Winter is almost upon us

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Winter is almost upon us. The temperatures are dropping. Yesterday it rained and mixed with the rain was hail. This morning the temperatures dropped down to 32.4 degrees F ( 0.2 degrees C).

What will this winter bring? We live in southern Indiana. We have plenty of firewood for the wood stove. Perhaps a ten year supply.

But a great pandemic called H5N1 or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), otherwise know as Bird Flu is in the wind. This virus is spread by birds and as they fly south for the winter, they will bring this plague closer to home. The virus is spreading from birds and has evolved to strike chickens and has killed hundreds of millions of chickens in the past couple years. Now it has evolved and began killing animals. Over 50 different species of animals have been affected. One of the latest variants has struck cows. Even some have struck humans, so the plague is almost upon us. And it is deadly, very deadly. It will strike the most healthy, young men and women at their prime. And it is so fast, so utterly fast, when it strikes.

My firewood is dry and will keep the house warm. The game is afoot.

This will be my first winter living in the Northeast. I hope it delivers! I know that recent years have been mild even up here, but I hope we buck that trend right now!

Yesterday it was 96 degrees here, but not as humid as it is most of the summer so it felt pretty good. Today it's 71 and I'm very unhappy about how cold it is. It doesn't get terribly cold here except for the occasional freeze but I'm really unhappy about the cooler weather coming. I much prefer 96 to 71.

Winter up there is summer down here, and with the distributed rains this year the fuel load in our forest is as high as I've ever seen it.

Last night it dropped below freezing. The temperatures fell to 29.7 degrees F (- 1.3 degrees C) this morning.
My wife constructed a fire pit this year and we roasted marshmallows in it a few days ago when out grandchildren visited us.



It was a well constructed fire pit with a 11 foot by 11 foot base and 4 layer of bricks to hold the centerpiece.

https://youtu.be/3JbQE3Bfswo



https://youtu.be/TxrwImCJCqk


https://youtu.be/KJS8Vh09BGY?list=TLPQMTcxMDIwMjRzOnHWfHpkEg

Last edited by naturalplastic on 17 Oct 2024, 4:15 pm, edited 2 times in total.

That's not a firepit....THIS is a firepit !
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https://youtu.be/sRYrWBIWsx8

11 feet across?... try 11 feet high

So should we all just drink the Kool-Aid since a deadly flu pandemic is inevitable this winter and we're going to die anyway? I know that I'm worthless and a burden on society due to having no job, nor children, and no spouse. I don't desire such things but society doesn't care if I do or not. And I'm currently fighting some infection for almost two weeks and although I think I'm recovering I'm still coughing like a 98-year old chronic smoker. And I've never smoked cigarettes in my whole life.

It was another cold night. The temperatures dropped to 32.7 degrees F ( 0.4 degrees C). Winter is at our doorstep.

The short answer is NO. The best optimal approach is to understand the threat and then learn the steps to surviving.



That doesn't sound good. If you have difficulty breathing it may be because you have fluids in your lungs. You may need to go see your doctor and have them perform some tests to find the cause. In the meantime you might try using some Vicks VapoRub. It always seemed to help me.

Well we had another cold night. The temperature dropped down to 31.8 degrees F (-0.1 degrees C).

So it is probably time to make a winter weather prediction for my area.

It will be colder then normal but there will be less snowfall then normal. Winter is coming closer and closer.

I associate cleaning my wood stove and chimney with the onset of winter although in the mid-atlantic it's been rather mild so far

It was another cold night. It dropped down to 32.2 degrees F this morning, just a fraction above freezing.
Soon the world may look like this.

I dislike the cold so much that right now it's only 66F and I feel chilly and uncomfortable. I'm in bed under a blanket and am wearing two long sleeved t shirts.

That's 19 °C ... I'd be comfortable naked outside.
It looks like I'll be in air-conditioning for the hottest part of our summer if my surgery schedule proceeds, but I'm not keen on not being at the farm to defend against bushfire.

Over the years, I gained a little weight each year. Eventually I became fat. Fat is an insulator. I could go out in the cold and feel O.K. Sometimes I would drive the car in the winter with snow on the ground and leave the window open so I could breath cold fresh air.

Many years passed since then and I was about to die because of being overweight. So I underwent surgery and lost around 120 pounds. Now I am thin and I can feel the cold. So when winter comes I shiver. My body no longer produces the heat to keep me warm. So it is fortunate that I have all types of clothing that provide very good insulation even under the most extreme conditions. Winter is coming.