So how cold is it at your house .

[Texaswitchy]

It is 22 with a wind chill.

We are not built for this down here.

Spent the last days several getting ready especially with animals .

Now just sitting in front wood burning stove eating homemade soup and hanging with the dogs and the cat.

The animals are by the stove.

[intheozone]

1. -9 just outside Denver CO. Brrrrrrr. Nt

[Texaswitchy]

3. I glad we made the cabins well built.

Good windows.

There are going to be busted pipes everywhere.

[Laffy Kat]

72. It happened at my workplace today.

Burst watermain right at the entrance was flooding the place. I got to go home as soon as I got there, but still get paid for the entire day.

[Texaswitchy]

74. If I was in the city still I would cut the water off and drained the pipes.

Even insulated pipes might not make it.

[Laffy Kat]

83. It worries me. So far, nine years, we've been lucky. nt

[Texaswitchy]

86. My old house was on blocks.

When I put in new plumbing I had all the pipes insulated.

Even then weather like this might be to cold.

Good luck finding a plumber when this is over.

[LeftInTX]

93. Didn't have busted pipes in 2021. (Home is on a slab)

Son is on a pier and beam, but they have PVX upgraded pipes and their pipes did not burst.
My daughter's did.

My next door neighbor's have a water softener and the water softener pipe goes through the attic. It burst.

My daughter is visiting in Florida now. I hope their pipes don't burst!

[Atticus]

2. We brought our brass monkey inside for the night. nt

[Texaswitchy]

7. Hell yes.

I bought puppy pads for the dogs.

The cat has her box .

The dogs do not want to go out

[Hotler]

57. Don't forget to bring in your trunk monkey also.

[Texaswitchy]

127. I love this commercial.

Good monkey.

[SheltieLover]

4. 19. Real feel 3. Merc going down go 2. Wind chills -20 overnight.

Nothing here is built for such cold temps.

Stay warm!

[Texaswitchy]

17. I have on long underwear, the good kind.

Tomorrow will need to check on the animals.

Be wearing 20 layers

[SheltieLover]

75. Stay warm & safe!

[Texaswitchy]

76. I will

Thank you

[SheltieLover]

85. Now down to 9, real feel -9.

Toasty inside though.

[Texaswitchy]

87. I understand that .

It about 7 here.

Wind-chill.

[SheltieLover]

88. Brrrr!

Too cold! With very high humidity. Yuk.

[Texaswitchy]

91. Yes.

Exactly.

It is damp cold.

I am not leaving my leaving my recliner.

The dogs gave me a look when I asked them if they wanted to go out.

[SheltieLover]

98. My pittie was just out to do his late night business.

He wanted to sniff around, but no way.

Wind chill is now -13, although it doesn't feel that cold to me.

[Texaswitchy]

99. I got puppy pads

That look.

Have you lost your mind type look.

[SheltieLover]

100. Great idea.

This dog is 50 lbs. When he lets it go, it's like a river. Would cost a fortune in puppy pads.

That look...

[Laffy Kat]

73. It rarely gets down that low in your neck of the woods.

Stay safe.

[Texaswitchy]

77. I will

I will dress in multiple layers..


Thank you ..

Even the dogs have coats ..

[Pobeka]

5. I was just out, felt like it had warmed up.

Yup, it's 21F, wind chill of 5. This morning it was 19, with a wind chill of 3.

Time to break out the sandals!

[Ocelot II]

6. Inside my house it's about 66, but outside it's -11, wind chill -22.

That kind of cold freezes your eyelashes and nose hairs.

[Texaswitchy]

12. I have the wood stove cranked.

Brought in a lot of wood.

Not going out

[House of Roberts]

8. 49 atm in North Alabama.

The front is moving in from the west though. We're predicted for a 6 degree overnight low.

[Texaswitchy]

11. Get ready.

Enjoy the warm weather.

[House of Roberts]

50. It's raining.

About ten pm the snow starts. It may be just reaching freezing about then. I have my wood stove ready to light when I think it's cold enough.

[Texaswitchy]

61. Nothing like a wood stove.

My Grandparents a big pot belly kind on the the farm.


It kept the area warm.

[Texaswitchy]

9. I like about 45.

It is really windy outside.

