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Anyone stuck in this texas weather

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currently 5 degrees where I am at, monday morning and tuesday morning they are saying it might hit negative 3-5 degrees. There is snow and solid ice everywhere, to make it worse it rained yesterday night, when it was below 20 degrees, which is odd for this area, to rain well below freezing temps, which turned the roads into a mess. My one friend is without power but he lives on 10 acres and will run bonfires and use extra blankets when needed, I 30 minute drive away from where he lives still have power today, though power and internet have fluctuated wildly the past few days, though often both back up within an hour or less indicating they were likely minor issues or something that could be re routed.

Now my poor old ford ranger got fired up today, the past few days the door would not open, it was frozen solid, but my toyota camry did not freeze solid for some reason. Today I went out with a blow torch and melted the ice built up between the door and the body, only for it to re freeze within 10 seconds, I realized then it was too cold and that a propane torch would not provide enough heat for the task short of buying extra cylinders and playing a long game.

I ended up pouring table salt over the door which melted most the ice after a few minutes better than the torch could, got it started and though alright my battery can keep it's charge. Well tonight I can barely find the ranger anyways, we got a bunch of snow over the ice. This is stupid by any sense, you yankees need to quit taking your yankee weather to texas, we don't go to new york and bring texas weather with us!!!!!!!

Also it was funny at walmart, people were in panick trying to buy up all water and canned goods as well as heater buddy's, me I casually got what I needed, bought an ultra girly looking blanket that is fluffy and soft but screw it it is warm so I do not need my heater cranked up all night, and so far I have done alright. But it is also pretty sad watching people here in texas act like this, this cold front was known for more than a week, but most people waited until saturday when the roads were ready to freeze from rain before they went panick buying, even though we had remained below freezing since thursday.
 
Right now...

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But this is better than the last couple of days. Yesterday it didn't get out of the minus temps and it snowed all day. Since it's going to warm up to the double digits today, I might go Pokemon hunting later.
 
:) Frozen at 3-5 degrees? You must mean3-5 minus... The reason the cardoors don't open is because the rubber lists are to dry, Here we buy silicone pins if that happends, the absolute best, but maybe not availible in Texas. You could lubricate the rubber strips with glycerin or special rubber grease. Otherwise you can do something as simple as soak a cloth in glycol and lubricate moldings and locks with, it works great THE PLASTIC BAG - A CLASSIC If you are going to open the car with a key and the door locks have frozen, they are most easily thawed by holding a plastic bag with warm water against the lock.

Don't forget that normal tires loses their abilities already at 5 plus degrees, so if you don't have winter tires , drive carefully and use the clutch in curves...

In case of power failure, the best thing to have is a spirit stove, so you can get your coffee and off course a fireplace for heat.

Good luck with your first winter...
 
Mycroft said:
Right now...

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But this is better than the last couple of days. Yesterday it didn't get out of the minus temps and it snowed all day. Since it's going to warm up to the double digits today, I might go Pokemon hunting later.
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Sounds wonderful!
 
I keep my vehicles in the garage.They last longer.
 
Juks said:
:) Frozen at 3-5 degrees? You must mean3-5 minus... The reason the cardoors don't open is because the rubber lists are to dry, Here we buy silicone pins if that happends, the absolute best, but maybe not availible in Texas. You could lubricate the rubber strips with glycerin or special rubber grease. Otherwise you can do something as simple as soak a cloth in glycol and lubricate moldings and locks with, it works great THE PLASTIC BAG - A CLASSIC If you are going to open the car with a key and the door locks have frozen, they are most easily thawed by holding a plastic bag with warm water against the lock.

Don't forget that normal tires loses their abilities already at 5 plus degrees, so if you don't have winter tires , drive carefully and use the clutch in curves...

In case of power failure, the best thing to have is a spirit stove, so you can get your coffee and off course a fireplace for heat.

Good luck with your first winter...
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And off course I am thinking in Celsius, you probobly are talking farenheit: Normal tires loses their abilities to attach to the road at 5 plus degrees celsius, which is 41 degrees farenheit.
 
Juks said:
:) Frozen at 3-5 degrees? You must mean3-5 minus... The reason the cardoors don't open is because the rubber lists are to dry, Here we buy silicone pins if that happends, the absolute best, but maybe not availible in Texas. You could lubricate the rubber strips with glycerin or special rubber grease. Otherwise you can do something as simple as soak a cloth in glycol and lubricate moldings and locks with, it works great THE PLASTIC BAG - A CLASSIC If you are going to open the car with a key and the door locks have frozen, they are most easily thawed by holding a plastic bag with warm water against the lock.

Don't forget that normal tires loses their abilities already at 5 plus degrees, so if you don't have winter tires , drive carefully and use the clutch in curves...

