Too Cold Outside

[joesregalproject]

Its too cold! My daily driver Camry is covered in road salt right now and it's too cold to wash it off. Currently my kitchen window thermometer is reading around 2-3°F, and even in my home garage it's only about 25°F. If you try to wash the car the water freezes the second it hits the car. I'm hoping none of my outdoor spigots have frozen and cracked, they are only brass. I started covering them a couple years ago but I still had one freeze up and crack last year. There has been a ton of water main breaks nearby already and I'm sure there will be more. Pittsburgh has a notoriously old and failure-prone water supply system. Most parts of the system are lead pipe and are over 110 years old.

I usually don't mind winter but this is just too cold!

 

[pagrunt]

The olny thing making me feel better about the cold is that I don't live closer to Lake Erie. Those who do have to deal with the *ss load of snow they gotta dig out of.

 

[melloelky]

Man you said it, is it ever cold! I think about the water facets and pipes too,i hope everything goes well for my gbf family this winter.don't forget the older folks in your life too,these days with the cost of fuel,they're reluctant to turn the heat on.
Stay warm kids.think spring

 

[Northernregal]

I made the 7 hour round trip to get my motor from my buddies house. It warmed up when I took this pic. Was -33C (-27f for the imperial guys) when I left home. Cold sucks the fun out of everything.

 

[O. D. Showtime]

I here you there...but then living in the Great White North...we kinda gotta expect it...right now it's -15F feels like -29 with the wind and it's been like this for just about a week now. Supposed to warm up some later next week.

 

[CaliWagon83]

 

[joesregalproject]

The olny thing making me feel better about the cold is that I don't live closer to Lake Erie. Those who do have to deal with the *ss load of snow they gotta dig out of.

Yeah something like 5 feet? We only got an inch or so here. I don't actually mind the snow since I have access to a plow, it's just the bitter cold I really don't like. I went inside after carrying the garbage to the curb yesterday, reached in the fridge to grab a pop and the pop actually felt warm in my hand.

 

[joesregalproject]

Man you said it, is it ever cold! I think about the water facets and pipes too

I maintain two rental properties that my parents own and in 7 years of doing the maintenance on them, there has yet to be a winter without a major plumbing or furnace issue. Luckily they are occupied by very good tenants who are understanding when stuff breaks. So far this year I had to replace a kitchen faucet in one and a hot water heater in the other.

 

[Canon_Mutant]

Yeah, hard to talk about global warming during a polar vortex . . .

And the signs of hypothermia?

Intense shivering
Slurred speech
Sudden confusion

That's like a normal, pretty much, any day of the week for me. Anything more telling I should be looking for?

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Its brutal, every day since Dec 26th has only has had highs in the 20s, normal highs are in the 40s. Its rare we get such a long stretch of below freezing weather like this, especially so early in the winter too. Forecasters say this cold snap is going to last at least another week.