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[Cecil R Bearden]

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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