Look at the posts in last few days, and the unseasonably mild weather across North America. DO YOU SUPOSE IT COULD LAST UNTIL APRIL, and just get a bit warmer then.Talked with my brother in central Nova Scotia yesterday. He tells me that at midnight Christmas Eve it was 17C on his back deck. To you guys south of the border 63F. I reminded him of Dec 26 about 12 years ago in the same community -40 C or F. He came to give me a boost with my 6.2 Chevy diesel, block heater had stopped working. Old Chevy had no leaks, so we filled a cast iron fry pan with charcoal, and placed it under the diesel oil pan. In about 45 min the 6.2 started. Don't ever try this with a gas engine. Neither one of those temperatures are very common at Christmas in Nova Scotia. I have only seen -40 twice in my life time 1992 and 1956. In 1956 my dad and I had left Farmall 300 at other end of farm, temperature went to -40F over night. As we approached the 300 in pickup, dad said,"I hope it will not start." We disconected the PTO seasonal disconnect first. The 300, 6 volt, unassisted, went ur----ur-----ur and on the forth one she fired up. The governors were frozen, I immediately jumped on tractor, and in 4th gear with brakes on in deep snow, managed to keep the revs down until governors thawed out. So now you guys see why I get a bit upset on some of these much needed 12 volt conversions. By the way on that Nova Scotia mild weather, one of the blessings of living on the east coast be it US or Canada, south winds always bring the effects of the Gulf of Mexico Stream. Here in SW Ontario, a south wind in winter is just more cold air out of the US midwest. I miss that gulf stream, was good as a trip south.
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