The National Weather Service Has Just Issued A

[GodFearinGunTotin]

If I was single I would love this kind of weather. As a father of three who has a wife that is supposed to drive a long distance to get to work on Monday, it makes me nervous. You want your family to be prepared and taken care of, however with something like this it is just beyond our control. If we lose power for an extended period of time and it's -20°, that is just a recipe for disaster. Add three small children and a wife to the mix along with my meeting to be at the hospital, potentially spending the night so that I can get there for my neck shift, and it makes for a bit of anxiety.

Different weather threats concerns different people, differently I suppose. While cold weather is nothing to be taken lightly, the fact they're not calling for ice and the predicted snow fall amounts seem to be decreasing as the forecasts roll out, I'm not really all that concerned about power loss. And if we should, with the 4-6" of snow they're now calling for down here, we'll probably not get stranded and we'll either get a motel room or bunk in with the in-laws (if we have too ).

We haven't lived in this particular house since we had temps as low as they're forecasting so I'm a little worried about a couple of issues regarding freeze ups -- but not that much. Now when they are calling for ice, I do get concerned...living out in the country with an all electric home, the odds of power lines going down seems to be a higher probability than in town.

I was more concerned about the severe weather outbreak that happened a few weeks ago than this...but that's just me.

 

[Frosty]

Living at the edge of town has it's advantages, but when it gets bad and we have to go to moms (she has a wood burning stove) it's going to suck, there are 3 different ways to go, all 3 drift a lot, and one is through the country, I'm thinking I'll just stay up all night to keep an eye out.

 

[ghuns]

Side note: if you had to choose an adhesive to hold a gas line in place at the bottom of a plastic gas tank on a generator, which type woudl you go with?

At -17 water will make an excellent adhesive.

 

[singlesix]

If it's cold enough for your ball to fall off and it lands on your foot, it's gonna hurt one way or the other.

Well maybe not so much because of the impact, depending on size of course.

 

[singlesix]

I'm glad to say that I don't need to do anything special. I always have supplies available.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I have a lot of .223 I panic bought this summer. I'm putting an ad on armslist for people to meet me at 465/65 on the south side at 3pm tomorrow