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I read the thread title and thought thank goodness.
What a shieetwhole to live in. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14611/3D7FECD8-0176-4B81-9BB3-CCE9C0B08D60_jpe-2641250.JPG View Quote Notice no one ever starts threads about Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, no one secretly dreams about being from those states, and unlike the women of WI, MI, and MN the women of Texas never lay lonely and unsatisfied in bed dreaming about being with men from those states. ![]() |
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Quoted: We’re all gunna die guys. Fucking 20? Wtf. Let’s take over Mexico so we don’t have to do this anymore. View Quote MO checking in. You guys will he fine. |
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Ex Texican here, have several inches of snow on the ground and it is snowing again. Supposed to get down below zero on Wednesday.
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I'm not going to die from the cold weather. Got a very healthy layer of blubber to keep me warm.
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Quoted: Notice no one ever starts threads about Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, no one secretly dreams about being from those states, and unlike the women of WI, MI, and MN the women of Texas never lay lonely and unsatisfied in bed dreaming about being with men from those states. ![]() View Quote ![]() |
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Crazy people in large pickup trucks come out of the wood work in inclement weather.
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Quoted: We’re all gunna die guys. Fucking 20? Wtf. Let’s take over Mexico so we don’t have to do this anymore. View Quote 20°F? ![]() Seriously? You crying over Twenty degrees ABOVE zero? ![]() |
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After the last Texas winter fiasco, I'd hope most of y'all would be prepared for this.
I'm hoping we get dumped on up here in Ohio, but we'll probably only get rain that turns to ice followed by an inch or two snow. Booor-ring. |
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Well, the weather hysteria is changing, forecast now has only one night down to 17 degrees rather than three. Every daytime temp is over freezing.
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Spent the day buying supplies so my barn cats don’t freeze and replacing light bulbs in the well house. I’m ready…I think.
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The City of Austin is absolutely shitting themselves over this, at least my dept is. Last year they were offering to come pick us up and bring us to work, but you had to stay there all week.
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Tennessee will be thinking of Texas.
As we also plunge to 1°. South ain’t built for it. |
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Gearing up for potentially busy couple days fixing well systems.
Frozen top side stuff not a big deal.. frozen top side stuff with downhole pump running… big fucking deal. Pump keeps spinning and water has nowhere to go. Pump boils water, melts drop pipe and maybe even the casing. If your above ground pipes freeze, shut your pump off until they thaw! |
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I'm actually headed home to Amarillo from my work rotation in Denver on Friday.
Got a weather alert today stating "Dangerous Wind Chill" -50° possible wind-chill in this area for Wed-Fri. Now I climb cell towers....outside....in the cold, but I told my foreman, "Bro we better have some shelter work on Thursday because I'm not gonna be a popsicle before I go home." |
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One is my location in TX. The other is my home in Michigan. I'm still wearing short sleeves to work down here, but might break out a jacket by Friday.
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I knew it - y'all are secretly gay and whining about some cool weather real men deal with all the time.
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Quoted: Gearing up for potentially busy couple days fixing well systems. Frozen top side stuff not a big deal.. frozen top side stuff with downhole pump running… big fucking deal. Pump keeps spinning and water has nowhere to go. Pump boils water, melts drop pipe and maybe even the casing. If your above ground pipes freeze, shut your pump off until they thaw! View Quote I'm turning my pressure tank off Thurs. afternoon and draining my pipes. I'll turn it back on Sun. and hopefully no surprises. It will be a dry camp this Christmas. |
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Quoted: The City of Austin is absolutely shitting themselves over this, at least my dept is. Last year they were offering to come pick us up and bring us to work, but you had to stay there all week. ![]() View Quote I bet you have a girl for a department manager. The coldest day will be Friday where the low is 17*, then it warms up to a low of 41* and a high of 70* by week later. |
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Quoted: I'm actually headed home to Amarillo from my work rotation in Denver on Friday. Got a weather alert today stating "Dangerous Wind Chill" -50° possible wind-chill in this area for Wed-Fri. Now I climb cell towers....outside....in the cold, but I told my foreman, "Bro we better have some shelter work on Thursday because I'm not gonna be a popsicle before I go home." View Quote No eff'g way. A man will get frosbite just standing outside. |
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Oh, you folks will be alright. Last time i was in the home state, i cruised the leading edge of an ice storm after exiting Lawton, OK. Just jumped in behind a sand truck for the worst of it. I did have to bail into a diner in Bowie to break the clumped ice off my winshield wipers. Then hit the road again.
When i was a kid in Bandera, me and the brothers climbed to the top of a big hill called Polly's Peak after the area iced up. Did that just to check the view for fun. Texans get all pussified or something? |
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Quoted: I knew it - y'all are secretly gay and whining about some cool weather real men deal with all the time. View Quote Secretly? ![]() |
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All kidding aside, this isn’t going to be fun for the Deep South. Going into the teens with high winds will push cold air into your houses. The demand for more heat will drive the power needs up causing blackouts. The cold will find pipes too. HUGE difference between 16f and mild wind and 16f with bad winds. It penetrates everything.
Leaving water running can work but it only protects the pipes it’s running through. You’d have to run everything to protect all lines. Running your kitchen faucet doesnt protect wall hydrants or icemaker lines. Use your head and know your plumbing. As a plumber and having an ideal how southern houses are built, this windy cold air is going to be a pipe burst bonanza down south. That and power grid tester. I mean we’re not safe here, we will be close to zero with those damaging winds too. We do build for 4 seasons here so that helps. The Florida pan handle is screwed. But it’s texas that has the isolated power grid that puts them at the top. Its going to be interesting. |
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Quoted: All kidding aside, this isn't going to be fun for the Deep South. Going into the teens with high winds will push cold air into your houses. The demand for more heat will drive the power needs up causing blackouts. The cold will find pipes too. HUGE difference between 16f and mild wind and 16f with bad winds. It penetrates everything. Leaving water running can work but it only protects the pipes it's running through. You'd have to run everything to protect all lines. Running your kitchen faucet doesnt protect wall hydrants or icemaker lines. Use your head and know your plumbing. As a plumber and having an ideal how southern houses are built, this windy cold air is going to be a pipe burst bonanza down south. That and power grid tester. I mean we're not safe here, we will be close to zero with those damaging winds too. We do build for 4 seasons here so that helps. The Florida pan handle is screwed. But it's texas that has the isolated power grid that puts them at the top. Its going to be interesting. View Quote ![]() |
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Quoted: None of mine burst during the big freeze and blackout a couple years ago, but they're all PEX. They did freeze eventually, but it took almost 3 days. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: All kidding aside, this isn't going to be fun for the Deep South. Going into the teens with high winds will push cold air into your houses. The demand for more heat will drive the power needs up causing blackouts. The cold will find pipes too. HUGE difference between 16f and mild wind and 16f with bad winds. It penetrates everything. Leaving water running can work but it only protects the pipes it's running through. You'd have to run everything to protect all lines. Running your kitchen faucet doesnt protect wall hydrants or icemaker lines. Use your head and know your plumbing. As a plumber and having an ideal how southern houses are built, this windy cold air is going to be a pipe burst bonanza down south. That and power grid tester. I mean we're not safe here, we will be close to zero with those damaging winds too. We do build for 4 seasons here so that helps. The Florida pan handle is screwed. But it's texas that has the isolated power grid that puts them at the top. Its going to be interesting. ![]() This is looking worse. Pex a will expand but the colder it gets the more likely it will split. I use pex a but when its supper cold it splits when trying to expand it. |
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Y'all Texans are invading my state, I can invade your thread.
And while you're at it- why are so many of you moving here? |
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