What's the weather like in your neck of the woods?

[Cold Logging]

Well, I guess winter is officially here. It was 40 below here this morning. And of course, since I had neglected to clean the filter on the oil barrel this fall. It chose this morning to freeze up. Funny how that works. It only took me 2 hours to get everything thawed out and flowing and the Toyo working again. . And a bottle of Power Service 9/11 . Red bottle . Had to keep coming inside the cabin to warm up the propane torch. Propane doesn't gasify much at 40 below. Now I gotta crawl under the wife's car and figure out why the oil pan heaters aren't working. .
Sure is great having winter back!

 

[Cold Logging]

Real glad I found my beaver fur mushers hat yesterday too!!!
I was supposed to be caribou hunting today. Oh well.

 

[Mick!]

40 below! Holy crap! Cannot imagine that. -15 is the lowest I've experienced. Which seems like nothing in comparison.
Do you work in that?

 

[Cold Logging]

I've done my own logging in these temps and a bit colder. Its kinda rugged. No way I would climb in the cold. Well, maybe to hang my own Christmas lights. This kind of cold is pretty hard on iron so it needs to be operated gently.

 

[Mick!]

Out of interest I just "google earthed" glenallen and you've even got Streetview. Do you go to the Espresso bar With the bear painted outside?

 

[Cold Logging]

I got pretty well set up for winter this year. Wood shed full cabin leveled so the windows and doors seal again. ( living on permafrost is a long term exercise in house leveling)
Got the unemployment coming in, which isn't enough, but it helps. Now my mission is to get a couple caribou. Don't have room in the freezer yet but its a pretty good freezer outside in the shed. Just peel them while they are still warm. Hang them up in the shed then go saw off what the wife will cook the next day. But I process all my own meat so it's kinda fun. . Bettern money in the bank.

 

[Cold Logging]

Out of interest I just "google earthed" glenallen and you've even got Streetview. Do you go to the Espresso bar With the bear painted outside?

Not usually. I'm kinda cheap when it comes to coffee. My wife works at The Hub, junction of the Glenn and Richardson Hwys. I just swing in there and get coffee for free. :-) . Plus they havea new expresso stand at the Hub so I'de be on someones @#$% list if they saw me at the competitions coffee stand.

 

[Cold Logging]

I'll have to look and see which expresso stand that is. . Alaska is kinda resplendant with moose and bears painted on, made into signs ect. Don't really notice them after a while.

 

[Mick!]

Sure, looks like a fairly rural spot anyway, you've got to love the internet!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Man, that's cold!

 

[Cold Logging]

The sun just set a bit ago. Not quite dark yet but its 38 below on 3 different thermometers. Clear as a bell out. Unless some low pushes out this high pressure its gonna get cold. We'll see. I gotta put the wife's car to bed. Sleeping bag over the hood and a blue tarp all the way to the ground on top of that. It makes quite a difference keeping the heat in the engine. I running 350 watts on the oil pan heaters.

 

[squisher]

That sucks. Button down. Were a lot warmer than that but chilling off real good here tonight too.

I hate the cold. So hard on rigging.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Do not want!!!

 

[Labour of Love]

We're due for single digits tonight, but 40 below before Thanksgiving is just WRONG on so many levels. Br-rrrrr

 

[Cold Logging]

I thot it would cool off overnight. 46 below right now and it will prolly bump down 2-4° at sunrise. It usually does in the winter. Ice fog is collecting I guess I got the oil barrel and line fixed yesterday. The Toyo was doing fine this morning.
I need to go to NAPA and get an oil pan pad heater to put on the propane tank. I've got an older sleeping bag to cover it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Just rainy and cold here... Not like that kind of cold... but chilly. Need the rain so bring it on.

 

[Cold Logging]

45 below in downtown Glennallen. 48 below at the junction. The same here.at the cabin. . They are threatening that it will warm up and snow this afternoon. We'll see.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

2nd day of rain here... They have finally opened up burn season... Still no good for work though. Permitted only, 4X4X4 piles with water and tools, 7pm-7am. Might get some burning done on the phunny pharm though

 

[Stumper]

Freezing drizzle yesterday, Snowing today....but it should be 50 and sunny Monday.

 

[Cold Logging]

Well, it warmed up 40° here but we have got 8" of snow since 10 pm last night

 

[Cold Logging]

Still 5 underneath tho. But that's pretty balmy compared to 48 under

 

[Underwor]

Got back home from Charlotte today. Snow on ground 2" and temps in the teen's below 0. Supposed to warm up into the 30's tomorrow afternoon and stay in the upper 20's for the rest of the week. Had a great time at the show.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Bob, pretty soon you can move into your ice fishing shack. Still marvel about the curtains!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Clammy and damp here. Can't hardly keep my glasses clear to work in... Looks like a bug eyes year.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I hate that!