So how cold is it outside?

Defrosting the car window a little before turning on the wipers is a good thing, when it gets real cold and iced up. The wiper stays with the arm.

Heat wraps for the water pipes are worth their weight in GOLD, if the powder stays on.
Otherwise, lots of foam insulation or other options are needed, if you have the money and time.

Propane, large 5-6 foot long "Jet heaters" if all else fails but safety from the flames is a must , if used to heat large areas !!
 
I have a collection of propane heaters. 3 of the ones with the ceramic honey comb, some of these with the silver reflectors and screens, both in single burner and 2 burner. All setup so I can hook them to large bottles with a hose.I also have one of the blast type ones. The blast ones take electricity, but not much, You can use a simple 750 watt 12 V inverter. Including the ones for camp trailer I have about 8 bottles and 1 100# and I keep them full.

I keep one of single burner one with the reflector and a couple small bottles for it in my truck tool box in the winter. It is a Ford Powerstroke and hard to start when much below zero. If your out camping with no electricity and it gets cold, fire one of those heaters up and stick it under front end for an hour, to warm it up a bit, open the hood, flip off the switch I installed to the glow plug relay, hit the remote starter and give it a small shot of ether while it is cranking and once it fires up turn glow plugs back on.

This time of year, my cars and truck each have a sleeping bag, matches some cans of chafing fuel, Ramen and a small pan. You can buy a case of 24 for under $100 and each can of fuel burns for 6 hours. I bought 4 cases at a yard sale for $100. I even keep a some in my side by side. Not only can you use it to heat you cab, but it makes a great fire starter. Go torch a whole fir tree, it will keep you warm and if anyone is looking for you it is real easy to spot.
 
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-6 this morn. this mornings coffee is gonna need a little extree. However, it is pretty much standard here to get a week or two straight where it doesn't get above zero , even in the day
 
55 years of cold was enough for me. Moved to Southern Arizona 12 years ago and yeah, it gets hot, but you never have to shovel sunshine.
 
Tony Pann, who is the weather reporter for WBAL Television in Baltimore, posted the following on his Facebook page this morning:

"The Low this morning at BWI was 6. The last time it was that cold in the month of December was 20 years ago in 2002! We are forecasting a High around 20 this afternoon. The last time the Baltimore High on Christmas Eve was 20, or below, was 130 years ago in 1892! Whew!"

Yep, it's cold...
 
Chill factor was at 1° Fahrenheit in south Georgia this morning.

Coldest that I can remember. Working with the dogs this morning was a treat. They love it!

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Ugh the cold water line to the kitchen sink is frozen solid,no doubt it’s cracked. The good news is it and the hot line have an extra shutoff under the front door landing. The bad news is that the kitchen is above the unheated garage and the waterlines run across the kitchen floor about five feet over a layer of insulation,(the garage ceiling is also insulated)but they are below the cabinet floor of custom built cabinetry with granite tops. I’ve figured out a new route for both lines inside the cabinet and I’m considering using Pex,but I would have two shark bites buried in the edge of the garage ceiling.

Gawd I hate plumbing [emoji35]
Ugh. That's going to put a little damper on Chrstmas :( Maybe some heat tape might be in the re-plumbing plans, too.

After days of temps in the teens (and below) here in the "balmy" PNW, it shot up to 19º yesterday, which made pulling the neighbour's car out of the ditch with my excavator marginally less unpleasant, followed by 45+ mins. of me and another neighbour's kid on our tractors clearing his driveway so he could get it back up to the house. I was hoping to avoid clearing that driveway (again) until the coming rains had washed the mess away.

We were advised to just "stay home" unless absolutely necessary as the snow is being followed with ice rain and other miseries, and then just regular rain tomorrow and temps in the 40's next week. I just barely made it to the store and back yesterday morning before the event above occurred around 11am.
"...A second significant winter storm swept through southern B.C. on Friday, prompting cancellations, suspensions and delays across bus services, ferry sailings and flights, with freezing rain causing havoc across the region...."
We have two suspension bridges across the Fraser River with the cables so craftily designed that ice not only builds up on them, it also comes loose and drops on vehicles below! So they have been temporarily closed to traffic, which is a disaster as they connect to very heavily-populated suburbs where. as one wag commented years ago, "young people go to breed." :eek:

I suspect most of these folks should have stayed home:
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Multiple cars are pictured stuck on a snow-covered street in Vancouver, BC on Friday December 23, 2022.

This morning at 8:30 it is a searing 32º. TIme to dig out the shorts and sandals :eek:
 
minus 60 wind chill last night. Actual minus 20 this AM. We'll be heading for the sunny beaches of North Dakota.:D
 
I have a collection of propane heaters. 3 of the ones with the ceramic honey comb, some of these with the silver reflectors and screens, both in single burner and 2 burner. All setup so I can hook them to large bottles with a hose.I also have one of the blast type ones. The blast ones take electricity, but not much, You can use a simple 750 watt 12 V inverter. Including the ones for camp trailer I have about 8 bottles and 1 100# and I keep them full.

I keep one of single burner one with the reflector and a couple small bottles for it in my truck tool box in the winter. It is a Ford Powerstroke and hard to start when much below zero. If your out camping with no electricity and it gets cold, fire one of those heaters up and stick it under front end for an hour, to warm it up a bit, open the hood, flip off the switch I installed to the glow plug relay, hit the remote starter and give it a small shot of ether while it is cranking and once it fires up turn glow plugs back on.

This time of year, my cars and truck each have a sleeping bag, matches some cans of chafing fuel, Ramen and a small pan. You can buy a case of 24 for under $100 and each can of fuel burns for 6 hours. I bought 4 cases at a yard sale for $100. I even keep a some in my side by side. Not only can you use it to heat you cab, but it makes a great fire starter. Go torch a whole fir tree, it will keep you warm and if anyone is looking for you it is real easy to spot.
Going a little off-topic with this...

A year or so ago I picked up one of the Chinese knock-offs of the Wabasto diesel heaters. This one is an "all-in-one" design. I don't have to deal with the kind of temps you do but I find it useful for warming up my tractor when it gets into the teens. I mounted a 120v - 12v power supply and attach some flexible 3" duct to the outlet, which I can stick under the motor for an hour before I head out. Also useful if I have to paint some metal piece in the winter as I can make a "tent" under my welding table and blow some heat in to let the piece off-gas before bringing it inside.

People have also used them for heating a workshop. This is one of the best videos I've found:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faz8RtV9t68[/ame]
 
My wife showed me some videos going around of people trying to walk on the results of freezing rain. Some of the videos are funny, others are just insane.
 
41 this morning in South Florida. Had to wear long pants and a sweat shirt to cut the grass today! :)
 
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