So, lets talk weather....

OllieC said:
Doesn’t that feeling suck?

No more outdoors for mine. I’m finding a place for next Winter this Spring.
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I had that feeling last year when the temp where my boat is got down to -15 and it stayed below 0 for over 24 hours. It is indoors, but the high and dry just a metal shell with no insulation. The boat was fine. And I winterized the "wrong" way with muffs.
 
[QUOTE="highslice, post: 1386952, member: 2898"I winterized the "wrong" way with muffs.[/QUOTE]
I used to lose sleep at night over same. Now i got winterize rider on boat insurance for $25, and i pay a certified professional to do it for me. Sleep fine.
 
Pirate Lady said:
[QUOTE="highslice, post: 1386952, member: 2898"I winterized the "wrong" way with muffs.
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I used to lose sleep at night over same. Now i got winterize rider on boat insurance for $25, and i pay a certified professional to do it for me. Sleep fine.[/QUOTE]
The "certified mechanic" wants $400 to winterize. Over the last 10 years I have saved about $3K by doing it myself. My boat is fresh water cooled. Worst case I have to replace the heat exchanger. Last year was the first time I remember it staying below 20 degrees for any significant amount of time. Boat was fine, so I don't worry about it anymore.
 
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The "certified mechanic" wants $400 to winterize. Over the last 10 years I have saved about $3K by doing it myself. My boat is fresh water cooled.[/QUOTE]

$400 a lot for FWC Ya Id do it myself for that.
I pay $200 RWC.
 
Jus Cruisin said:
We still have close to a half million power outages. All of the metro Detroit area motels are full. I think an open Lake St Clair saved us from the thick ice totals. The highest outages are west of us.
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It's crazy we don"t bury our power lines. We moved from a heavily wooded area on Spring Lake where we lost power one or two times a year to a subdivision very close to Lake Michigan where the full brunt of storms hits us. We have yet to lose power after ice storms and thunderstorms. Buried lines seems to be the difference.
 
sbw1 said:
It's crazy we don"t bury our power lines. We moved from a heavily wooded area on Spring Lake where we lost power one or two times a year to a subdivision very close to Lake Michigan where the full brunt of storms hits us. We have yet to lose power after ice storms and thunderstorms. Buried lines seems to be the difference.
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We're all buried in our sub and close by. But, there are a lot of overhead wires that probably feed us.
 
Jus Cruisin said:
We're all buried in our sub and close by. But, there are a lot of overhead wires that probably feed us.
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Us too, but the utility recently replaced many of the overhead lines with lines supported by large steel power poles and removed many trees along a railroad right of way where the lines run. I believe we are fed by those lines. We elected to not install an inline genny when we built this house. I do have a portable in the garage but have not needed it since the move three years ago. We used to rely on that yearly for up to three days at a time.
 
It just hit 51° with a slight breeze in the Boise valley, so we went for a walk. The Admiral popped up with "Hey! We could run down the Snake river this year!" You PNW folks will know what I'm talking about.
 
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