It is colder then 22.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Weather alert in Ohio, winter storm. 35 below with wind chill tomorrow.

[Texaswitchy]

13. Dead grass for awhile.

Dead plants.

This isn't good.

[Irish_Dem]

20. No it isn't.

Everyone is dreading it.
Much colder than normal.

But the good news is that the temps will be in the 50's next week.

[Texaswitchy]

24. Crazy isn't it.

We never got this weather when I was a kid.

Cold yes but not this.

Global warming.

[Irish_Dem]

42. Yes it is so crazy.

Today was 45 degrees, not a bad day, dry with some sun.

Tonight the temp drops to minus 6, with wind gusts up to 50mph.
Which gives us the windchill of minus 35.
And we get six inches of snow and ice.

Next Thursday temps are back up to 55 degrees.

I agree, the weather was not like this when I was a kid.

[Texaswitchy]

51. It isn't.

We would have 3 cold fronts maybe.

Spaced apart.

Nothing like this.

[Irish_Dem]

55. Climate change

Weather more erratic and extreme.

[Texaswitchy]

66. Yep

Glad we off grid

So glad I brought this land years ago

Not depending on the grid .

[Irish_Dem]

68. Yes smart.

[Texaswitchy]

78. I never got to around going on the grid in the beginning,

Then solar technology became good.

Then wind...

It is windy here a lot.

I put money into solar and wind instead.

Good choice.

[Irish_Dem]

80. Yes you were quite prescient.

Last edited Fri Dec 23, 2022, 07:03 AM - Edit history (1)

Way ahead of the curve.

Seems so logical to rely on the sun and wind for power.
Politicians and oligarchs don't want people to figure this out.

[Texaswitchy]

82. At first it was to expensive to go on grid for a weekend place.

I just used gas generator.

But now with Abbott as governor glad I did it now.


We have plenty of power.

The wind is really good here.

It fact it is keeping the chickens warm now.
Running their heater.

[Irish_Dem]

108. That is so neat. Amazing.

You can generate your own power. And say to hell with the robber oil and gas barons.

In some parts of the country, it seems like a no brainer.
Especially in Texas with so many power grid issues.
And lots of sun and wind.

My mother's parents had a summer cabin in northern Wisconsin.
We used to visit when I was a child.

Early on there was no indoor plumbing, there was a water pump outside the kitchen
door. And water from the lake in front of the cabin. Outhouse of course.
Grandpa chopped wood for indoor heat, just a fireplace and wood stove.
We used hurricane oil lamps. Grandpa had a huge garden, and we caught fish from the lake.

Later on, they added indoor plumbing, electricity, etc. It became more modern.
But early on, it was off the grid living.

[Texaswitchy]

110. Off grid is the best.

No light bill or water bill.

My Grandparents lived off grid also until 1940.




Farmers and lived off the land.


Grandpa kept the outhouse even after they built a bathroom.

Learned a lot from them

[Irish_Dem]

111. Yes grandpa and uncles still used the outhouse after they installed indoor plumbing.

I thought it was all crazy as a kid, I liked my modern conveniences.
Grandparents had a modern house in town, with the cottage way up north in the woods.

But now I see the wisdom.

My daughter likes to hear about how they did things back in the old days.
She incorporates it into a more ecologically sound practice now.
How to re-purpose items, etc.

[Texaswitchy]

113. Yes.

My Mother saved everything.

Hold over from the depression.

Reuse it.

I do the same,

[Irish_Dem]

114. Yes I still do some of the same.

Recycle bags, rubber bands, containers.
Re-purpose items.

When my daughter was little, I would take one of her old socks to make a little ice pack for her
if she had an injury. She liked that. She preferred using her older shorts and t-shirts for nightwear
instead of pajamas. So early on, she caught the hang of re-cycling in an easy way.

[Texaswitchy]

115. My mother saved buttons off of shirts.

I have the jar..


Bacon grease..

I am not as bad but it rubbed off in me .

[Irish_Dem]

116. My grandmother saved everything.

After she died we found boxes and jars of buttons, zippers, rubber bands, bags, containers, safety pins, string, brown paper wrapping, etc.

Oh yes I am not like that. But I do look at the container and item come in and think how I could re-use it.
And I keep rubber bands, twisties, etc.

