Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: weather

  • I Really Need This, NOT!

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/28/news/local/30-storm.txt" >High winds, deep snow forecast for wide area</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Beginning today, a two-day winter storm is expected to bring a dramatic turn in the weather – in the form of 12 to 18 inches of snow for residents from Livingston to Miles City. Winds between 20 to 35 mph are also expected.<br />n<br…

  • Rain

    Okay, this is ridiculous. It's the 8th of March and it's raining here. The ground is still frozen underneath and there is still snow and ice around in places. Adding rain to this slushy, muddy, icy, miserable ground we have around here is not necessary. It just makes the cattle, My Darling Wife, and me…

  • Cowed Out

    <a href="http://americancowman.com/ranching_over_50/men_midlife_transitions/" >Are you cowed out?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Many ranchers, when they hit middle age, reach a point where they can hardly stand to look after cattle another day. I've heard it referred to as being "cowed out." Some friends told me about a ranching couple in Montana who sometimes talked about divorce when they had…

  • Weather

    Unbelievable. It doesn't rain all summer and now it seems like it can't stop. When I went to bed last night we had 3/4" of rain and it rained most of the night so I don't know how much we had. I know it's getting ridiculous though. I noted last evening that the water is…

  • Water

  • Can You Say Dry

    Oh is it dry. I don't know when the last time it rained around here was, but it was too long ago. The fire danger is very highg and I am concerned about it. I see there is a Red Flag Warning out for my area so I will worry myself sick today over the…

  • Sliding By

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/sliding06202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/sliding06202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The last time I seen any rain in the area and it slid way south of us. Damn the bad luck. Taken 6/20/2006.</center>

  • Dry

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/27/news/state/70-crops.txt">Some crops showing signs of too-dry soil</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Soil moisture took a dive last week and crops in parts of the state were showing signs of stress, as warm, dry conditions were felt across the state, a federal agriculture report shows.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI won't argue with any of this one bit, it's damn dry…

  • Storm Update

    Well I was real lucky. Around the houses here there was some damage from the monster hailstones that fell but over where all the cattle and the farm ground is I couldn't find any damage at all. I don't think it hailed over there. It is wet and going to slow haying down but that's…

  • Wet

    What do I say. Yesterday was just one of those days. We had layed some hay down on Monday and it was getting dry enough to bale with the new baler so the dealer was supposed to come out and help get me going. They did send somebody, that's not a problem, but they could…