Comm'in your way; https://www.yahoo.com/news/snow-ice-possible-next-week-233706602.html
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Ron Van
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I’m not in favor of it!
“This model has flipped back and forth between a winter storm and nothing at all over the past 24 hours, so this is just one example of why we approach each solution with skepticism.”
I’m hoping for the, “nothing at all” scenario!
What you've been experiencing, we in MINN usually receive in late OCT early NOV however this season we've received 5 dustings, the latest of which was about 2".
It's cyclical, so next year will likely be a wis-bang.
It's cyclical, so next year will likely be a wis-bang.
He built the House that looks like it's 1800's Brick?
Those Sillcock's shouldn't be sold here because they die quickly. Almost everybody has in ground Hydrants. I have no use for the Sillcock's attached to the House, even if they were functional, because I have 2 Hydrants... I have never heard of a Hydrant dying, no matter how cold.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/ProPlumber...Female-Blue-Brass-Frost-Proof-Hydrant/3223221
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I woke up to my other half looking on the kitchen floor for a pill that she dropped. I got onto the floor with my old high intensity cop flashlight and looking under the fridge, I was appalled at the crud I found. I rolled the fridge back and OMG, we just did this a few months ago, but it was packed with crumbs, a piece of a broken porcelain plate, a few pistachio nuts, and two pills, but not the pills I was looking for. I went ahead and used those Clorox Wipes and cleaned it up really good. I also wiped the vent holes on the back or the fridge, so let's see how long it stays clean.
I have a friend who lives in Albert Lea. He said they didn't have any snow when I was telling him how much we had here. I didn't believe him at first because he is a jokester. It was real though.
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No place for the cans. We actually have a 30gallon trash can in the kitchen. Part of the problem is that my brother doesn't bother to put his trash in the can. He just drops it wherever he is most of the time. Sometimes he will put it in and it gets filled up fast but he won't take it out. He'll cram it down and keep piling stuff on instead of taking it out and it's his ONE chore to do.
I have hoarder tendencies so I hate getting rid of stuff. I have boxes that were packed up on 1992 that I haven't unpacked yet but I can't bring myself to toss the stuff because it brings back memories when I look at things.
I don't even want to look under my fridges. Although, I might find Mom's missing wedding ring that fell out of a container. I'm hoping it will turn up and that it didn't get swept up in trash.
When you mentioned your car cover getting torn I pictured one of those tarps you throw over a car, not a tent-type one. We had something like that and Hurricane Rita made short work of it.
Been helping my friend move the past few days. He put the cat tree in the back of my truck upright and didn't use tie-downs. He said that would be secure enough. So as I was driving it over I kept checking my mirror and I saw it tipping. I hit the brakes and pulled into the center lane. Truck behind me braked in time. My brother wasn't paying attention and started screaming and swearing at me and was mad that I was focused on driving instead of answering his questions. Cat tree fell out. Blue lights came on from the truck behind me. I was thinking "Oh great, gonna get a ticket bc my friend didn't tie it down" but it was parish police and they were checking to make sure everything was OK. Friend was behind them and he stopped to help get it back in and laid it down this time. A guy from the hardware store rushed across the street to see if I needed help. Cops were in a hurry to get out of there and took off. Friend was able to put the cat tree back together.
Last week my brother was sick and vomiting and Mom was sick with the same crud. I got her anti-nausea meds and that helped. She was able to get up and go to her computer for a few hours. I'm hoping I won't get the crud. I was slightly nauseous yesterday but not like they were.
In unfortunate news, turns out my friend's grandfather has Facebook (I didn't realize that) and one of the friends posted the name of the road he moved to. So friend was out looking for the water meter/shutoff and his grandfather rolled up. Said he wanted to see the house and friend said "No". So now he may need to get a gate that can be locked. I'm gonna get some No Trespassing signs for him. Not that it will stop the old man, but might help with a stay away order. Need to measure and figure out what size gate to get and if we can get a might mule gate opener or something. Wonder if any of those work with chainlink fences.
Bout to go pick up friend's front trash can and bring it over to his house for him.
This season, the difference between winter and summer is brown lawns an 8 degrees.
Some folks put them under to reach a resistance point, like a stud or blocking.
Ron Van
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Good job spotting the TapCons! The plate came with masonry screws but they didn't work very well so I replaced them with TapCons. The TapCons screwed in like butter!
The tabs are supposed to be for hooking a Faucet cover on but I mostly used them because my TapCons had a countersunk head and I needed a washer.
The picture shows washers more like a hook than the ones that came with my kit.
It used to be a small cinder block building used as a bait shop. They built the house around the bait shop. You can still see the cinder blocks inside some of the downstairs closets.
