[AT] O/T weather out west

[Larry D Goss]

Those photos from Kearney to Grand Island, Hastings, and Mindon are truly 
sad -- beautiful, but sad.  I feel an attachment to that route because I 
have traveled it so often -- for 60 years at this point.

When the second storm hit, email stopped going through and I thought "the 
worst" for all those in the region, but I was able to contact some cousins 
in the Fort Morgan area and found that they had very little disruption.  For 
some reason, there is an island in eastern Colorado that was by-passed by 
the storm.  But if you go 50 miles in any direction there is a serious 
problem -- ice to the north and east, snow to the west and south.  I still 
haven't heard from my relatives in Hastings, Mindon, Nelson...

We're bracing for five inches of rain over Saturday and Sunday.  It could be 
worse.  It could be snow and ice.  I'm expecting to curl up with Rog's new 
book and do nothing exciting or strenuous for a couple of days.  BTW, Rog, I 
have to echo the comments that were made last week.  There are many of us 
who grew up on those 40-acre aliquots who have experienced all those 
problems first-hand, and we recognize the play on words in your title.  I 
haven't gone out on Google Earth to look at your "spread", but I'm sure that 
I will so that I get a more accurate mental image of your geography.  I 
Googled my own place a couple of months ago and found that the satellite 
image happened to be made while I was down by the barn working with one of 
my tractors.  It's a little strange to find my image preserved online until 
they decide to update the database at some point in time.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T weather out west


> charlie hill wrote:
>
>> This was posted to another list.  Check out the pictures. 
>> http://www.extremeinstability.com:80/06-12-31.htm
>
> Those are some fantastic photos Charlie. I'd heard about the storm on the 
> news but had no idea of the intensity of the damage. It would be a good 
> time to own a portable generator or a wood heating system for your home as 
> I think some of those folks are going to be a long while waiting for the 
> power to come back on.
> Nothing like that here in Sask. today. Just wind chills in the minus 40 
> degree range. Clear and sunny.
> Hey, we used to do that same trick you mentioned with the bicycle tires 
> only we used baler twine instead of wire. Just wrap a long piece of twine 
> around the rear wheel and tie it tight. Wonder if it would work on 
> tractors?  :-)
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>>
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