I don't understand bombogenesis.

They are at it again.

There is a winter storm. We get it.

Was at dinner and saw the headline "flash freeze warning!"

Dafuq does that even mean? Step outside and fall over frozen solid like a Bugs Bunny cartoon?

 

Yup…

 

You're used to dealing with a cold-assed mound though.

 

Oh hell fk naw someone would have to die.

 

We are currently under a ""wind chill watch"" here in north Texas.

I'm not sure what the hell I'm supposed to be doing with this information. It's not really that chilly right now, nor is it windy. It is supposed to *get* windy and chilly the day after tomorrow. But it isn't right now. We're just watching for it to do so.

Fkn idiotic...

 

Current temp: Cold
Feels like: Cold

It's fucking winter again, deal with it.

 

Besides covering my outside spigots and dripping faucets for a couple days....its just weathermongering. Do you watch Rick or Frinfrock for your weather?

I'm just west of you in Lewisville.

 

Who???

Nah, I just consult intellicast (who I call stupidcast) for a longer term general idea of hot/cold/wet/dry expectations and look at the local radar and my dash thermometer for realtime info.

When storm lines blow through DFW the guys on FOX4 are hilarious. That's Pete Delkus (sp?) IIRC. The weather boners they get are quite entertaining.

But, yeah, I drained the pasture lines even though they're buried pretty deep, and made sure the exterior faucets are covered (even though the actual valves for THOSE are about 8" deep in the walls) I'll probably leave the undersink cabinets open starting Thursday morning until we get back above freezing overnights. Maybe drip the masterbath sink. That kept us from any freeze ruptures during the 4 day power outage freeze last year. Ought to be fine for this snap.

 

Oh Yea Pete...forgot about him. Crazy how all of them DFW weather geniuses (ahem i mean forecasters) pretty much blew last years cold snap.
I had to replace a outside spigot recently and found out it's only 4 inches back. But they put a healthy amount of insulation in there. No froze pipes for us last year but I dripped every single faucet and put a lamp under the sink in the kitchen. Light bulbs put out a fair amount of heat.
Now I got to go drain the water out of the pool pumps and main filter. Fun!

 

We've got about a foot of wet heavy snow on the ground, perfect base for the snowmobile trails. So of coarse Fri. we're supposed to get 45 and rain. And then down to 20 during the day Sat. And windy.

 

Sounds like you're gonna need a ice mobile

 

Only -6 this morning when Purplesaurus Wrecks coughed to life.

Man up, pussies.

 

Its an alert that the poop will be easier to pick up in a couple more days. Much easier to pick up frozen poop.

 

Yep! Very much so!

 

So if I start up a poop picking up business here in E IA, is there a dog poop mafia that Ill have to deal with?

 

I have a small place in Flower Mound which I've had since 87 and never had a problem there until that last cold snap. It broke at the outside spigot. I had never even heard of those outside covers for the faucets, and I grew up in Illinois. We never had them back there for the 20 years I lived there. Over Thanksgiving when we were back visiting my daughter in Lewisville, she already had all her spigot's covered.

 

Chinese pot-metal castings?

 

Mr Bonehed Forklift, here where we get 4 real seasons, the actual valves for outside hose spigots are actually 2' INSIDE the wall of the house. The valves wont freeze. If you leave your hose attached in the winter so water is stuck in the pipe between the recessed valve and the spigot on the outside, the pipe will break. Ask me how I know...

 

Not yet! Give it time, some lawyers will jump in and become a self appointed shitscoop licensing bureau.