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86. My old house was on blocks.

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 12:11 AM

Dec 2022

When I put in new plumbing I had all the pipes insulated.

Even then weather like this might be to cold.

Good luck finding a plumber when this is over.

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So how cold is it at your house . [View all] Texaswitchy Dec 2022 OP

-9 just outside Denver CO. Brrrrrrr. Nt intheozone Dec 2022 #1

I glad we made the cabins well built. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #3

It happened at my workplace today. Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #72

If I was in the city still I would cut the water off and drained the pipes. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #74

It worries me. So far, nine years, we've been lucky. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #83

My old house was on blocks. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #86

Didn't have busted pipes in 2021. (Home is on a slab) LeftInTX Dec 2022 #93

We brought our brass monkey inside for the night. nt Atticus Dec 2022 #2

Hell yes. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #7

Don't forget to bring in your trunk monkey also. Hotler Dec 2022 #57

I love this commercial. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #127

19. Real feel 3. Merc going down go 2. Wind chills -20 overnight. SheltieLover Dec 2022 #4

I have on long underwear, the good kind. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #17

Stay warm & safe! SheltieLover Dec 2022 #75

I will Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #76

Now down to 9, real feel -9. SheltieLover Dec 2022 #85

I understand that . Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #87

Brrrr! SheltieLover Dec 2022 #88

Yes. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #91

My pittie was just out to do his late night business. SheltieLover Dec 2022 #98

I got puppy pads Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #99

Great idea. SheltieLover Dec 2022 #100

It rarely gets down that low in your neck of the woods. Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #73

I will Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #77

I was just out, felt like it had warmed up. Pobeka Dec 2022 #5

Inside my house it's about 66, but outside it's -11, wind chill -22. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #6

I have the wood stove cranked. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #12

49 atm in North Alabama. House of Roberts Dec 2022 #8

Get ready. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #11

It's raining. House of Roberts Dec 2022 #50

Nothing like a wood stove. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #61

I like about 45. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #9

Weather alert in Ohio, winter storm. 35 below with wind chill tomorrow. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #10

Dead grass for awhile. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #13

No it isn't. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #20

Crazy isn't it. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #24

Yes it is so crazy. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #42

It isn't. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #51

Climate change Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #55

Yep Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #66

Yes smart. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #68

I never got to around going on the grid in the beginning, Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #78

Yes you were quite prescient. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #80

At first it was to expensive to go on grid for a weekend place. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #82

That is so neat. Amazing. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #108

Off grid is the best. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #110

Yes grandpa and uncles still used the outhouse after they installed indoor plumbing. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #111

Yes. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #113

Yes I still do some of the same. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #114

My mother saved buttons off of shirts. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #115

My grandmother saved everything. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #116

Me to .. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #117

3 degrees at 2:30 a.m. in SW Ohio; going to -2 by dawn 7a.m. No Vested Interest Dec 2022 #105

-5 degrees 6am, windchill -33 Ohio Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #109

When the temps are freezing and below, I don't worry if the trash doesn't get set out - No Vested Interest Dec 2022 #119

Yes Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #120

-11 ambient. -37 wind chill. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #14

It is trash day tomorrow morning so I will have to get my trash cans in with -35 windchill. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #47

What about tvhe guys who collect thde trash when it's that cold. TreasonousBastard Dec 2022 #52

I don't know how they do it. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #54

-7 now, with a nastier wind chill, though I don't have the current wind chill number. tblue37 Dec 2022 #15

We are built for heat down heat. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #18

Low of -14 with wind chill "feels like -28 TigressDem Dec 2022 #16

I make good vegetable soup. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #21

My soup is warm and tasty. TigressDem Dec 2022 #31

-2 with a 19 mph wind making it feel like -25. 3catwoman3 Dec 2022 #19

It's minus 2 here and the windchill WhiteTara Dec 2022 #22

22F outside my place south of Seattle... Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #23

Hopefully no rain. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #26

It got down to almost zero last night and is in the high teens now. It usually averages above brewens Dec 2022 #25

I am in front of the wood stove. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #33

Currently 29 degrees in Bryan with an expected low of 14. TexasTowelie Dec 2022 #27

Yes. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #29

-5 central Illinois, feels like -25 questionseverything Dec 2022 #28

Currently, 40 degrees here in Northeast Georgia. Different Drummer Dec 2022 #30

Me either. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #56

-1, wind chill -22. Northeast WI. BoomaofBandM Dec 2022 #32

The cabins are insulated and good windows. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #37

