Gentle in our little protected slope so far
Cold front coming
- Thread starter Snagglefoot
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This thread reminded me of my Dad in the early 1970s during a very cold wave. He would get up every two hours and start the car, with the goal of the engine never getting too cold.
ah, the global warming. 
Got down to -4 here in Western KY and we got an inch of snow. Feels like 22 below in the wind. Day at the beach in Siberia.
Weirdass melting going on
Is that a typical set-up for a softener there to drain outside? Never seen that before. Mine just goes into a floor drain in the utility room.
Yep. We are supposed to warm up quite a bit as the rain front moves in. Typical snow dump followed by rain and snow melt. Next are the floods.
My softener (KCl) and de-sulfur (air oxidizer) units are typical resin bead beds that need flush and recharge - the joint flush pipe comes out from my water corner there, through the wall and to ground drain (shared with a couple gutters on that side)
Gutter downspout for front part of garage was frozen solid as an ash baseball bat. Tried whacking it to no avail but hit it with the heat gun seems to have it flowing.
Air temp is 28°F but water now running off roof.
Air temp is 28°F but water now running off roof.
So...
Ummm.........
Yeah.
Ummm.........
Yeah.
It's ~30°F here, getting down to 13°F at 6 am tomorrow.
I spent about 2 hours yesterday cleaning out the goats' stall, putting down fresh straw and pine shavings, made sure the sides were sealed from the wind, and turned on the heat lamp. They don't seem to be too bothered by it though. Right now, with 30°F temp and wind gusting hard, they're just walking around and eating grass. Such a simple life.
I spent about 2 hours yesterday cleaning out the goats' stall, putting down fresh straw and pine shavings, made sure the sides were sealed from the wind, and turned on the heat lamp. They don't seem to be too bothered by it though. Right now, with 30°F temp and wind gusting hard, they're just walking around and eating grass. Such a simple life.
Our wind died, now it’s a balmy -4F
Melt is underway but thermo near or inside heat pump says 30°F
That’s interesting and certainly no worse than my system. My system uses NaCl and is flushing chlorides in my septic tank and field which flow through the gravel into the Kootenay River, then the Columbia River and then into the Pacific Ocean which is probably the same ultimate destination as yours.
Had to scrape this off the windows lol. 1/8” or so thick
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I guess not much difference if in the septic flow or not. Maybe less taxing on the system per 100 years hahaha crap I just worry eventually when these drains plug up
