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30 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Sometimes a home heating system can’t keep up or if the home has poor insulation.   I think the water supply lines to our washing machine might be frozen.  Where they are is poorly insulated based on my looking at the situation.  

Houses with crawl spaces are notorious for pipes freezing in this cold weather, actually had it happen to a rental house I owned, ended up insulating more and wrapped the pipes with a heating cord.

Lost power from 11 to 5, had the wood stove to keep the house comfortable. Have a genny couldn't get the damn thing to start. I'll be better prepared next time I lose power.

My low was -13, zero now, we just lost power, loaded the wood stove.

-10 and winds are whipping, my dog was in and out in 2 minutes.

12 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

At subzero temperatures, with consistent wind, I would say most dwellings would lose heat at 4 or 5 degrees per hour? 
 

 

Back in the October snow that caused power outages for up to a week and more, they said houses were down in the 40s, that was with night temps in the 20s so I imagine they'd go lower than that with these temps.

I think its colder in Boston than where I am, that's rare.

-5, this article just popped up on yahoo

Artic blast could trigger a rare weather phenomenon: Frost quakes (yahoo.com)

-4, my dog emptied her water bowl quick tonight, had to give her a refill.

below zero minus 1, wood stove is cooking

down to 2, below zero should happen in a couple hours.

5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Can’t you go and talk to a manager?   Or poke it with a stick?

I think my personal record here of -19F is safe. 

My low at my location is -16, still don't think I break it.

Just now, Torch Tiger said:

ya'll want winter

A foot of snow yesterday would have been nice.

7 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

My dog walked out into the driveway and then just walked back into the house.

I'm going to have to force my dog out tonight, she hates cold like this.

Every time I look at the weather station it's down a degree, down to 4

52 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Yeah it basically turned into Labrador for about a month with the sea ice extending out from the shore many miles all along the MA shoreline.

I was down at the Cape in the 2005 cold snap, there was ice as far as I could see, looked pretty thick too.

Minus 20s already in northern Main, getting close in PF land.

MesoWest Surface Weather Maps (utah.edu)

9 minutes ago, 78Blizzard said:

Having lived in New England most all my life...we do get these extreme cold spells we are having here now..Yes it is cold…brrrr.. but it's not like it is some novel event never experienced here before. Yet that is what the media act like.

Problem is we're not used to it, some years this cold wouldn't bother me, today it's chilling me to the bone. Gonna stay inside tonight by the wood stove.

Was outside for 10 minutes to bring in a load of wood, getting gusty and my fingers are frozen. Not adjusted to this type of cold yet.

18 minutes ago, TalcottWx said:

I'm down 3 degrees in 45 minutes. 

I quickly dropped to 12, probably going to keep dropping a degree or two an hour now.

HRRR has me down to -14

Way below zero up north, should start seeping down soon.

MesoWest Surface Weather Maps (utah.edu)

11 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Euro looking pretty interesting at D7....brewing something up to the southwest with a decent high nosing in. Seems like all guidance have something there that may be trackable. Obviously no reason to take it seriously for winter wx until we are closer, but there is a reason to keep an eye on guidance at least.

I've never gone a whole year without using the snow blower so something should happen this month. I'm talking 28 years.

Down to 15, should be a continuous drop from here.

I've been oscillating between 16-17 degrees most of the day. I guess it should start dropping at sundown.

4 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

-19F and hammering wind.

Snow from the arctic FROPA squalls leading to pow.

 

Full on winter in your hood, I'll have to talk my wife into going up there for a weekend.