They have extra cold air in Siberia, to keep the bodies that are piling up refrigerated until they can bury them.


You had hoarfrost?

Everything adjacent and west of us didn't do too bad today, cams in St Louis and Branson showed traffic moving well on the highways. Here (Louisville), it started raining about 5, the roads are soaked now, and it's looking like it will persist until the snow starts. They are predicting the flash freeze between 8 and 9 pm, I doubt the roads will have drained off by then. Not looking good.

Finally got around to installing a diverter for the driver's floor vent so my feet don't suffer on the long drive tomorrow in near zero weather. The air hits the firewall right above the gas pedal and flows down to the floor beneath both pedals now, instead of shooting across the well above my feet to hit the kick panel and mostly flow upward into the dash. Don't know how Ford missed the boat on that, while the passenger vent flow right where it's needed. $16 fix.

 

I have been saying I was gonna do that to my truck for the past two winters! Maybe I’ll finally do it.

 

I molded a piece of plastic from a tote lid to make my diverter. Works amazingly well. Made one for the passenger side as well.

 

 

Worth every cent.

I bought 3" air duct mounting plate and a 3" PVC 45º plumbing elbow. Used 3M body panel mounting tape and nothing else. Sanded down the edge of the mounting plate where the inside turn of the elbow needed to sit so I could cut off excess elbow and have it start it's turn before the mounting plate ended. Two layers of tape on the inside of the duct, then popped it in the freezer for an hour. Once about half way in you start wiggling back and forth a little to seat it fully. Once it's warmed and the tape has seated, it's never coming out.

I cut at the red lines...



Some tape on the flange of the duct mount, make sure the truck and tape is nice and warm, press firmly for 10 seconds, then work your way around the flange pressing hard, it's flexible and will let you make sure all of the tape is fully seated.

Of course, you can also use screws.

 

OHIO GOT IT. Worked 6 am to 7 pm Thursday. Then went out Thursday night from 10 pm to 10 am Friday plowing.

 

For those interested in the cold feet fix, here is the thread: https://www.f150forum.com/f118/cold-...de-fix-463601/ Post 23 has a template. I enlarged my computer screen and traced it after getting it the exact size (used a 6" ruler). I then used an old tote lid and a razor. Using a heat gun, I bent each line, fitting and trimming along the way. I then used a little silicone to hold them in place.

 

Snowpack charts show the Louisville to Cinci corridor, and central Ohio got the most snow. Right now, all the semis are stuck between the Ky Speedway and the 71/75 interchange due to the hills in that area. Cars are getting through, but they are having to weave around the semis, which are stuck in all lanes, both directions. Transit time is way off due to the trucks (many run google maps as a backup, and sitting still skews the speed average), but google says my 5.5hr transit to Detroit will take over 15 hours that way. No thanks.

Louisville to Indy went green a few hours ago. Cams show four clear lanes on 65, 69 and 24, which gets me to Toledo, the lattitude where snow just doesn't exist in the US. Transit is 6.5hr. It typically says 7.5hr, but traffic is almost non-existant. Almost everyone actually decided to stay put. I'm a go in two hours.

Here's my footwell vent diverter. I didn't bother to paint the elbow because I can't see it.

 

I found out this morning that my uncle drove from PA to MI last night, arrived ahead of the storm. I think he was a bit north of the system though. The drive through Ohio is always I-80 to I-75 north.
In SE Michigan my dad says just a couple inches of snow but -1 at his house and windy.
My uncle says it rained during his drive but it turned to snow around 11 p.m. I don't know if he arrived at my dads place before 11pm though.

Sounds as if the system somewhat avoided Michigan with the edge of the storm skirting SE Michigan.

 

It's great when stupid people self-identify to you, so going forward you can take that into consideration in your dealings with them.