In case of power failure, the best thing to have is a spirit stove, so you can get your coffee and off course a fireplace for heat.

Good luck with your first winter...
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No the frozen part was that above the door seal my year ford ranger has a one inch gap, which filled solid with ice, it was a very poor design, normally to be correct it is not one inch maybe half an inch but I think the water that built up inbetween and froze pushed the gap further as it expanded.
 
Mycroft said:
Right now...

View attachment 67318260

But this is better than the last couple of days. Yesterday it didn't get out of the minus temps and it snowed all day. Since it's going to warm up to the double digits today, I might go Pokemon hunting later.
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Atleast colorado is setup to deal with those temps, here in texas were are not.

However to be an ass nearly every single wreck in my area due to ice and snow the vehicles had colorado, washington, and new york plates, why are the worst drivers in snow and ice all from states where snow and ice is the norm?
 
beerftw said:
Atleast colorado is setup to deal with those temps, here in texas were are not.

However to be an ass nearly every single wreck in my area due to ice and snow the vehicles had colorado, washington, and new york plates, why are the worst drivers in snow and ice all from states where snow and ice is the norm?
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LOL!!

And around here, the wrecks usually involve people from Texas who don't know how to drive their big 4WD SUV's in the snow. I expect those from other states who have accidents in your neck of the woods are expecting people to be smart drivers like they are. j/k

Anyway...


You know you’re a true Coloradan if…
  1. It snows 12 inches and you don’t expect anything to be cancelled.

You Know You're A Coloradan When... - Colorado Mountain College eNews

50 thoughts on how life looks different through a ski town lens This article was originally published in See What I See, the blog of CMC BSBA student Ali Gringras. We’re sharing the piece during finals week with the hope it will bring a smile of recognition to many! You know you’re a true...
enews.coloradomtn.edu enews.coloradomtn.edu

Which reminds me of a true story...

October 1998. A Saturday. I have to work half days on Saturday. I get up, get ready, go outside...see that it's snowing. Okay, warm up the Chevy Astro AWD and head out. I get to I-25 and notice not much traffic and an unusual number of cars on the side of the highway, covered in snow. It didn't occur to me that people might be in them. Got about halfway to work and finally turned on the radio...and found out this was a record-setting blizzard. Damn, did I feel stupid when I realized my boss wouldn't be opening the shop. So, I turned around and headed back home. Along the way, I helped a couple people get their cars back on the road when they slid off.

It turns out that all those cars I saw on the highway DID have people in them. Ft. Carson organized convoys of Hummers later that morning to rescue people who had been in their cars overnight. I felt really bad because I had been out and about and could have helped them...if I hadn't been so totally unaware of how bad things were.
 
Juks said:
:) Frozen at 3-5 degrees? You must mean3-5 minus... The reason the cardoors don't open is because the rubber lists are to dry, Here we buy silicone pins if that happends, the absolute best, but maybe not availible in Texas. You could lubricate the rubber strips with glycerin or special rubber grease. Otherwise you can do something as simple as soak a cloth in glycol and lubricate moldings and locks with, it works great THE PLASTIC BAG - A CLASSIC If you are going to open the car with a key and the door locks have frozen, they are most easily thawed by holding a plastic bag with warm water against the lock.

Don't forget that normal tires loses their abilities already at 5 plus degrees, so if you don't have winter tires , drive carefully and use the clutch in curves...

In case of power failure, the best thing to have is a spirit stove, so you can get your coffee and off course a fireplace for heat.

Good luck with your first winter...
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The US uses F and not C for temperature 3-4 would be about -15 C. Quite cold for much of Texas, a warm winter day for Winnipeg which has been below -40 C for over 2 weeks
 
Juks said:
:) Frozen at 3-5 degrees? You must mean3-5 minus... The reason the cardoors don't open is because the rubber lists are to dry, Here we buy silicone pins if that happends, the absolute best, but maybe not availible in Texas. You could lubricate the rubber strips with glycerin or special rubber grease. Otherwise you can do something as simple as soak a cloth in glycol and lubricate moldings and locks with, it works great THE PLASTIC BAG - A CLASSIC If you are going to open the car with a key and the door locks have frozen, they are most easily thawed by holding a plastic bag with warm water against the lock.

Don't forget that normal tires loses their abilities already at 5 plus degrees, so if you don't have winter tires , drive carefully and use the clutch in curves...

In case of power failure, the best thing to have is a spirit stove, so you can get your coffee and off course a fireplace for heat.

Good luck with your first winter...
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He's using Fahrenheit not Celsius. That is about -15 C.
 
beerftw said:
Atleast colorado is setup to deal with those temps, here in texas were are not.

