[Tugboatcap]

This is what we woke up to on the 11th...



Tugboat"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"Cap!

[midsize]

That's just amazing... I can't believe that's Louisiana

[pedonbio]

I don't know why the weather people don't say something. It's practically all over the country, from Seattle to Maine, and down the Midwest to Louisiana. I gather Florida and California are clear, but that's it.

[PregNut]

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Tugboatc said:
This is what we woke up to on the 11th...



Tugboat"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"Cap!

Damn global warming.

[MasterDragonfly]

That's a rather nice pic, actually.

[brakblake]

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Tugboatc said:
This is what we woke up to on the 11th...



Tugboat"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"Cap!

hey, that reminds me of what its looks like near my place. Though i am in the mountains....7,000 ft up.........






In New Mexico!!!! LOL

[solvegas]

We had 4" of snow here in Vegas the 15th and today thru tonight probably another 4"-6". We too are also having weird weather. I understand those of you who live in Minnesota or some such place laugh about that but here it's a blizzard. It's 33 degrees right now which is a bitch for us too.

[Hiram]

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solvegas said: It's 33 degrees right now which is a bitch for us too.

Your homes are probably not as well insulated as those in the north - and do you have any underfloor heating or anything to keep warm at home?

[Tugboatcap]

Actually, our homes are probably MORE insulated than our northern counterparts due to the extreme heat in the summer and the need to keep A/C use as low as possible and power bills in the real world.

Houses are built on a slab so floors are only as cold as the ground, which is not bad because it doesn't stay cold for long periods, or in our case, the inside temperature of the house as we have hardwood floors throughout. (how's that for a run on sentence!)



Tugboat"People in SE Louisiana CAN'T Drive in Snow!"Cap!  

[Bonecracker]

We just got our first snow here today, ~800 miles north of you, sorry, I guess you win.  Our snow is melting now.  Is yours gone already?

Bone...
x-94

[Hiram]

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Tugboatc said:
Actually, our homes are probably MORE insulated than our northern counterparts

You wouldn't have double glazing though.  You'll going to lose a lot of heat through the windows.  It would be interesting to see your house through an infra red camera.

I'm not that familiar with US house construction so you're going to have to bear with me.  What about cavity wall insulation?

 

[MasterDragonfly]

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Hiram said:
You wouldn't have double glazing though.

I can't speak for Louisiana, but even the apartment we live in here in Texas has double-glazed windows.

[Tugboatcap]

Yup.  Double Glazing (double pane) vinyl windows, Foam board insulation between the brick and framed walls, fiberglass batt insulation in the wall voids, fiberglass batt insulation in the attic with blown "fluff" over the top of that...

Tugboat"We insulate the hell out of houses in the US"Cap!

[Hiram]

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Tugboatc said:
Yup.  Double Glazing

Oki doki.  

Just out of pure curiosity, what is the air gap between the pains of glass?  

I've stayed in a lot of hotels in the US, my only real experience with the great US indoors.  From what I remember from sticking my head out the window a few times, the air gap is about half an inch.

[Zealot]

My sister lives in Central Mass. and was out of power for a few days.Heavy icing on the tree branches wrecked the power lines.At the Home depot where I work(or worked,since my Holiday hours have been shaved down to naught) people were coming from all over New England to wait for the next shipment of generators.I think we made our store quota jest from generators for that week.
We're bracing for the major storm arriving tomorrow afternoon.
Man,with heating costs being as they are,if there ever was a time women from BustArtist,RanmaruGraphics, or Gammarai's galleries SHOULD exist,it would be now!