Just checking in. It's balmy up here!

[Raven]

Only -5 with a wind chill of -17. Not as bad as they predicted but it will get worse later tonight. I have had a roaring fire going in my fireplace since 7 am. This is an old stone fireplace with what they call a "heatilator" which blows heated air back into the house. Now the vents that blow the hot air back in are too hot to touch. It's so warm in here now that my heating system has taken a well deserved rest. I think I'm going to be ok tonight. I hope everybody else in this big chill is too! :hi:

[Missy Vixen]

1. I'm so glad you've posted

I talk to my DH about stuff I've read on DU (he doesn't read or post here, he works in the high tech industry...) and I mentioned to him last night that "Will Pitt's mom" is in the middle of the big freeze back East, and I was hoping that you were okay.

I'm glad to see that you are toasty warm, and everything's fine.

Here's to staying warm and dry :toast:,

Julie

[matcom]

2. ok??? OK?????

its FUCKING FREEZING and the WIND is kicking up! :scared:

i don't think my poor truck will turn over in the morning. it BARELY made it this morning.

i have NEVER experienced cold like this in my LIFE. that INCLUDES 3 years stationed in Germany!

oh well, at least the power is working and we leave for MEXICO day after tomorrow!

[underseasurveyor]

6. Bring your battery inside for the night

My husband does that sometimes when it's going to be real cold like you guys have now. It seems to make a big difference.

Course now we all have block heaters installed to plug in at night to keep it warm.

Take care out there :scared:

[Raven]

8. Dry gas, Matt, dry gas!

Here's to all those little wimps who are leaving town for warmer climates! Seriously, have a wonderful vacation... and it will be almost spring when you return! :-)

[matcom]

3. kick

[underseasurveyor]

4. By the time it finally reaches the 20 above mark

it'll feel almost like tee-shirt weather.

We usually get at least one decent cold snap with temps and windchills regularly falling to minus 25 to 30. The kind of cold you guys are having out there now, I've only experienced it once maybe twice and it is downright dangerous :scared: Ugh

Glad yer doing ok, take care :-)

[madrchsod]

5. don`t you guys ever get cold up there?

dam you act like it`s winter! it`s a balmy 28 degrees her in northern IL. you must remember the days are getting longer and spring is just a few months away...
oh...and someone`s going to Mexico,aren`t they?

[TXlib]

7. It's in the upper 50s - low 60s here in Houston.

Don't need a coat to go outside.

You can make fun of us in the summer when it's hotter than hell here.

[trof]

9. Pilot light went out

today in my daughter's furnace in Melrose.
It's a really old gas hot water behemoth. Inside temp got down to 55.
God bless the man who came out in less than a couple of hours and relit it for her.
She asked what she owed him.
"Nothing lady. I'll be back. That antique of yours needs some major surgery. All we're doing now is getting folks back up and running again. I'll come back when this is over and give you and estimate on what needs doing."

[WWW]

10. Hey Raven

Glad to hear everything is okay. -19 here in central Maine yesterday morning, with 40 mph gusts...child's play. Didn't even put on my "winter coat":) this morning.