Freezageddon

[PerthDomer]

If ND took 25 kids a year every year would that be "oversigning"? Because we probably could and would be under 85. Attrition happens, especially at schools in the SEC where every draft eligible kid declares, 4 kids in each class fail to qualify, and a few recruits every year are JUCOs who only have 2 years to play anyways.

 

[alaskandomer]

The warmer weather up in the artic is what is causing this brutal weather in midwest and central plain areas. The warmer artic air has essentially made the jet stream drunk causing it to sag allowing the artic air to slip much further South than usual.

Actually, above the Arctic Circle, the temps are mostly single digits and below. What is unusual in Alaska's banana belt is that we aren't going through our normal cycles of 5-7 days of clear and single digits or lower, followed by 5-7 days of cloudy and snowy but mild temps. It's common for Anchorage to have milder temps than folks in the Dakotas, Minnesota, the UP, etc. In any case, we hope the Jet Stream doesn't sober up any time soon.

 

[pkt77242]

If ND took 25 kids a year every year would that be "oversigning"? Because we probably could and would be under 85. Attrition happens, especially at schools in the SEC where every draft eligible kid declares, 4 kids in each class fail to qualify, and a few recruits every year are JUCOs who only have 2 years to play anyways.

I am going to take a wild guess and say that you posted in the wrong thread.

 

[Irish#1]

If ND took 25 kids a year every year would that be "oversigning"? Because we probably could and would be under 85. Attrition happens, especially at schools in the SEC where every draft eligible kid declares, 4 kids in each class fail to qualify, and a few recruits every year are JUCOs who only have 2 years to play anyways.

Maybe there's an equation in there to calculate the wind chill, but I'm not seeing it.

Currently -1 with a low of -15 tonight with wind chill of -20 to -35.

 

[Irish#1]

I'm having to take my dog out on the leash because he keeps pissing on the damn deck. He won't go out any further in this cold.

I know how you feel. Mine were stopping right on the patio. What's worse is one loves the turdcicles laying on top of the snow. Yuck.

 

[chicago51]

Actually, above the Arctic Circle, the temps are mostly single digits and below. What is unusual in Alaska's banana belt is that we aren't going through our normal cycles of 5-7 days of clear and single digits or lower, followed by 5-7 days of cloudy and snowy but mild temps. It's common for Anchorage to have milder temps than folks in the Dakotas, Minnesota, the UP, etc. In any case, we hope the Jet Stream doesn't sober up any time soon.

Anchorage is near the coast correct? If so it makes sense Anchorage would have warmer temps (relatively speaking) as the Pacific Ocean current that runs along the west coast is a warm ocean current as opposed to cold current along the east coast; this is the reason Washington is warmer than Maine. Europe has a warm current to hence they have warmer temps of North American locations at the same lattitude.

If ND took 25 kids a year every year would that be "oversigning"? Because we probably could and would be under 85. Attrition happens, especially at schools in the SEC where every draft eligible kid declares, 4 kids in each class fail to qualify, and a few recruits every year are JUCOs who only have 2 years to play anyways.

LOL! Awesome!

 

[Irish YJ]

A few inches of snow forecasted in ATL tomorrow.

Schools have already cancelled or announced early closures.

Only town I know that closes down because of the threat of an inch or two. F'ing P'ies

 

[irishog77]

Actually, above the Arctic Circle, the temps are mostly single digits and below. What is unusual in Alaska's banana belt is that we aren't going through our normal cycles of 5-7 days of clear and single digits or lower, followed by 5-7 days of cloudy and snowy but mild temps. It's common for Anchorage to have milder temps than folks in the Dakotas, Minnesota, the UP, etc. In any case, we hope the Jet Stream doesn't sober up any time soon.

Banana Belt? Is this anything like the neon-purple banana belt Rack Em wears?

 

[BGIF]

A few inches of snow forecasted in ATL tomorrow.

Schools have already cancelled or announced early closures.

Only town I know that closes down because of the threat of an inch or two. F'ing P'ies

At 8 pm CT last night the Weather Channel was advising that Delta had already canceled "several hundred" flights to/from Hartsfield on Tuesday.

This is common in the South and has been since at least '83 from my experience when Birmingham got an a quarter inch dusting. I had flown in at 10 pm on an Eastern flight and learned from one of the hostesses that my 6 am flight to South Carolina would be on the same plane and with the crew who were staying at an airport hotel. I managed to circumvent the closed roads the next morning and got to the airport on time for my flight. So did the Eastern Flight Crew but neither the air traffic controllers nor most of the ground crew sgot there o there was no refueling even if a ATC showed up.

I have relatives in Wilmington, NC who sent me photos of a TV ad that was ran there during the '93 Blizzard. Picture from a commercial of a snow plow cleaning somebody's driveway with only a phone number, no hame, no address:

1-800-THE PLOW

The guy did a booming business. Seems there was no OTHER PLOW.


I was in Atlanta the day before a large ice storm got to AL and GA. I was travelling with an associate from Houston. His wife had called to tell him their pipes in Houston (Kingwood) had frozen and broken in 3 or 4 dozen places and the plumber said all the supply houses were sold out. Probably would get the material in for a week or 10 days due to widespread damage.

