Re: everyone okay?
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  • Subject: Re: everyone okay?
  • From: D* <g*@sbcglobal.net>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:43:01 -0800 (PST)
It was minus 7 here this morning.  The wind chill was like -21.  Snow drifting
everywhere tonight with the strong winds-- claim a heat wave by weeks end -
like 30.  sigh
 
Donna

--- On Sun, 1/10/10, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:


From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] everyone okay?
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 6:36 PM


Cold spell is really something, especially re Florida. I didn't see anything
like this either time I lived there... so there's something to be said for
being west of the Rockies afterall.


On Jan 10, 2010, at 3:26 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:

> On this side, we are worried about FL where we get most of our citrus, other
fruits and veggies.
>
> ETN Zone 7
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 4:39:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] everyone okay?
>
> still no wheel spinning in the meter and it's almost 40 degrees. woo hoo.
> hope the Valley didn't get hit too bad, that would not be good for our
> citrus industry.
>
> On 1/10/10, teichfauna@aol.com <teichfauna@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> It is said that the pipes don't break until the thawing starts, something
>> to do with the pressure. You should notice a lack of pressure, or no water
>> at all if the pipes are frozen in part or whole. If this is noticed, you
>> are to shut off water to the house at the meter.
>> This was interesting to me, since when our pipes broke 20 years ago, we
>> were out of town, so were not able to notice if anything prior to
>> the break.
>>
>> Survived the hard freezes the past few days.....didn't get down into the
>> teens like we thought, but first time I've ever seen my small ponds ice
>> over. Larger ponds had no signs of ice at all. Plants are
>> frozen, hopefully
>> not at the roots in the pond. Covered plants look a bad, but citrus seems
>> to have survived okay. Not sure about the rest. Orchids appear fine,
>> bromeliads sustained damage to the foliage, but hopefully will
>> pup out. Plants
>> that didn't get covered look really bad, but hopefully they will come back
>> from the trunks or roots. Had no frost on the ground that I saw. Don't
>> think it got quite as cold in my yard... my thermometer showed a good 5
>> degrees higher than the reports for the area. Hoping for the best!!!
>>
>> Sure hope that was the end of the freezes for the winter. Winter is
>> usually when I get so much done, not so far. Grateful that the
>> temps didn't get
>> too low.
>> Noreen
>> zone 9
>> Texas Gulf Coast
>>
>> In a message dated 1/8/2010 3:51:35 PM Central Standard Time,
>> gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:
>>
>> ok here - just checked the water meter and the wheel isn't spinning - so
>> no
>> busted pipes. that's a very good thing.....
>>
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>
>
> --Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
>
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Inland Jim
Willamette Valley

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