Temperatures are dropping here in Texas.
It's supposed to hit 14 by morning. We are off grid right now, running the generator, making sure everything is working like it is supposed to. We have the chicken coop ready with a heater in it. Have a heater in the well house. Got all the outside faucets insulated and covered. Hauled a bunch of firewood and kindling in. And have plenty of survival stuff on hand.
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Looks, and sounds, like you're set!
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Saturday, January 13, 2024, 19:15 (313 days ago) @ JimT
We're below 0 and headed a little bit colder but not much. I'm not as much f a fan as I once was..
Temperatures Hit a high here in St Louis......
by Gunner , St Louis, Saturday, January 13, 2024, 20:08 (313 days ago) @ JimT
About 5 hours at 19 degrees, down to 14 now, dropping to 5 later tonight, spent the day in the gun room installing new equipment and loading 300 Blackout test ammo for warmer weather.
Gunner
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Cold is a four letter word
by Brien , NWArkansas, Saturday, January 13, 2024, 20:14 (313 days ago) @ Gunner
12 in Northwest Arkansas
Far S.E. part of Oklahoma isn't all that warm either.
by Murphy , Saturday, January 13, 2024, 21:55 (313 days ago) @ JimT
JimT,
Sounds like we've got about the same weather you're having. May get as low as 10-12° here tonight, highs in the mid 20 during the day tomorrow. According to the weather reports, we're in for about a 3-4 day run of it. Hopefully, I've got all the bases covered when it comes to the necessities.
We had a similar round of cold about the same as the one we're going into about 3-4 years back. We came through it okay here at my place, but a lot of others didn't. People were driving 100 plus miles trying to get PVC fittings and lengths of pipe. Add to that, the town installed radio read water meters over the past 10 years made out of a composite body.There's more metal in a Ruger LCP than one of those meters, I helped install a lot of. Add to the house lines that froze and burst, about 100+ water meters that froze up and the bottoms blew out of. I sure felt for my former coworkers. Praying for a better outcome for all this go around.
Murphy
It was -4 here this morning..
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Sunday, January 14, 2024, 18:22 (312 days ago) @ JimT
Winch chill was around 25 below. I didn’t have any big plans and figured I’d spend part of the day in the gun room loading something or ‘nother. Those plan were curtailed when I got a call that some air handlers had frozen up and busted, then thawed and were spraying water all over the penthouse and running all the way to the basement! Of the four of us that are there full time, I was the only one in town today so I got to go at it alone! Quite a few phone calls and texts but it is all taken care of. Came home to a wonderful roast with potatoes and carrots that my wonderful wife made for me. Not supposed to get above freezing for a few days at least, but as far as I know, this morning will be the coldest in the foreseeable future, so hopefully no more issues!
Yeah, but the OT....
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Sunday, January 14, 2024, 18:58 (312 days ago) @ Slow Hand
Sorry Bud, just jerkin' the chain. Stay warm!
Yeah, but the OT....
by Slow Hand , Indiana, Monday, January 15, 2024, 04:31 (312 days ago) @ Hoot
Yeah, you gotta love double time! At least I was mostly dry and mostly warm.
And, I’ve got a hankering for a set of finned aluminum heads for the Model A!