MurraysMutts
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75ish here
We need some moisture...
We need some moisture...
I was only four in 1978 so I don't remember it, but it was the big one here. My Uncle was coming home in his 18 wheeler when he got stuck around where my place is now. He decided to hoof it to my dad his brother's place which is a 1/2 a 1/4 from where he stopped. He had to follow the fence to not get lost, and his eyes were about froze shut by the time he got to dads. Every road on the county was drifted shut, it was a mess.Everyone around here old enough to remember compares every winter to '78. The pictures my grandma took showed the snow up to the cross members in the telephone poles. Several neighbors talk about having to use a D9 cat dozer to clear the roads.
The one I remember was Feb 15, 2011. 15" of snow, zero temp, and 50mph wind. I live 11/4 miles from the farm and it took me 2hrs with a 2wd drive loader tractor w/ an all weather cab to get to the farm. The drifts were above the rear 18.4-38 tires.
Do you ever plow up any bodies in the snow?I was only four in 1978 so I don't remember it, but it was the big one here. My Uncle was coming home in his 18 wheeler when he got stuck around where my place is now. He decided to hoof it to my dad his brother's place which is a 1/2 a 1/4 from where he stopped. He had to follow the fence to not get lost, and his eyes were about froze shut by the time he got to dads. Every road on the county was drifted shut, it was a mess.
December 2004 was a doozy for us. Two 12" snows about six hours apart. I worked for the city of Albion, we went in around 5 AM and started plowing. Went home at 4PM. Came back in around 8:30 PM and plowed all night. Got done about daybreak, and went to a little town 4 miles east on our water system with one other man to fix a main break in around 10 degree weather. Thank God for the lady who lived there, she saved my life with coffee and fresh cookies.By the time I made it home and to bed, I was running on 40 hours of no sleep and her cookies. I was glad when that one was over.
No thank God!Do you ever plow up any bodies in the snow?
Ken