I‘m dreading winter in my older age, my Cat older now agrees lol


kv

I just don't do winter like I once did. Remember as a kid I loved snow and now have no desire to be in it. On the bright side we have been enjoying nice days and evenings but the writing is on the wall and the trees are starting to act Fall like as the daylight grows less day by day. Also on a nice note come December 22 or so the days start affording more daylight hours..

Ron

 

Sprinkler lines are not threatened very much but the control valves may be more susceptible; so blowing them down gets rid of just about all the water in them and they won't crack from a freeze.

I put in the sprinklers so pre-planning slope in all lines with check valves, also included one below the manifold. Along with the drain hole on the main valve.

When I shut off the main valve they automatically drain, also allowed install trench to be a little shallower. Pain to install but worth it knowing the design will minimize year end shut down and freeze prevention.

kv

 

Coconut oil freezes at 25.6°C (78°F)

What, no air conditioning!?!? Are you still using the old hand cranked overhead paddle fans?

 

https://www.kare11.com/article/spor...rning/89-098b4b3b-8915-4aa9-880c-4062ad33c16b


The ice is not ready yet, warns Barron County Sheriff

 

That was hysterical. We have Lake Erie the shallowest of the Great Lakes. The western basin freezes over first and eventually the whole lake but not every year. Problem here is not people dragging out ice fishing huts too soon but rather remaining out there till a thaw, large cracks and ice flows. Then every year the Coast Guard is out there retrieving idiots off the ice. Lake is still pretty warm so it will bring in lake effect snow till it gets real cold or freezes over.

Ron

 

Egypt: Scorpions kill three and injure hundreds in Aswan

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCo...tings-kill-,-injure--amid-bad-weather-in.aspx

Heavy rainfall, thunder, dust storm, and snowfall in Aswan, where rain is rare, have raised a state of concern among residents amid fears of the possibility of floods.

Rain has reportedly flushed scorpions and snakes out of their hiding places, caused power cuts, and led many lighting columns and trees in the streets to fall.

 

On the bright side they taste like chicken when done right. Seriously though, that is a lousy situation.

Ron

 

When big city problems become little city (I live in Fairview) weather nightmares.

 

When big city problems become little city (I live in Fairview) weather nightmares.

This is where a governor with intestinal fortitude (guts for short) brings in the National Guard and takes care of the problem and any resistance. This is then followed bringing in several Cat 9 bulldozers and plow everything under. Simply put housecleaning, which I figure the working taxpaying residents deserve.

Ron

 

This is where a governor with intestinal fortitude (guts for short) brings in the National Guard and takes care of the problem and any resistance. This is then followed bringing in several Cat 9 bulldozers and plow everything under. Simply put housecleaning, which I figure the working taxpaying residents deserve.

Ron

They could handle it at the city level by just enforcing the existing laws. There are no 'campers' with chop-shops, trash and drugs in the Fairview city jurisdiction because the locals will not let it happen (local LEO's, and citizens)
but the nutcase city of Port-filth-land owns a sliver of land up the river near Fairview for drainage/water wells that's out of our legal jurisdiction.

This is the same area as the pump station. Give it to us, we will fix it with 10 min's warning for the people to leave.

 

The weather is a bit dramatic. I keep telling my mother that she needs to join me up north, but she says she likes the sun...

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/c...nfall-triggers-mudslides-flooding-evacuations

 

The weather is a bit dramatic. I keep telling my mother that she needs to join me up north, but she says she likes the sun...

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/c...nfall-triggers-mudslides-flooding-evacuations

Just caught that on the morning news. Mudslides really suck. Played that game in Northern California. Here you are cruising along and get broadsided by a wall of mud as part of a mountain comes down. I also agree with your mother, warm is good.

Ron

 

Just caught that on the morning news. Mudslides really suck. Played that game in Northern California. Here you are cruising along and get broadsided by a wall of mud as part of a mountain comes down. I also agree with your mother, warm is good.

Ron

May you live in interesting times the curse says...

All hwys around Vancouver are still closed short of detour through Washington state. It is about to cool down too.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6250235

 

May you live in interesting times the curse says...

All hwys around Vancouver are still closed short of detour through Washington state. It is about to cool down too.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6250235

And we thought the price of food was high. Fraser Valley farmers devastated

 

And we thought the price of food was high. Fraser Valley farmers devastated

It just keeps coming... Abbotsford flooded. There is a huge fire at an RV park... The amount of rain that came down quite astonishing. The railroad to Vancouver is shut down by this as well. If supply chain had issues before... We were talking if they would reroute anything through Prince Rupert for international, but that never happens.

 

 

Uh Oh something not good.

Ron

 

Uh Oh something not good.

Ron

Click the "watch in YouTube" text.

 

Click the "watch in YouTube" text.

Thanks and wow. It's absolutely amazing how a tornado can cut a swath like that. House gone and house next door hardly damages or 1/2 house gone, other half not too bad.

Ron

 

high end EF4 damage

A force of nature.