Another thing to check when your furnace is doing that is the outside vent from the furnace. If it get's plugged with snow or ice the furnace won't vent and it won't allow furnace to start up.
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Another thing to check when your furnace is doing that is the outside vent from the furnace. If it get's plugged with snow or ice the furnace won't vent and it won't allow furnace to start up.
CycloneErik
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This snow felt more like pellets than normal. I am not proud of the genius man who set this morning for grocery pickup.
OSU hasn't traveled to Ames yet? WTH? They dont have the internet there to check weather? Flying commercial? Taking a bus? Should've been here yesterday. They would get out ok on Sunday.
My Saturday is ruined!
I think they normally travel by horse.OSU hasn't traveled to Ames yet? WTH? They dont have the internet there to check weather? Flying commercial? Taking a bus? Should've been here yesterday. They would get out ok on Sunday.
My Saturday is ruined!
They probably wanted to watch Kyle Larson in the chili bowl thurs night before coming here, lolOSU hasn't traveled to Ames yet? WTH? They dont have the internet there to check weather? Flying commercial? Taking a bus? Should've been here yesterday. They would get out ok on Sunday.
My Saturday is ruined!
And they do a good job. They know that forecasts more than a week out are guesses. They get things wrong sometimes but most of the time they know what they are doing.
My driveway is north facing and really wasn't too bad this morning, so I just left it. Figured whatever I did this morning would have to be redone later anyway.
It is so hard to tell how much snow we've gotten with this wind.
Across the street to my neighbors it looks like they've gotten a foot with all the drifts, whereas my side likes like we got a dusting lol
Across the street to my neighbors it looks like they've gotten a foot with all the drifts, whereas my side likes like we got a dusting lol
Yes, this happens when it's really cold. The condensate from the furnace exhaust will freeze where it comes out the side of your house. And eventually block the exhaust. So the furnace will stop as a safety measure to keep CO from accumulating in your house and killing you.
My brother had this happen when he was in Florida about 10 years ago. Super cold snap then it warmed up. When he got home he opened his garage door and a wave of water came out. Furnace had stopped and the pipes froze. Then when it warmed up the ice accumulation on the exhaust melted and the furnace started working again.
Thank god his insurance covered most of it but it was a huge mess and he lost a few personal items that hurt.
They just don’t postpone conference basketball games. Some flights will get out tonight. I hope they postpone it until Sunday. But I’d bet a lot they don’t.
Don’t do it. You’d probably be better off trying tomorrow afternoon.
Yeah my last house I lived in that was always an issue when we had a good amount of snow and wind. Those were fun times having to go out and walk through the drifts and clear that area out.
I feel like we need updated snow projections, haven't seen new ones since late yesterday afternoon.
CycloneErik
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Thanks AdRock4Cy and Angie; unlikely we will be going! Got the tickets for my wife's birthday, so she will be disappointed but hopefully postponed
I would also be super bummed! I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you guys can celebrate her somehow else! As a fellow January birthday, I can confirm that it sucks!
They just made a pass-through here about two minutes ago so it is a little bit more clear than it was, but University Avenue exit was entirely drifted over about five minutes ago:
https://511ia.org/event/IASEG-21939...ameras,weatherRadar#camera/59407963/114165538
Would it matter the whole system was replaced 3 years ago and that I just had someone come do a checkup a couple months ago?