[Texaswitchy]

117. Me to ..

I look at food containers before I buy.

My daughters are same.

Next generation..

[No Vested Interest]

105. 3 degrees at 2:30 a.m. in SW Ohio; going to -2 by dawn 7a.m.

I'll be staying in until after Christmas, likely missing Christmas Mass for the first time in 80+ years.
Cannot tolerate cold temps at my age.
When the sun shines, the house is tolerable; when the weather is gloomy - the chill pervades.

Next week Thurs./Friday - will be up in the 40's, maybe even 50s during the day.

[Irish_Dem]

109. -5 degrees 6am, windchill -33 Ohio

This is what I am seeing on my online weather report.

Very windy, strong gusts. Supposed to be 50 mph wind gusts.

Looks like about 6 or 7 inches of snow, so not too bad.
But it is drifting into three foot drifts.

I got up at 4:30 am, the wind was howling to the point my little dog was crying.
So I just got up.

It is very cold, I had to let my little dog out when we got up. And it is cold.
Later on, I will go get my trash cans, I took them out last night.

I am not going anywhere today, but they did plow the streets already.
I have osteoporosis so I am afraid to fall on ice or snow.

I don't know what it will be like on Christmas Day.
But still supposed to be quite cold.

Yep, up in the 50's on Thursday. That's Ohio for you!

[No Vested Interest]

119. When the temps are freezing and below, I don't worry if the trash doesn't get set out -

It's too cold to rot and stink!
That doesn't happen often as family and neighbors usually help me with set-out & return, but it's a consoling thought on those rare times when I miss garbage pickup day.

I'm grateful for a tolerably-warm enough house and layering clothes while inside.
Still have plenty to prepare for Christmas Day which family will celebrate at my home.

[Irish_Dem]

120. Yes

A neighbor came and brought the trash cans in for me.
The trash pick up was cancelled, so back in my garage goes the trash.

Well it is going to get warm next week. 55 degrees, so not freezing.

Yes I have a cozy warm house, so I am thankful for that as well.
Right now I am in layers and blankets.
Looking out side makes me feel cold.

Have a great Christmas with your family!

[rsdsharp]

14. -11 ambient. -37 wind chill.

Juuuuuust a bit nippy.

[Irish_Dem]

47. It is trash day tomorrow morning so I will have to get my trash cans in with -35 windchill.

That sounds cold.

When I put the trash cans out this evening it was 45 degrees.
Taking them in will be -35.

Crazy.

[TreasonousBastard]

52. What about tvhe guys who collect thde trash when it's that cold.

[Irish_Dem]

54. I don't know how they do it.

All bundled up.

They sent out an email today saying they were not going to cancel pick up.

[tblue37]

15. -7 now, with a nastier wind chill, though I don't have the current wind chill number.

I found our wind chill factor: -24° to -40°.

(Lawrence, Kansas)

[Texaswitchy]

18. We are built for heat down heat.

Not cold.

[TigressDem]

16. Low of -14 with wind chill "feels like -28

When Hubby shoveled the snow it was -2

Had hot tea for hubby when he came in and he left a part of it undone.

Even though he has good winter gloves and coat, boots etc... He took a break, warmed up the car and himself and then finished what had to be done.

I've been sick today so my help was minimal.

Soup sounds good.

Cat is cuddled up inside blankets on the bed.

[Texaswitchy]

21. I make good vegetable soup.

Need it for the next few days.

Next week in the 70's.

[TigressDem]

31. My soup is warm and tasty.

I don't consider myself a great cook, I just take standard items and "doctor them up"

So I love frozen Normandy veggies, a little Rotelle for spice and a can of chicken with a little sweet and spicy seasoning on top.

Probably not the healthiest, but not the worst and it gives heat in a few ways.

[3catwoman3]

19. -2 with a 19 mph wind making it feel like -25.

High of -1 tomorrow.

[WhiteTara]

22. It's minus 2 here and the windchill

is minus 21. But the house is a toasty 67.

[Wounded Bear]

23. 22F outside my place south of Seattle...

Watching Casablanca, about to eat dinner.

Won't get much colder tonight according to my weather app. But looking at icy conditions tomorrow, but warming up to rain this weekend. Not much snow, so it looks like a typical green christmas in Seattle this year.

