Winter storm

[Ouachita]

Just went outside to drain the lizard. It's still snowing and tallywacker says it's cold, and deep!

 

[Ouachita]

My pumpkin is dragging this morning. Our Canadian friends are laughing, but this only happens about once in a decade around here.

 

[Ouachita]

 

[Texas Ranch Hand]

I had a sled when I was a kid. My granddad was stationed in Germany and Holland when my mother and aunt were kids. Apparently they get lots of snow there, and he bought them a sled. They brought it back with them, otherwise probably never would have had a purpose built sled.
My kids and grandkids get to use repurposed acrylic aircraft windshields and old car hoods. We are near Mena

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I got a saucer when I was in 3rd grade - didn't get enough sleet or snow to use it till high school.

 

[4hfarms]

Enough snow to unroll this morning. Unfortunately, no longer frozen ground. Making mud out there again. 4in so far since starting about 430 this morning.

 

[Dave]

My pumpkin is dragging this morning. Our Canadian friends are laughing, but this only happens about once in a decade around here.
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The Canadians aren't the only ones getting a laugh out of this thread. We haven't had much here in the valley this year. But I was back where the road starts up the hill last week probably 300 feet higher than the valley and there was a solid 8 inches. It doesn't look like that much on top of the hill but I know better. Probably over 2 feet deep up on top.

 

[Ky hills]

Local electric co op said that as of night, that service had been restored to all customers. Some had had been out since Sunday night. As that goes sometimes it's out for 2 weeks or more in some areas out in the county.
Depending on which weather report we are supposed to get 2-4 or 3-6 inches additional snow today. It's supposed to be just snow this time.
@Ouachita my wife's cousin in Van Buren Arkansas posted pictures on fb 8 inches.
Wife's stepfather works for a chicken company, truck maintenance in southeast OK, he said there's trucks off the road everywhere around there.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Weatherford TX this morning.
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That's BS! I hate snow this boy is not wired for white camo!

 

[crossbreed]

Happens every time right? North Texas this morning. That's not a hog lol just mud.

 

[4hfarms]

Time to sled down to check the cows....

 

[4hfarms]

Sledding didn't work so well. The snow packed down and sunk the sled.
On the other hand, the Cows were good.

 

[Spot & Bubby]

We had a touch of freezing rain, hardly worth mentioning, except for a phenomenon that occurs every single time...

 

[Ouachita]

I've been playing so hard I don't know what day it is. My youngest daughter brought my youngest granddaughter to play with me yesterday. I think she just needed a babysitter. Fortunately, she's easily entertained.

 

[Ouachita]

I may have had a bit too much fun (bourbon) yesterday. Just looking at all the pictures I took yesterday and seen this one. I remember letting her load in the truck when I went to put out some cubes last evening, but I didn't remember letting her out.
Just went to check and she was wagging her tail in the back seat. I don't think my wife would be wagging her tail if I forgot her!

 

[Dave]

The forecast for next Saturday is 10 degrees. I guess I need to find the long underwear. I think I know which drawer they are in. Between now and then the lows are running around 20. No need for extra clothes in that weather.

 

[TCRanch]

When we got hit last weekend and lost power, I had just unloaded 646 lbs. of Joey, the azzhole steer we finished and was subsequently in the big chest freezer. We're the last customer on the electric to the house & barn (3 different electric companies service the ranch), so I was fairly certain we wouldn't get power back until maybe the following day - best case scenario. The obvious thing to do would be hook up the generator for the freezer. Except after I had the wheelchair ramp built for Mr. TC, I ended up shoving it in a corner that I can't access unless I manually open the big, 1000 lb. garage door. Then drag the generator through the snow, cord through a basement window, etc. Picking my battles, I grabbed every cooler we had and a smaller, empty chest freezer and drug them outside on the basement patio. Where I proceeded to unload Joey into a gazillion Walmart bags and haul him outside. I mean, it was 4 degrees, the meat wouldn't go bad before we had power restored.

I'll be damned, power was restored sometime in the middle of the night. And in hindsight, didn't have to go to all that trouble. So, quality time hauling Joey back to the chest freezer the next day. And subsequent quality time cleaning everything up. I'm sooooo looking forward to eating him!

We ended up with another 4" of snow Thurs-Fri. But glass half full, we need the moisture and we're not calving, so there's that.

 

[kenny thomas]

About to head out for a 12 hour shift of pushing snow. Tonight makes 7 nights in a row. Im a little old for this i think.
Plus my stockpile fescue is covered up so feeding hay every morning.

 

[farmerjan]

@kenny thomas yeah, it gets a little harder as you get a little older, to pull the 12 hr stuff and do your own work and then try to sleep, to go back and do it all again...

 

[mwj]

When we got hit last weekend and lost power, I had just unloaded 646 lbs. of Joey, the azzhole steer we finished and was subsequently in the big chest freezer. We're the last customer on the electric to the house & barn (3 different electric companies service the ranch), so I was fairly certain we wouldn't get power back until maybe the following day - best case scenario. The obvious thing to do would be hook up the generator for the freezer. Except after I had the wheelchair ramp built for Mr. TC, I ended up shoving it in a corner that I can't access unless I manually open the big, 1000 lb. garage door. Then drag the generator through the snow, cord through a basement window, etc. Picking my battles, I grabbed every cooler we had and a smaller, empty chest freezer and drug them outside on the basement patio. Where I proceeded to unload Joey into a gazillion Walmart bags and haul him outside. I mean, it was 4 degrees, the meat wouldn't go bad before we had power restored.

I'll be damned, power was restored sometime in the middle of the night. And in hindsight, didn't have to go to all that trouble. So, quality time hauling Joey back to the chest freezer the next day. And subsequent quality time cleaning everything up. I'm sooooo looking forward to eating him!

We ended up with another 4" of snow Thurs-Fri. But glass half full, we need the moisture and we're not calving, so there's that.

If you don't open the freezer door it will keep it safely for a week if it is full! It was basically a big cooler with 646# of ice.

 

[Silver]

If you don't open the freezer door it will keep it safely for a week if it is full! It was basically a big cooler with 646# of ice.

Yep, Joey would have been just fine where he was