We better get at least 6"! I want to sled with my daughter! Haha. And we can handle 6". Still calling for ~15", which is more than VDOT is set up to handle.
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Winter weather in the South this weekend!
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They’re predicting ~12” and cold here in Buffalo. But no drastic wind so we’ll be fine. They did close the schools for Monday - actually most switched to remote learning for that one day. We have a whole house generator and stocked up on groceries just in case.
I cant imagine what life would be like in Maine if they closed bridges and overpasses every time there was a sleet and icestorm here…
The city will likely have the calcium chloride brine trucks out tomorrow morning pretreating the roads. Here in Maine the wet down the streets with it before every storm. It prevents frozen precipitation from bonding to the tar and makes plowing during the storm much more effective.
Every time I see them do it I spread 50 pounds of rock salt in my apartment buildings parking lot. Spreading 50 pounds before the storm prevents having to spread 300 pounds after the storm trying to melt hardpan ice stuck to the tar the plow couldnt remove…
Cheaper and better for the environment to pretreat.
I find it amazing to go from blizzard conditions you cant see 100 ft in front of you and 4-6 inches piled on the road to bare tar roads not 12 hours later…
Local forecast now saying pushing 2 feet of snow over 36 hours…
I liked it better when they were saying 2-4 inches….
I liked it better when they were saying 2-4 inches….
JayP
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2-3" on the ground at my place just south of KC and maybe another 2" still expected overnight before it moves out in the early morning. My snowblower doesn't see a lot of action. This will be it's 2nd time out of the garage this winter season. Our winters in the KC area were much more brutal when I was a kid.
Accuweather calling for 6-10 inches
National Weather Service forecasting 9-16 inches
Wmtw tv 12-18 inches
WGME tv 16-20 inches
Wcsh tv 12-18 inches…
Prior 24. Inch forecast has been downgraded…
I will tell you more Tuesday morning…
All batteries are charged up, generators ran to make sure they start easily if needed. Running out this morning to top of gas cans for gas in storage. Running to buy a new snowblower if they are still in stock as one of mine died…
I am rooting fir Accuweather to be right….
National Weather Service forecasting 9-16 inches
Wmtw tv 12-18 inches
WGME tv 16-20 inches
Wcsh tv 12-18 inches…
Prior 24. Inch forecast has been downgraded…
I will tell you more Tuesday morning…
All batteries are charged up, generators ran to make sure they start easily if needed. Running out this morning to top of gas cans for gas in storage. Running to buy a new snowblower if they are still in stock as one of mine died…
I am rooting fir Accuweather to be right….
No power here since yesterday afternoon - 15 hours or so. What I have learned so far is that the tank heaters drain the Ecoflow too fast. Had to disconnect them. Tanks are surrounded by foam insulation and quilts and they are staying warmish so far. Outside temp is 27, feels like 18. Gas fireplace is keeping us warm.
Airstones running in all the tanks that have fish. Everything else is unplugged. I removed the prefilters from the Oase Biomasters and will rinse those today and just leave them out. I don’t know if having that part of the canister open adds any oxygen to the contents or not. But I will clean everything before restarting anyway.
They are predicting we won’t get power until sometime next week. Over 38,000 without it in our area. Constant crack, boom, swish as limbs fall. And the freezing rain continues. But we are grateful for all that we have. So many around us have no heat. Lows are predicted in the single digits for the next couple of nights.
Airstones running in all the tanks that have fish. Everything else is unplugged. I removed the prefilters from the Oase Biomasters and will rinse those today and just leave them out. I don’t know if having that part of the canister open adds any oxygen to the contents or not. But I will clean everything before restarting anyway.
They are predicting we won’t get power until sometime next week. Over 38,000 without it in our area. Constant crack, boom, swish as limbs fall. And the freezing rain continues. But we are grateful for all that we have. So many around us have no heat. Lows are predicted in the single digits for the next couple of nights.
Ouch, sorry you got smacked, and glad you are staying warmish.
You could consider removing filter media and placing it next to an airstone bubbler in a bucket. That might help beneficial bacteria hold on.
Hang in there.
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Sorry you are having an actual ice storm, @JuJuFish. FWIW, I've always found warnings about all your bacteria dying without power to be overblown. I might put the canister media in awet bucket for the duration since it's going to be a while, but I'd keep all my air in the tank. Good luck getting through it!
