Arctic Blast moving in...

[Carol 83]

Had 31 degrees below zero yesterday morning.
Just 10 below this morning and they're calling for frigid weather the rest of the week.
9 to 13 inches of snow by tomorrow night with the temps down in the negative 20s.
Below zero every night this week.

Tim Allen never mentions that shit.

 

[M. Frary]

Tim Allen never mentions that shit.

It's called turd shattering cold.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Heard mention on the radio driving home, there will be places Midwest that will be colder than the North Pole with this arctic cold.

 

[Morax]

We really really really need a dis like button! .. i don't mind snow but this bitter cold you can keep.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

I checked all the mulch around my trees and made sure none had been blown off. Other than that they’re just going to have to endure it. They are all in protected ares with the smaller ones nestled against the north side of house and protected from wind. Nothing outside is rated at higher than zone 5. Warmer zone plants are in unheated garage which is staying about 42 degrees right now but will roobably hit 40 whenit drops to 11F outside.

 

[rockm]

Thanks for the concern! (I love BNutters.)

Here's the story: I bought a Kiyo hime maple and a Rhode Island Red maple from Mark on FB auction in early December. He shipped them to me --extremely well packed, the bigger one double boxed -- and I put them in my uninsulated garage. We have an insulated garage also but that stays at 45°F, too warm for maintaining dormancy.

The temperatures got down to the teens last week so I put the maples in their shipping boxes with the tops open, and put seed sprouting heat mats underneath the boxes. I also put thermometers in each box. The garage stays about 5° warmer than outside, and the heat mats kept the maples around 28°F. So far, so good.

This week the really cold temps are rolling in. I took everything apart on a day when it was 30° and put the heat mats inside the boxes; put the maples on the heat mats, and filled in around the pots with styrofoam peanuts and bubble wrap.The current outside temp is 7°; the garage is 18° and inside the boxes the maples are 25°. So far, so good I think.

In a few days when the low temps will be around -12°, I will cover the boxes temporarily with bath towels and keep checking the thermometers.

Does this sound like a way to keep my maples safe? It's the best plan I could come up with. The rest of my bonsai have been sunk into the soil in my garden and surrounded with evergreen boughs, and are now covered with snow...but it was too late to do that with the maples.

I wasn't planning to buy the maples but they sure were pretty.

Suggestions welcome!

Which is why you don't buy stock in the winter, or at least have the seller hold it until spring...just sayin...

 

[Cajunrider]

Arctic blast is coming to us. We'll be down to 32 deg F.
All my tropical trees are still inside. Everything else is outside. I got all the ingredients for gumbo. My preparation is done.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Winter Storm 2019. School was canceled nearly 24 hours ago in preparation for this historic event. #neverforget.

 

[Carol 83]

Supposed to be a high of 5 degrees here tomorrow. They're talking about cancelling school here, too. It's a rural community, and a lot of kids have to wait outside for the bus. Funny, I don't remember them ever cancelling school because of the cold, when I was little. We just froze. Highs in the 50's by Sunday. The kids will be running around in shorts!

 

[Morax]

I remember standing in snow foot deep freezing watching the bus follow a road grader as it plowed through. Normal plows would get stuck..

 

[cheap_walmart_art]

So far the polar vortex in Tennessee hasn't been much of an issue (though that hasn't stopped everyone in the area buying ingredients for bread and milk sandwiches). I put some trees in the garage over the weekend but judging by the new weather reports, I needn't have bothered. Good luck to all of you who are dealing with it!

 

[coh]

Winter Storm 2019. School was canceled nearly 24 hours ago in preparation for this historic event. #neverforget.
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Looks brutal! Hope you stocked up on the essentials.

Looks like 3 days of intense cold (probably staying in the single digits Wed and Thu) but warming up quickly after, possibly heading for
40 by Sunday. We can handle that as we usually get weather like this at some point every winter.

 

[Dav4]

Winter Storm 2019. School was canceled nearly 24 hours ago in preparation for this historic event. #neverforget.
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Hey man, don't make light of this... that rain was very cold this morning on the way to work, and it may fall below freezing later on today.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Winter Storm 2019. School was canceled nearly 24 hours ago in preparation for this historic event. #neverforget.
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What's the temps they forecast for you? You left the Satsuki out...wasn't worried? Our school has canceled for Wednesday and Thursday. Frostbite under the wind chill temps is a huge concern for those who walk to bus stops...those who wait for busses...and just being able to keep children warm if a bus breaks down.

 

[Cajunrider]

It's brutally cold. I so hope I have enough duck, deer sausage, tasso, bell pepper, onion, celery, and roux to over come this

 

[queenofsheba52]

Our forecasted HIGH temp Wednesday is -5°F (-21°C) but that doesn't factor in the windchill. The news says this is record-breaking, life-threatening cold. I'm in my 60's and have lived in the same town all my life and can't remember it ever getting this cold. School and the local college and university have already closed for tomorrow. The police have asked drivers to stay off of the roads if at all possible.

Be smart and stay safe, all BNuts in the path of this weather!

 

[queenofsheba52]

@Cajunrider, go away!

LOL -- you lucky guy

If I weren't so terribly afraid of large spiders, I'd be living somewhere where the air doesn't hurt my face too.

 

[Cajunrider]

@Cajunrider, go away!

LOL -- you lucky guy

Soon will be summer when it's 97 with 97% humidity and I sweat and can't get cool, I'll pay for all this with interest.

 

[queenofsheba52]

^^ True.

 

[nrgizerrod]

So glad this missed us, however the local weather folks totally blew the snow forecast yesterday!

A buddy lives in Minneapolis. He sent me a screenshot of the forecast for last night. -51 with wind chill!!! He is currently barely clinging to life in the belly of a Tauntaun.