Severe cold weather and a white Christmas - Page 5 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

yuccales · 12-24-2022, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

3 here this morning , snow flurries last night enough to cover the road , Going all the way up to 24 later today !

Right now 35 out, 70 in. I'm not moving!

In all seriousness, you all be careful with those cold temps.

72c20customcamper · 12-24-2022, 09:23 AM

-2 right now the official temp for town is 0 but I’m just about 1300 ft in altitude town is in the valley . Always colder here up on the hill .

CG · 12-24-2022, 09:27 AM

Our driveway yesterday, a sheet of ice. SIL decided to stop by which was weird because the roads were so treacherous yesterday. She started to pull in to the driveway, saw it was a skating rink, but it was too late. She did manage to get stuck in the snow bank towards the top though instead of sliding in to our garage door. She got out of her car and fell on her hip and left hand. Still not sure if she broke her wrist or not. Ill find out today.

**special-K** · 12-24-2022, 09:28 AM

I'm always colder down here in the draw, when it's still. I'm much better in the wind than the ridges but a still night cold settles deeper, plus the creeks create a heavy dew/frost.

The Laurel and rhododendron are curled up tight and the squirrel tails are tucked tight against their backs. In town I saw a dog frozen to a fire hydrant.

tutone · 12-24-2022, 09:50 AM

Happy to report that we are in a heat wave compared to yesterday.

**special-K** · 12-24-2022, 10:07 AM

We'll be warming up to 22 here today as well. It's very convenient leaving ice cream out in the truck all night. Can't do that in sunny Southern California

. I brought some applewurst from my freezer to a friend yesterday. No need for a cooler, just laid it in the bed. I handed it to him saying it wasn't frozen when I left the house. It was rock hard.

Just call me Sean · 12-24-2022, 10:21 AM

There's frozen water outside that I didn't bring out in a glass. I haven't seen that in years.

**special-K** · 12-24-2022, 10:36 AM

You need to get pictures of that!

Just call me Sean · 12-24-2022, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

You need to get pictures of that!

Good idea. Probably the only way I'll remember when it happened.

**Getter-Done** · 12-24-2022, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean

Good idea. Probably the only way I'll remember when it happened.

I have that same stove.

Wife is wanting a stainless steel one

It will probably turn into a powder coat or paint cure oven

Just call me Sean · 12-24-2022, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Getter-Done

I have that same stove.

Wife is wanting a stainless steel one

It will probably turn into a powder coat or paint cure oven

It's broken. The oven doesn't turn off, stuck on max hot. It's been sitting in my front yard for a couple weeks. I'm thinking of moving it next to my car on blocks.

72c20customcamper · 12-24-2022, 11:28 AM

Temp went up to 1 degree got the stove cranking with oak and locust .

72c20customcamper · 12-24-2022, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean

Good idea. Probably the only way I'll remember when it happened.

Guessing the water rides at Disney aren’t running today .

**special-K** · 12-24-2022, 12:09 PM

I cut up a downed dead cherry not long ago. Wet and very #2 quality. I'm using that up since I'm home and inside to tend to it. Make room for something better

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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean

It's broken. The oven doesn't turn off, stuck on max hot. It's been sitting in my front yard for a couple weeks. I'm thinking of moving it next to my car on blocks.

Sounds like a powder coat oven to me

**LockDoc** · 12-24-2022, 12:37 PM

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Wind chill is only 17º below this morning and sun is shining. My snow fence worked good and kept the snow off of my driveway. With the wind that strong and living on top of a hill, 90% of the snow blew over into the field across the road. I'm not going to have to plow at all.

LockDoc

**Getter-Done** · 12-24-2022, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Wind chill is only 17º below this morning and sun is shining. My snow fence worked good and kept the snow off of my driveway. With the wind that strong and living on top of a hill, 90% of the snow blew over into the field across the road. I'm not going to have to plow at all.

LockDoc

Great thinking.

That way you won't be shoveling snow.

**LockDoc** · 12-24-2022, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Great thinking.

That way you won't be shoveling snow.

Unfortunately, it doesn't always happen that way though...

.. I just got lucky this time.

LockDoc

**Stocker** · 12-24-2022, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean

Good idea. Probably the only way I'll remember when it happened.

Gotta be cold there, that poor bird looks frozen solid!

**GOPAPA** · 12-24-2022, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Wind chill is only 17º below this morning and sun is shining. My snow fence worked good and kept the snow off of my driveway. With the wind that strong and living on top of a hill, 90% of the snow blew over into the field across the road. I'm not going to have to plow at all.

LockDoc

Snow fence ..I got to say ,,I never lived where I needed one ,, and didn't think of any one building one .. I do see lots of snow fences along I-84 in eastern Oregon that collect the snow up and keep it off the highways a lot..

Just curious ,,Leon ,does your fence catch plastic bags like the one in Oregon I mentioned does,, LOL

1976gmc20 · 12-24-2022, 06:05 PM

Sunshine and forty above today! It was twenty below yesterday morning.

I pushed back some more snow before it freezes solid again.

Supposed to be freezing rain tonight.

**Grumpy old man** · 12-24-2022, 08:46 PM

**LockDoc** · 12-24-2022, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Snow fence ..I got to say ,,I never lived where I needed one ,, and didn't think of any one building one .. I do see lots of snow fences along I-84 in eastern Oregon that collect the snow up and keep it off the highways a lot..

