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Finally Warm

I Luv Herfrds

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Got up this morning and thought the furnance quit. House was just freezing.
Hubby went to let the dogs out and found that the wind blew the front door open.
Had snow on the porch, got a space heater going on the water pipes that go to the washer (It was 5 degrees in that room).
House has finally gotten warmed up.
 

Hereford76

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did you split any pipes in the house?

i don't think the furnace in this house has shut off for a month and half.

(stay warm - bear enjoyed a fresh bale of straw to bed in)
 

I Luv Herfrds

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I don't know how we lucked out and those 2 pipes didn't bust apart. Our dogs sleep out on that porch and they were none too happy this morning. Wind is still blowing.
Made a batch of cinnamon rolls and a large pot of chili.

How about a pic of Bear? Would love to see how he looks now. :D
 

Hereford76

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mmm - the rolls for breakfast with a cup of coffee and chilli for lunch and dinner... i might have to come to your house as those or two of my favorites. do you have the montana stockgrowers cookbook - there is an awesome chilli recipe in there. sometime i'll snap a picture of bear. i can't get used to calling him bear... his grandsire was "the" bear bull.
 
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Anonymous

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We actually got a warm up during the night..Front moved thru- dumped a skiff of snow- and took the temp from 4 Below last evening- up to a BALMY 10 above this morning...Predicted high is 20...
Wind isn't even too bad- altho its predicted to raise some today...

BUT- about Tuesday another polar front is supposed to move thru and give us back the 15-20 Below nights- and possibly more snow....



Cold Locked In for Weeks
Updated: Saturday, January 02, 2010 9:34 AM

The coldest air masses are manufactured over the frozen snowfields of the Arctic. Across that desolate territory, there is little or no effective sunlight from November through January. The snow and ice act in two ways to chill the air. First, any warmth that might exist is radiated into outer space. Second, the snow insulates the air from any ground warmth. Cold waves happen in the United States when the jet stream takes on high amplitude. This dislodges the cold from Arctic regions and forces it to plunge southward.


The current cold weather pattern will be with us through at least mid-January. It is being caused by a blocking pattern, which is simply two large pressure systems that have stalled over eastern North America. The block has and will continue to force large bodies of cold air over Canada to move southward into the United States. One very cold air mass has already arrived, and it will be followed by another even more impressive blast next week.


Patterns like this also have a habit of creating snowstorms. When and where those will happen does not become entirely evident until a few days before the event. For now, let's just say that there is a chance for a significant snowfall from the Plains to the East next week.


Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.




http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=7
 

per

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Took my boy to curling this morning. North wind, cold and a bit of a ground blizzard at home. 15 mile south west in town a west wind and about 0 celsius, talked to neighbor 30 miles west of town where our ranch is and it has been plus 5 chinooking for 2 days now. I think we might have to move.
 

Hereford76

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per said:
Took my boy to curling this morning. North wind, cold and a bit of a ground blizzard at home. 15 mile south west in town a west wind and about 0 celsius, talked to neighbor 30 miles west of town where our ranch is and it has been plus 5 chinooking for 2 days now. I think we might have to move.

that sounds so familair only sub precipitation for temps.
 

Hereford76

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I Luv Herfrds said:
How about a pic of Bear? Would love to see how he looks now. :D

here ya go - i don't know if it was because i left my camera in the pickup and it got so cold and drew the battery down or what.... but i had just charged it a few days ago and it was fully charged. i only got two snaps and the battery went dead.

anyhow - he just stood up out of his warm bed and did that stretch/dry hump thing if you know what i'm talking about. i tried to wait till he was done so no one would be offended. he is doing well.

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Denny

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Kinda a scrub. :wink: I've got some black cows you could hide him with,you know so knowone see's him at your place.

Kid went to work at 5 am the bank clock said -32f at 11 am it was -17f
 

Hereford76

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Denny said:
Kid went to work at 5 am the bank clock said -32f at 11 am it was -17f

when i got up the guage said 18 above and right now its 24 above. feels nice. a visitor from choteau just left and he said it was 40 above when he left his place this morning - hopefully that works its way here.
 

Denny

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Hereford76 said:
Denny said:
Kid went to work at 5 am the bank clock said -32f at 11 am it was -17f

when i got up the guage said 18 above and right now its 24 above. feels nice. a visitor from choteau just left and he said it was 40 above when he left his place this morning - hopefully that works its way here.

I talked to a guy from Twin Bridges last night he was driveing and his car thermometer said 34 above and it was misting it was -10 here at that time.
 

