Winter Storm Goliath

[OwnedByTheCow]

I'm not sure if anyone on here is from the areas affected by the storm but I know someone must be affected in one way or another. I wouldn't have known about it besides Dary Carrie's blog. http://dairycarrie.com/2015/12/30/winter-storm-goliath/
There is nothing about it on the news where I am. I hope everyone is okay and safe.
Best wishes
Olivia

 

[Cross-7]

Around here lots of wheat pasture cattle scattered and lost that drifted with the wind and snow.
Saw on the local news calves made into the city of Lubbock in were in high traffic areas
I heard the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle got hit really hard and lost lots of cattle.
I've regretted selling out in northwestern Oklahoma but this reminded me why I got out,

 

[Cross-7]

They're saying cattle that drifted into permanent fences and in feed yard pens stacked up against it and the snow drifted over them freezing and suffocated them

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

They're saying cattle that drifted into permanent fences and in feed yard pens stacked up against it and the snow drifted over them freezing and suffocated them

Same kinda deal as happend in the Dakotas a couple years ago -- extremely bad and unanticipated weather conditions early in the Fall -- and I expect Texas isn't used to that kind of weather any time of the year.

 

[TexasBred]

They're saying cattle that drifted into permanent fences and in feed yard pens stacked up against it and the snow drifted over them freezing and suffocated them

Same kinda deal as happend in the Dakotas a couple years ago -- extremely bad and unanticipated weather conditions early in the Fall -- and I expect Texas isn't used to that kind of weather any time of the year.

Actually the part of Texas affected gets a lot of snow along with a lot of high wind and cold. Not usual at all but we all prefer sunshine and blue sky. :nod:

 

[Cross-7]

They're saying cattle that drifted into permanent fences and in feed yard pens stacked up against it and the snow drifted over them freezing and suffocated them

Same kinda deal as happend in the Dakotas a couple years ago -- extremely bad and unanticipated weather conditions early in the Fall -- and I expect Texas isn't used to that kind of weather any time of the year.

Actually the part of Texas affected gets a lot of snow along with a lot of high wind and cold. Not usual at all but we all prefer sunshine and blue sky. :nod:

Yep it gets awful cold up there , but it's the wind that gets you, it' cuts through you and chills you to the bone.
When I was a kid my dad worked on a ranch in Dalhart Tx. It's the coldest I've ever experienced.

 

[Cross-7]

LUBBOCK, Texas – Dairy producers in West Texas and eastern New Mexico are continuing to assess how many animals died in the winter storm last weekend, but the number will probably climb to more than 30,000, an official with a dairy group said Thursday.

Texas Association of Dairymen Executive Director Darren Turley said an estimated 15,000 mature dairy cows died in the storm’s primary impact area – from Lubbock west to Muleshoe and north to Friona, which is home to half of the state’s top-10 milk producing counties and produces 40 percent of the state’s milk.

An agent with New Mexico State University’s extension service told Turley the area around Clovis lost an estimated 20,000 dairy cows.

The number of younger animals killed by the storm in each state could be just as high as the mature cows, he said.
http://www.abqjournal.com/699253/news/c ... 30000.html

 

[TexasBred]

I would have thought all those dairies out that way would have had freestall barns with all kinds of good feed, water and windbreaks to protect the dairy cattle. Know Darren well. He's a fine young man. Also read where there at least that many mostly beef cattle outside of pastures just roaming.