[AT] Ice storm

[Mike]

Ice storms are the worst, thankfully I'm far enough north that we don't 
get them too bad. Mike M

On 12/6/2013 5:02 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Well Ralph it is apparently headed this way.  It was snowing
> in Dallas Texas this morning and even though the front has
> passed through there the temps are not coming up behind it.
> The front is moving east across the S/E US but hopefully
> will NOT get all the way over to the coast where I am.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 9:56 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm
>
> On 12/6/2013 7:25 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> I keep hoping that our Canadian friends will SHUT THE FRONT DOOR
>> and stop the draft but I guess it's too late.  Looks like it might not
>> reach
>> all the way over here to the east coast of NC but I suspect John Hall
>> and those to the west of him will get their toes cold.
>>
> Charlie you don't want what we have today. It is so cold that there are
> actually some cancellations of school and such things due to extreme
> wind chill factors. They are saying it went as far as -50C down in the
> southwest near Swift Current. Luckily for me I have enough trees around
> the yard and I hardly know the wind is blowing. Thermometer shows about
> -24F right now. Lets just say that a lengthy power outage would be a
> serious problem right about now. I need to plug in the block heater on
> the Cockshutt 40 so I can put a hay bale or two out for the cattle
> sometime today. Would it start without the electric block heater? Maybe,
> but I would'nt want to bet the farm on it.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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