Vette Nation Weather Central!!!! How is Your Heat?

[dave45]

When I first got up this morning it was 15 F hear, only about 20 now.


Dave

[WalterB]

We're around 63 now (1 PM) about 19C.

[vectis]

Whilst I miss Aussie Steve it 's just as well he's not around at the moment with his 40 c tales he's having to endure.

[h0rnytoad1]

yeah and its -20c here, wow 60c difference, can't we just meet up in the middle say 20c here and 30c there? lol

[Vince]

Gonna be mid 20's for the rest of the week.

[Steinar]

Woke up to -11C today...and tomorrow 35C...

[stickyvicky]

Only 46 degrees difference - that won't be a shock to your system at all, lol....

[h0rnytoad1]

i'd take it, just gimme my sunglasses and suncream and watch me go !

i may need a popsicle and some icecream, just so the temperature change isn't too drastic...

yeah that's why lol

[WalterB]

Only 46 degrees difference - that won't be a shock to your system at all, lol....

46 degrees for Steinar, Vicky. -12C is 12F, 35C is 95F, an incredible 83F difference for you and I.

We're supposed to be 70 all week (21C.)

[vectis]

Snow gone ..back to normal... RAIN ..44F

[WSJ689]

2 days of sun and 60f temps, today rain and mid 50f's for temp looks like we are heading into the chance of rain daily part of our winter here in norcal. i do not mind to much as long as the snow piles up in the mountains so we have water in the dry months

[h0rnytoad1]

its gonna go up to +2 on the 30th here, very nice. bikini season is close at hand !

[WalterB]

Hearing all of the ice and snow problems in the East reminds me of a story.

My ex and I were divorced and she was remarried. I went there once to see my son, and they put me up on the couch. One morning, I went out and started the rental car to warm it up. It had rained the evening before, then the temperature had dropped drastically. There was a good 1/4 - 1/2" coat of ice over everything. I started the car and went back inside for coffee. When Son and I were ready to go, we went out to the car. Guess what I found? The door was locked! I was astounded, and couldn't figure out how that had happened.

I had no choice but to go in and call the rental company for a new set of keys (never occurred to me to try to find a "slim Jim" or call the police for one.) After an hour, the guy showed up with the keys. I signed for them, then opened the car door. Now what did I discover? The damn thing was in GEAR, and the emergency brake was not on! For some unknown reason, I apparently had put the car in gear before I got out. Then, since it was in gear, when I closed the door, it automatically locked. What saved me? The car was frozen to the ground.

Due to the ice that had formed everywhere, the car sat there and idled, in gear, for over an hour, and never took off, because it was frozen to the ground. Yes, sooner or later, it would have popped free and taken off. Luckily, My exes new husband had a flatbed trailer parked in front of the car so, hopefully, if it had broken free, it would have hit the trailer and stopped there. But the possibilities of all that could have happened make me shudder to this day.

Of course, if the car hadn't been frozen to the ground, I would have discovered that it was in gear as soon as I took my foot off the brake to get out. But, still....

[cellardoor]

That is a crazy story Walt! But I lock my keys in my car all the time when it's cold because all I'm worried about it getting back in the house haha.

It was 15 degrees for a high today which was basically a heat wave for us at the moment.

[WalterB]

That's part of what motivated me to carry two sets of keys. I carry one set with all of my keys on it, and another with just my car keys, and that's the one I use when I drive.

[Vince]

Snowing, doesn't look too bad right now. I don't want to shovel tomorrow.

[hotjulie]

Walt you never said how many times you slipped on the ice and fell on your ass walking to and from your car!!

[WalterB]

17

[carl goldfinger]

+- 0°C here in West Germany & Ice rain... ugh... it's dangerous as hell on the roads... really shitty weather because you can do nothing but staying at home.

Carl

[Gert-Jan]

"(...) you can do nothing but staying at home."

It's the only thing I'd like to do on Sundays anyway, lol. Soccer (English Premier League), NBA (Boston vs Miami), finishing it off with the "Sunday Suck".

Temperatures have gone up to +2C and the sun is even shining! Still cold though...