[Texaswitchy]

26. Hopefully no rain.

Well the mosquitos maybe will die.

[brewens]

25. It got down to almost zero last night and is in the high teens now. It usually averages above

freezing here and we have snow on the ground for three or four weeks total. A valley in Idaho.

I'm always in thermal socks, undies and sweats to save on my heat bill. I saved some baking for today. Might as well have it nice and toasty.

I have one of those oil filled radiator style space heaters about three inches from my feet when I'm in the sweet spot on my recliner couch.

[Texaswitchy]

33. I am in front of the wood stove.

The animals on blankets surrounding me.

The dogs refused to go out.

I do not blame them...

[TexasTowelie]

27. Currently 29 degrees in Bryan with an expected low of 14.

I'm stocked with groceries, beer (a lager and a Christmas ale), and a few liquors.

I washed a couple of the smaller plush blankets and set one out on top of my bed so that the cat can nap and make biscuits.

At this point, I have no reason to leave the apartment until Tuesday of next week when the bus will be running again and the weather warms up.

[Texaswitchy]

29. Yes.

Stay home.

I got everything I need also.

Only going out for the animals.

[questionseverything]

28. -5 central Illinois, feels like -25

[Different Drummer]

30. Currently, 40 degrees here in Northeast Georgia.

Overnight, the temperature is supposed to get down to 17. Tomorrow, the high is projected to be 23 with a low of 9. I don't know what the wind chills will be. One good thing is that no precipitation is expected. One bad thing is that I am not built for weather like this!

ETA: I just checked local weather again and the wind chill is projected to be -1.

[Texaswitchy]

56. Me either.

I can handled heat better...

It is windy here

The wind chimes are banging.
.
I hope the grid holds up.

We are off grid here.

Other people need the power to stay warm.

[BoomaofBandM]

32. -1, wind chill -22. Northeast WI.

Coldest winter for me was in Minneapolis St. Paul. Coldest feeling winter, Austin Tx. That wet cold was bone chilling and the buildings were not insulated. Minnesota was just so windy, lots of black ice and long commutes.

[Texaswitchy]

37. The cabins are insulated and good windows.

Covered with blankets...

Humid cold weather.

[Mike_in_LA]

34. It's a brisk 59 degrees now that it's 5:30 here in LA

It was at 66 degrees, sunny, and calm.

[Bayard]

35. Actual temp supposed to drop to -3 overnight

With wind chill of -30. Rain just turned to snow. We're supposed to get about 3 inches here in southern KY.

Animals tucked in as much as I can, bedded deep. Lots of hay. Heated water.

Wood stove making things cozy in the cabin, along with newly-baked xmas cookies, and hot coffee. Snuggling with dogs and indoor cats. Barn cats are either snuggled down in the hay in the feed room, or hanging out on the blankets and pillows in their palatial cedar porch house.

Stay warm and safe, DU. Enjoy your holiday and loved ones.

[cilla4progress]

39. Hi, Bayard!

Happy to see you! Been thinking about you. ❤️

[Bayard]

102. Hi Cilla

I appreciate that. I've been kind of anti-social lately....

[IA8IT]

36. -10 feels -32 SW iowa

[Swede]

38. -35C tonight, windchill down to -50C

But it's cold snap is suppose to break on Saturday.

[pdxflyboy]

40. Raleigh Hills in Portland Oregon

Steady winds from the east at 35 mph. 22 degrees, and the freezing rain started about 20 minutes ago.

[Cracklin Charlie]

41. -5 degrees

Wind chill is -27.

NW Missouri, just east of Kansas City

Yeah, it’s cold.

[highplainsdem]

43. -7, wind chill -32.

[Archae]

44. 1 degree with 20-30 mph winds.

Here in Sheboygan.

[Solly Mack]

45. 19 currently, with a low of 14 expected tonight.

Wheeee

[Scottie Mom]

46. South Bay, L. A. County - it was 71 degrees today. EOM

[old as dirt]

48. -13, wind chill -36 (nt)

[drray23]

49. it's a balmy 56F.

no winter storm here in the south.

[Texaswitchy]

58. It was like 64 this morning.

Then it dropped.