It's a brisk 59 degrees now that it's 5:30 here in LA Mike_in_LA Dec 2022 #34

Actual temp supposed to drop to -3 overnight Bayard Dec 2022 #35

Hi, Bayard! cilla4progress Dec 2022 #39

Hi Cilla Bayard Dec 2022 #102

-10 feels -32 SW iowa IA8IT Dec 2022 #36

-35C tonight, windchill down to -50C Swede Dec 2022 #38

Raleigh Hills in Portland Oregon pdxflyboy Dec 2022 #40

-5 degrees Cracklin Charlie Dec 2022 #41

-7, wind chill -32. highplainsdem Dec 2022 #43

1 degree with 20-30 mph winds. Archae Dec 2022 #44

19 currently, with a low of 14 expected tonight. Solly Mack Dec 2022 #45

South Bay, L. A. County - it was 71 degrees today. EOM Scottie Mom Dec 2022 #46

-13, wind chill -36 (nt) old as dirt Dec 2022 #48

it's a balmy 56F. drray23 Dec 2022 #49

It was like 64 this morning. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #58

Gainesville, Florida is forecast for 22 in Christmas Eve LeftInTX Dec 2022 #95

-20F, windchill -34F. 2naSalit Dec 2022 #53

-7 without wind factor. Feels like -34. sinkingfeeling Dec 2022 #59

Minus 7 going down MuseRider Dec 2022 #60

We get all my neighbors cattle in and get all the live stock ready. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #63

26 and falling. BluesRunTheGame Dec 2022 #62

It is cold here Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #64

38 now in western NY and expected to stay wnylib Dec 2022 #65

67, no wind chill AmBlue Dec 2022 #67

I have about 25 cres of woods. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #69

In Lafayette, Colorado (Boulder County) it is -10 F presently. Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #70

59, on its way down to a low of 48. Iggo Dec 2022 #71

18. Tankless water heater just froze up. Liberal In Texas Dec 2022 #79

Hell that is not good. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #81

10 degrees -3 wind chill LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #84

I cats like that. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #89

-9 just west of O'Hare airport (west Chicago burbs). Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 #90

19 degrees in my car at 10:50 pm (Car doesn't have heat!) - San Antonio LeftInTX Dec 2022 #92

I am between Austin and San Antonio. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #94

I'm from Wisconsin..LOL LeftInTX Dec 2022 #96

This cabin is tight,. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #97

its been dropping to 44 degrees at night in southern California which is very cold for us BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #101

8 wind chill -10 SamKnause Dec 2022 #103

52 and rain, but that will be changing very soon mvd Dec 2022 #104

-5 tazkcmo Dec 2022 #106

-9, -23 below wind chill in Indianapolis. AngryOldDem Dec 2022 #107

Richmond Va. 35 feels like 23. Sustained 20 MPH wind. underpants Dec 2022 #112

49 tishaLA Dec 2022 #118

Pittsburgh -2 with a wind chill reading of -29 debm55 Dec 2022 #121

Can one of you guys in this thread Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #122

Elessar, I do you one better, I'll change you places. :0) debm55 Dec 2022 #123

Deal! Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #124

Deal! My ideal temp is between 75 and 85. Besides, it is going to be worse tomorrow. debm55 Dec 2022 #125

Last cold night. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #126

11 degrees here in Northeastern New York. The Weather Channel says "feels like" minus 4. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #128

We will be going back to more normal winter weather. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #129

I know you're not. I like to think this is an aberration, but then it did happen before Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #130

We are going 70 now during the day. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #131

Well, we haven't seen 70 for a couple of months, we're lucky to hit 50, which is very unusual Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #132

Normal is 50 to 70 during the day . Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #133

Poor chickens! And we have farms and cattle in these parts, too Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #134

You guys have pretty state. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #135

Thanks! It is a beautiful area, but I'm not a fan of the snow - which could easily last through April Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #137

I just lucked into the land. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #138

Stay safe Everyone! ... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #136

We are not built for 7 degrees Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #139

Yeah, I know. electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #140

They will next time. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #141

No kidding! My friend's were doing it properly. electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #142

My parents taught me how. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #143

That's good, then. Certain things try not to take many chances.... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #144

Yep. Texaswitchy Dec 2022 #145