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panther0621 User ID: 27944307 United States 02/15/2021 02:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK SO ANYONE ELSE IN OKLAHOMA Quoting: ttown HAVE POWER STILL MY LIGHTS JUST FLICKERED THEY HAVE NEVER DONT THAT BEFORE HERE KINDA NERVOUS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW ITS 3 DEGREES AND ABOUT 4 INCHES SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING SO I DONT KNOW HOW ITS GONNA LOOK TOMMOROW HEARD ITS GETTING ICY Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us. open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes. |
panther0621 User ID: 27944307 United States 02/15/2021 02:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a glimmer of good news... Quoting: DuckNCover Took out my pancake style Geiger Counter and tested for Fuku radiation... The snow is not radioactive... did you check it for flesh eating bacteria ? this blast of water is off the gulf. corexit and shit. at least its not radioactive. I do however enjoy glowing snowmen on a cold dark night. You both have good points there. Many have forgotten. both should be checked for. it is very sad what is happening in the gulf. we wasted one of our best resources... it terrifyingly stupid and sad. it would have been better to leave the oil alone and normal cleanup efforts. not the GMO bacteria that has taken over the gulf. |
Only Me Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 02/15/2021 04:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm only about 10 minutes away from you. I hope mine stays on! Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78989565 United States 02/15/2021 04:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why am I awake? Anyway, western OK here, lights are good, so far, praying it stays that way. Earlier I looked out the window, couldn't see, I'm thinking 'no way it's snowing that hard.' My inner intelligence says "open the window" so I listened, pile of snow fell in spilling onto the floor. See if I listen to my idiotic self again. :) Obviously couldn't see out the window because it was the North side of the house where the blowing snow was hitting. It's currently -2 F degrees Feels like -26 F. Roads are slicker than oil on a marble floor, blowing snow isn't helping. That 8 vehicle accident in OKC was more than I needed to see. Poor souls. Stay safe, and don't venture out. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78576101 United States 02/15/2021 04:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK SO ANYONE ELSE IN OKLAHOMA Quoting: ttown HAVE POWER STILL MY LIGHTS JUST FLICKERED THEY HAVE NEVER DONT THAT BEFORE HERE KINDA NERVOUS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW ITS 3 DEGREES AND ABOUT 4 INCHES SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING SO I DONT KNOW HOW ITS GONNA LOOK TOMMOROW HEARD ITS GETTING ICY Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us. open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes. This is completely untrue. Your car exhaust is HOT. It melts snow. If it did somehow “clog” with snow the engine would simply die, not you. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78989565 United States 02/15/2021 04:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK SO ANYONE ELSE IN OKLAHOMA Quoting: ttown HAVE POWER STILL MY LIGHTS JUST FLICKERED THEY HAVE NEVER DONT THAT BEFORE HERE KINDA NERVOUS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW ITS 3 DEGREES AND ABOUT 4 INCHES SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING SO I DONT KNOW HOW ITS GONNA LOOK TOMMOROW HEARD ITS GETTING ICY Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us. open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes. This is completely untrue. Your car exhaust is HOT. It melts snow. If it did somehow “clog” with snow the engine would simply die, not you. ^^^Not exactly true. Comments like this could cause folks to die.^^^ However, it’s important to not run the vehicle if the tailpipe is blocked by snow or ice. Carbon monoxide can be deadly, so if the tailpipe can’t be unblocked, don’t run the vehicle. Wrap yourself in blankets and put on extra clothing if available. Even if the tailpipe isn’t blocked, don’t run the heater constantly as this can drain fuel. Intermittently turn it on to warm up but also crack open a window just to make sure there aren’t deadly fumes gathering inside the vehicle. hensleylegal.com/faq/indiana-car-accident/im-stuck-snowbank/ |
Grey Eagle User ID: 74904275 United States 02/15/2021 04:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK SO ANYONE ELSE IN OKLAHOMA Quoting: ttown HAVE POWER STILL MY LIGHTS JUST FLICKERED THEY HAVE NEVER DONT THAT BEFORE HERE KINDA NERVOUS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW ITS 3 DEGREES AND ABOUT 4 INCHES SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING SO I DONT KNOW HOW ITS GONNA LOOK TOMMOROW HEARD ITS GETTING ICY Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us. open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes. This is completely untrue. Your car exhaust is HOT. It melts snow. If it did somehow “clog” with snow the engine would simply die, not you. ^^^Not exactly true. Comments like this could cause folks to die.^^^ However, it’s important to not run the vehicle if the tailpipe is blocked by snow or ice. Carbon monoxide can be deadly, so if the tailpipe can’t be unblocked, don’t run the vehicle. Wrap yourself in blankets and put on extra clothing if available. Even if the tailpipe isn’t blocked, don’t run the heater constantly as this can drain fuel. Intermittently turn it on to warm up but also crack open a window just to make sure there aren’t deadly fumes gathering inside the vehicle. hensleylegal.com/faq/indiana-car-accident/im-stuck-snowbank/ Yes. A few yrs back, 3 young women died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they tried to run their car during the late night hours in the Squaw Valley parking lot in a snowstorm. With heavy snowfall, the tailpipe became encased in snow and the exhaust fumes inevitably made their way into the passenger compartment of the car. A very sad tragedy. :fireplace: "Remember when we used to treat colds and flu with chicken soup, saltwater gargles and warm tea instead of Communism?" |
