How's the Weather Today?

Started by MiniDave, December 06, 2017, 06:24:03 PM

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MiniDave

cold soaked is right, that's why it takes so long to get mine to a workable temp when it's 10* out or below.....it's also why I wait for mother nature to help a bit before I bother running the heater. At single digits it just will get there......eventually. But my feet are so cold that I can only work about an hour before I have to go warm up again
Complete failure at retirement - but getting better!

1972 Mini Racing Green
1972 Mini ST hotrod
2017 Audi Allroad - Glacier White - His
2018 Audi Allroad - Floret Silver - Hers

94touring

Windy.  60mph winds.  So Windy it was dangerous to drive.  The winds were calm this morning when I went to the shop and then got out of control. I of course drove the bus, which is a barn door to begin with. I took the slow way home and what normally takes 30 minutes took about an hour. There was a tree down across the road at one point people were pushing out of the way as I was pulling up to the traffic jam. A car hauler was tipped over at another section.   

MiniDave

yeah, blowing like crazy up here, sections of I-70 in western Kansas and I-40 going south from Colby to Sharon Springs is closed too. Multiple wrecks and trucks on their sides.....

It brought a big tree branch down in my neighbor's yard that's been hanging by a thread for 5 years now. I'm glad it's finally down!
Complete failure at retirement - but getting better!

1972 Mini Racing Green
1972 Mini ST hotrod
2017 Audi Allroad - Glacier White - His
2018 Audi Allroad - Floret Silver - Hers

MiniDave

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We had a huge T storm blow thru, high winds, 1/4-1/2" hail and when it let up I could see our neighbor's tree down blocking the road, and another neighbor with a huge couple of branches that hit their roof. A friend came by to pick up a Mini part just as it was tapering off and he said the whole neighborhood had trees down blocking the streets and in yards.

I dug out my old chain saw that hadn't been used in a few years, got some new gas in it, filled the oil for the bar and it fired up, me and another neighbor did the saw work and about 10 others came around and drug the debris off as we cut it. Only took a couple of hours to clear 6 yards and the street. These trees are all about 50-60 years old or more and huge, so when one breaks it's a big mess.

We were lucky we didn't lose power but a couple blocks over they're running gensets, probably a branch took down a line somewhere.

Neighbor's tree after we cut it up and dragged it to the curb....

Complete failure at retirement - but getting better!

1972 Mini Racing Green
1972 Mini ST hotrod
2017 Audi Allroad - Glacier White - His
2018 Audi Allroad - Floret Silver - Hers