Ice Storm Warning

[Grimwald]

Our ice storm hit a couple of days ago. It took a half hour to chisel my car free. Footing was precarious, but I managed not to fall. It was still raining, freezing rain, and I was soaked, and my eyeglasses iced up before I got back into the car. The drive home was slow and stressful, but overall uneventful. My mod and rta survived.

We suffered no power loss. Just the soaked and frozen digits of hands and strained necks and shoulders from freeing vehicles of 2 inches of ice. Best of luck to everyone else facing this crazy winter.

As long as you saved the mod...

 

[Cheallaigh]

here you have to watch out for "snow raisins"... my one cat doesn't cull the rabbits much in winter...

 

[Grimwald]

here you have to watch out for "snow raisins"... my one cat doesn't cull the rabbits much in winter...

Fortunately, my Border Collie is always on duty. Doesn't care much for squirrels either.

 

[Cheallaigh]

lol mine was raised with a hybrid bobcat... half siamese half bobcat... and she eats whole adult rabbits all summer long... what can i say i'm rural? lmao

 

[NU_FTW]

1. Cleared vapocolypse shelf.
2. Charged all batteries (even stored backups) - 16 18650s and 6 18350s and 3 14500s
3. charged reserve power supplies
4. charged internal battery mods (11 of those)
5. charged 8 old ego batteries
6. charged 5 old kr808d batteries (still have cartos and T4s)
7. filled car with gas for car charger
8. mixed 250 mil of unflavored liquid

OK, bring it on. If you don't hear from me...I'll be fine.

I am shoked you dont have power banks... they are uber cheap these days!

 

[NU_FTW]

lol mine was raised with a hybrid bobcat... half siamese half bobcat... and she eats whole adult rabbits all summer long... what can i say i'm rural? lmao

THE RURAL PEOPLE RUN THE WORLD!!

 

[Ryedan]

1. Cleared vapocolypse shelf.
2. Charged all batteries (even stored backups) - 16 18650s and 6 18350s and 3 14500s
3. charged reserve power supplies
4. charged internal battery mods (11 of those)
5. charged 8 old ego batteries
6. charged 5 old kr808d batteries (still have cartos and T4s)
7. filled car with gas for car charger
8. mixed 250 mil of unflavored liquid

OK, bring it on. If you don't hear from me...I'll be fine.

Hope all goes well Grimwald .. at least you won't have to worry about a working vape

 

[Ryedan]

hehehehe... almost every day here has been a "red alert weather" day... so yep, making sure all batteries are charged is a must... at least i can use my mods as hand warmers.

I don't mind the weather we're getting here lately, but then again I'm not up north like you. Remember the ice storm in 2013? Here's a pic of our street once the weather had cleared:

I love snowstorms, but ice can be really bad!

 

[sorrynomore]

I don't mind the weather we're getting here lately, but then again I'm not up north like you. Remember the ice storm in 2013? Here's a pic of our street once the weather had cleared:

I love snowstorms, but ice can be really bad!

Agreed!
We had freezing rain a few weeks back,it wasn't nearly as bad as some ice storms we've had in the past....the older I get the more I dispise winter.

 

[Cheallaigh]

i'm from the rockies originally... i still think ontario winters are milder with less snow... but we don't get the squalls or ice storms in the rockies, so it's a trade off... then again the closest town to me has a record.

level 5 earthquake and a F2 tornado on the same day ... why did i move here again?

 

[mongo74]

Ice storm...
Make it slippery
I'm not in the mood
The temp is just right
It's icing real hard
We can slip all night
Oooh ice storm
Oooh
Ice storm, make it slippery

 

[Cheallaigh]

so... so... wrong lmfao

 

[mongo74]

so wrong it makes it right? lol

 

[Cheallaigh]

nopers.. hehehehe

 

[Ryedan]

i'm from the rockies originally... i still think ontario winters are milder with less snow... but we don't get the squalls or ice storms in the rockies, so it's a trade off... then again the closest town to me has a record.

I grew up in Montreal, we used to get a lot more snow than we do here now. Can remember snow storms that lasted days and snow removal couldn't keep up on the side streets. My mother once had to get a snowmobile ride from the subway to our house because the buses couldn't get through anymore. I haven't seen that kind of snowfall for a long time.

level 5 earthquake and a F2 tornado on the same day ... why did i move here again?

That's God's country .. comes with the territory

 

[Cheallaigh]

closest decent sized town to me is midland ontario, which is the town i mentioned with the quake/tornado the same day... using sleds to get around is quite common, we're looking for some new sleds for ourselves right now. being from Nelson, BC aka the kokanee glacier like the beer... i've seen snow in july, -55 and all the other joys of 9 months or more of snow... i'll take an ontario winter over that any time.

 

[mongo74]

wienerschnitzel

goes great with a dark ale.

 

[NU_FTW]

Getting some movies the ice is just about to start hitting us for today and through tomorrow. Also getting some comfort foods to make, going to make meatloaf and cheesy potatoes!!

Bring it! Mother Nature aint got squat on me! I have a gas heater in the basement that requires no electricity to work! Not part of my forced air system but it radiates heat well with where it is located! Got all the battery banks charged and enough battery power to last 4-5 days without even touching battery backups plenty of bottled water plenty of food

 

[Cheallaigh]

can i come visit for that dinner/ i drive a 4x4 anyhow so i should be able to make it lmao

 

[NU_FTW]

can i come visit for that dinner/ i drive a 4x4 anyhow so i should be able to make it lmao

I love people who believe a 4x4 makes it any easier to stop on ice Sorry just had to say that, wasnt a dig on you at all.

I wouldnt recommend driving on ice simply due to the other idiots on the roads who have no business driving in bad weather.