Polar Blast 2014 - How Are You Doing?
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Brisco
Expert Expediter
Same here........
Our "LOW" Temps have been in the Low 20's / High Teens since Sunday night.....with wind chills in the single digits.......
Thermostat here at the store is set at 72 Degrees............Store temp has not been above 55-60 Degrees since I walked in yesterday morning. ALL ELECTRIC - No Gas heating system.........Electric Bill gonna suck this month!!!
Having to run the furnace pretty hard. The SW winds are blasting the front of the house.
Winter has bit my house. Water just started coming threw the living room ceiling. Ice dams. Glad we are home to catch it early. Waiting on return phone calls now.
High of +17, much lighter winds. Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of snow in the afternoon.
Daffyduck528
Expert Expediter
Broke down in Albuquerque just before the polar blast started. Still here. It's gotten into high 20's at night and hotel heater works great. Truck is coming out of shop in morning. Any idea when this blast is coming to an end?
I got back from a run Saturday evening. Ran into snow at Interstate 65 and US 30, snow from there until I got home. Since then, haven't moved, just as well since Indiana was largely shut down and Illinois has been an ice and snow covered mess. I lost a little money from not getting work, but probably not as much as might have been lost getting stuck somewhere.
The van has been starting even in the coldest weather so at least I have that going for me, if I do get a call the van will start and run. But, being at home in this has its advantages so I'm not complaining.
The van has been starting even in the coldest weather so at least I have that going for me, if I do get a call the van will start and run. But, being at home in this has its advantages so I'm not complaining.
Really, really horrible, awful, terrible BAD time for me. Right after I said I wouldn't go north [of southern Ky, where I was sitting], my sister called to ask me to come home, because her 27 year old son died. In his sleep. [How the coroner can refer to that as "natural" causes is just beyond me.] This was a guy who worked hard, played hard, ate right, didn't smoke, definitely didn't touch drugs, and always knew how to have real fun: a genuine Tough Mudder.
But the worse part is that he died in Indianapolis, where he was attending a gamers event, in the middle of the Polar freeze - and Indianapolis is closed. So we haven't been able to bring his body back home yet, nor his car, and his parents are hanging by a thread - just barely.
I think it goes without saying that prayers and thoughts and condolences are offered, so please, don't say it. I don't want to hijack the thread, just to say that tomorrow is guaranteed to nobody - cherish your loved ones, every blessed day. Because every day you have them is blessed.
RIP, Danny Joseph Maher.
But the worse part is that he died in Indianapolis, where he was attending a gamers event, in the middle of the Polar freeze - and Indianapolis is closed. So we haven't been able to bring his body back home yet, nor his car, and his parents are hanging by a thread - just barely.
I think it goes without saying that prayers and thoughts and condolences are offered, so please, don't say it. I don't want to hijack the thread, just to say that tomorrow is guaranteed to nobody - cherish your loved ones, every blessed day. Because every day you have them is blessed.
RIP, Danny Joseph Maher.
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I am so sorry for you loss.
WanderngFool
Active Expediter
Cheri, that truly sucks.
Our truck has been home in Minnesota with us for a month for Christmas and work on our new business. This last week has been brutal. If the outside temperature went above zero, it was not there for long. It got as low as 22 below. That is very hard on a truck. Doors creak, a tug on the hood latch does not open it and you don't want to pull really hard for fear of breaking the plastic handle. We had to use a heavy hammer to convince the back door to let go and open.
When we started it to leave for Florida (yes!), a coolant leak developed. It is the hose that leads from the engine to the ARI sleeper. That is the original hose that came with the truck. the coolant itself is fine. It did not freeze. It was the hose that gave up the ghost. We had the engine cooling system completely serviced and old hoses and clamps replaced with new a while back, but left the sleeper hoses along, thinking that one day Mr. Ambition would to that much himself.
Now we are on our way to Florida with a stop planned at ARI to get the sleeper hoses replaced. No way am I going to do a repair like this in weather like this. We are grateful that ARI built shutoff valves into these hoses. We can run the truck just fine, just without the sleeper heater. The sleeper is still warm, however. When the truck is running, heat from the cab is enough to keep both cab adn sleeper warm.
This hose repair is bad news for us since we are selling the truck soon, but good news for the next owner, whoever he or she may be.
When we started it to leave for Florida (yes!), a coolant leak developed. It is the hose that leads from the engine to the ARI sleeper. That is the original hose that came with the truck. the coolant itself is fine. It did not freeze. It was the hose that gave up the ghost. We had the engine cooling system completely serviced and old hoses and clamps replaced with new a while back, but left the sleeper hoses along, thinking that one day Mr. Ambition would to that much himself.
Now we are on our way to Florida with a stop planned at ARI to get the sleeper hoses replaced. No way am I going to do a repair like this in weather like this. We are grateful that ARI built shutoff valves into these hoses. We can run the truck just fine, just without the sleeper heater. The sleeper is still warm, however. When the truck is running, heat from the cab is enough to keep both cab adn sleeper warm.
This hose repair is bad news for us since we are selling the truck soon, but good news for the next owner, whoever he or she may be.
