Have Mercy

[farmerjan]

All this reminds me of a story of a missionary who came to the Olympic peninsula. He had one Indian who right away became a great follower. This Indian learned to read and was seriously studying the Bible. One day the missionary came on the Indian. He had tossed his Bible away and was going back to his old ways. The missionary asked why? The Indian said he read in the scriptures the story of Noah. It said it rained 40 days and 40 nights and flooded the whole earth. The Indian said here on the Olympic peninsula it has rained every day of my life and the creeks haven't come up 6 inches.

Try living and working outdoors (falling timber) in Forks, WA. The annual rainfall is around 200 inches a year. And yes there are a few people who run cattle in that country. You don't have to worry about irrigation.

All I can say is God bless their fortitude. Do the cattle have flat webbed feet?

 

[farmerjan]

Woke up to rain again. They said it was going to be clearing and sun. Now, maybe clearing and sun showing through after noon time? Looked at the radar and there is like a "comet's tail, of rain sweeping back around and down on us here. What did we ever do to deserve such "largess"? Just hope that they are right and when it does leave we will have several days of sun. We all need it.

 

[greybeard]

Full sun here and nice temps. It's actually warmer here than it is in most of Forida.

 

[herofan]

Our cows feel the rain much more than just plain snow and cold. We have plenty of hay, but they are going through it much faster than about 10 years ago when we had some serious snow.

Interesting. Is that always the case that rain affects them more than snow and cold? I do notice that my cows are eating a lot more hay this year, and it seems to rain all the time.

 

[snoopdog]

We got the rain also, pasture is a muddy mess, this time last year we were hauling water.