Houston had had single digit temps and it seems that with the lack of a building code it was S.O.P. for builders to put the plumbing in external walls on the outside of the insulation. Entire subdivisions had homes with plumbing that now held water like a collander.

He got the plumber's number and called him to get a parts list of pipe and fittings for repairs. We could get them in Atlanta as the storm was not due there until the next day. I suggested he negotiate a reduced price if we secured the materials and had them shipped. We ended up arranging for the purchase and shipping of several TONS of plumbing supplies. The plumber picked up all the costs and did my friend's repair work for free including throwing in one of the dozen hot water boilers we had shipped.

The South wasn't built with snow or cold in mind.

 

[connor_in]

Single digits an negatives in TX

 

[connor_in]

At 8 pm CT last night the Weather Channel was advising that Delta had already canceled "several hundred" flights to/from Hartsfield on Tuesday.

This is common in the South and has been since at least '83 from my experience when Birmingham got an a quarter inch dusting. I had flown in at 10 pm on an Eastern flight and learned from one of the hostesses that my 6 am flight to South Carolina would be on the same plane and with the crew who were staying at an airport hotel. I managed to circumvent the closed roads the next morning and got to the airport on time for my flight. So did the Eastern Flight Crew but neither the air traffic controllers nor most of the ground crew sgot there o there was no refueling even if a ATC showed up.

I have relatives in Wilmington, NC who sent me photos of a TV ad that was ran there during the '93 Blizzard. Picture from a commercial of a snow plow cleaning somebody's driveway with only a phone number, no hame, no address:

1-800-THE PLOW

The guy did a booming business. Seems there was no OTHER PLOW.


I was in Atlanta the day before a large ice storm got to AL and GA. I was travelling with an associate from Houston. His wife had called to tell him their pipes in Houston (Kingwood) had frozen and broken in 3 or 4 dozen places and the plumber said all the supply houses were sold out. Probably would get the material in for a week or 10 days due to widespread damage.

Houston had had single digit temps and it seems that with the lack of a building code it was S.O.P. for builders to put the plumbing in external walls on the outside of the insulation. Entire subdivisions had homes with plumbing that now held water like a collander.

He got the plumber's number and called him to get a parts list of pipe and fittings for repairs. We could get them in Atlanta as the storm was not due there until the next day. I suggested he negotiate a reduced price if we secured the materials and had them shipped. We ended up arranging for the purchase and shipping of several TONS of plumbing supplies. The plumber picked up all the costs and did my friend's repair work for free including throwing in one of the dozen hot water boilers we had shipped.

The South wasn't built with snow or cold in mind.

MR. PLOW


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[Cackalacky]

To further add to BGIFs post. Most homes down here have central heating and air. If the outside temps drop below say 40 degrees the system is very inefficient and if it gets below 20 degrees you might as well not have it on at all because it will not provide the heat you require. We have to resort to burning fires in fireplaces (if you have one). In my case I have two electric space heaters that I use only in times where the heat pump efficiency is very poor.

 

[Irish YJ]

To further add to BGIFs post. Most homes down here have central heating and air. If the outside temps drop below say 40 degrees the system is very inefficient and if it gets below 20 degrees you might as well not have it on at all because it will not provide the heat you require. We have to resort to burning fires in fireplaces (if you have one). In my case I have two electric space heaters that I use only in times where the heat pump efficiency is very poor.

I'm a transplant from Indy, so my HVAC was replaced with a Trane package unit. Bring on the cold. Nice and toasty in my house. The only place I ever run a space heater is in the garage.

Hoping to get the Sahara Unlimited out later today! Bring on that inch! LOL. SMH

 

[irishog77]

I heard it got down to 47 in L.A. last night. ACamp slept in a tauntaun.

 

[irishog77]

To further add to BGIFs post. Most homes down here have central heating and air. If the outside temps drop below say 40 degrees the system is very inefficient and if it gets below 20 degrees you might as well not have it on at all because it will not provide the heat you require. We have to resort to burning fires in fireplaces (if you have one). In my case I have two electric space heaters that I use only in times where the heat pump efficiency is very poor.

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[BGIF]

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Originally Posted by Cackalacky

To further add to BGIFs post. Most homes down here have central heating and air. If the outside temps drop below say 40 degrees the system is very inefficient and if it gets below 20 degrees you might as well not have it on at all because it will not provide the heat you require. We have to resort to burning fires in fireplaces (if you have one). In my case I have two electric space heaters that I use only in times where the heat pump efficiency is very poor.

The bold statement refers to heat pumps not furnaces. Heat pumps are essentially air conditioner units run in reverse. They take the avialable heat out of outdoor air and use it to heat the house. They are more economical to run than furnances but in colder weather they can't provide sufficient heat as there aren't enough BTU's in the outdoor air to utilize.They are very common in areas with low heating demands like The South. State of the art today is a hybrid furnace and heat pump unit which uses a heat pump most of the time for lower fuel costs but automatically kicks in the furnace for the real cold degree days.

