Posted: 1/5/2004 12:33:00 PM EDT
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At -12 this morning the light in my pump house was not enough. No lines broken, and a space heater is running. Burrrrr |
| I usually don't need anything but a lightbulb on in my wellhouse either but I decided to plug in the heater anyway just in case. It was 7 degrees at my house this morning. The entire eleven plus inches of snow on the ground and by the sounds of it, a bunch more on the way! I guess you can call that froze up... |
| I'm very concerned because we forgot to purge our sprinker system this year. I called a landscaping guy about it yesterday and he said that it usually takes about 4-5 days of deep cold weather to freeze underground lines like that. It made me feel a little better, but I don't know... |
Tweak you loveable bastard. I am formally inviting you up to Barrow. Bring your shorts. I will not let you leave without joining the Polar Bear club by fully submerging yourself in the Arctic Ocean. |
I have no concept as to why you folks live up there. I would fall into a major depression with all that darkness. I have a tough enough time here in the midwest. 10 hour days suck enough! Bob |
Oh no, no. It gets cold in AK, snows there too. Did some research on the topic of "Is it ever too cold to snow?". Do you know it actually reaches minus Fahrenheit degrees in AK? Amazing, simply amazing. I had enough fun tonight (2200) knocking the 5" of snow off my car (so M could get to work) in my sweat pants and slippers. But that's just lazy. "Polar bear" swim? Uh uh, only word that comes to mind is "permashrinkage."  [speeling] |
| I dont know if Tweak is blowing smoke about wearing shorts, but I am CRAZY and Monday was the first time I have worn long pants in about 4 years (yesterday was the second) but due to the tropical warmth today I am back in the comfort of shorts...time to go play in the snow and freezing rain. |
So I wear shorts, praying the whole way to work that my car doesn't get a flat, etc., requiring my walking anywhere outdoors.
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Well that -12 wasn't to bad, till a tree went over and took out my power line out back killing the juice to the heater in the pump house after I posted. Power back up, one split line, weather service said -35 for us, 10" of new snow. Line replaced, pump reprimed, and that hot shower felt great. Added; that -35 was with the wind chill. |
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