***Official 2021 Weather Thread***

[cycloner29]

My temp just dropped from -12 to -13 here in Ames.

 

[BCClone]

My temp just dropped from -12 to -13 here in Ames.

Next Monday it says 36 here on the Ia/MN border. May have to order a thong and sunscreen for that balmy stuff.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

My temp just dropped from -12 to -13 here in Ames.

-15 here according to my phone weather app

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Just think of the people that didn’t have any heat to begin with.

I think Dallas did a pretty good job all things considered. The city opened up 500 or so cots in the convention center. A few church homeless shelters doubled their capacity and partnered with hotels for additional capacity. Dallas supposedly has a homeless population of 3000 and there were that many beds available for this week.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Balmy -9 here in the Jordan Creek area.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Let the water trickle of worried, may cost you some in a water bill but it will keep the pipes unfrozen.

Yea I’m doing that. I wouldn’t be so concerned if the power was fine. Up to a few hours now without it

 

[cmjh10]

It was -22 when I woke up. What do I win?

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

That red line is what happens when the other 1/2 of the windmills in the state freeze up and then reliable power can't handle the load. Texas is in for a world of hurt today. Don't miss the days of dripping faucets to keep lines from freezing or at least bursting when they did freeze.

Apparently it’s a convergence of crap.

Windmills frozen and not generating power
Solar farms not generating power because of the snow
Natural gas supply is low and the weather is making those plants produce below 100%
Coal delays the last few weeks mean coal plants are rationing and not at 100%
Unprecedented demand because of the weather needing to heat everything up

We're 30,000 MW behind on power generation or according to the news, 6 million homes worth

 

[cycloner29]

Kinda weird but we had like 3 cans of Fresca left in a box in our garage. I went an looked at them and one was completely frozen and had swelled the bottom and top bud did not open. The other two cans were fine you could hear the liquid when you shook it slightly.

Same thing with diet 7 up. One plastic bottle was swelled up and the others around it were fine. We had a quilt over them in our garage to.

 

[BigJCy]

It's a bloodbath down in Texas right now. Obviously they aren't used to dealing with that crap.

 

[urb1]

It's a bloodbath down in Texas right now. Obviously they aren't used to dealing with that crap.

I fiend of mine in Texas shoveled his walk with a dustpan.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Kinda weird but we had like 3 cans of Fresca left in a box in our garage. I went an looked at them and one was completely frozen and had swelled the bottom and top bud did not open. The other two cans were fine you could hear the liquid when you shook it slightly.

Same thing with diet 7 up. One plastic bottle was swelled up and the others around it were fine. We had a quilt over them in our garage to.

I bet if you open one right from the garage they would flash freeze with the release of the CO2.

 

[CloneGuy8]

-7 in Ankeny right now. I might have to fire up the smoker and grab a cold one to enjoy this warm weather.

 

[KnappShack]

I know the weather is bad when I would rather be working today.

So many wasted days in winter

 

[MeanDean]

A whole lot of people getting snow that don't normally do.
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"Fall in Love with Cox" That's a real thing?

 

[Entropy]

Yea I’m doing that. I wouldn’t be so concerned if the power was fine. Up to a few hours now without it

If it gets to it, keeping yourself warm can be done by continual eating along with appropriate winter wear. When I would camp in weather like this near the Canadian border (no heated cabin/tent for ~72 hours at a time), I would up my caloric uptake to around 5000 calories a day.

 

[mj4cy]

-7 in Ankeny right now. I might have to fire up the smoker and grab a cold one to enjoy this warm weather.

I thought about smoking meat the other day but I'd have to go thru triple the pellets to keep up.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Should I post when my temperature reaches the zero mark?

 

[wxman1]

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

You dont like a series of tweets like this from your electricity distributer