[AT] Winter storm and cold

[Dan Folske]

Automated weather station 2 miles from me reports average wind chill for the 
last 10 minutes at -61F

One livestock waterer froze up this morning. Opened it up and found the 
heater working but the rubber supply hose touching the side of waterer. 
Moved it and it started leaking  at both top and bottom. Covered everything 
with an insulated blanket and used stove pipe to put the exhaust from my 
diesel pickup into the cavity under the waterer. Took about 1/2 hour to thaw 
it out, tightened the hose clamp at the valve to  the bottom of the hose and 
that stopped that leak but had to open the top of the waterer and remove get 
at the top hose clamp. Tightened it to stop that leak but by then the valve 
was froze again.

Put everything back together and covered it again. Changed gates around so 
all three pens of cattle can get to the other waterer which only took a rap 
from a hammer to knock the float free.


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