BBQ BOY™ User ID: 72493816 United States 02/15/2021 05:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its 46 degrees fahrenheit here this morning. Brrrrrrr. "Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some people are better at hiding it than others." Everyone has to work out their own salvation. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78576101 United States 02/15/2021 05:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: panther0621 Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us. open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes. This is completely untrue. Your car exhaust is HOT. It melts snow. If it did somehow “clog” with snow the engine would simply die, not you. ^^^Not exactly true. Comments like this could cause folks to die.^^^ However, it’s important to not run the vehicle if the tailpipe is blocked by snow or ice. Carbon monoxide can be deadly, so if the tailpipe can’t be unblocked, don’t run the vehicle. Wrap yourself in blankets and put on extra clothing if available. Even if the tailpipe isn’t blocked, don’t run the heater constantly as this can drain fuel. Intermittently turn it on to warm up but also crack open a window just to make sure there aren’t deadly fumes gathering inside the vehicle. hensleylegal.com/faq/indiana-car-accident/im-stuck-snowbank/ Yes. A few yrs back, 3 young women died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they tried to run their car during the late night hours in the Squaw Valley parking lot in a snowstorm. With heavy snowfall, the tailpipe became encased in snow and the exhaust fumes inevitably made their way into the passenger compartment of the car. A very sad tragedy. If you are that worried crack a window. But no you won’t die. We aren’t talking 8 feet of snow here people. Geez. |
Only Me Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 02/15/2021 05:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is -4 F in central oklahoma right now and I'm jealous of your temp! Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78576101 United States 02/15/2021 05:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Statistically the real danger in cold weather (besides exposure) is traffic incidents and fire. Lots of people are going to be hooking up space heaters through five extension cords and all other kinds of dumb shit. Stay home and use common sense. If you got an old 1979 Sears space heater you are about to hook up through a daisy chain of cat chewed 2 pronged Christmas lights to heat up your bathroom you prolly gonna have a bad day. Use yer noggin. That’s why God gave you one. |
MrFrost User ID: 73601558 United States 02/15/2021 07:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I KNOW THERE A OKLAHOMANS ON GLP Quoting: ttown SO HERE IS A THREAD FOR OKLAHOMANS SINCE WE ARE HAVING SEVERE WEATHER CURRENTLY AS OF 1:30 PM SUNDAY IT IS 6 DEGREES F REAL FEEL -16 DEGREES F WIND GUST 20 MPH ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... Dangerously cold wind chills thru Monday night. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. Moderate to heavy snow thru Monday morning. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. Portions of east central, northeast and southeast Oklahoma and northwest and west central Arkansas. Sleet and snow moving into the Metro. LOOKING AT TWITTER REPORTS PLACES ARE ALREADY LOSING POWER AND TREES AND POWER LINES COMING DOWN 6 - 10 in OF SNOW EXPECTED TODAY TONIGHT TEMP 1 DEGREE F SNOW CONTINUES TOMMOROW ALSO 7 DEGREES DAY -7 DEGREES NIGHT Piles of snow during the winter months in Oklahoma is not unusual. Always bis snow storms and hight winds in Oklahoma during the winter months. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 16764375 United States 02/15/2021 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Rolling blackouts in Oklahoma for the next 48 hours. They are saying for 1 to 2 hours at a time. Quoting: page8844 72511948 Looks like this was cancelled, for now. But thanks for info, good to know it'd only be an hour or two so no need to panic. [link to ktok.iheart.com (secure)] OG&E has suspended the order for planned outages across the area saying conservation efforts are working according to tweets by several staffers at our news partner, KFOR. The situation is fluid and the decision could be reserved in the future if needed. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78256208 United States 02/15/2021 06:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to ktul.com] freaking frozen new record low - 3 degrees |
Pilgrim001 User ID: 78018011 United States 02/15/2021 08:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2021 has shown it's brutal cold to so many people. I know it's Winter and expected. But the snow has been off the charts in some places! Quoting: MissInformed Stay warm peeps. Layer up. Stay indoors to keep warm. But get some fresh air inbetween. It's not really cold. It was literally zero degrees in the 1970s. You people are such cowards. I lived through the 70s too. We used to get snowed in every winter. For years. Shovelling our way out the door. Proper seasons. The weather has changed over the years. Space weather affects our weather. yES. 71 or 72, I remember turner turnpike being closed but taking it from OKC heading to fayetteville ar. 66 mustang, new michelins, white knuckle grip on steering wheel, when a charger blew by me, sliding sideways this way and then that way and then this way again. He was truckin. Never saw him again. I don't have the time or the crayons to explain this to you. Slake Blake |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79995097 United States 02/15/2021 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: panther0621 Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us. open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes. This is completely untrue. Your car exhaust is HOT. It melts snow. If it did somehow “clog” with snow the engine would simply die, not you. ^^^Not exactly true. Comments like this could cause folks to die.