Heat Wave 2014

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

This is for all you surf bunnies in SoCal and you octogenarians in Florida...

I posted a similat pic a year or two ago...

Pic taken at 8:00am Tuesday; Gov Cuomo implemented a state of emergency for Western New York state last night. Blizzard conditions; no unnecessary travel; Thruway closed; National Guard called out...

3 Degrees here in Virginia when I woke up. Most likely the coldest January on record for us.

No problem starting the car though, and went to work in DC as usual. It was 5 degrees when I got to work. I was dressed appropriately... fortunately, I once got to spend a couple weeks above the arctic circle... so I learned real quick how to stay alive in cold weather... dress in LAYERS... cover your head, and your mouth and nose when breathing... wear insulated boots and good gloves/mittens.

... Rich, your inside temperature was only 60 degrees? Do you wear lots of sweaters, and flannel pajamas? or was your heat pump having a hard time keeping up with the cold weather?

[rhuff]

Rich,

That is just TOOOOOO Damn Cold!!! I gripe about our summers here in So. Az.(a blast furnace), but the winters are paradise. No one in their right mind leaves So. Az. in the winter.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

... Rich, your inside temperature was only 60 degrees? Do you wear lots of sweaters, and flannel pajamas? or was your heat pump having a hard time keeping up with the cold weather?

I sleep in my shorts...With a Weimaraner against my legs...

That thermometer is on an outside kitchen wall...Right now [5:00pm] it's 62º/9ºF...My nighttime cycle is at 68º with a +- of ~3º...And it hadn't kicked in yet...(8:00am transition from 68º to 72º)...

It's still cold...Dog just went out again; I gotta get my shovel and chip some more poop...

Edit: No mail delivery...With the airport closed, there was probably no mail...Roads closed; no truck traffic...All our mail/parcels come through Buffalo or Rochester...Thruway closed...Bah!!!