Just curious ,,Leon ,does your fence catch plastic bags like the one in Oregon I mentioned does,, LOL

No plastic bags, but I had corn all the way around me this year. This is shortly after I put it up. We had a strong wind out of the West and the corn husks filled it up. I had to clean it out.....

LockDoc

**special-K** · 12-25-2022, 12:09 AM

They stopped putting up snow fence around here. It was still in use when I first moved in here. We used to get more snow.

I was out and about today. Boy was it cold just doing typical go into stores stuff. Getting gas is always the worst. Gas stations are all in windy places.

**C101972** · 12-25-2022, 03:59 AM

Merry Christmas everyone! I just saw this tread.
We are just coming to the end of the winter storm, so right now it’s-8 with a-23 wind chill. We have had so far 72 hours below zero actual air temperature not wind chill and tomorrow or I should say today (Christmas day) we will continue that trend. The last couple of days we had wind chills in the-30to -53. Monday our air temperature is finally get out of the negatives. So if you all could send us some warm air up here to the north country.
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4u2nv · 12-25-2022, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Guessing the water rides at Disney aren’t running today .

Now that is laughable

12-24-2022, 09:23 AM	#102
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,232	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas -2 right now the official temp for town is 0 but I’m just about 1300 ft in altitude town is in the valley . Always colder here up on the hill . __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

12-24-2022, 09:27 AM	#103
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 19,791	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas Our driveway yesterday, a sheet of ice. SIL decided to stop by which was weird because the roads were so treacherous yesterday. She started to pull in to the driveway, saw it was a skating rink, but it was too late. She did manage to get stuck in the snow bank towards the top though instead of sliding in to our garage door. She got out of her car and fell on her hip and left hand. Still not sure if she broke her wrist or not. Ill find out today. Attached Images __________________ … … … … … … … … ... … … … … … … … … … … …

12-24-2022, 09:28 AM	#104
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas I'm always colder down here in the draw, when it's still. I'm much better in the wind than the ridges but a still night cold settles deeper, plus the creeks create a heavy dew/frost. The Laurel and rhododendron are curled up tight and the squirrel tails are tucked tight against their backs. In town I saw a dog frozen to a fire hydrant. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-24-2022, 09:50 AM	#105
tutone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: hickory, ky Posts: 1,262	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas Happy to report that we are in a heat wave compared to yesterday. Attached Images __________________ :My build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=807535 1972 K10 swb/1968 Camaro 350/4spd 1955 210 2 dr sedan/1998 RCSB Z71

12-24-2022, 10:07 AM	#106
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas We'll be warming up to 22 here today as well. It's very convenient leaving ice cream out in the truck all night. Can't do that in sunny Southern California . I brought some applewurst from my freezer to a friend yesterday. No need for a cooler, just laid it in the bed. I handed it to him saying it wasn't frozen when I left the house. It was rock hard. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-24-2022, 10:36 AM	#108
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas You need to get pictures of that! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-24-2022, 11:28 AM	#112
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,232	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas Temp went up to 1 degree got the stove cranking with oak and locust . Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

12-24-2022, 12:37 PM	#115
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,360	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas - Wind chill is only 17º below this morning and sun is shining. My snow fence worked good and kept the snow off of my driveway. With the wind that strong and living on top of a hill, 90% of the snow blew over into the field across the road. I'm not going to have to plow at all. LockDoc Attached Images __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

12-24-2022, 06:05 PM	#120
1976gmc20 Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Montana Posts: 3,696	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas Sunshine and forty above today! It was twenty below yesterday morning. I pushed back some more snow before it freezes solid again. Supposed to be freezing rain tonight. __________________ Current/past Chevy/GMC trucks: 1958 Chevy C-60; 1965 GMC C-50; 1965 Chevy C-10; 1971 Chevy K-10; 1973 Chevy K-20; 1976 GMC C-20; 1977 Chevy C-10 Suburban; 1980 Chevy K-10; 1989 Chevy K1500; 1991 GMC V1500 Suburban; 2016 Chevy K2500 HD Other vehicles: 1988 Jeep XJ; 2011 Toyota 4Runner

12-24-2022, 08:46 PM	#121
Grumpy old man Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Gods country East,Tn Posts: 8,545	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas Attached Images __________________ 1967 Factory short bed - Old school '71 - 350 / 4bolt / 487 heads / Edelbrock C3BX Muncie M-22 4 speed / Hurst Comp plus Factory 12 bolt posi 3.73 / 255-70-15 Smoothed firewall / Factory cowl induction Power disc brakes / power steering / 3.5-5" drop

12-25-2022, 12:09 AM	#123
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas They stopped putting up snow fence around here. It was still in use when I first moved in here. We used to get more snow. I was out and about today. Boy was it cold just doing typical go into stores stuff. Getting gas is always the worst. Gas stations are all in windy places. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-25-2022, 03:59 AM	#124
C101972 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Saint Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 530	Re: Severe cold weather and a white Christmas Merry Christmas everyone! I just saw this tread. We are just coming to the end of the winter storm, so right now it’s-8 with a-23 wind chill. We have had so far 72 hours below zero actual air temperature not wind chill and tomorrow or I should say today (Christmas day) we will continue that trend. The last couple of days we had wind chills in the-30to -53. Monday our air temperature is finally get out of the negatives. So if you all could send us some warm air up here to the north country. Posted via Mobile Device



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