[LeftInTX]

95. Gainesville, Florida is forecast for 22 in Christmas Eve

[2naSalit]

53. -20F, windchill -34F.

[sinkingfeeling]

59. -7 without wind factor. Feels like -34.

[MuseRider]

60. Minus 7 going down

to minus 10 with wind chills around minus 36. Getting warmer. I am not a happy camper about winter anyway with all the outdoor work I have to do but this has been simply awful. More me and my age I guess, it has been worse and it never bothered me that much.

We had frost on the inside of our windows today, all day. I am resting now, waiting for my last trip out to the barn. We will be over freezing by next Monday. Whew!

[Texaswitchy]

63. We get all my neighbors cattle in and get all the live stock ready.

All the other things also.



The pipes and the water pump.

I like at 45.

[BluesRunTheGame]

62. 26 and falling.

Down to 6 overnight.

Franklin, KY on the TN border north of Nashville. Heading west tomorrow. On my way to Texas.

[Texaswitchy]

64. It is cold here

Better next week.

[wnylib]

65. 38 now in western NY and expected to stay

around that overnight. The Big Chill is supposed to happen tomorrow afternoon. Prediction is for 1 degree tomorrow evening with winds building up to 50 mph.

[AmBlue]

67. 67, no wind chill

In Central Florida, HOWEVER, it drops into the mid 50s tomorrow and down to the 30s all weekend! Already bought some firewood!

[Texaswitchy]

69. I have about 25 cres of woods.

Cut a tree plant 3 more.

[Laffy Kat]

70. In Lafayette, Colorado (Boulder County) it is -10 F presently.

Please send hot chocolate and peppermint Schapps. Thank you.

[Iggo]

71. 59, on its way down to a low of 48.

[Liberal In Texas]

79. 18. Tankless water heater just froze up.

No hot water for a couple of days.

Will have to seriously consider getting it moved from the outside to the attic. Have pipe heaters on the input/output, but apparently not good enough.

[Texaswitchy]

81. Hell that is not good.

Ours is inside.

In heated room.

And I turned the water off and all that.

Just have a lot of gallon water bottles sitting in here.

[LudwigPastorius]

84. 10 degrees -3 wind chill

I wrangled the outside cats into the sun room this evening. There's a couple of kitteh nests supplemented with heating pads in there.

They normally don't 'socialize'. One lives in the back yard and on in the front, but they get real friendly when it gets cold.

[Texaswitchy]

89. I cats like that.

My cat lived in the front of the house.

The stray lived in the back yard..

They had a agreement.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

90. -9 just west of O'Hare airport (west Chicago burbs).

[LeftInTX]

92. 19 degrees in my car at 10:50 pm (Car doesn't have heat!) - San Antonio

When I started running errands around 8:30, it was 24.

It's gonna get really cold tonight.

[Texaswitchy]

94. I am between Austin and San Antonio.

What is worse .

This or 108 in the summer.

[LeftInTX]

96. I'm from Wisconsin..LOL

Wish my car had a heater though! (Actually, it does, the knob broke. Fortunately, it works for the AC)

My house is drafty in front of my TV because I have large picture windows that go all the way down near the foundation. The rest of the house isn't drafty though.

[Texaswitchy]

97. This cabin is tight,.

My city house had a big picture window .


I removed it replaced it smaller windows.
.
It was drafty also.

The house was warmer and then cooler after after that

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

101. its been dropping to 44 degrees at night in southern California which is very cold for us

homes not built for this type of weather either.

[SamKnause]

103. 8 wind chill -10

The temperature is falling fast !!!

[mvd]

104. 52 and rain, but that will be changing very soon

Going down to 7 tomorrow with wind chills below zero.

[tazkcmo]

106. -5

Wind chill is -20+

[AngryOldDem]

107. -9, -23 below wind chill in Indianapolis.

Wind is howling at times. We didn’t get much snow, though, which I’d rather have than this.

My townhome sucks, though. My living room is drafty as hell. I have sliding patio doors and they might as well be open. I just put heavy blankets up against the base, for whatever good that will do. Keeping all blinds closed today, and spending a lot of time upstairs, where it’s warmer.

🥶

[underpants]

112. Richmond Va. 35 feels like 23. Sustained 20 MPH wind.

[tishaLA]

118. 49

That's parka weather in Los Angeles.

