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Been in the 50s and 60s here for about a week, near-record highs for these parts in January. Rainy past two days, went from 57 this morning to the current 35, expected to dip into the 20s overnight. Snow squalls and gusts in the 40MPH range at the moment.

Damn shame the Pacific NW and the SW can't share some of each other's miseries with the moisture. I see AZ and parts of NM are 'sposed to get rain tomorrow though. Let's hope TX and OK are next.

Maybe yinz should had oughta started a backhoe ditch from both points, about a month ago. Mighta met in the middle of Utah by now and started to drain most of the Pacific NW into Texas? 'Course there is that problem with them little mountains in the middle though.
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Bad year for hay in many parts of PA. Early rains looked good, then we had a long dry spell during most of the summer. Hay headed-out long before it ever got very tall, then about the time folks decided to get it done, just rained enough to spoil a lot of it in the field.

Most of my cow-fondler kin wound up with about half their normal hay production this summer and fall. Virtually zero second cutting. Only relative that did fairly well, was one dairy farmer who chops much of his hay and blows it into them long plastic bags. But, he'll be buying good hay all winter for his two dozen or so pet draft horses, if he can find any.

As of last month, one cousin that no longer has any cows to feed, was getting about $3 a bale (at the barn), for his 50-60 lb square bales. Figure that'll go up as winter progresses. With the price of twine and diesel fuel, still ain't much of a profit margin.

It's not too bad in Fairbanks, Alaska. The temperature is supposed to drop to -30 or so tonight (Sat. 14th), but that's not too bad. It could be -60!

For the first time this winter my crony was afected by the sun <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. The rain held off most of the morning but it did pour for awile when I was takeing down targets.

Jamie

Yesterday we had mid-40's and high winds bringing in change. This morning when I got up it was 10F. At least the wind dropped. Went to our gun club yesterday afternoon. Birds thrown from the low house into the wind never reached the high house. They climbed straight up like flushing pheasants then dropped straight to the ground. Mind you our club is situated on the top of a large hill and this accentuates the wind.

Near 70� here in southeast Kansas today. Pretty windy and dry. There are some burning bans on. My prairie meadow comes right up to my yard on the south and some on the west. Hope people are careful with their cigarette butts. I just got finished cutting out all the cedars that formed a border between the yard and the meadow. Those things are a torch if they catch on fire.

Our winter has been spring and fall. We have not seen -30F and maybe only seen -20F a couple times. It's awful. By now we have usually had a few weeks of -30 to -40F. Today it is about 20F and it is about what we have had for the last couple or three weeks. I hate it. Winter is supposed to be cold, not wet and sloppy.

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-30F this morning. Better go throw another piece of wood in the stove! Sure could use more snow around here though.

That definitely rules out leaving beer on the porch...

Regards, sse

Went out side this morning and what to my suprise did I see...
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yep, still raining. Another bonus from all the rain; it cuts down on the number of bums I have to drive passed at the on ramp signals.

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Wonderful picture, Elf. Thanks.

In my part of NE ND this winter has so far been a cakewalk. We actually haven't had a truly awful storm for years, but we know it could happen tomorrow or just a bit later.

When you no longer believe that the awful will happen is when you sit somewhere totally unprepared for survival.

I agree.. the weather here has been milder then usual. I'm just waiting cause I know it's gonna get nasty out one of these days. I mean heck I haven't had frozen water pipes and shower drain yet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif" alt="" />

still raining here, I heard on the news tonight that today makes 30 strait days of rain here in Oly. 34 strait days of rain is the record here.

Jamie

It didn't rain Saturday,Monday would have been a record 29 days.Of course it raining now.

SF Bay Area, CA
On Sunday the wife and I took a trip over to the Pacific coast.
It was clear, windy and cold at 51F. The air was so sparkling clear that we could see the Farralone Islands out in the Pacific. We were in between storms. Tonight we will get another rain storm. What we fear here in CA is an earthquake while the ground is soaked with water. It makes mother earth shake like Jello. Our ground is totally saturated now. If the runoff from the storms arrives at the ocean/bay at high tide we have a flood. The rivers and creeks can handle no more water and the ocean won't accept it until low tide.
Between the storms and high tides we try to enjoy time and each other while standing in this bowl of jello between the Sierras and the Pacific.