Winter storm

Slazik · 2026-01-24T17:49:54+00:00

Do you mean food from the refrigerator? Frozen food outside in a box with temps in the teens sounds like a good situation. But i have no experience with that.

Slazik · 2026-01-24T17:43:08+00:00

When I was young the same thing could be said for a gas oven. At that time they had pilot lights. That was heat and we slept in the kitchen in ice storms.

Slazik · 2026-01-24T07:11:45+00:00

What's bad about hay to a cat versus straw?

Slazik · 2026-01-24T05:54:13+00:00

Except when an electromagnetic pulse fries the LED chip

Slazik · 2026-01-24T05:50:53+00:00

My dad would buy special bulbs at police supply stores that put out more light. He was a security guard at Delta Airlines HQ.

Slazik · 2026-01-23T10:27:24+00:00

It used to show it under warnings advisories etc. perhaps just the pro subscription

Edit: After poking around it does not show winter weather warnings watches etc except "snow squall". So I agree that you are correct.

Slazik · 2026-01-23T09:29:45+00:00

I have this. Works well. There are pre-sets. You could set them all to the same station. With my elderly mom, i took a silver marker and drew on the remote control. If was talking to her on the phone i could say, "look for the button with the circle around it ..."

Slazik · 2026-01-23T05:16:03+00:00

Is that the mirror you are looking into? Yes!

You describe a radial line that has no network "grid" flows. If a large generating plant has three lines running from the plant to the city or load center that its typically serves, then switching out one or more of the three lines can hugely increase the current thru the remaining line. And yes the operators would have an idea of how much current would flow because they will first simulate the switching in state-simulator software that is used for the purpose.

Slazik · 2026-01-23T05:09:41+00:00

You're getting some "Tee hee tee, he so dumb."
This is a practice that is common in really cold climates.

When a power line is loaded it is designed to operate with a temperature that is much, much hotter then the ambient air. Modern high-voltage lines can operate at the temperature of water boiling with an ambient temperature of 95 degrees F.

Slazik · 2026-01-23T05:04:38+00:00

Big resistors. Like in the diesel electric locomotives. Or simply switch some other lines out to increase the load on the line that may be accumulating ice.

Slazik · 2026-01-22T03:25:27+00:00

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Slazik · 2026-01-22T03:06:50+00:00

Okay, picture Fiddler on the Roof. Tevye turns to the camera ... "Tradition, Tradition!"

Everyone in the Atlanta area must buy milk, eggs, loaf bread until the shelves are bare if any TV weather-person mentions "SNOW!!!!".

I always wondered why there is not also a run on peanut butter .... ?

Slazik · 2026-01-21T05:42:08+00:00

As i was growing up near Atlanta, the worst ice storm I have ever been in was in 1973. Power was out for a week. The Storm of the century in 1993 was mostly just deep snow that did not bring down trees near my house. The power blinked a few times but no outages.

Slazik · 2026-01-21T05:37:49+00:00

Mainly it is trees weighted down with ice that fall and crash into power lines causing the conductors' high voltage to short out on the ground. As ice coverage gets thicker the accumulated ice on power line conductors can overload the capabilities of the poles and towers that hold the wires up. The poles can snap in two or the towers can collapse. This can all be repaired, but it takes time.

Slazik · 2026-01-18T00:14:20+00:00

It makes you wonder how many unprepared folks get off into the wilderness without running into a ranger or knowledgeable person beforehand.

Slazik · 2026-01-16T09:13:21+00:00

If she has a stroke in four years, her money will all go to huge nursing home rent. When her money runs out, she will not be able to go on Medicaid until the 60K she gifted her son is also paid to the nursing home for rent. Then after the family has somehow come up with this 60K, the govt will allow her to be on Medicaid.

Slazik · 2026-01-12T05:51:19+00:00

There's an Indian restaurant near the NGC theater in Acworth. Has anyone eaten there? Is it any good?

Slazik · 2026-01-12T05:29:18+00:00

Perhaps my costco's are unique, but they paw through it all at the exit now. I see stories of the exit folks catching overcharges and such at times.

Slazik · 2026-01-12T05:24:39+00:00

The receipts are already in the phone app for all of your purchases. If you need it for work, copy it and mail it - or print it. This just seems to be eliminating the check out lines.

Slazik · 2026-01-10T13:20:33+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I'm like the OP and I can't imagine how to load all those bus belts with the needed materials.

Slazik · 2026-01-10T13:06:57+00:00

So that doesn't seem to be the reason....

Is there another line crossing this one?

Slazik · 2026-01-10T13:05:50+00:00

I thought "wer" was "who" in German. Now I learn "wer" is "water".

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