I hope Garraty and Blazor stock up

[Frood]

...on extra fuel for their generators, insulation for their exposed pipes, and some potable water...food.

Frozen hell is set to descend from the bowels of Canada in a week or so and it's meant to decimate the power grids in the south with so many states to be affected, there won't be much to share, if any.

This happened to Texas a number of years ago and it didn't end well.

[DKG]

...on extra fuel for their generators, insulation for their exposed pipes, and some potable water...food.

Frozen hell is set to descend from the bowels of Canada in a week or so and it's meant to decimate the power grids in the south with so many states to be affected, there won't be much to share, if any.
This happened to Texas a number of years ago and it didn't end well.

My annual trip to Florida can't come soon enough.

[Garraty_47]

Unlike Texas we're not strangers to cold weather here. There will be some issues as there always are when temps swing to one extreme or the other but we've danced this dance before.

[Biggie Smiles]

It is a chilling 68 degrees here in florida right now

[Frood]

Some are talking -34 to -39 Fahrenheit in Northern midwest states and that's without windchill.

Your region won't likely be getting that bad but I doubt it could tolerate half that if prolonged... at least the grid, when every suburbanite family wants to keep their thermostats at 70 or above.

Correct me if I'm wrong but going even further south, many households have no furnaces or heaters (typically not needed) or electric space heaters which will tax the grid further.

I imagine rolling brown outs and a lot of burst pipes.

[Frood]

It is a chilling 68 degrees here in florida right now

Florida, California, and Texas don't look to be affected at this point.

[Oliver the Second]

No weather problems here.

Mon 30
Sunny
73°/46°

Tue 31
Partly Cloudy
71°/46°

Wed 01
Sunny
72°/44°

Thu 02
Sunny
74°/45°

Fri 03
Partly Cloudy
75°/48°

Sat 04
Partly Cloudy
72°/45°

Sun 05
Mostly Sunny
70°/43°

[Frood]

They're talking the 7th or 8th roughly and persisting for weeks.

[formosan]

They're talking the 7th or 8th roughly and persisting for weeks.

Oh my......I'll have to run warm up my car longer.

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

It is a chilling 68 degrees here in florida right now

Get effed by an inmate.

[Reggie Essent]

Some are talking -34 to -39 Fahrenheit in Northern midwest states and that's without windchill.

Your region won't likely be getting that bad but I doubt it could tolerate half that if prolonged... at least the grid, when every suburbanite family wants to keep their thermostats at 70 or above.

Correct me if I'm wrong but going even further south, many households have no furnaces or heaters (typically not needed) or electric space heaters which will tax the grid further.

I imagine rolling brown outs and a lot of burst pipes.

Pfffft!  Fucking Canadians send us their frigid air here in the Midwest every fucking year.  We used to call it a "cold spell," but now the tv weather girls get everyone charged up over the "polar vortex."

I just put my long underwear on and some fluffy warm winter socks and hope it don't snow too much during the cold spell cause then I gotta shovel that shit.

As for the southern pussies below the Mason Dixon line.  Fuck them.  They don't know what winter is.

[Frood]

Pfffft!  Fucking Canadians send us their frigid air here in the Midwest every fucking year.  We used to call it a "cold spell," but now the tv weather girls get everyone charged up over the "polar vortex."

I just put my long underwear on and some fluffy warm winter socks and hope it don't snow too much during the cold spell cause then I gotta shovel that shit.

As for the southern pussies below the Mason Dixon line.  Fuck them.  They don't know what winter is.

Most younger Americans either side of the Mason Dixon have never experienced a proper cold spell.

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

Pfffft!  Fucking Canadians send us their frigid air here in the Midwest every fucking year.  We used to call it a "cold spell," but now the tv weather girls get everyone charged up over the "polar vortex."

I just put my long underwear on and some fluffy warm winter socks and hope it don't snow too much during the cold spell cause then I gotta shovel that shit.

As for the southern pussies below the Mason Dixon line.  Fuck them.  They don't know what winter is.

C'mon, tell us how you really feel.

[Reggie Essent]

Most younger Americans either side of the Mason Dixon have never experienced a proper cold spell.

I'm all for global warming.  I hate those cold spells.

[Frood]

I'm all for global warming.  I hate those cold spells.

I never minded a week or two of straight blizzards and super freezes. Nighttime was always fun going for a cruise or cross country skiing.