^^^ However, it’s important to not run the vehicle if the tailpipe is blocked by snow or ice. Carbon monoxide can be deadly, so if the tailpipe can’t be unblocked, don’t run the vehicle. Wrap yourself in blankets and put on extra clothing if available. Even if the tailpipe isn’t blocked, don’t run the heater constantly as this can drain fuel. Intermittently turn it on to warm up but also crack open a window just to make sure there aren’t deadly fumes gathering inside the vehicle. hensleylegal.com/faq/indiana-car-accident/im-stuck-snowbank/ Yes. A few yrs back, 3 young women died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they tried to run their car during the late night hours in the Squaw Valley parking lot in a snowstorm. With heavy snowfall, the tailpipe became encased in snow and the exhaust fumes inevitably made their way into the passenger compartment of the car. A very sad tragedy. Most important that the vehicle is pointed into the wind. The exhaust system is built to carry fumes out the back as you drive forward. However, if you are parked with the wind coming from the rear that is when you will die from carbon monoxide. I always carry enough survival gear to make it a couple of days... west Montana here. |
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Only Me Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 02/16/2021 07:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ours only stayed off for about an hour this morning, and then it came back on. Luckily, it has held steady. I'm furious about these blackouts. There was no warning and my friend was in the middle of dialysis at her house :( They are going to kill people. It's too dangerous to do these rolling blackouts with zero warning. For people like me, it's an inconvenience, but for the sick and elderly, it is a death sentence. I'm so mad. Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Only Me Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 02/16/2021 07:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Rolling blackouts in Oklahoma for the next 48 hours. They are saying for 1 to 2 hours at a time. Quoting: page8844 72511948 Looks like this was cancelled, for now. But thanks for info, good to know it'd only be an hour or two so no need to panic. [link to ktok.iheart.com (secure)] OG&E has suspended the order for planned outages across the area saying conservation efforts are working according to tweets by several staffers at our news partner, KFOR. The situation is fluid and the decision could be reserved in the future if needed. Our last president would never have allowed this to go on. Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Only Me Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 02/16/2021 07:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The governor says not to run the washing machine. I've been using it all day. Did I blow up the world? Quoting: Only Me In other news, I opened the door for the dogs, and a pile of snow fell over into the mudroom. It's been a great day. Uh oh, I was using mine today too. So far so good. Yeah, I don't really understand why this is a thing. I thought running water would keep the pipes from freezing, so I thought I was doing a good thing. Ah well. At least I have a ton of clean laundry now and the world is still intact - I think? Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
TrustNoOneKS User ID: 76946759 United States 02/17/2021 01:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The governor says not to run the washing machine. I've been using it all day. Did I blow up the world? Quoting: Only Me In other news, I opened the door for the dogs, and a pile of snow fell over into the mudroom. It's been a great day. Uh oh, I was using mine today too. So far so good. Yeah, I don't really understand why this is a thing. I thought running water would keep the pipes from freezing, so I thought I was doing a good thing. Ah well. At least I have a ton of clean laundry now and the world is still intact - I think? So far so good up here in Kansas still. We are getting rolling blackouts up here and in the latest emails I'm getting from the electric and gas companies they are saying not to run washing machines, but they are saying it is to conserve power. Other than that, I wouldn't know why else we couldn't run them. I Want To Believe |
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Only Me Strawberry Girl User ID: 79665715 United States 02/17/2021 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The governor says not to run the washing machine. I've been using it all day. Did I blow up the world? Quoting: Only Me In other news, I opened the door for the dogs, and a pile of snow fell over into the mudroom. It's been a great day. Uh oh, I was using mine today too. So far so good. Yeah, I don't really understand why this is a thing. I thought running water would keep the pipes from freezing, so I thought I was doing a good thing. Ah well. At least I have a ton of clean laundry now and the world is still intact - I think? So far so good up here in Kansas still. We are getting rolling blackouts up here and in the latest emails I'm getting from the electric and gas companies they are saying not to run washing machines, but they are saying it is to conserve power. Other than that, I wouldn't know why else we couldn't run them. People in towns within 5 minutes of mine have no power. Ours keeps flickering and it was off for over an hour at one point but came back on. I have two tropical parrots. Most secondary heat is fatal to them. Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
TrustNoOneKS User ID: 76946759 United States 02/18/2021 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, I don't really understand why this is a thing. I thought running water would keep the pipes from freezing, so I thought I was doing a good thing. Ah well. At least I have a ton of clean laundry now and the world is still intact - I think? So far so good up here in Kansas still. We are getting rolling blackouts up here and in the latest emails I'm getting from the electric and gas companies they are saying not to run washing machines, but they are saying it is to conserve power. Other than that, I wouldn't know why else we couldn't run them. People in towns within 5 minutes of mine have no power. Ours keeps flickering and it was off for over an hour at one point but came back on. I have two tropical parrots. Most secondary heat is fatal to them. My brother was a bird lover before he passed. He had 2 African grays. My mom still has one of them. Birds are super cool! I Want To Believe |