Everything is much better than expected where I am. There's some sleet on the street, but hardly any icing here so far. It's not over though, but this is a great start. My husband did get the furnace running on the generator as a test yesterday, so we're in good shape for whatever I think.
Everything is much better than expected where I am. There's some sleet on the street, but hardly any icing here so far. It's not over though, but this is a great start. My husband did get the furnace running on the generator as a test yesterday, so we're in good shape for whatever I think.
Yes. Trying to run aquarium heaters with battery banks is an exceedingly poor idea. Stored electrical energy is a very valuable resource in a power outage and needs to be preserved for functions that are not as power hungry as electric heaters…. There are other ways to boost aquarium tanks heat levels.
Not so much directing this at you, but trying to reach people who might have battery storage power banks and have not lost power yet. Those battery power bank devices are marketed as generator alternatives. They are a valuable resource to have, but, they have capacity limitations…. A gas generator can put out about 3-5 killowatt hours per gallon of gasoline. A 3 killowatt hour power station is a pretty big and pricey power station…
A killowatt hour of electricity only holds about 3500 btus. A 1 pound propane cylinder contains 90,000 btus
A 2 liter soda bottle filled with 140 degree water floating in a 10 gallon aquarium will raise the water temp about 5 degrees…
Fill the bottle with aquarium water. Pour half of it in a pot and heat it to boiling. Put the half full bottle in a sink (doing this in a sink provides safety against burning yourself if the bottle tips over or just splosh over the funnel). and using a funnel carefully pour water from pot into bottle. Cap it and float it.. in a 75 gallon you could easily float 6 bottles. When the bottles get close to tank temp, pour the remaining water into the tank….
Repeat as needed to boost tank temps.
Blankets over the tank reduces the frequency you will need to boost temps.
At the start of any significant outage I remove canister media and float it in tanks.
Extended outages is the main reason all of my tanks have UGF in addition to canister filters…
I can keep biofiltration going in a 75 gallon for 100 watt hours a day. My Oase Biomasters require 370 watt hours a day and I have 2 of them on the 75.
Living a week without power is tiring… I have been there…. Our ancestors 150 years ago lived their whole lives without electricity, but they had the tools and experience/knowledge to do it…. I just went 24 hours without internet and found it irritating…. I had to rely on data plan for phone…. I actually picked up a book to read…. Analog data recovery…
Outstanding. Hopefully the furnace runs on utility non stop, but having it wired to hook up to a generator is worth it if only for the peace of mind it gives…
A simple 1500 watt generator allows me to keep 5000 square foot apartment building heated to 70 degrees by running a boiler. The boiler puts out 150,000 btus.
A simple 1500 watt generator running a space heater puts out 5,000 btus…little more than enough to heat a 12 x 24 room.
A gallon of gasoline in a generator can put out between 3-5 killowatt hours of electricity.
so happy to hear this!Stay safe!
About 10 inches of snow up here, couple hours of sleeting now, 1° with the wind
Still have power 
Even the Russians were only good for about 10 minutes
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JayP
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Sorry to hear about all those with the power outages. Ice storms are terrible. I remember some bad ones when I was young and we were without power for days out in a rural area. I measured just under 5" here and while I'm not a fan of winter and snow, it is nice to see families enjoying the chance for a little sledding behind my house. The temperature is brutal right now though.
We got 16" of snow then 2" of sleet so we ended up with quite a thick matt of compressed snow. Great for sledding and easy enough for the various VDOTs to manage.
Power outages here are limited to unfortunate places with dead trees.
Last ~18 months we had Helene then an ice storm so that took out a lot of dead/weak trees.
Power outages here are limited to unfortunate places with dead trees.
Last ~18 months we had Helene then an ice storm so that took out a lot of dead/weak trees.
gnatster
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We had about 11" here. It's really light and fluffy. The cold is next, so the snow will be with us until it's grey and ugly.
I've enjoyed watching it pile up.
I've enjoyed watching it pile up.
Looks like most of it has passed. Please report back in so we know everyone’s doing OK. 
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We ended up with some sleet and a little bit of ice. The roads are terrible, but the power's on for almost everyone in the region, so no complaints from me. We dodged a bullet here.
Asheville totally threaded the needle on the storm, power outtages south of us, but no real ice or snow accumulation here.
Whew!
Whew!
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