Fortunately it wasn't windy and trees basically leafless.All that ice will mean hundreds of broken tree limbs and downed power lines.
Fortunately it wasn't windy and trees basically leafless.All that ice will mean hundreds of broken tree limbs and downed power lines.
Maybe? It's possible I'll find after it thaws that the lemon lime bottle burst while the orange didn't. The other possibility is that 'natural flavors' is a euphemism for anti-freeze.Could it be that the orange is at a higher pressure? Could that happen?
Ugh. I had to drive from St Louis to Raleigh in that storm.Louisville news reviewed footage from the 1994 ice storm yesterday. 3/4" sleet then 18" snow.
@BlackHand, I got your answer from the U. of Illinois. In a vacuum less dense liquids such as alcohol can boil all day long at close to room temperature and they expand and contract easily with small temperature variations. That is how the 'Drinking Bird' works. It is ethanol in a partial vacuum. The higher the pressure in a vessel, the lower the freezing point. The lower the pressure, the lower the boiling point. It is why it takes longer to cook pasta camping on a mountain. The Orange is just at a higher pressure. Speaking of pressure, did you know that you can make your own sparkling wine, for say party mimosas, by putting 1L of generic box white in a 2L soda bottle with dry ice? Lower temps will also hold more gas dissolved in a fluid. So, when you crack a Canada Dry it starts to fizz with the pressure drop. Dry ice is just frozen Co2. Use tongs and winter gloves if you try making sparkling wine sometime.the lemon lime bottle burst while the orange didn't
That is some hill. I can't imagine contending with it when covered in ice. It looks something like perhaps a 16% slope. The wind is going the wrong way now, from the S.E. due to anti-clockwise Coriolis of the front, it has started to rain and gulls have abandoned the coast to hunker down by fresh water. Large flocks of crows have settled into protected redwood trees. What is funny about redwoods is that they turn fog into rain under them but shed and deflect rain around them like an umbrella. I was able to get my business done early. Now it is time to stay inside and read books.down our hill
Cry me a riverIt's 77F but feel like 67F. I'm wearing 2 jerseys for warmth.
but its not usually worth studded tires our snow last two or three days at most and no one plows the roads. this was really a oddball for us. 14 degrees and we had that froze ice that looks like snow. then 24 degrees and actual rain coated everything. started to melt the next day whole raining then it froze again. yesterday it melted some and was 35 degrees but all the roads froze over again. today is 40 so far and the roads are melting again. but dont know how far they will get.I'd love to cycle on those paths/trails in the winter ... nice and smooth (well mostly) but icy surfaces are just fine with studded tires.
As for the other posters comments complaining about having to use 2 jerseys in under 65F weather .... just go away.
Hey, I reserve the human right to complain about anything I want, no matter how trivial.I'd love to cycle on those paths/trails in the winter ... nice and smooth (well mostly) but icy surfaces are just fine with studded tires.
As for the other posters comments complaining about having to use 2 jerseys in under 65F weather .... just go away.
Yeah, studded tires would be a waste 99% of the time in the lowlands in this climate. It's like telling someone in LA that they should walk around with an umbrella all winter.but its not usually worth studded tires our snow last two or three days at most and no one plows the roads. this was really a oddball for us. 14 degrees and we had that froze ice that looks like snow. then 24 degrees and actual rain coated everything. started to melt the next day whole raining then it froze again. yesterday it melted some and was 35 degrees but all the roads froze over again. today is 40 so far and the roads are melting again. but dont know how far they will get.
That sucks big time. I agree that studs would be a waste of coin in your neck of the woods for the brief time that you are subjected to those unusual conditions. Being cooped up isn’t fun either and I can totally relate to that when temps here were unbearably frigid for over a week. I guess we all have weather related issues to deal with. Chin up as things are bound to improve as they are here.but its not usually worth studded tires our snow last two or three days at most and no one plows the roads. this was really a oddball for us. 14 degrees and we had that froze ice that looks like snow. then 24 degrees and actual rain coated everything. started to melt the next day whole raining then it froze again. yesterday it melted some and was 35 degrees but all the roads froze over again. today is 40 so far and the roads are melting again. but dont know how far they will get.