weather report

[low_delta]

v. cold
windy
no snow

A thermometer I saw at 7:40 said -4° F.
I had trouble starting my car.

Comments

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Good morning...again :)

Did you need a jump to start your car, or just a few extra turns of the key?

[liquidmyst.livejournal.com]

ouch....that is damn cold

[shoo.livejournal.com]

WOW! I just saw a truck in Wisconsin frozen in place...
put on plenty of layers...;)

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

I'm sure hoping this is unusually cold weather for you.
Hard for me to conceive of people voluntarily living where this is typical.
I'm cold at 43F and rain.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

I talked to a woman on the elevator this morning who moved here from Southern California. She told her daughters this morning that today will be the coldest day of their lives! *L*

So far...

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

is it time for a frost plug heater on your car?......once the outdoor temp drops below 20°F, it's time to plug-in.....

Plugging in engine block heaters 2 to 3 hours before starting the vehicle reduces emissions an average of 70%. And that's good for everyone. Not to mention, it increases the life of the vehicle's engine.

Coupled with a timer, you can can use the minimum electricity required and not have to get up early and plug in or flip a switch.

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

I read -6 on my car thermometer. Musta been -8 or -9 in reality. The good news, it protested, but started :)

(Thanks to Iso Heet)

[zonal.livejournal.com]

Horrendous. Our windchill is in the negative digits. I resorted to eating in my company's cafeteria today just to avoid going outside. You know it's bad when it comes to that.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It's not typical, though. Some years it never drops below zero. It seldom happens for longer than three days at a time.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Not a bad idea. But I don't have any power outside, or in the garage.

What, exactly is it? Where does it go?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It turned really fast. I decided it wasn't getting enough gas. Very tricky because I used to flood it all the time when it was this cold.

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

that's a relief to know.
it has been that cold here,
but it's not like it happens often.
it's probably been about 10
or more years since that's happened
here. I remember the year my
mom died we had a cold spell like
that for a couple of weeks.
the house was empty, but I had
to go everyday and make sure
the plumbing hadn't frozen up
inside or outside. it was icky and
we usually have fierce winds when
it gets that cold, too.

Re:

[vlinker.livejournal.com]

it's a small resistance element that fits in one of the freeze plug holes on the side of the engine block.......you drain the coolant, pop the proper freeze plug out, and install the heating element. Normally a freeze plug heater costs about $20 at the auto store, prolly $120 installed......

one is shown in a poor drawing here

http://www.usahardware.com/inet/shop/item/08130/icn/20-968685/five_star/10401.htm

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I heard there were 200 homes without power, someplace around here. That's serious, when the temps are this low. The biggest danger is burst pipes when they freeze.

cold

[emschin.livejournal.com]

Last night on TV there was advice from the Electric Co to turn thermostats down to 68 degrees because most furnaces couldn't sustain 70 degrees continuously in this extremely cold weather. I never remember that advice before on occasions when it was cold as a witches protuberance and I don't remember the furnace giving out.

Nevertheless I had planned to be gone for most of the day so I turned it down while gone. I'm glad I have electric blanket on my bed, and an afghan sized electric blanket for my recliner. If all else fails I warm up in a hot bath.

warm bath

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

My bathtub is on its end, leaning up against my kitchen wall.

Re: warm bath

[emschin.livejournal.com]

(smile) Doesn't keep you too warm that way, does it?

Re: warm bath

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

And it's leaning up against the wall in front of a heating vent, so no, it's not helping much.