 

[Cackalacky]

Thanks BGIF. I did not want to delve into the wonderful world of heat pump thermodynamics.

Irishog 77: I apologize for not specifying I did not have a furnace. For perspective, I have a HVAC unit with an exterior condenser and and interior fan and coil unit. I cool my house approximately 60% of the year. The other 40% of the year is a mixture of the system being turned off completely (during the wonderful 50-78 degree days), or rarely used to heat my home during the periods of time it dips below 50 degrees (which may be only for overnight or for a few days at a time, until it warms up again).

I do need to upgrade though.

 

[RDU Irish]

OMG!!! 3 - 5 inches of snow tonight! WE MIGHT DIE!!!! Wouldn't be enough to merit any change in schedule in Wisconsin but down here we might be shut down until it melts. Better go buy milk and bread before the store runs out!

My office heat pump really hasn't been getting the job done the last month, brand new unit too. Once we get in the 20s it can't keep up. Small space heater is enough to make up the difference though.

When I upgrade the 20 year old house unit I want to go heat pump upstairs and furnace/condenser down stairs. Upstairs must run 3x as much for A/C and vice versa for heat. Since Al Gore is FOS I have to plan on longer winters.

 

[connor_in]

OMG!!! 3 - 5 inches of snow tonight! WE MIGHT DIE!!!! Wouldn't be enough to merit any change in schedule in Wisconsin but down here we might be shut down until it melts. Better go buy milk and bread before the store runs out!

My office heat pump really hasn't been getting the job done the last month, brand new unit too. Once we get in the 20s it can't keep up. Small space heater is enough to make up the difference though.

When I upgrade the 20 year old house unit I want to go heat pump upstairs and furnace/condenser down stairs. Upstairs must run 3x as much for A/C and vice versa for heat. Since Al Gore is FOS I have to plan on longer winters.

Why do emergencies always make people crave French toast?

EMERGENCY...DISASTER COMING
Better go get eggs, milk and bread...

 

[irishmarine]

RDU im in morrisville nc so i know what youre talking. people are already freaking out here too

 

[ulukinatme]

Why do emergencies always make people crave French toast?

EMERGENCY...DISASTER COMING
Better go get eggs, milk and bread...

This always floats around when winter weather news starts popping up:

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[alaskandomer]

Banana Belt? Is this anything like the neon-purple banana belt Rack Em wears?

LOL No, just kind of an inside joke about the milder (By Alaska standards) parts of the state.

 

[Irish#1]

A few inches of snow forecasted in ATL tomorrow.

Schools have already cancelled or announced early closures.

Only town I know that closes down because of the threat of an inch or two. F'ing P'ies

Did you get it yet?

 

[Irish#1]

Thanks BGIF. I did not want to delve into the wonderful world of heat pump thermodynamics.

Irishog 77: I apologize for not specifying I did not have a furnace. For perspective, I have a HVAC unit with an exterior condenser and and interior fan and coil unit. I cool my house approximately 60% of the year. The other 40% of the year is a mixture of the system being turned off completely (during the wonderful 50-78 degree days), or rarely used to heat my home during the periods of time it dips below 50 degrees (which may be only for overnight or for a few days at a time, until it warms up again).

I do need to upgrade though.

I got a Carrier heat pump put in about 5 years ago. It has a SEER rating of 18. 13 is the government minimum. Most people buy 13-15 rated units because they're cheaper, but they cost more to run. Mine is backed up with a heat pack for when it gets this cold, but it's rated to work just as well at 20 as it is at 40 degrees. After installing, I saw my heat bill drop from the $180-$190 range to about $140-$150. My AC savings were about the same. It's worth it to get a higher rated unit.

 

[connor_in]

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[ACamp1900]

I heard it got down to 47 in L.A. last night. ACamp slept in a tauntaun.

It's only 68ish here today... I think I'll take the family down to San Diego this weekend, get away from this cold....

honestly though, it gets pretty cold at night this time of year anyway, nothing like what you guys are facing but every other day my hose is frozen when I go to water the plants in the morning.

Also, I heard during the outdoor hockey game over the weekend that the last time LA saw snow was during the mid 1960's... .....


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[Cackalacky]

Atlanta is in gridlock and people are abandoning their cars in Birmingham... Lol.

 

[irishff1014]

Poor people in the south are going to struggle to make it.

 

[NDinL.A.]

It's only 68ish here today... I think I'll take the family down to San Diego this weekend, get away from this cold....

honestly though, it gets pretty cold at night this time of year anyway, nothing like what you guys are facing but every other day my hose is frozen when I go to water the plants in the morning.

Also, I heard during the outdoor hockey game over the weekend that the last time LA saw snow was during the mid 1960's... .....


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I'm flying to L.A. for the weekend, and as expected, you guys are going from a month of temps in the 80's, to mid-60's this weekend, with maybe a chance of rain Friday. You're welcome.

 

[Irish#1]

Atlanta is in gridlock and people are abandoning their cars in Birmingham... Lol.

This thing has gripped the entire continental US. I'm ready for spring.