I feel for you guys with temperatures so much below normal. We hit -46F
one morning last week (northwest North Dakota) and had windchills of -40F
to -50F most of the week <br />but at least those wind chills are not
that unusual for us. We set some new records for the extended
periods of those cold temperatures but when we were -20F with no wind<br
/>and my uncle at Broken Arrow, OK had -20F wind chill I'm sure I was more
comfortable. I fought with some frozen cattle waterers this week but have
them back open now.<br />I am glad the 1086 started instead of having to
use the Oliver 1950 with no cab!<br />We finally got above zero yesterday
for the first time in almost two weeks and its already 2F above this
morning!<br />We are going to be desperate for runoff to fill stock dams
come spring but feel blessed that we were not fighting snow along with the
extreme temps.<br /><br /><br />On Tue, February 16, 2021 8:20 pm, Cecil
Bearden wrote:<br />> On top of all this, we have rolling blackouts due
to the massive power<br />> demand and the shortage of gas to power
generators etc. It is so cold<br />> the salt water freezes in
the natural gas lines before it gets to the<br />>
separator..    The blackouts may be 1 to 2 hours,
but some have had<br />> it<br />> off for more than 8 hours.Â
If you are on a well and running water to<br />> prevent lines from
freezing up, the well freezes over.. Yet in all of<br />> this
mess, the Chesapeake Energy arena is warm and lit for an NBA game<br
/>> played to an empty stadium....  This is all due to the
Southwest Power<br />> Pool  SPP...<br />><br />>
Cecil<br />><br />><br />> On 2/16/2021 4:45 PM, Dean Vinson
wrote:<br />>> Cecil, I'd been tempted to complain about the +14
degree air temperature<br />>> here today, but then I read your post
and thought better of it. :)<br />>><br />>> Dean Vinson<br
/>>> Saint Paris, Ohio<br />>><br />>><br />>><br
/>>> -----Original Message-----<br />>><br />From: AT
<at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Cecil<br
/>>> Bearden<br />>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:43
PM<br />>> To: at@lists.antique-tractor.com<br />>> Subject:
Re: [AT] Cold cold weather in Oklahoma<br />>><br />>> -14
this morning and my MTZ/Belarus 1220 fired off just fine. After<br
/>>> running 40 minutes I had to pull my coat and hat off to keep
from<br />>> sweating in the cab. The engine never did warm up to
normal even with a<br />>> cardboard blocking the radiator.. I spent
all day yesterday moving snow<br />>> drifts so we could get
around.. Another snowstorm coming in this<br />>> evening. Rolling
blackouts were predicted for today but so far we have<br />>> not
had one. The furnace in my Dad's old double wide has not shut off<br
/>>> in 4 days. My cows walked about 1/4 mile to get behind an old
railroad<br />>> grade night before last. The wind chill was
something like -40. We are<br />>> feeding wheat hay and 16% cubes
daily. Got bales laid out for bedding.<br />>> So far everyone is
still on all 4 legs. Good friend who leases my other<br />>> friend
lost 6head so far. Coyotes slip up on the calves when they are<br
/>>> bedded down.. My old cow dog had the jumper cables out of my
truck<br />>> this morning trying to jump start a cottontail...<br
/>>><br />>> Cecil<br />>><br />>><br />>>
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