Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: weather

  • Haze

    <center><!– s9ymdb:108 –><img width='540' height='540' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/smoke2007210.jpg" alt="" /></center><br />n<br />nIt has been real hazy and smoky around here for the last few days. That is thanks to the fires in Western Montana. This picture shows the smoke cloud all over the state. I am always amazed when I see…

  • Hot Sunrise

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/rise07212007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/rise07212007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The sun rising on yet another hot day in Montana. Taken 7/21/2007.</center>

  • Scary

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/18/news/state/18-indicators.txt" >Indicators in some areas have reached record levels</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Veteran Bureau of Land Management fire prevention officer Pat Mullaney figures Eastern Montana is a week to a week and a half from the start of fire season.<br />n<br />nTemperatures are soaring and fuels are drying, he said, and before long, firefighters catching 5-…

  • Worry

    As hot and dry as it is getting around here <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WILDFIRES?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">this</a> is a real concern for me. Over 50 square miles burned. With the amount of grass around here we could see the same thing if one gets started. Just one more thing to worry about I guess. Temperatures are supposed to be in…

  • Bounce Around the Mind

    It's one of those damn things that nothing works out the way you want. All the rain this spring was great, nut the thing I feared is coming true. It is turning hot and dry and the fire danger is going up very fast around here. I know I am still haying but a rainstorm…

  • Damage Seen From On High

    There was a pretty nasty hail storm went across Northern Montana earlier in the month of June. I gave it a <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2688-Hay-Down.html">brief mention</a> and left it at that and there was some comments on how bad it was. I found it really interesting that the damage could be seen in satellite imagery.<br />n<br />n<center><a…

  • Get It Right

    This morning when I left house the National Weather Service was predicting a very hot day and the temperature was supposed to be 100 degrees. I thought this was a really good deal because I would really be able to put up the hay and make some progress in getting things done.<br />n<br />nWell, the…

  • Drought Not a Concern, For Now

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/14/news/state/20-drought.txt" >Wave of wetness improves state's outlook</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>With floodwaters still receding across southeastern Montana, it's time to talk about drought – or the lack of it.<br />n<br />nThe agricultural drought – the one that produced sparse and spindly crops and withered range grasses during many of the past eight years – has subsided.<br…

  • Misty Morning

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/mist05212007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/mist05212007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>It was a wet, misty day when I was up moving these cattle. You can tell by the clouds. Taken 5/21/2007.</center>

  • Not Yet

    I was going to try to cut a little hay down yesterday so I could get the haying started. I always say the hay doesn't dry standing up, but it definitely doesn't dry when it rains. Yes, again we got another half inch of rain and now have to wait until the ground is dry…