Looking out the front door

[Don McDowell]

Global warming?

[Stephen Borud]

It took 13 hours to get from Edmonton to Denver to Casper yesterday. We sure got the snow here in Casper.

[Don McDowell]

We stayed warm enough to keep the snow melting as it fell. I don't know how much we got total, but there's drifts up to 8ft high this morning, and visibility is still from zero to not much further.. If the temps would have dropped as they first forecasted, I think our snow fall totals would be measured in feet.

[bobw]

Ours did 2-3 ft here in Rapid City and vicinity. Lead-Deadwood 4'. Downed powerlines busted trees and virtually locked down on travel. Took a John Deere 544J loader with chains and a v plow on it to retrieve me and a couple of other operators when our sno plows got stuck finally got picked up at 3 am this morning. 22.5 hrs yesterday and today ain't done yet. bobw

[Don McDowell]

We've got drifts up to 8ft. Most of the roads here are almost impassable, some are plugged.
Had cows,calves and some of the neighbors yearlings that drifted about 16 miles.
Going to take a few days if not weeks to get the cattle straightened up and back where they belong around here.

[powderburner]

and its dry and a balmy 83 degrees here. dry and duste with gental winds,

[bobw]

Ditto on the big drifts they stretch to the eves and hard. Had to walk the last half mile home, the lane isn't plowed yet and the power is out. Its down to 48 degrees inside temp but I've got a couple of lanterns and a propane heater going, camping at home nothing like it. bobw

[Don McDowell]

So far we haven't lost electricity.
I sure hope some of the snow on the road and in the pastures settles a bit. I'm going to have to use the 4 wheeler to try and get the cows back to their pasture, there's no way I could pull the stock trailer out let alone if it had the weight of the saddle horses in it. I think even if I could get the horses trailered out they'ld be completetly plaid out before we got half done , as soft as the ground is under the snow.

[powderburner]

quite a storm , looks like it went from billings south and east , yall need the moisture but it would be nice if it didnt all hit at once,

[Don McDowell]

We got moisture for sure. I dumped an inch out of the rain gauge. When we got to the oil road the county had been there pretending like they had a snowplow (and know how to use it), the water was running about 3 inches deep down the tire tracks.