The frost-proof hose bibs work on the same principal as the hydrants. The hydrants put the valve and the valve seat below the frost line to prevent the pressurized water pipe from freezing. The Frost-Proof hose bib puts the valve inside your wall or inside your house if you want.
The advantage of a frost-proof hose bib is they are sloped downward to drain the water out of the unpressurized (unprotected) portion when the valve is closed.
Check this out...
Reprinted from Scientific American APRIL 4, 2024
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...ietly-launches-salt-crystals-into-atmosphere/
Geoengineering test launched with salt flecks and secrecy
The experiment in San Francisco could lead to brighter clouds that reflect sunlight. The risks are numerous.The nation's first outdoor test to limit global warming by increasing cloud cover launched Tuesday from the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the San Francisco Bay.
The experiment, which organizers didn't widely announce to avoid public backlash, marks the acceleration of a contentious field of research known as solar radiation modification. The concept involves shooting substances such as aerosols into the sky to reflect sunlight away from the Earth.
The move led by researchers at the University of Washington has renewed questions about how to effectively and ethically study promising climate technologies that could also harm communities and ecosystems in unexpected ways. The experiment is spraying microscopic salt particles into the air, and the secrecy surrounding its timing caught even some experts off guard.
"Since this experiment was kept under wraps until the test started, we are eager to see how public engagement is being planned and who will be involved," said Shuchi Talati, the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering, a nonprofit that seeks to include developing countries in decisions about solar modification, also known as geoengineering. She is not involved in the experiment and only learned about it after being contacted by a reporter.
"While it complies with all current regulatory requirements, there is a clear need to reexamine what a strong regulatory framework must look like in a world where [solar radiation modification] experimentation is happening," Talati added.
The Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research and Engagement, or CAARE, project is using specially built sprayers to shoot trillions of sea salt particles into the sky in an effort to increase the density — and reflective capacity — of marine clouds.
Solar radiation modification is controversial because widespread use of technologies like marine cloud brightening could alter weather patterns in unclear ways and potentially limit the productivity of fisheries and farms.
"The idea of interfering with nature is so contentious, organizers of Tuesday's test kept the details tightly held, concerned that critics would try to stop them," the Times reported. The White House also distanced itself from the experiment,
The study plan also made no mention of its potential ecological impacts, a key consideration recommended by a 2022 Biden administration marine cloud brightening workshop. That's a significant oversight, according to Greg Goldsmith.
"History has shown us that when we insert ourselves into modification of nature, there are always very serious unintended consequences.
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OK, that makes sense now. Honestly, I've only seen one faucet insulator in my life, but that's what happens when you live in a desert.
Ron Van
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It's funny you all 2" a "dusting!" Alabama Governor Ivey, declared an emergency because of 2" of snow. Our town was completely shut down because of 2".
There are several good reasons for it though. We have no equipment to deal with snow and ice and people don't have a clue how to drive in snow and ice. Also, this area is really hilly. The locals call them mountains but they are actually really steep hills. One hill, to the East, Sand Mtn, is a 460 foot rise. The average ground level is around 600' MSL (Mean Sea Level) and Sand Mountain is at 1046' MSL. There is another so called mountain, Georgia Mtn, to the West that is 1070'. So it would be a 670' rise above the average level. The Lake level is slightly less than 600' MSL.
Sacramento, California is at 20'MSL and the tallest Sierra Nevada Mountain is Mt Whitney at 14,495' MSL. That's a mountain!
Yeah, I don't know. I will have to ask neighbors what they think of them, but other than a small sprinkler hooked up to one for watering flowers or a patch of bad grass, I have never seen people using them.
Mine haven't froze, they just don't work.
2" of Snow here is called Rain. There is none on the roads, full speed ahead (besides normal under the speed limit neighborhoods and school zones).... Heat from vehicles melts Snow, don't know why your Governor doesn't know that.
The dusting were prior, and less than an inch, but the equip. ran.
I guess my $600+ reg. fee is for something.
In the 80's, in West Covina, we had some chilly weather, snow dusting in Duarte and the foothills, which resulted in some icy roads, and the resultant mishaps. It became an opinion that drivers training should only occur in dec., in big bear. Talk about folks not having a clue.
39 here today, -8 mon, -40 in NDAK.
I think I posted the story before but I was in northern Alabama for work and they got about 3" of snow over night. You would have thought there was a nuclear attack or something. The news channels were all coving it like some sort of natural disaster. I drove to the plant were were working in and there were cars off the road everywhere. Everything was shutdown. The plant was open but hardly anyone showed up so we got nothing done. It would have been really funny except I wasted a day there. It was basically all melted by the afternoon.
