[AT] lost

Sat Dec 21 22:07:56 PST 2013

Our Elect coop has a picture of a power line with a coke can next to it 
during the 2001 ice storm.  The Ice on the line was larger than the coke 
can.  A power line crossed a major county road and was only 6 inches off 
the roadway but had not broken.  An OK highway Patrolman cut the line 
just before the Elect coop truck arrived and over 1/2 mile of line and 
poles snapped with the backlash.   It took a week to restore the lines.

We get the warm gulf moisture coming from the south and then when an 
arctic front comes down from the north, it causes a light rain at about 
28 to 30 degrees.  Ice just starts to build until it either gets cold 
enough to sleet or snow, or it warms up to rain.
Cecil in OKla

On 12/21/2013 1:09 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> We had an ice storm here in the early 60's that put 3 or 4 inches of
> solid ice on the ground followed by freezing temps for a couple of weeks.
> It took down power lines all over everywhere.  We were lucky and ours
> was back on it about a week.  Some friends of ours on a farm about 15 miles
> away were out of power for about a month.  Of course back then we didn't
> really depend on electricity so much.  Our house was still heated by a
> oil heater.  We got central heat not too many years later but it was good to
> have that old tech pot type heater during that ice storm.  Water was
> something
> of a problem as we were all on wells back then but most folks had a hand
> pump
> somewhere nearby.  Our cooking stove was electric and I really don't
> remember
> what we did about eating.  Probably sandwiches and stuff or maybe some
> soup or beans cooked on top of the oil heater.
>
> I believe we are about to get back into that sort of weather cycle like we
> had in
> the 50's and 60's.  Colder winters and hotter summers with more defined
> seasons.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herb Metz
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 1:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] lost
>
> Cecil,
> I remember your telling of sharing several generators with many friends and
> neighbors  and thus keeping  their refrigerators/freezers operational at
> tolerable temperatures to prevent significant loss of meats, etc.   27 days
> is a long time.  Herb(GA)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 11:00 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] lost
>
> Ralph:
> When you talk of -20 deg, It makes me feel bad for complaining about the
> 1/2 inch of ice we have with 30 deg this morning.  It is still raining
> with  30 deg temps.  The ground is warm enough that it is only sticking
> on the bridges & overpasses, but that makes driving in OKC
> treacherous.   My wife got her mini van thawed out after running it for
> an hour.  I have not got the truck cleaned off yet as it ran for over an
> hour and still could not get the windshield thawed out..  Luckily I got
> a new supply of feed and put out bales yesterday.  Cows will be fed with
> the ATV this morning...
> We get ice here, this is starting out like the 2007 ice storm and the
> 2001 storm.  During the 2001 storm we were out of power for 27 days.
> Last year we ran a generator for 2 days during the ice....
> Cecil in oKla
>
>
> On 12/21/2013 8:53 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>> On 12/21/2013 5:24 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>>> You produce farmers are certainly in the minority when it comes to having
>>> something growing/harvesting/planting all the time! The rest of us are
>>> kind
>>> of like horses in a derby,  waiting for planting or harvesting time and
>>> then
>>> going as fast as we can for a week or two and then coming to a sudden
>>> stop.
>>> I know folks that raise a few cows just to have something to do in the
>>> off-season. I guess it's all what you are used to, but I'd hate to be in
>>> your shoes dealing with perishable crops.
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>> That pretty well describes me, going like crazy through the growing
>>> season here and then waiting through maybe five months of winter. I have
>>> to admit as the years pass I mind less and less doing less and less. Some
>>> of this winter weather is more suitable for hibernation anyway. Although
>>> I do have a few cattle "pets" to feed.
>> -20F as I look out on the snow this morning.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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