2-3 measurable snows per year. I don’t understand why people freak out over driving in it so much. Go slow, leave room, brake as little as possible.
Ice, on the other hand, terrifies me because of its propensity to knock out electricity for days or weeks at a time and driving just ain't happening.
I don’t mind snow. I’m not saying I want it to snow every day, but I wouldn’t mind 2-3 measurable snows per year. I don’t understand why people freak out over driving in it so much. Go slow, leave room, brake as little as possible.
Ice, on the other hand, terrifies me because of its propensity to knock out electricity for days or weeks at a time and driving just ain't happening.
We’re just north of Louisville
I’m seeing anywhere from 3in to 12 inches of snow…but they all seem to agree 1/4-1/5 inches ice that will accumulate between snow events
Then the frigid temps following
Gonna be a fun week
I’m seeing anywhere from 3in to 12 inches of snow…but they all seem to agree 1/4-1/5 inches ice that will accumulate between snow events
Then the frigid temps following
Gonna be a fun week
I just got home from the store. (I do my regular shopping on Fridays). I gotta tell you, the shelves are almost empty and people are just down right nasty and rude. You would definitely think WW3 was about to happen.
WildcatfaninOhio
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Currently calling for 5 to 9 inches in SW Ohio and northern KY. Stopped at Kroger an hour ago for a few things and it took forever to check out. But at least I got the next 3 dinners covered. And enough red wine to hold me over if we’re snowed in for a few days.
Hubby and I just about pulled the trigger on moving up to Syracuse, NY this past summer. We both love cooler summers and snowy winters. I hate Kentucky summers, bleh.
I have a weapon up my sleeve. I'll eat two cans of baked beans, and then visit that store. They'll think WW3 was happening.
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Old Plumbers son here. Just drip the faucet, about a drip ever 2 seconds faucets. If you can get some of the Styrofoam insulation you can tape to the outside of the house where the pipes are located. Not a fail safe but it does help. Other thing you can do if you have an old hair dryer you can put on low and run for 10 minutes at a time about once an hour under sinks, Just move out anything flammable. Again not fail safes but they do help. I spent my winters growing up in Lexington on many a horse farm with my father with pipe thawers to horse barns. Was not a fun way to be outside as an 11 year old. lol
This is me.
Give me 10 degrees and a pile of snow over 94 degrees with a billion percent humidity any day.
Cold annoys me.
Hot pisses me off.
Agreed, the summers there are miserable. I don't even have air conditioning here.
Bowling Green usually has a bubble over it when it comes to ice and snow. Im one county north of BG and the elevation is just a slight difference and enough to cause icing issues.
Keep dreaming Seth. Our Nashville, TN weather people are saying we won't get any ice or snow.
Drip your faucets. That keeps water moving enough to where they hopefully won't burst. I don't think it's going to get cold enough (yet) for that moving water to freeze.
We're on a crawlspace and the kitchen sink is on an outside wall. When it gets really cold, I'll put a thick blanket under the sink against the wall and I put that thick insulated tape on the pipes and let it drip. I'll seal off the crawlspace vents as well and it stays toasty when temps go below zero. Looks like I'll have to do that for a few days next week.
Hope everyone has what they need and check on Family, friends, and neighbors. Looks like it's going to be a good storm. Make sure you have water for a few days and a way to get heat.
There are a couple of good meteorologists on YouTube, Ryan Hall and Max Velocity. Those guys show 3-4 models and give their best guess, been following them for awhile and they’re much better at their forecasts than the talking heads.
The 1994 storm is still one of the worst I can remember in my life. We had like 10 days off school and sledding and snowball fights as a kid though!
Snow is fine with me I just want no part of ice storms.
We always drip the faucets and I bought a couple space heaters for the laundry room and basement to help keep cooler areas warm. Haven’t had a busted pipe here since 1990 knock on wood no Rafters game jinx.
WildcatfaninOhio
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Yup! I was stationed at Chanute AFB near Champaign Illinois. In January that year we were confined to barracks for 3 days because of snow. Total snowfall over those 3 days was just short of 2 feet. But high winds caused drifts in excess of 10 feet. I saw leftover piles of snow in late March.
Live in Louisville, last big freezing rain storm, no electricity for 7 days. Temperatures in the single digits for several days, wish I could afford a good generator.
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