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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Can't you draw potable water and then put antifreeze in your pipes for a 
couple of nights to keep those from freezing?  Or maybe put a space heater 
next to the basement valve?  I have no idea what it is like to live as cold 
as what you are describing.  I have been in cold, snow, and ice in sevral 
places, in my life.  One winter in Virginia was the worst.  I would not live, 
by preference, any colder than what I experienced there.  The high today, 
here, is projected at 70 degrees -- But-- wait until our hellish summer wqhen 
you are nice and comfy.  There are always trade-offs ....good luck to 
you................................

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--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:


> It's been snowing here, on and off, since yesterday
> morning. We've only 
> gotten a couple of inches, but the storm hasn't hit
> yet. I don't mind snow, 
> I can deal with that. I'd rather have snow than the ice
> we had last week 
> (which is still there, under the snow). The cold will come
> in on Tuesday 
> night, I think. Below zero; this place can't take more
> than a few days of 
> below zero. Once it gets that cold, everything starts
> freezing (my well has 
> never frozen, though, thank goodness, but the valve in the
> basement that 
> turn the pump on has!), the tractor won't start, I
> can't keep the house 
> warm, even with the main heat turned back on (boo hoo...$$$
> up the chimney). 
> Bah humbug on winter.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:57 AM
> Subject: [Homestead] Cold weather, again, coming for some
> 
> 
> Judging by this article , Susan Jane, Marie, and Lynn are
> very soon to see 
> really cold and snowy weather again.  This article
> concentrates on the big 
> cities, but........................
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AccuWeather.com
> 
> Snow, Cleveland to New York While Chicago has been hit by
> snow, New York 
> City and other metropolitan areas are next for their
> biggest snowstorm of 
> the season.
> 
> Six to 10 inches of snow for parts of the Northeast.
> AccuWeather.com predicts 3-6 inches of snow for New York
> City.
> Widespread snow-related watches and warnings in effect.
> Major arctic blast destined for East.
> Growing concern for East snowstorms next week.
> Santa Ana Wind for Southern California.
> Raw video of the snowstorm hitting Chicago.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> A Plowable Snowstorm all the way to New York City
> 
> For cities like New York and Pittsburgh, this could be the
> biggest snowstorm 
> of the season so far. The storm produced 3 inches of snow
> across Chicago 
> Friday morning, resulting in over 200 flights to be
> canceled and extensive 
> travel delays in and around the city. Gusty winds led to
> delays around New 
> York City Friday afternoon, ahead of the storm.
> 
> The storm is still the development stages and only will
> grow stronger into 
> Saturday causing heavier snow to develop. People across the
> southern Ohio 
> Valley could experience a thunderstorm later tonight into
> early Saturday, 
> and it is that energy that will move north into the cold
> air mass lying 
> across Pennsylvania into New Jersey, resulting in heavy
> snow. At times, the 
> snow will come down at the rate of 1-2 inches per hour,
> resulting in a quick 
> cover of snow on roads and extremely poor travel.
> 
> Pittsburgh will be the first to get hit followed by New
> York City and Boston 
> later on. Each of those cities will get close to 6 inches
> of snow, making 
> this the biggest snowstorm of the season.
> 
> Be part of the forum discussion about the storm that will
> hit New York City.
> Snow in the Forecast for Philadelphia.
> Washington, D.C., is on the edge of the snow.
> Kate Bilo on snow removal.
> Midwest is being hit by the snow.
> 
> 
> Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski covers
> AccuWeather.com's News Information
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The Coldest Weather Possible In Nearly 15 Years
> 
> Bitterly cold air bottled up over the depths of the Arctic
> will plunge 
> southward next week, gripping the eastern two-thirds of the
> nation.
> 
> The frigid air will likely arrive in two waves. The first
> shot will blast 
> the Midwest and Northeast early next week. The second,
> which will prove to 
> be the harshest, will encompass virtually all places east
> of the Rockies by 
> next weekend.
> 
> Expert Senior Meteorologist Elliot Abrams reports,
> "Joe Bastardi has been 
> talking about a daytime temperature below zero in Chicago
> and a nighttime 
> low near 0 in New York City... and if one of these Arctic
> highs makes the 
> plunge south and east, those ideas will turn out
> right."
> 
> Blustery winds will usher in the arctic air, resulting in
> even colder and 
> potentially dangerous AccuWeather.com RealFeel®
> temperatures.
> 
> The air Friday over a portion of Alaska was colder than the
> air anywhere 
> else in the northern hemisphere. That is the source region
> for the air 
> coming into the northern Plains next week.
> 
> There are early indications of a reinforcing shot of arctic
> air settling 
> over the East in the days leading up to Inauguration Day.
> 
> AccuWeather.com Community Director Jesse Ferrell says that
> the forums are 
> abuzz about this potential for extreme cold next week in
> the Northeast. He 
> has a blog showing maps and data from the GFS, which says
> that New York City 
> will be the coldest in at least 14 years.
> 
> Forum on the cold weather
> 
> Computer models shown on the Community blog show just how
> cold the weather 
> will be next week.
> 
> 
> Meteorologist Elliot Abrams is the Chief Forecaster for
> AccuWeather.com
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Growing Concern for Potential Snowstorms Next Week
> 
> AccuWeather.com is keeping a close eye on the potential for
> snowstorms to 
> develop along the leading edge of the arctic blasts next
> week.
> 
> The first shot of arctic air could help spawn a major
> snowstorm over New 
> England and Atlantic Canada Tuesday into Wednesday. A storm
> accompanying the 
> second arctic blast could return significant snow from the
> Midwest to the 
> Northeast's major cities later in the week.
> 
> The exact details of these storms will become clearer in
> the upcoming days. 
> Pinpointing the exact track of storms that are several days
> away is 
> difficult as storms have a high potential of shifting
> course or may fail to 
> take shape.
> 
> One aspect of the long-range forecast that has raised the
> confidence level 
> slightly here at AccuWeather.com is that models have
> recently been 
> consistent on showing a snowstorm impacting a part of the
> Northeast on 
> Tuesday.
> 
> 
> http://www.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&date=2009-01-09_21:55
> 
> 
> 
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