However to be an ass nearly every single wreck in my area due to ice and snow the vehicles had colorado, washington, and new york plates, why are the worst drivers in snow and ice all from states where snow and ice is the norm?
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Those temperatures are astoundingly low for Texas. You can thank the fact that there was a sudden heat wave at the pole (an upswing of degees above what it normally is) that pushed the cold air south. You are much colder than I am., and I am in the north.
 
We were -9 this morning. Had some snow last nigh and more coming this afternoon. All the schools are closed
do to the dangerous wind chill numbers. Main road is passable but is snow and ice packed.
After tomorrow (low predicted -13) a slow warm up starts. Above freezing by Saturday.
 
No power at my office or home. Phones, cable, internet hard connections all down. Since 3am yesterday. 20 blocks away and The power never went out. I keep reading about rolling black outs. Hasn’t yet rolled away from me.
Been out 4 Wheelin! Blasting through wind blown snow drifts on mostly empty roads. Yanked about 20 stuck vehicles out. Crazy people going out in little economy cars don’t stand a chance. Seeing first drips from icicles, but more cold and precipitation expected tonight
 
A lot of people without power here. Supposed to get rain tonight but temperatures are supposed to stay a couple of degrees above freezing.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
The US uses F and not C for temperature 3-4 would be about -15 C. Quite cold for much of Texas, a warm winter day for Winnipeg which has been below -40 C for over 2 weeks
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Yikes -40. I saw that in the Yukon and Fort Mac and that'll do me for the rest of my life. 25 is too high a number for me now, above or below.
The wind must make it brutal. I remember 40 below in Fort Mac with the caution tape snapping in the wind. Bloody dangerous, besides bloody painful.
 
Grand Mal said:
Yikes -40. I saw that in the Yukon and Fort Mac and that'll do me for the rest of my life. 25 is too high a number for me now, above or below.
The wind must make it brutal. I remember 40 below in Fort Mac with the caution tape snapping in the wind. Bloody dangerous, besides bloody painful.
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About two weeks ago Winnipeg hit - 46 C a couple of days. Saskatoon was -42 at the same time. Calgary was a reasonable -15C
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
About two weeks ago Winnipeg hit - 46 C a couple of days. Saskatoon was -42 at the same time. Calgary was a reasonable -15C
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Damn. And here I am feeling sorry for myself because I forgot to drain the waterhose and the nozzle broke.
In Faro in the Yukon they used to close the school when it got to 40 below and the streets would be full of kids playing road hockey. Kids just can shut out everything when there's fun to be had.
 
Grand Mal said:
Yikes -40. I saw that in the Yukon and Fort Mac and that'll do me for the rest of my life. 25 is too high a number for me now, above or below.
The wind must make it brutal. I remember 40 below in Fort Mac with the caution tape snapping in the wind. Bloody dangerous, besides bloody painful.
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There was an old tale about a tv reporter talking to an Alaskan resident about the temperature, the reporter asks the guy, “so what’s forty below like?” The Alaskan thought for a second and then he replied, “forty below is just like twenty below, only colder!”

;)
 
We got a shitload of snow. I hope that the roads are safe tomorrow. I need to get to work. However, I've caught up on some stuff from home.
 
Mycroft said:
LOL!!

And around here, the wrecks usually involve people from Texas who don't know how to drive their big 4WD SUV's in the snow. I expect those from other states who have accidents in your neck of the woods are expecting people to be smart drivers like they are. j/k

Anyway...

​
You know you’re a true Coloradan if…​
  1. It snows 12 inches and you don’t expect anything to be cancelled.

You Know You're A Coloradan When... - Colorado Mountain College eNews

50 thoughts on how life looks different through a ski town lens This article was originally published in See What I See, the blog of CMC BSBA student Ali Gringras. We’re sharing the piece during finals week with the hope it will bring a smile of recognition to many! You know you’re a true...
enews.coloradomtn.edu enews.coloradomtn.edu

Which reminds me of a true story...

October 1998. A Saturday. I have to work half days on Saturday. I get up, get ready, go outside...see that it's snowing. Okay, warm up the Chevy Astro AWD and head out. I get to I-25 and notice not much traffic and an unusual number of cars on the side of the highway, covered in snow. It didn't occur to me that people might be in them. Got about halfway to work and finally turned on the radio...and found out this was a record-setting blizzard. Damn, did I feel stupid when I realized my boss wouldn't be opening the shop. So, I turned around and headed back home. Along the way, I helped a couple people get their cars back on the road when they slid off.

It turns out that all those cars I saw on the highway DID have people in them. Ft. Carson organized convoys of Hummers later that morning to rescue people who had been in their cars overnight. I felt really bad because I had been out and about and could have helped them...if I hadn't been so totally unaware of how bad things were.
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Sorry to hear it. Its going to be 70 here.

In July, you can rag me when its 117 and the saguaro cacti start dying off like last summer...
 
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