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They’ll have to bring their plants inside.
I was in Jacksonville in the early 90s when it snowed (and stuck) in early March…I think it was ‘93.
Some people call Jacksonville south Georgia, at least my uncle did when he lived in West Palm…and that was an altogether different heat down there. And their house didn’t have heat…I guess most houses down there don’t really need it.
or smoke them...
Yes, that was March 13, 1993. It snowed 26 inches overnight at my house in N.W. Georgia. The storm of the century!!!
I was working at UWG at that time. I recall it clearly. School was closed and I drove in for a swim after the snow stopped falling. It took me close to 45' to drive the 12 miles.
I was in Marine Officer Candidate School in Quantico, VA that winter (Jan-April 93). It was one of the worst winters they ever had in Virginia. Completely shut down the base for like 3 days at one point. Did it stop training? Hell no. And the DIs were extra pissed off because they couldn't leave base. They were stuck with us 24/7. That was a brutal 4 months. Still had to do all the outside training...water obstacles and all. If we were out in the field training and passed a body of water I swear they made us break the ice and get in it. Not joking. Have you ever worn frozen solid clothes? That is a unique experience.
Our daughter was born on 3/11/93 at St Mary’s in Athens during that blizzard. We were snowed in for four days. Didn’t take adequate clothing not expecting such a hard hit. Had to wear borrowed blue scrubs for a few days. I’ll go to my grave remembering the date of that storm!
By the way, there’s not another woman on earth that loves snow the way she does. If she sees one snow flake she’s call our whole family to let them know lol. Alway thought there was something to that.
Earlier in the thread I wrote we lose power at the slightest burp in our neck o da woods. Well, we watched (I endured) “Elf” last night and I guess due to Buddy’s chugging of a well product-placed soda and ensuing belch of all time we lost power around 2am and 6 degrees.
We stoked the fire, dripped the faucets and had pots on the stove to radiate as much heat as we could and hoped for the best.
Fortunately and gratefully, we had power back in a couple hours thanks to the pros that take on that task, so I’m bestowing honorary DGDs on all of them!!!
My family and I hope all those with maintain and that those without get reconnected as soon as possible!
Stay safe, stay warm and thanks for all blessings, Dawgs!
A great reason to have natural gas heating. 😬
True! The heat is gas, but the blower’s electric, so we’re still out/in the cold when the juice stops flowing. Just glad we got lucky this time around!
Well said and great tribute to those unsung, under appreciated and taken for granted many who keep our utilities flowing!
Merry Christmas to all!
Of course, with a gas water heater, you could still have a hot shower. Course, you’d be an ice cube getting out.
Just as I predicted, our high efficiency furnaces’ condensation lines froze solid, so I bundled up my flu ladened body (cue the violins) last night, got my daughter’s hair dryer and defrosted them.
The upstairs furnace never caught back up and froze sometime during the night (I’m quarantined to our bedroom upstairs so it was a cold 55 at about 4 am when I awoke).
Sometime after 8, my wife called from the guest room downstairs and said the heat was out down there too.
Give me 100 degrees and 95% humidity any day! I never want to hear my wife or daughters say, “I can’t wait for cold weather!” again.
I’d rather be anything but cold.
Three of my neighbors here in Pensacola/Gulf Breeze have broken pipes today. 21 degrees this morning. Has warmed up to 35. This blows.
"Give me 100 degrees and 95% humidity any day! I never want to hear my wife or daughters say, “I can’t wait for cold weather!” again."
EXACTLY! I never complain about the heat. It's never been so hot that it actually hurts to go outside. I just went outside to upright my s.tupid inflatable Santa that blew over and lost feeling to my fingers.