Northern weather

[robert.]

I left from Doylestown pa. Traffic everywhere is now a nightmare. Thursday i was on long island. 131 miles from home. That drive took 6 hours.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I left from Doylestown pa. Traffic everywhere is now a nightmare. Thursday i was on long island. 131 miles from home. That drive took 6 hours.

And what could you have done if you had been driving an "electric" car and the 3-hour max charge was threatening you with a shutdown?

[robert.]

Easy. Just as i did in my truck. Stop have dinner. That takes about an hour. Let the the vehicle charge while you eat. Rest stops pop up every 50 miles along i95. They all have several different types of charging stations

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I left from Doylestown pa. Traffic everywhere is now a nightmare. Thursday i was on long island. 131 miles from home. That drive took 6 hours.

And what could you have done if you had been driving an "electric" car and the 3-hour max charge was threatening you with a shutdown?

There are dozens of places to stop between Doylestown and Richmond. Do the same you would do when your gas gauge is pushing empty. Pull off and fill the tank, re-charge, grab a bit of food, stretch the knees, check the plumbing.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Oh. Well that makes sense, provided each charge-up doesn't take inordinately long.

However, what if you are immersed in Rush-hour traffic and also have to go to a funeral and be in the cortege? Such an example could be trouble; whereas, gasoline seems a bit more accommodating, provided one had the sense to "Fill-er-up" ahead of the expected time in traffic.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Oh. Well that makes sense, provided each charge-up doesn't take inordinately long.

However, what if you are immersed in Rush-hour traffic and also have to go to a funeral and be in the cortege? Such an example could be trouble; whereas, gasoline seems a bit more accommodating, provided one had the sense to "Fill-er-up" ahead of the expected time in traffic.

Playing the "what if" game.... What if an asteroid hits? What if aliens beam in? What if your favorite goldfish implodes and triggers a trans-dimensional portal to a non-Euclidean space/time..........

Gee, maybe just charge it up the night before? Same as filling the tank the day before...

Ok, I've been on the DC Beltway to go 22 miles with a 1/4 tank of gas after a snow storm - 6 hours later I got home. There was no place to get off....

I got home that night by turning off the engine to conserve gas.

Like anything else, you plan, make contingency plans, and do what it takes.

[robert.]

Tesla cars have a magic reserve. When you have no juice in your battery. Call them and they unlock your hidden 20 minutes.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...Like anything else, you plan, make contingency plans, and do what it takes.

Yes, indeed, I will continue to drive a gasoline-powered vehicle. Period.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...Like anything else, you plan, make contingency plans, and do what it takes.

Yes, indeed, I will continue to drive a gasoline-powered vehicle. Period.

And run out of gas trapped in the car by a bear, 3 coyotes, with a yappy dog for company.

[healey36]

What if your favorite goldfish implodes and triggers a trans-dimensional portal to a non-Euclidean space/time..........

That happened to a neighbor of mine. He has a big koi pond in his back yard, and he occasionally noticed fish missing from the pond, but a decent amount of koi bits distributed around the back lawn. After a while he discovered a gaggle of aliens that were snatching the buggers at every opportunity (seen here):



He said the rub was every time he tried to run them off, he'd fall through the trans-dimensional portal, only to wake up laying in the pond soaked from head-to-toe (fortunately never face-down). He never had any memory of how he got there. He eventually developed some sort of defense-shield device which he could deploy to mitigate the intruders (he called it a net).

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...Like anything else, you plan, make contingency plans, and do what it takes.

Yes, indeed, I will continue to drive a gasoline-powered vehicle. Period.

And run out of gas trapped in the car by a bear, 3 coyotes, with a yappy dog for company.

No doubt on the horizon for me. (You forgot a grumpy cat peeved at me for depriving it of proper shoes.)

[healey36]

Despite thinking I was done with this for the season, I lit off the fireplace this AM to take the chill off the house. Low forties at 1100, projected to top out around fifty. As long as I'm cooped up in here, might as well make it pleasant. Even the dog was looking for some warm sun to lay in:



It's only March 16, so pretty normal temps. Not sure why I was expecting ten degrees warmer.

Healey

[rogruth]

Smart dog.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Thought I was done with the fireplace, but maybe not......plenty of wood outside in the pile. Maybe a few more evenings...

[E7]

And run out of gas trapped in the car by a bear, 3 coyotes, with a yappy dog for company.

You don't expect us to believe that.......maybe a bear and 2 coyotes. Supposed to be mid 70's Thursday and Friday! I'd say we could all use a bit of sunshine!