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Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:45 am to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:45 am to Tiger Ryno
Amazon Subscribe and Save keeps us always stocked nicely.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:50 am to Salmon
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I'm trying to convince my wife to take the kids south to my parents, but she is being stubborn.
Meh. Everybody needs to be legitimately cold, like nearing hypothermic, for a little while at some point in their lives. It builds character and also makes you acutely aware that being cold is fricking terrible.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:51 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Cool. You come deal with these kids then. I'll go south.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:53 am to Salmon
Hell no. I'm not even in real danger and I'm trying to convince mine to leave with our kids as well.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:53 am to Salmon
I'm about to be solo dad for 3 during this, but I don't really have any attractive move to make. I'm sure we'll lose power, but even with the temp projections it's hard to see it getting anything more than just uncomfortable.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:53 am to SlowFlowPro
Thanks bud. You got a spare house? 
Someone at work just said now they’re saying it’ll be sleet and not ice which won’t stick? Is this true? Or simply not worth risking either way? Leaning towards the latter.
Someone at work just said now they’re saying it’ll be sleet and not ice which won’t stick? Is this true? Or simply not worth risking either way? Leaning towards the latter.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:54 am to TDsngumbo
I live in west Little Rock. And on the tallest point of our street on a huge hill in the middle of a mountain.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:59 am to Pettifogger
Sure. Its not like I think its a deadly situation. But if they can be comfortable at my parents instead of uncomfortable here, I don't see the point in not going.
Plus it would remove a fairly significant stressor for me.
Plus it would remove a fairly significant stressor for me.
This post was edited on 1/22/26 at 10:00 am
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:00 am to Salmon
After 2009, I'll always tell people who are looking at losing power for multiple days in a ice storm to leave if feasible. It was miserable. We had a generator for only part of it. We slept in the same room, blankets over windows and doorways, super bundled up with candles to keep warm. Going out to the car and sitting in the car heated up in shifts.
It sucked arse. I don't wish that one anyone.
It sucked arse. I don't wish that one anyone.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:01 am to tigerbandpiccolo
Sleet will make the roads dangerous, but doesn't typically stick to trees and cause power outages.
The freezing rain is what fricks up the power.
The freezing rain is what fricks up the power.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:04 am to DVinBR
So pretty much an unremarkable rain event for the Baton Rouge area
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:04 am to Salmon
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Sure. Its not like I think its a deadly situation. But if they can be comfortable at my parents instead of uncomfortable here, I don't see the point in not going. Plus it would remove a fairly significant stressor for me.
I am so glad I didn’t have kids during the 2021 freeze in Houston. My house was sitting at 41 degrees inside. Wasn’t enough snow to even be fun outside
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:09 am to Salmon
And it’s the unpredictability of sleet versus ice that’s got my stomach in knots. My kids will be so mad if we leave and the power stays on and they miss a week of sledding with their friends.
I appreciate the advice here. I will need to make a decision by EOB today, I’ll be glued to this thread and will continue watching for updates.
I appreciate the advice here. I will need to make a decision by EOB today, I’ll be glued to this thread and will continue watching for updates.
This post was edited on 1/22/26 at 10:09 am
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:11 am to bapple
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I have two gas water heater tanks in parallel feeding my whole house. Unless my gas supply fails I’ll always have redundancy!
Unless your water line freezes.
If you have city water or if you have a well and a dedicated 240v generator for your pump AND your water lines are too deep to freeze.
How deep is deep enough? I remember going over to Asheville NC and finding an area with no water. Their lines were buried to the required depth, but the required depth was too shallow for that very cold spell.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:20 am to Mushroom1968
The weather is starting to look good enough for Central Texas that I may go to the lake on Saturday
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:25 am to H2O Tiger
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The weather is starting to look good enough for Central Texas that I may go to the lake on Saturday
Careful baw, my buddy just sent me this pic from a lake in West Texas
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:35 am to TDsngumbo
I need that much toilet paper because I have to drink all this milk.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 10:38 am to Salmon
Thats what im trying to parcel out....Im in south Shreveport and cant seem to get a clear anwer... some things say couples 10ths of an inch freezing rain some sleet some over an inch of freezing rain. I have a kid and trying to figure out if take him south which would suck for reasons or risk it here...roads impossible are one thing but extended power outage we cant do w him
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