First day of winter and no fire in the stove

31F here now, 71F inside. I can't let the fire go out or turn down. It takes too long to bring the temp back up. Anyway, the is an ice storm predicted and as well as the potential fot many power failures. Forcast is for over a half inch of ice.

 

I see you have the hearth decorated......that is beautiful.

 

I just showed my wife this and it really tickled her. She said I like baking.......have at honey !!!!!

 

Warmed to 30° here,

Your weather is nuts.
Be golfing there soon

 

Predicting a high of 22 on Christmas eve and 14 at night. Good thing I got my stove work out of the way.

 

Think you are gonna get slammed with ice tonight and we are gonna pretty much dodge the bullet...

 

A bit?

 

Are you in the southern part of the state?

 

No fire?! Locust. Locust Post. Have you checked to see if you wife is fully dressed? I'm thinking you need a fire going tonight man.

 

I am and it is about 36 here still...

 

LOL.....it's 61 here I'm prayin that's enough to do the job Gas.

 

61! WTF? You wood hoarding cheapskate! You are a true wood hoarder. Get a fire going!

 

Life is making the best of the situation, and having fun doing it. I think I saw this line somewhere.

 

If you are looking for an excuse to have a fire, come to Maine. We have a lot of temps that are appropriate for having your fire burning 24/7.

 

Scotty, hope you feel better.... Same thing here weather wise, foggy as heck tonight... Snow is just about gone from the other day. Once it gets cold again should be a good time to start harvesting firewood from my woods... No snow makes it nicde to flush the cuts close to the ground... Suppose to be 63 here tomorrow! Crazy!

 

It is the first day of winter and BOTH stoves are cold. Overnight lows in the 50s and highs tomorrow in the 60s. It is not even worth burning shoulder season wood. Start the oven in the morning to bake some sour dough biscuits to go with breakfast and the house will be plenty warm.

Normally by Thanksgiving we are well into 24/7 burning of one stove. This year we had a week of both stoves going before Thanksgiving, a couple of days with highs in the 20s and nights in the low teens. Now this?

I like a normal routine. Stuff the stove before work, get home, bring in a cart of wood & re-load. Enjoy dinner and the family, reload and go to bed. REPEAT 'till spring. This weather is throwing my routine off and confusing the poor cats.

Enjoy the Holidays everybody...

KaptJaq

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 642 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BRING ICE AND SOME SNOW AND SLEET TO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR TO OUR NORTH IS CLASHING WITH VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR TO OUR SOUTH. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE TWO CONTRASTING AIR MASSES IS IN THE FORM OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE THEN JUST OFF THE MAINE COAST. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AREAS OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE TO THE EAST ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE REGION. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL OVER OUR MOST NORTHERN AREAS...MAINLY IN THE MAINE MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD ADD UP TO A FOOT OR MORE BY THE TIME THE EVENT WINDS DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN. FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT ICING WITH HALF AN INCH... OR MORE...POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERN MOST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY WILL SEE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES AND WILL LIKELY SEE MORE RAIN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE...BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WARNINGS WILL HAVE TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL WAVE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. MEZ012>014-020>022-025>028-220745- /O.CON.KGYX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131223T1200Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 642 PM EST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO POSSIBLY 1 INCH. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...ANY RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICE TO ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME VERY SLIPPERY AND MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. SNAPPED LIMBS WILL POSE A DANGER TO THOSE OUTSIDE AND COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING POWER OUTAGES... ONE OF THE GREATEST HAZARDS IS IMPROPER USE OF GENERATORS. PORTABLE GENERATORS MUST GO OUTSIDE... AT LEAST 15 FEET FROM WINDOWS OR DOORS... TO AVOID LIFE-THREATENING CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) POISONING. CO GAS CAN BE DEADLY IF IT BUILDS UP INSIDE A HOME... GARAGE... OR BASEMENT. HAVE A CO DETECTOR WITH BATTERY BACK-UP WHERE PEOPLE SLEEP. CHECK DETECTOR BATTERIES. DO NOT USE GRILLS OR CAMP STOVES INDOORS. SIGNS OF CO POISONING ARE HEADACHE... NAUSEA... VOMITING... DIZZINESS. CO CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND DEATH. IF YOU SUSPECT CO POISONING... GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CALL 911 AT ONCE.
Well, there goes our Christmas Present. Our kids bought us tickets for a Christmas concert by the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Better to stay home and safe than risk harm.

 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO POSSIBLY 1 INCH. *

1/2" enough to worry about
1" of ice & power might be out for days & days.
Good luck.
You have heat & food, hunkering down is smart. Store up some water .
Hope it misses your area.