"mazda616" (mazda616)
12/23/2015 at 21:30 • Filed to: Crazy Weather
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
12/23/2015 at 21:30 • Filed to: Crazy Weather | 0
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Earlier, I posted about my truck and how I drove it today due to the threat of severe weather. Glad I did.
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We had hail, torrential rains, and a tornado touch down about ten miles north of town. I got a picture of the funnel cloud. This is after spending twenty minutes in a closet at work as it passed over us. Thankfully, outside of town, it’s quite rural so the tornado just went over empty fields.
Then as I left work, it was raining so hard, I couldn’t see. Wind was blowing the truck all over the road. And, the road to my work had flash flooded and the water was about halfway up to the bottom of the truck’s doors. I also found out the a/c system’s recharge from early this summer is gone, so the compressor just kicked on and off repetitively and the defrost didn’t do much of anything. I drove home wiping the inside of the windshield off with my jacket sleeve. Hit some standing water I couldn’t see, hydroplaned a bit, and went through another minor flood on the way to my grandma’s house to get my dog.
What a day. Oh, and my Christmas lights are ruined now, too. They all flipped up on the roof (we have the icicle lights) and water got into a strand and it’s burned out.
El Niño kinda sucks.
JGrabowMSt
> mazda616
12/23/2015 at 21:36 |
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While not comfortable, using the heater can clear a foggy windshield much faster.
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mazda616
> JGrabowMSt
12/23/2015 at 21:37 |
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Didn't know that. Will try that for sure next time.
d15b
> mazda616
12/23/2015 at 21:39 |
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A. You’re safe.
B. Western part of the country really needs water.
C. Pics of doggy?
Birddog
> mazda616
12/23/2015 at 21:48 |
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Glad you’re OK! That was some nasty weather.
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mazda616
> d15b
12/23/2015 at 21:50 |
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True, Cali needs water badly. And El Niño isn’t giving them much. Just dumping it all on us in the Ohio Valley.
Doggy pics? Yes. She’s a seven-year-old “Jackabee” (Jack Russell/Beagle mix) and her name is Ginger.
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mazda616
> Birddog
12/23/2015 at 22:31 |
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Yes it was! It got really intense really quickly here.
BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE
> mazda616
12/23/2015 at 23:03 |
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You in north MS?
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mazda616
> BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE
12/24/2015 at 07:19 |
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No, western Kentucky. But that storm from Northern Mississippi did come through here.
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> JGrabowMSt
01/06/2016 at 22:01 |
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Unless of course your fascist heater decides that the AC compressor turns on no matter what if you set it to defrost! Reminds me that I need to recharge my dang AC even though it's winter..
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JGrabowMSt
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
01/06/2016 at 23:00 |
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This is actually a thing on most new cars. The HEMIWagon does it, my Neon did it, and I’m pretty sure the SL does too. You just set the temp all the way to heat and hot air should come out regardless of the AC pump running.
Also, I still have a present for you, not sure when the next C&C is, but we should find a day to meet up. Too bad winter finally rolled around though...that whole 60’s in December was really nice.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> JGrabowMSt
01/07/2016 at 08:07 |
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Yeah I think we got spoiled with that weather lol. I have been trying to finish my body work, but it is difficult when the compound starts freezing on my paint... Next weekend at some point, Ive got a 4 day weekend so I am sure a day in there could work!