Marek,
How do we deal with it? The short answer is "not well". :)
It's colder in Louisiana than up here Whistler. The Admiral at the house in
Baton Rouge tells me the town is pretty much shut down. She sent me pics of
our driveway covered with a sheet of ice. She said this morning that it's
beginning to melt and that it may reach 50 today.
South Louisiana is ill equipped to deal with ice and snow. Because those
conditions occur so infrequently, the authorities don't have the equipment to
deal with it so everything just shuts down. No snowplows, no gravel spreaders,
no de-icing equipment.
There are always a few dumb rednecks or Coonasses that think they can drive on
ice. There are lots of accidents to screw things up. No all season tires.
Then there are the architectural considerations such as outside faucets that
need to be protected. They're not set well into the building. Pipes that run
in outside walls that will freeze. Local plumbers love these conditions.
As for the boats, it won't get cold enough to take any precautions if the boat
is in the water. Powerboats on trailers might need to protect engine blocks if
they're raw water cooled.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com>
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>Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:33 AM
>Subject: Stus-List cold in the South
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>Dennis’s mentioning of Pensacola got me thinking how you guys are dealing
with our kind of the weather down there. I think I saw below freezing
temperatures in New Orleans, Pensacola etc. and all along the E. coast (N of N.
Florida).
>
>Up here, the boats are on the hard, winterised and we are all quite used to
the conditions (even if some of us don’t like them). My thoughts go to you (in
somewhat paternalistic way; our Monday ski race was at –27C (-16 F) (though,
“no
racing suit” rule was invoked due to cold)).
>
>Marek (in Ottawa)
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