Florida Folks.....Weather Check

[cybotron r_9]

Roody, Ken, Mark whomever........I've got 32 in my backyard......I'm in Dunedin, Fl.

[Mark]

i will take a temp check when i get to the shop at 7AM, i bet there is frost somewhere in the parking lot LOL

[Roody]

It's 32 here right now.

[Ken]

Not sure of the actual temperature as my thermometer only reads down to -20 F, however I think that it was right around -50 F…

I did see an iceberg the size of a 5 story building floating down the river though... My sliding glass doors were frozen shut so I couldn’t go out on the balcony for a closer look… I thought that it was a bit odd seeing caribou grazing along the highway… Oh well, at least now I can get my ice cubes from the faucet, quite convenient!!!

[YeOldeStonecat]

Hey Ken..want some more? 18 deg up here this morning. You can run out in the backyard and dive into my pool...but your head might hurt after spiking into the ice!

[Sava700]

Hell I had 10.2 this morning for a low... so far that's the coldest it's gotten since a few weeks back it hit 14.2. It hasn't gotten above freezing in 3-4 days!!

[YeOldeStonecat]

Gonna be c c c ccooooolllld riding the Harley this weekend...gotta squeeze at least 1 more ride in until it snows and the lay salt down on the roads...

[Humboldt]

Ahhh, a nice 50 degrees here right now

A tad bit chilly.

[RoundEye]

Gonna be c c c ccooooolllld riding the Harley this weekend...gotta squeeze at least 1 more ride in until it snows and the lay salt down on the roads...

Get one of these, I staid snug as a bug riding. When I lived in Arkansas I rode down to27, no suit though, like to froze my gonads off.



I like it when people think I’m insane.

EDIT: I know jack squat about salt, is it like riding in sand?

[RoundEye]

It was 31 here last night 74 tomorrow.

Heat, windows open, heat, windows open. Driving me nuts. Oh and somtimes still the A/C.

[cybotron r_9]

It's 32 here right now.

wow I woulda thought you'd be a lot colder than that

[YeOldeStonecat]

EDIT: I know jack squat about salt, is it like riding in sand?

They mix salt (large grain...like sea salt, almost like rock salt) with sand..and big trucks cover the roads with it via spreaders on the back of the dump trucks. Sorta like fertilizer broadcasters that you use on your lawn..but huge. Yes the salt adds some slip to the roads..and they usually cover intersections and hills well with it, and bridges (since bridges are known to ice up more due to being open underneath, no ground warmth).

But...the worst part, the salt is corrosive. Hence why cars from up here in New England and other northern states have less resale value than southern cars, and usually don't last long. The baseboards, rocker panels, fenderwells, etc...tend to rust out more due to the salt.

FWIW, some towns/counties no longer use salt, but other non-icing crystals, or ice melting crystals...instead of salt...or perhaps various mixtures.

Bottom line...I'm not exposing my Street Box to that stuff...not with its flat black wrinkle engine/primary, and chrome. Once it snows and they lay the stuff down on the roads..she'll be a garage queen until we're not having any more snow, and the first good rain washes the roads well.

[Mark]

well my Ryobi laser temperature probe said the van was 22F this morning, i think that was a bit low

but it for sure was low 30's i tell ya, i hit the windshield water bottle on work van, and instant freeze over, i do that at least once a year for the hell of it LOL

[Sava700]

They mix salt (large grain...like sea salt, almost like rock salt) with sand..and big trucks cover the roads with it via spreaders on the back of the dump trucks. Sorta like fertilizer broadcasters that you use on your lawn..but huge. Yes the salt adds some slip to the roads..and they usually cover intersections and hills well with it, and bridges (since bridges are known to ice up more due to being open underneath, no ground warmth).

But...the worst part, the salt is corrosive. Hence why cars from up here in New England and other northern states have less resale value than southern cars, and usually don't last long. The baseboards, rocker panels, fenderwells, etc...tend to rust out more due to the salt.

FWIW, some towns/counties no longer use salt, but other non-icing crystals, or ice melting crystals...instead of salt...or perhaps various mixtures.

Bottom line...I'm not exposing my Street Box to that stuff...not with its flat black wrinkle engine/primary, and chrome. Once it snows and they lay the stuff down on the roads..she'll be a garage queen until we're not having any more snow, and the first good rain washes the roads well.

Can't stand the use of salt and chemicals on the roads.... no reason why people need to be out and about in this stuff and most if not all emergency vehicles are more than prepared to deal with it and just being plowed. You pretty much hit it with how it is corrosive and tends to eat your vehicles not to mention contaminate the water supplies. They started to "Pre treat" roads around here cause we are expecting over 7inches of snow with a few inches of ice(freezing rain and/or sleet)....kinda going a bit overboard. Kinda makes me wish it would just go ahead and snow 5 feet all at one time and get it over with. I'm all for gravel used which from what I've seen add's 10x more traction than what those chemicals do regardless of melting ability.

But its in the lower 20's here once again as of typing with that storm closing in... they said we are in a "bullseye" of it considering how the cold and moisture are coming together right over these mountains.

[Santa Claus]

They mix salt (large grain...like sea salt, almost like rock salt) with sand..and big trucks cover the roads with it via spreaders on the back of the dump trucks. Sorta like fertilizer broadcasters that you use on your lawn..but huge. Yes the salt adds some slip to the roads..and they usually cover intersections and hills well with it, and bridges (since bridges are known to ice up more due to being open underneath, no ground warmth).

But...the worst part, the salt is corrosive. Hence why cars from up here in New England and other northern states have less resale value than southern cars, and usually don't last long. The baseboards, rocker panels, fenderwells, etc...tend to rust out more due to the salt.

FWIW, some towns/counties no longer use salt, but other non-icing crystals, or ice melting crystals...instead of salt...or perhaps various mixtures.

Bottom line...I'm not exposing my Street Box to that stuff...not with its flat black wrinkle engine/primary, and chrome. Once it snows and they lay the stuff down on the roads..she'll be a garage queen until we're not having any more snow, and the first good rain washes the roads well.

……………. Or a trailer queen where’s there no snow.

Put the tap in the beer, grease up the strippers and burn tires, Daytona here we come.

[RoundEye]

Santa rides more then that sleigh.

[Humboldt]

Santa rides more then that sleigh.

Keep Ken's face out of this.

[Debbie]

You guys crack me up!!!

[Sava700]

snowin like hell here, about 3 inches since 7am!

[Roody]

snowin like hell here

How is that possible?

[Debbie]

Heat wave tomorrow!!! It will go up to 35 degrees!