[AT] OT Oklahoma Ice storm

[Cecil R Bearden]

I am in the far NE corner of Canadian County.  One of the highest points 
in the county also.  Canadian & Caddo are the 2 counties the NWS left in 
the ice storm warning until noon tomorrow.   Went to the coop this 
afternoon and stocked up on cattle cubes.   Fed about 6lbs/head/day the 
last 2 days.  Will probably continue for the rest of the week...  Gets 
expensive when they can't get to the hay...

Cecil in OKla


On 11/28/2015 9:56 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> Cecil,
>
> Hope you get power back on. I am in Mannford / Westport area for holidays. Had little ice on pickup last night, but nothing on ground except rain. Leaving to go back to Houston area in morning.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Nov 28, 2015, at 9:46 PM, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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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