[AT] OT Oklahoma Ice storm

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Ice storms are the toughest in my opinion. Snow is slow going, doesn't cause 
much power outage. Tornado and hurricanes are generally over quickly and 
repairs can begin immediately. Ice on the other hand, It can last for days 
and cause damage that can take weeks to repair. We had a small one a couple 
years ago that only caused us inconvenience of about a day, some folks were 
without for a week. 14 years ago we had a real bad one, I had to step up my 
game real quick as we had an infant. The storm hit during the night--I had 
to figure out how to warm baby bottles before dawn. That one was bad enough 
that generator sales skyrocketed here and electricians were busy wiring 
folks houses up for them. Hope it thaws on you guys soon, I see the storm is 
big enough it is making national news. I especially hate it for you guys 
with livestock, you can't exactly opt to stay inside! One thing I'm certain 
you know, stay out from under trees!

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:32 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Oklahoma Ice storm

Just missed getting the tractor hit by a falling tree limb coated with
ice.  My best shade tree with my tool truck nearby was split in tow by
the 1 inch of ice.  Temp has been 31 to 32 for the last 30 hours and
raining or misting the entire time.  Roads are good as the temps have
been warm prior to this.   Electricity went off this morning at 9am.
Internet connection quit at 1:30pm yesterday. Trying out a US Cellular
Hot spot wifi.  It seems to work.  The wind and rain had my cows
shivering trying to get out of the wind.  Fed them extra yesterday and
today and got them straightened out from being humped up.  It has rained
about 4 inches in the last 36 hours, so the pasture is wet wherever I
usually feed them.  This reminds me of the 2001 ice storm when we ran 27
days on generator.  Running the 60kw Onan with the Allis Chalmers 7030
engine right now.  If power still out tomorrow, will have to cut back to
the 8kw Allis chalmers 2cyl diesel and move to the propane heated
house.   Heat pump likes a minimum of 20kw to heat right...  Onan
generator likes fuel at the rate of 3gph....  It needs some
exercise..    The trees on my South line fence look to have really tore
up things when their limbs broke.  Maybe this will make it easier to get
them out of the fence and rebuild.

This storm is heading East slowly.  I hope you guys don't have to
experience the ice that we seem to always get.

Stay warm & safe.

Cecil in oKla

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