About an inch in N. Rio Rancho. Paseo & Jefferson to home was a little sketchy, gonna be a rough commute this am. Pretty icy already.
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There is about 3 inches here in Espanola. I heard Santa Fe has 10 inches.
Another 1.25", on top of the 2.75" I had first storm.
Snowing now here in northern Rio rancho. maybe 2 inches. We are lucky, around here. I have friends and family in Abilene, TX. Most of the city has been without electricity for 2 days and now the entire city,of 120K people have lost all water supply, because of loss of electricity . No water for several days to come. Then have to face boiling of all water after it is restored.
My brother and his wife are full time RV'ers and they are in Austin, TX area. Had been on south Padre Island for 2 months. No propane to be had, and no bottled water to be found, either. Most stores are closed, because of no electricity, in some areas. Ran out of propane. They are staying warm with their generator going 24/7. and running an electric heater. Melting snow for water . Austin almost never has snow on the ground. Friend said it is 0 degrees in their house this morning. Most of these folks, just never thought they would be in this situation. I bet generators will sell fast after this episode. None available now.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst has new meaning .
My brother and his wife are full time RV'ers and they are in Austin, TX area. Had been on south Padre Island for 2 months. No propane to be had, and no bottled water to be found, either. Most stores are closed, because of no electricity, in some areas. Ran out of propane. They are staying warm with their generator going 24/7. and running an electric heater. Melting snow for water . Austin almost never has snow on the ground. Friend said it is 0 degrees in their house this morning. Most of these folks, just never thought they would be in this situation. I bet generators will sell fast after this episode. None available now.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst has new meaning .
whoa! brutal. i hope everybody remains safe.
It’s very easy to take things for granted, like electricity and water. And people get used to temperatures and weather being in a somewhat normal range.
Jeff - thanks for sharing your stories. You’re correct - we are fortunate over here. I hope all those folks come out OK on the other side, but maybe not so fun in the meantime.
Jeff - thanks for sharing your stories. You’re correct - we are fortunate over here. I hope all those folks come out OK on the other side, but maybe not so fun in the meantime.
No idea what my official accumulation was but I had drifts up to 2' deep in Sandia Park. After clearing some of the concrete around the house I have pushed up a few piles 3' deep. My outside remote thermometer got covered with snow and was reading too warm but internet weather sites kept saying temps dropped as low as -4. One of my roosters was in a coop that turned out to not be so good at these really low temps and high winds and now has severe frostbite on his comb and wattle. I hope it doesn't get infected as the tissue die off progresses.
Are you familiar with the personal weather stations set up on wunderground.com? It looks like there are some stations in your area. No idea if any are close to you. Most of them have weather history that you can browse. One station near you had -4.7°.
Yep. Wunderground is my primary source for weather info and predictions. I've been tempted to get my own personal weather station set up and contribute but I worry about overloading my already crappy bandwidth on my slow internet. I'm a little farther east (Frost and Mountain Valley area) from the image you showed but have plenty of weather stations around me to choose from.
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I was known as one of those loony "preppers" until the crap hit last year. I think more people are starting to get it.
Most city people are reliant on someone else to take care of some part of their lives. If people could learn to live more simple and take care of themselves the kind of thing that happened in Texas wouldn't be so bad.
Most city people are reliant on someone else to take care of some part of their lives. If people could learn to live more simple and take care of themselves the kind of thing that happened in Texas wouldn't be so bad.
I agree. I would go back to Texas , over the years and visit friends. They almost always had a house with a fireplace, but almost never used it. It was decoration. When my sister and her husband bought their house., I told them to get that fireplace checked out and learn to use it , just in case. They are without electricity , and no water, but they are staying warm, right now.
Now they will get a generator and learn to use that!!
My brother , in his travel trailer , has to be self reliant, but he found out that propane disappears fast when bad weather hits. He says he will carry extra bottles, to fill when he sees an upcoming event. He found out how important his generator is. He is able to get gasoline. lack of water has been his tough problem, since he is dry camping, right now. Gotta carry extra water, and keep it from freezing.
Folks don't have to go full prepper and have 3 years worth of food, but they have to figure out a way to cover having no utilities for several weeks, just in case.
You have set yourself up well, Mauser, by just looking for possible issues that could be a problem. Glad your are staying warm and protecting your family.
Living in earthquake country Nylia and I always tried to be prepared. We had our camping equipment for fuel and stove. Plenty of water jugs that we kept full. Plus, we kept a stash of camp food (canned, boxed, and bagged).
Nothing has changed.
The real question is how many TP rolls are you keeping stocked up next to the food and water supplies?
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I was listening to a reporter who was being interviewed yesterday who happens to live in Houston. He says, he's been out of power since 4am due to the rolling outages and the ONLY thing he is missing is coffee!! Oh man, a simple Jetboil with the french press option would go a long way for lots of folks right about now.
