Our Mid West Friends

[Barnyard]

Colorado, Wyoming Utah and Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri bare up against some brutal weather.

Bob and Frank, are you guys okay. I see Bob is getting two feet of snow or more.

[Bob McCarty]

We're pushing 18" of wet, heavy, drifting snow. The wind has packed it hard enough that I can almost walk on top of it. Big drifts in front of the barn doors. I don't think the Cub could handle it anyway. The bottom 3-4" is all slush. We're warm and cozy. The horses are stuck in their stalls. The wind and snow is supposed to continue until about midnight. Tomorrow I'll start shoveling.

[Don McCombs]

This is what snowblowers are made for.

[Bob McCarty]

This is what snowblowers are made for.

How soon can you be here?

[Don McCombs]

Maybe the end of July.

I certainly don't envy you. I used my snowblower far more this winter than I have in years.

[Jim Becker]

How is the accumulation on roofs looking?

[Bob McCarty]

The wind and snow have stopped. I think the wind kept it from building up on the roof. I did knock off as much as I could reach on our evergreens as they were sagging to the ground (but normally able to tolerate the load too).

[Stanton]

The KC area got a little rain, but that's it. Most of the nasty rain/storms developed east of here and is moving off to the E/NE, training as it goes.

Colorado, Wyoming and the wester plains seemed to be getting the heavy snow. Sorry, Bob!

[tst]

we had close to 3 ft of snow a week ago and the sun came out and hit 50-60 for three days, 90% of snow gone, they it got real cold and big crazy winds right now, I gave up resetting clocks as the power has gone out so many times in the past few days, the wind is so icy it just cuts right through you now

[Jim Becker]

We have recently had exceptionally warm weather (has topped 60). The snow has melted except a few spots that drifted in or where it was piled up by snow plows. It has started lightly snowing within the last half hour. It will probably continue through most of the night. We are at the edge of where the storm was expected to reach. (A day ago they didn't think it would quite get here.) Forecasts are calling for 0 to 3-1/2 inches to accumulate.

[Don McCombs]

Are you dug out yet, Bob?

[Bob McCarty]

Yes ,it took me 3 1/2 hours to do what normally takes an hour to plow. With the blade slanted the snow wouldn't roll off because of the snow depth. I had to push to each side with the blade up, then back up and push with the blade down. Still need to shovel in front of the garage, Cubs don't back blade well.