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Title: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Gliderjohn on November 29, 2015, 12:35:35 PM
The freezing rain started Thursday night. It is suppose to continue through tonight. The saving grace has been light wind.

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GliderJohn
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 12:46:37 PM
 It is a shame that ice is so destructive because there is nothing more lovely . Talked to fubar guzzi earlier , he figured to go out his front door upside down , so when the inevitable happened the result would be landing on his feet  :laugh:

  Dusty
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: rocker59 on November 29, 2015, 12:48:24 PM
Ice storms suck.

Just 40-degrees and raining here in NWA, for the past three days.

Interesting to watch the freezing line stay where it is, from OKC to Wichita, and never get any closer to us.

Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 12:50:25 PM
Ice storms suck.

Just 40-degrees and raining here in NWA, for the past three days.

Interesting to watch the freezing line stay where it is, from OKC to Wichita, and never get any closer to us.

 Thankfully .

  Dusty
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Arizona Wayne on November 29, 2015, 12:56:27 PM
BTDT in Vancouver, Washington in the `80s. Columbia river froze  over and my neighbor was a tugboat captain pushing barges up/down it then.   They got frozen in for days !  A Greyhound bus got blown off the adjacent highway by a gust of wind in the Columbia gorge.  :evil: Tree branches fell off from the weight of the frozen ice. It was NASTY !!

That was after Mt. St. Helens blew up and covered us with ash repeatedly!l 

Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Guzzistajohn on November 29, 2015, 12:58:28 PM
Thanks Glider, Makes me thankful for the gloomy rainy weather were having just a couple of hundred miles to the east :thumb:
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: travelingbyguzzi on November 29, 2015, 01:09:39 PM
It has been sunny here but sub-freezing every night. The fog freezes and leaves everything slick. Haven't ridden since last Sunday.
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 01:17:44 PM
  Had to clean this up a bit , how about we NOT get political , thanks for your cooperation .

  Dusty
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Tom on November 29, 2015, 01:24:47 PM
Should be a colder than normal Winter.  Riding the hack today.  Doing it for youse guys. ;-0
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on November 29, 2015, 01:42:21 PM
Nice picture.. Ya need to fill the feeders, though.  :smiley:
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Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Gliderjohn on November 29, 2015, 02:27:54 PM
From Chuck:
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Nice picture.. Ya need to fill the feeders, though.

The problem is that the lids on the feeders are froze shut and even the line of the bigger feeder is frozen to the hanger. It isn't as bad as it looks as I put feed out on the tray part of the feeders a few times a day. There is a of food on the ground plus we have stalks of milo and broom corm out. On top of that they get treated to a heated birdbath.
Electricity finally went down about 30 minutes ago. Man, I love our auto Generac! :thumb:
GliderJohn
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 02:30:53 PM
 John says "they get treated to a heated birdbath" , Glider , that is an incredible act of kindness  :bow:

  Dusty
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Gliderjohn on November 29, 2015, 02:52:22 PM
Here ya go Dusty.

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GliderJohn
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 02:58:29 PM
Here ya go Dusty.

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GliderJohn

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  Dusty
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on November 29, 2015, 04:24:21 PM
Attaboy. Our windmill powered aerator keeps the pond open all winter. Sometimes there is just a foot or two in diameter, with birds all around it. They take it tough if they can't get food or water for an extended period.
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Gliderjohn on November 29, 2015, 09:59:47 PM
7.5 hours since the electricity went out. The Kaw powered Generac keeps on purring.
GliderJohn
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: oldbike54 on November 29, 2015, 10:03:48 PM
7.5 hours since the electricity went out. The Kaw powered Generac keeps on purring.
GliderJohn

 We had a very similar ice storm a few years ago , 14 days W/O electricity . We had heat and the cook stove worked , solar powered radio , and some gas lamps kept us connected to civilization  :laugh:
How are your birds John ?

  Dusty
Title: Re: No riding or for that matter driving today
Post by: Arizona Wayne on November 29, 2015, 11:05:47 PM
We're having a cold spell(for us) and I feed the wild birds(many quail) around us.   Been in the mid 20s@ night but in the 45-50 in daytime.  The water freezes over but melts w/sunshine.   This is as cold as it gets here @ 3,600 feet in the winter time.  If we get snow @ night it melts by the end of the next day usually. Last night the leaves really started dropping on our back yard trees.   Don't have to rake them because the wind will blow them away.  :laugh:  We live in the desert w/no fencing.  Gotta keep the bunny rabbits plump for the coyotes who come thru @ night in the winter time.