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A word of caution

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  1. gmule

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    Winter arrived with some sub zero temps and a little snow.
    Currently it is -7 which is a little warmer than the -9 when I went to sleep last night. Lodge pole pine is what I am burning.
     
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    No just a dusting so far, not sure how close all that snow was to us here.
     
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    I thought this storm was going all the way to the east coast?
     
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    I turned on every fan I have and set em out on the lawn pointed your way... :p:D
     
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    It's 39° and sleeting here. Blah.
     
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    Oops update its snowing now.
     
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    I'm not so sure that is a good idea Steve.
     
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  8. gmule

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    Here is what I woke up to this morning. -7 never looked so good.

    [​IMG]
     
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    34° and still snowing. Not a ton but more than a dusting.
     
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    Beautiful scenery gmule :thumbs:
     
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    34 now never broke 40 today, saw a few flurries on my ride home.
    Burned the remaining natural gas allotment for APCO by 5pm - they say the turbines will be drinking some diesel tomorrow, might get expensive by next week

    Sacrificed some 3.5yo red oak last night - wasn't anything else seasoned on the stack:D
     
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    THATS what I'm talkin about... :dancer::rootintootin::banana:........:yes:......... nice scene!
     
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    what is that in layman language?
     
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    Now that is real music! Glad you are warm. You earned every bit of it.
     
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    :thumbs::banana::D:thumbs:
     
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    That has to be some serious cold for down there. Keep the fires burning!
     
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    Sorry all you guys, I have one more day of cold and snow on Saturday then the storm is gone here, but its just starting you all to the east.
     
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    From a guy from the northeast US, please allow me to say..... OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH!

    OFFTOPIC: I traveled across the US twice (round trip) on what is known as the northern route (my route was from Rye, NY to Ocean Shores, WA) on a motorcycle and the two really big points of the trip for me were passing through the Rockies at Beartooth Pass and going through Yellowstone (again in the Rockies). Outstanding piece of real estate you folks have yourselves there!

    Brian

     
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    GF thought picture was beautiful as well, until I read her the -7F part:rofl: :lol:
    The couple low 20 mornings we've had is enough for her
     
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    Sorry didn't want to derail the thread completely in my original post.
    Natural gas is burned purchased/allotted to Utilities(power producers) on an intraday schedule - they only have so much to burn in the 24hr window.
    The power plant I run supplies power to Alabama Power (APCO), they needed power bad and had just a bit of NG for us to burn - constraints on pipeline volumes this time of year when it gets cold.
    When I say "a bit" it's enough NG for everyone on this forum and then some to heat their houses for probably the next decade...conservative estimate. Burned in 5hrs:D
    When NG is no longer available the power has to come from somewhere and then they call on us on diesel.
    Each turbine(4 of them) burns ~200gpm or 12kgal/hour. Gets expensive fast, but folks don't want their power turning off in a cold snap
     
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