[debm55]

121. Pittsburgh -2 with a wind chill reading of -29

[Elessar Zappa]

122. Can one of you guys in this thread

please send some snow and cold air here to southwest NM? We’re unseasonably warm and dry.

[debm55]

123. Elessar, I do you one better, I'll change you places. :0)

Oh, it will be worse tomorrow.

[Elessar Zappa]

124. Deal!

[debm55]

125. Deal! My ideal temp is between 75 and 85. Besides, it is going to be worse tomorrow.

[Texaswitchy]

126. Last cold night.

Warming up.

This weather is nothing but busted pipe weather.

[Rhiannon12866]

128. 11 degrees here in Northeastern New York. The Weather Channel says "feels like" minus 4.

[Texaswitchy]

129. We will be going back to more normal winter weather.

The busted pipes and dead grass and plants.

We are not built for the weather.

[Rhiannon12866]

130. I know you're not. I like to think this is an aberration, but then it did happen before

The local weatherman (Albany, New York) said today that this was the 5th coldest it's been here on this date since 1879, as long as they've been keeping track. It's supposed to warm up here to near 50 a week from now - which s unusual, too. I sure hope that it warms up for you well before that, New York is used to cold winters, Texas is not.

[Texaswitchy]

131. We are going 70 now during the day.

Cooler at night.

Still need a light jacket or hoodie.

Hope this is last time this winter.

The farm animals are not used this weather.

The chickens hanging around the heater.

[Rhiannon12866]

132. Well, we haven't seen 70 for a couple of months, we're lucky to hit 50, which is very unusual

And I hope that this is the last time for you, as well. The weather reporters also said the this recent storm was once in a generation. Stay warm, and the animals, too!

[Texaswitchy]

133. Normal is 50 to 70 during the day .

.Cooler at night.

The chickens were huddled around the heater.
.

We had to bring in the cattle.


Lots of dead grass and plants..

[Rhiannon12866]

134. Poor chickens! And we have farms and cattle in these parts, too

People tend to think of New York City when they think of New York, but that's way downstate from me, I'm in the Adirondack Foothills, close to Vermont and closer to Canada than NYC. And New York is also a dairy state, so I grew up seeing cows, horses (I used to ride), cornfields, lakes and mountains. Lake George is just up the road from me, where we get loads of tourists from all over in the summer. In fact, I saw a license plate from Texas when I was coming back from my dentist appointment on Thursday! I was thinking that they picked the wrong time to visit since it was snowing, but it sounds like it isn't all that different in Texas right now... Stay warm!

[Texaswitchy]

135. You guys have pretty state.

I live in the hill country area now.

A little over a 100 acres.

Bought it when I was a kid.

Retirement was years away.

One of the best things I ever did.

Hope those Texas people do not have busted pipes.

[Rhiannon12866]

137. Thanks! It is a beautiful area, but I'm not a fan of the snow - which could easily last through April

And it sounds like you have an ideal situation, all that land in hill country! My brother went to school in Texas, but I've never been there. He liked it a lot.

And this is typically what it looks like around here, I can see the mountains from my window:

[Texaswitchy]

138. I just lucked into the land.

Worth every penny.

I googled Lake George.

Beautiful place.

I am surrounded by family farms passed to next generation.

Everyone helps everyone here.

All ages.

[electric_blue68]

136. Stay safe Everyone! ...

I've got a friend in Texas (not in Amarillo), and 2 acquaintences in FLA so I hear ya, DU'rs.

[Texaswitchy]

139. We are not built for 7 degrees

To many people didn't turn their water off and drain the pipes.

[electric_blue68]

140. Yeah, I know.

[Texaswitchy]

141. They will next time.

A expensive mistake.

[electric_blue68]

142. No kidding! My friend's were doing it properly.

[Texaswitchy]

143. My parents taught me how.

Our old house was off ground


Even insulated the pipes were really cold .


Better safe then sorry.

[electric_blue68]

144. That's good, then. Certain things try not to take many chances....

Are you up in what's called "Hill Country"?

[Texaswitchy]

145. Yep.

Roughly between Austin and San Antonio.

It is windy here.

We cut our water off also.

Tomorrow we can turn it back on.

We made sure we had plenty of water on hand.