The past three days have sucked...

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:13 am

It's amazing how back East you can have feet upon feet of snow without major/long power outages, and you get a foot and a half of snow up here in the mountains of California (who knew, right?), and you have no power from 7:00AM Monday morning until 9:00PM Wednesday night. Fawk. At least I have power again. The apartment is now up to 46.4°F, with 4 heaters on high. The temperature was so low earlier today, the thermometer gave an error of "LL.L°F," LOL. At least I didn't just go grocery shopping...the refrigerator was about twice as warm as the apartment.

v95 · Post by **v95** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:16 am

dam dude thats really a bad time it sounds like. did yo build a fire

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:16 am

Its because you Cali folks don't expect it! All our stuff here in the Midwest and EC is built and prepped for garbage weather.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:42 am

tell me about it, its freaking cold here in stockton i can just imagine jackson

superdan · Post by **superdan** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:49 am

whats cold in CA? 70* lol

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:30 am

it's about 50 now in san diego, colder than the usual temp in CA...

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:34 am

7 degrees here currently. was -2 this morning

superdan · Post by **superdan** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:35 am

damn for once its warmer in ohio than it is in cali haha

its crazy though thats its that cold over there

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:37 am

I was talking to the guys from the office in San Antonio yesterday... they were whining that it was only 63 degrees.

They could have always joined me here for yesterdays first blast of winter, dumping of snow and usual rash of fender benders due to the boneheads not having snows installed yet or having to learn to drive all over again... yes... no more speeding.

Chris04sxt · Post by **Chris04sxt** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:23 am

Shit, it was almost 60 yesterday here in Pittsburgh and later today the wind chill is supposed to be around 0.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:44 am

think my room in my apartment is about 83*, about the same temperature outside. fuck you florida its winter, get cold.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:50 am

I was driving around constantly the past three days, starting at about 8:00AM Monday morning. I lived back East. I know how it can be. I have pictures I'll have to go through later and put up. I did have the pleasure of seeing many dumb things people do while trying to figure out how to drive in the snow. I almost ended up on top of another vehicle because of it, but anyways...

Apartment is up to 56°F now. I just fell down ******* the staircase outside. My bad is really ****** up now, along with my ankle. Off to school, yay. Pictures to follow.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:33 am

Ntyvirus1 wrote:think my room in my apartment is about 83*, about the same temperature outside. fuck you florida its winter, get cold.

Florida? Winter?! That's madness!!!

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:47 am

it was 25 degrees when I went to work at 5 am sunday-wensday

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:47 pm

It was 22°F at 10AM Tuesday morning when I was leaving for school, lol. Was 19°F yesterday morning at about 9AM.

Anyways, off to the hospital here in a bit. My whole upper body is really f'ed up right now. This sucks...

OB · Post by OB » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:58 pm

I've been working in mid to upper 20's for the last week. Freezing cold wind makes it feel even colder too. The weather here has changed a lot, it's not the CA I used to know. It gets so much colder than it did a few years ago. Global cooling?

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:58 pm

neonslg09 wrote:
Ntyvirus1 wrote:think my room in my apartment is about 83*, about the same temperature outside. fuck you florida its winter, get cold.
Florida? Winter?! That's madness!!!

Madness? THIS IS FLORIDA!!!!

sry couldn't help myself

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:18 pm

I came back from my class last night at 6 PM to find out that the entire area of the city where my apartment is was without power since 2 PM due to wind taking some power lines out... I'm was pretty pissed since I had a homework due last night that was saved on my desktop which I couldn't turn on (of course :roll) and on top of that finals week is starting and I have exams to study for so the library would already be full. The electricity didn't come back on until around 11 PM apparently. I was pretty pissed because this happens more often than it should in this day and age. By now, we should have buried power lines everywhere so this isn't an issue.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:04 pm

Chris04sxt wrote:Shit, it was almost 60 yesterday here in Pittsburgh and later today the wind chill is supposed to be around 0.

Yea it was 60 yesterday, loved it. Got alot of work done. But tuesday night and yesterday morning we had 50+mph winds. Was blowing my ass over while trying to work. Didn't have power all tuesday night.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:07 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:By now, we should have buried power lines everywhere so this isn't an issue.

Some idiot would just dig them up.

A large power inverter, and a car battery will get you going in a pinch.

When we had the big black out here a few years back, it was the first thing I bought. Then you find creative ways to use it when the power is fine. 110 volt electric impact wrench in the middle of a field is one of them. A 750 watt will run about anything within reason, and they are not that expensive. It's when you go above that, they get outrageous.

Edit: The only thing they will not power is a refrigerator.

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:22 pm

My power just went out an hour ago @ Panera for interwebs now!

Hopefully it gets fixed tonight before it gets really cold out.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:33 am

Well, went to the hospital earlier. No cracked ribs thank God. I didn't think I had any, but man does it hurt. I do have "soft tissue" damage though due to the fall. 3 days off of work and a bottle of Ibuprofen. Woo. Supposedly it's a 50/50 if it is supposed to snow to 500ft again. If so, I'll get pounded again since I'm a tad above 2,000ft.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:48 am

Wow, glad you don't have cracked ribs!

Hope your not a Steelers fan

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:38 am

The lowest its gotn here is in the low 50s- high 40s.

I hate the cold but its better than hot. Besides cold=sexy time...

TheNumberOneD · Post by **TheNumberOneD** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:35 pm

Global Warming is causing the earth to get really cold...

or something like that.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:16 pm

Lol, the power at my work went out, along with the rest of the block. Our cook couldnt see anything he was cooking. Granted it came back on in 20 seconds. 5 people were in the bathroom, lmao.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:20 pm

neonslg09 wrote: 5 people were in the bathroom, lmao.

wth was everyone doing in the bathroom, sounds like they were having a good time...

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:25 pm

r/tguy02 wrote:
neonslg09 wrote: 5 people were in the bathroom, lmao.
wth was everyone doing in the bathroom, sounds like they were having a good time...

Yikes!

2 children, 1 old man, and two middle aged women.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:17 pm

gotta watch out for those dirty old bastards

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:06 pm

Y'all realize that most of California gets cold during the winter, and the areas in Northern and Eastern California has similar weather conditions as Oregon and Washington.

It's a huge misconception that just because you live in California you have warm weather year round and you live on the beach and everyone surfs. I remember the really bad fog every year and the months without even seeing the sun. It may not snow in the Valley but it still gets down into the 20's during the winter.