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Let's hope so! This cold stuff usually lasts into the first few weeks of February. Then probably more snow. Hopefully not too much more snow or spring rain. I'm thinking they are right with the flooding predictions this year. Hope none of the club members are susceptible to such problems!

The flood potential is dependant on the melt rate, but with the last few years as examples, I'm predicting a fast melt and huge flooding. With the massive amounts of snow the whole central region of the country received, there will be many 100 year records shattered. Why they continue to refer to the levels as "100 year records" is beyond me. We have seen MANY of those records reset in the past several years alone.

If the states along the main rivers were smart, they would be building levees and filling a million sand bags starting NOW, because they KNOW it will be needed. Open all the dams on the Mississippi and drain the river so all the water has some place to go. BUT, that isn't the way our governments works. They will wait until the last minute and cry that they don't have time or money to prevent major damage and depend on Federal relief to rebuild. What a waste of money. Pro-active prevention could save millions, if not billions, of dollars every time this happens but the smart, elected, officials don't seem to grasp what a common person see's. And to keep rebuilding the same towns time after time because this only happens "every 100 years" is absurd. Elevate or move the town and be done with it.

I'll vacate the soap box now.............next........

bowtie wrote:

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It's so cold that us Minnesotans finally got the real WINTER jacket out this week.

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  that's good........I forgot I have a jacket that is good to -30° in the closet. I only wear it a few times a year. It's 20 years old and still looks like new !!! Guess I'll break it out today, since it's "a little chilly" out there.

If you're proud that your state makes the national news 90 times a year because International Falls is coldest spot in the lower 48...........
You just might be from Minnesota...

 

On the way home from work last night.. My little Ranger work truck was surging at idle at the stoplights.. guess It couldnt figure out how to preheat that frigid air.

It is so cold I had to put a blanket on one of the horses because it was shivering.

It was -23 on my deck this a.m. at 6:15 a.m. 

It was 55 degrees inside the house because our home division lost power from 2:45 a.m.-6:20 a.m.!!!

I woke up at 2:45 a.m. when the smoke alarms beeped as the power went out and I didn't go back to sleep worrying about the power not coming back on and pipes freezing, finding somewhere to spend the night, etc.  Was darn happy when the power kicked back on as I was trying to get ready for work with a flashlight! 

When I left for work every, and I mean EVERY house's furnace was running for blocks as all the furnace stacks had steam coming out!  The gas company was loving us.

 

bowtie wrote:

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It's so cold that us Minnesotans finally got the real WINTER jacket out this week.

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Ive actually had my real winter jacket out since Thanksgiving day. Been using it every day since then.

 

no picnic being out in the truck bending metal for 3 hours neither, but i don't have to do on call. i do volunteer to do emergency furnaces though worked till 6:00 tonight. great money though chris.

How cold is it?  It's cold enough to make me dig up pics from the trip to Playa Del Carmen Mexico (45 min. south of Cancun) from 2 years ago.

The attached pic is the public beach in Playa.  My wife and I will be there in a few weeks.  CAN'T WAIT!!!!! 

Cancun huh Stan? One of Micheles clients gave us a weeks stay in Cancun for free earlier this week. All we have to do is pay for the flight.