Those frost proof faucets work pretty well, I have 3 on my house and had them on every house I've owned. I did have one fail exactly like the one you showed. You don't know it's busted until you open the valve usually. Mine must have has a slight leak and it slowly froze. Discovered it in the spring. I keep them covered as shown. Supposed to be a few days next week of highs in the single did gets here next week. It's been since 2019 since we had single did get highs according to the local weather. Used to be it happened every year it seems.
This is interesting and scary. The hubris of the human race has led us into trouble in the past. I'm not sure I like the idea but of course we have no control what other countries might do regarding the climate.Good job spotting the TapCons! The plate came with masonry screws but they didn't work very well so I replaced them with TapCons. The TapCons screwed in like butter!
The tabs are supposed to be for hooking a Faucet cover on but I mostly used them because my TapCons had a countersunk head and I needed a washer.
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The picture shows washers more like a hook than the ones that came with my kit.
It used to be a small cinder block building used as a bait shop. They built the house around the bait shop. You can still see the cinder blocks inside some of the downstairs closets.
The frost-proof hose bibs work on the same principal as the hydrants. The hydrants put the valve and the valve seat below the frost line to prevent the pressurized water pipe from freezing. The Frost-Proof hose bib puts the valve inside your wall or inside your house if you want.
View attachment 34163
The advantage of a frost-proof hose bib is they are sloped downward to drain the water out of the unpressurized (unprotected) portion when the valve is closed.
Check this out...
Reprinted from Scientific American APRIL 4, 2024
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...ietly-launches-salt-crystals-into-atmosphere/
Geoengineering test launched with salt flecks and secrecy
The experiment in San Francisco could lead to brighter clouds that reflect sunlight. The risks are numerous.
The nation's first outdoor test to limit global warming by increasing cloud cover launched Tuesday from the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the San Francisco Bay.
The experiment, which organizers didn't widely announce to avoid public backlash, marks the acceleration of a contentious field of research known as solar radiation modification. The concept involves shooting substances such as aerosols into the sky to reflect sunlight away from the Earth.
The move led by researchers at the University of Washington has renewed questions about how to effectively and ethically study promising climate technologies that could also harm communities and ecosystems in unexpected ways. The experiment is spraying microscopic salt particles into the air, and the secrecy surrounding its timing caught even some experts off guard.
"Since this experiment was kept under wraps until the test started, we are eager to see how public engagement is being planned and who will be involved," said Shuchi Talati, the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering, a nonprofit that seeks to include developing countries in decisions about solar modification, also known as geoengineering. She is not involved in the experiment and only learned about it after being contacted by a reporter.
"While it complies with all current regulatory requirements, there is a clear need to reexamine what a strong regulatory framework must look like in a world where [solar radiation modification] experimentation is happening," Talati added.
The Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research and Engagement, or CAARE, project is using specially built sprayers to shoot trillions of sea salt particles into the sky in an effort to increase the density — and reflective capacity — of marine clouds.
Solar radiation modification is controversial because widespread use of technologies like marine cloud brightening could alter weather patterns in unclear ways and potentially limit the productivity of fisheries and farms.
"The idea of interfering with nature is so contentious, organizers of Tuesday's test kept the details tightly held, concerned that critics would try to stop them," the Times reported. The White House also distanced itself from the experiment,
The study plan also made no mention of its potential ecological impacts, a key consideration recommended by a 2022 Biden administration marine cloud brightening workshop. That's a significant oversight, according to Greg Goldsmith.
"History has shown us that when we insert ourselves into modification of nature, there are always very serious unintended consequences.
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An Idea-
This is a very fun thread. It's enjoyable to learn what people have done recently, to share ideas, to learn about stuff & view photos of projects. We also get to help each other and compliment some of the wonderful hard work people have shown in pictures.
But, lately it has gotten quite political. It's probably quite different from what Chris intended when he started the thread 641 pages ago.
Respectfully asked:
What do you all think of starting a separate thread where any of us can speak our minds and learn from others who think differently than we may think? That would leave Chris' thread for "What Did You Do Today?" fun stuff.
Sound OK, or is my thinking out in left field somewhere? (Or is it Right Field?)
Thanks for considering this idea,
Paul
PS: Differing ideas are good. If we all pulled the same way, soon the world would tip over!
This is a very fun thread. It's enjoyable to learn what people have done recently, to share ideas, to learn about stuff & view photos of projects. We also get to help each other and compliment some of the wonderful hard work people have shown in pictures.
But, lately it has gotten quite political. It's probably quite different from what Chris intended when he started the thread 641 pages ago.
Respectfully asked:
What do you all think of starting a separate thread where any of us can speak our minds and learn from others who think differently than we may think? That would leave Chris' thread for "What Did You Do Today?" fun stuff.
Sound OK, or is my thinking out in left field somewhere? (Or is it Right Field?)
Thanks for considering this idea,
Paul
PS: Differing ideas are good. If we all pulled the same way, soon the world would tip over!
