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Old 01-02-2014, 08:02 PM   #1
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It's not often you see a 100 degrees difference in temps on a map.
But from +63 to -40 is on this map around 9 pm EST.

Canadians in Quebec and Ontario may think us Yanks are a bunch of whooses.
All across these 2 provinces last night, they had temps of lower than -25, down to -40
... and will again tonight.
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Old 01-02-2014, 09:20 PM   #2
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Snow is almost done here. I just cleaned off the car. I'm all proud of myself. It would have been one inch of pretty solid ice in the morning, coating the whole car. It took a minute or two just now, and would have been a huge job in the morning. I remembered!
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Old 01-03-2014, 08:46 AM   #3
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Old 01-03-2014, 01:33 PM   #4
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13° here last night. That's pretty damn chilly for my neck o' the woods. Warming all the way to Tuesday or Wednesday [ETA: Moved up to Monday, now] when our hi/lo is forecast as 8°/4°. The previous day to those numbers will be 45°.
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Old 01-03-2014, 03:03 PM   #5
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8" Heavy, fine powder. With a nice layer of slush at the bottom so it sticks to your shovel. What fun.
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Old 01-03-2014, 03:17 PM   #6
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Gonna be ugly Sunday night/Monday morning.

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Old 01-03-2014, 04:08 PM   #7
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8" Heavy, fine powder. With a nice layer of slush at the bottom so it sticks to your shovel. What fun.
All powder here. Good snowblower weather. Currently 0°F at about sunset, cover your tucas.
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Old 01-03-2014, 05:37 PM   #8
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9.30am and 100f already.

We are taking the kids to the science centre.
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Old 01-03-2014, 08:00 PM   #9
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The cost and transporting electricity is typically between $20 and $40 per megawatt hour. To put that into perspective, you might pay 13 cents per kilowatt hour or $130 per megawatt hour retail. These costs mean utilities make a small and consistent profit.

However utilities buy electricity on the spot market. Sometimes demand and other factors cause their purchase prices to increase.

I rarely see costs this high. For example, instead of paying maybe $30 on the spot market, the cost of electricity in Wellsboro PA is currently $283.90 per megawatt hour. Other prices are $310 in Vineland NJ, $376 in Chalk Point MD, and $309 on an undersea connection from New Jersey to Long Island. $478 in Quakertown PA.

Average Chicago price is about $144. Ohio about $195. $326 in the Richmond VA area. $310 in the Lexington KY area. Ironically, where electricity is produced and transmission facilities are restricted, prices are significantly lower such as $30 in Mount Storm MD near the West Virginia border.

Do so many consumers in this day and age still use electricity for heat?
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Old 01-04-2014, 01:36 PM   #10
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9.30am and 100f already.

We are taking the kids to the science centre.
But don't leave your car windows open.
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Old 01-03-2014, 09:53 PM   #11
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All heat pump users use electricity "emergency heat" when the outdoor air is too cold to exchange heat, or the outdoor unit is under a foot of snow and won't operate normally.
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Old 01-03-2014, 10:27 PM   #12
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All heat pump users use electricity "emergency heat" when the outdoor air is too cold to exchange heat, ...
My early experiences with heat pumps went to to 'emergency heat' when outside air was below 40 degrees (5 degrees C). At what temperature do today's heat pumps switch over?
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Old 01-03-2014, 10:05 PM   #13
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Unless they are ignorant, like we were in our first apartment.
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Old 01-04-2014, 02:39 PM   #14
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That is just so fucked up. I'd pay the fine. I guess I'd have to, here, you don't pay a fine, they take your license. But, there'd be cop cars showing up with missing windows for months, if not years.

You have any idea how far away you can be and still break windows with the right pellet rifle?
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Old 01-04-2014, 02:40 PM   #15
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I guess they execute your children if you leave your convertible top down...
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