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SamKnause

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10. Thanks for all the tips.

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 06:43 AM

Feb 2015

You can't leave your water running when you have a cistern.

My cistern only holds 1 truck load of water.

I am snowed in and the water truck could not get up my driveway if I ran out.

My pipes are wrapped.

I don't have a heater in the crawl space.

Keeping fingers crossed.

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It's so cold outside [View all] Aerows Feb 2015 OP

I've lived here since 79 ... haikugal Feb 2015 #1

It is -12 (actual temperature) SamKnause Feb 2015 #2

Has your water pressure changed? haikugal Feb 2015 #3

No change in the water pressure. SamKnause Feb 2015 #6

Yeah.. haikugal Feb 2015 #9

22 seconds notadmblnd Feb 2015 #24

Yeah he's pretty quick.. haikugal Feb 2015 #26

yep and she's no little Chihuahua either notadmblnd Feb 2015 #28

LOL..... haikugal Feb 2015 #35

Do you have a crawl space under the house? avebury Feb 2015 #8

Thanks for all the tips. SamKnause Feb 2015 #10

Oh I used to have a cistern.. haikugal Feb 2015 #30

It took 3 hours and 40 SamKnause Feb 2015 #32

When I lived on the mountain and had a run of below double digit temps... haikugal Feb 2015 #34

One more tip from another Mainer: PotatoChip Feb 2015 #40

Thanks for the input. SamKnause Feb 2015 #48

It's actually -2 In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #4

It's -11 F here right now. I let both of the dogs out and they did their business and ran back to livetohike Feb 2015 #5

Pretty cozy here at 2 degrees. nt LiberalElite Feb 2015 #7

Minus Six; windchill, minus 21 in Pittsburgh area. Divernan Feb 2015 #11

My lilac bush did not bloom SamKnause Feb 2015 #12

Typically I look for the cold to break around the 2nd week in Feb HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #13

6 in Raleigh NC. Brrrrr! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2015 #14

A balmy -3F in Morgantown, WV. a la izquierda Feb 2015 #15

I have -22 in Central Pa. watoos Feb 2015 #16

-18 in Ann Arbor MI jimlup Feb 2015 #17

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Where are you getting the water for all those courses? ybbor Feb 2015 #27

LOL....enjoy while you can. haikugal Feb 2015 #33

But the summer temps are, literally, killers. Do you summer in Boston? Divernan Feb 2015 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #46

Very sexist to say local pols "fight like little girls"; most are white males! Divernan Feb 2015 #37

Exactly..just say they fight like stupid adults Tsiyu Feb 2015 #41

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Yesterday I noticed the poor deer have eaten all the bottom leaves Vinca Feb 2015 #19

The last three days were brutal in Minnesota Bjorn Against Feb 2015 #20

Woke up to -23 actual temp ybbor Feb 2015 #21

-19 in South East Michigan that does not include wind chill notadmblnd Feb 2015 #22

It's a smoker's worst nemesis. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #23

Woke up to -6 w/ -25 wind chills in eastern Pennsylvania meow2u3 Feb 2015 #25

I saw a squirrel roasting his nuts. Atman Feb 2015 #29

Bad, Atman, Bad! But funny too. Divernan Feb 2015 #38

Pretty sure it's an old David Letterman standard. Atman Feb 2015 #39

Our furnace has been out for a few days. Atman Feb 2015 #31

I can't tell how cold it is here. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #42

It might also be wise to 2naSalit Feb 2015 #43

Actually, I don't think you need that big a flow. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #49

I agree that it doesn't take much 2naSalit Feb 2015 #50

We are supposed to finally break freezing on Sunday... DeadLetterOffice Feb 2015 #44

-17 in NW Ohio this morning Holly_Hobby Feb 2015 #47