Hereford76

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Denny said:
Hereford76 said:
Denny said:
Kid went to work at 5 am the bank clock said -32f at 11 am it was -17f

when i got up the guage said 18 above and right now its 24 above. feels nice. a visitor from choteau just left and he said it was 40 above when he left his place this morning - hopefully that works its way here.

I talked to a guy from Twin Bridges last night he was driveing and his car thermometer said 34 above and it was misting it was -10 here at that time.

good - i know a guy down there that could probably use the break from the snow and cold
 

I Luv Herfrds

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He's looking good. :D :D :D
e-mail me the pic I want to share it with a friend (Knersie)

:p Denny :wink: :D Just teasing.

We got up to 45 above today and got a little snow this afternoon.

I am so MEAN!!!!
I called the hubby over to look at the pic H76 put up and asked him what he thought. :lol:
He said he was a nice thick bull, but didn't know about the head. Said he wished he had a bull like that. ROFLMAO!
Then it hit him that it was HIS bull.

I need to quit playing jokes on him. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

hillsdown

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I woke up to a calfcicle. She was due on the 4th but when a blizzard comes through.. :roll:

He is all fine after a nice warming in the house. I was too lazy to go back and forth to the shop to the warming boxes so I hauled all 88 lbs of him to the foyer in the home . Today he was running around with mom while I gave bedding and it looks like he my keep his ears ..
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The weather today was warmer especially without that darn wind and Nikki got to see mom in action and learn that a calf in the house happens ,especially if I keep calving this time of year.. :???:

ILH I am glad you got your house warm again; I bet you are counting the days until your brand new home will be ready to move in to.

Stay warm and Happy calving everyone... :D
 

I Luv Herfrds

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Cute calf there HD.
We bought a calf warming box quite a few years ago and it paid for itself that first year, saved 3 calves in it.
I like the newer ones where you don't have to lift the calf over the side.

Took us so long to warm up the house because we kept tripping a breaker, had 3 space heaters going at once and finally had to cut it down to just the one on the porch.
Was shutting the same door last night and the door knob came off in my hand. :lol: :lol: The look on my daughters face was priceless. :D
Got a new one today.
Can hardly wait for the new house.
 
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Anonymous

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Well we had a birthing day today too....Our Border Collie female- that I really didn't want to have winter pups (but that my Grandson felt sorry for about 60 days ago and let her out of the kennel for a couple hours :roll: ) gave us 7 Border Collie pups....

We knew she was going to have them soon- and yesterday evening she disappeared- missing all night- and I figured she'd found a hole somewhere and had them...But about 5 AM- she showed up at the house door- wanted in- then went to the grandsons bedroom where she proceeded to go into labor at the foot of his bed...
Anyone need a border collie pup in 5-6 weeks?
 

Denny

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-29 this morning the wood did'nt take off last night in the outdoor stove so its a wee bit chilly in here right now.Got it going at 5:30 should be warm before the women get up..Shop is freezeing will need a couple hours to get it in working conditions.
 

burnt

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Well it's not that cold here compared to the temps you all are talking about but it still feels really chilly at -15C with a stiff wind out of the north. It just seems to go right through everything including the house, even with a stout fire in the furnace.

The cows are all bunching up wherever they can find a bit of shelter from the wind. Woodpile is going down fast and the hay pile even faster . . . got lots of wood but need to buy a lot of hay this winter.
 

Denny

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In this cold I can burn a cord of wood in 3 to 4 days between the shop and house. Propane for both would cost near $8000 for a winter we've got it down to zero_On average we'll go thru 20 - 25 cord a winter.
 

hillsdown

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Oldtimer said:
Well we had a birthing day today too....Our Border Collie female- that I really didn't want to have winter pups (but that my Grandson felt sorry for about 60 days ago and let her out of the kennel for a couple hours :roll: ) gave us 7 Border Collie pups....

We knew she was going to have them soon- and yesterday evening she disappeared- missing all night- and I figured she'd found a hole somewhere and had them...But about 5 AM- she showed up at the house door- wanted in- then went to the grandsons bedroom where she proceeded to go into labor at the foot of his bed...
Anyone need a border collie pup in 5-6 weeks?

Well OT if we had not gotten our little darling I would have probably taken you up on that offer. :)
Good luck with the pups.

ILH, we have two boxes in the shop but I really did not feel like going back and forth to check on him in that cold wind and freezing weather so I cheated a bit. Last year I used the box quite a bit for my Jan and Feb calves.
 
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