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Wind storm

Mrs.Greg

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Hers some info. on the severe windstorm we've been expierencing,the fire is the one gregs fighting and pretty darn close to Les's place


Windstorm fuels fire, prompts local state of emergency
13/11/2007 7:27:14 PM







A grass fire fuelled by high winds has prompted a state of emergency in the County of Paintearth in west-central Alberta.


CBC News

Heavy winds knocked out power to 5,000 people in the Edmonton region.
(CBC)
Coronation RCMP closed Highway 36 from Highway 12 south to Garden Plain Road because of the fire. But Julie Falkenburg, the county's director of disaster services, said no other communities are threatened.

Paintearth is 275 km southeast of Edmonton and 325 km northeast of Calgary.

Weather warnings forecasting gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour were cancelled by late Tuesday afternoon for central and southeastern parts of the province, including Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lloydminster.

Only one wind warning remained - for Cypress Hill -by Tuesday night.

About 5,000 people in the Edmonton region - mainly in St. Albert and Morinville - were hit with power outages early Tuesday morning when winds damaged power lines, but officials said most have been restored.

Small areas in Fort Saskatchewan and south of Sherwood Park, as well as Lac La Biche and Wetaskiwin are still without power, said an official with FortisAlberta, an electricity company.

A windstorm in British Columbia that left almost 200,000 without power at its peak Monday is crossing over the Rockies with the same intensity, meteorologist Bob Cormier said.

Environment Canada reported winds of 122 kilometres an hour in Waterton Park Gate in southern Alberta Tuesday.
 

nr

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Very sorry to hear all that, Mrs. G. I thought the season for grass fires must be over with the arrival of Fall weather :x Hope you get a break soon.
 

Les

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there was actually two fires the one Mrs greg was talkin about and one south of castor that was started by my brother inlaw who had burnt a brush pile a couple weeks earlier and got fanned up by the wind.. burnt up one of his neighbor`s winter feed supply and all of the same guys outbuildings missing only the house and shop
 
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Anonymous

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Today wasn't quite as bad-- only 30-40 mph winds this morning--but the temp dropped....When we took off gathering cows just after daylight it was only 26 degrees and with the wind it was a true snot freezer :shock: -- besides the snot freezing in the moustache, the tears were freezing on my cheek...By the time we gathered everything-- my old buddy arther-itis was acting up so bad I couldn't hardly bend my knees.....

At least the wind has kept dropping during the day-- and this afternoon when I moved some mineral around in one pasture it was even decent-except for still being cold.....

The weather boys were checking their rural recording sites today and at one place near Antelope Mt. (Big Muddy's backdoor) they said they had gusts of 106 mph yesterday :shock: :shock: :shock:
 

Mrs.Greg

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Just a beautiful day today so I thought I'd do some Xmas shopping while its still nice out.Can still smell the fires in the air. A friend of ours lost a huge chunk of thier pasture,and the one fire stopped not too far from our river pasture.Like Les said there was more then one fire in his county,bad time of year for such a bad wind,when so much brush is being burnt.

Wondering how the huntings going to go,greg said lots of deer moving in the fires.
 

kolanuraven

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Well....your wind came to Ga today.

Geeezzz Louise was it tough today out there helping build my new corrals and alleyways!!!!

It was cold ( about 50 for the high today--was 75 yesterday) and the dust the wind was kicking up was unreal!!!!

<<sniffle...sniffle...snot...snot>>
 

nr

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kolanuraven said:
Well....your wind came to Ga today.

Geeezzz Louise was it tough today out there helping build my new corrals and alleyways!!!!

It was cold ( about 50 for the high today--was 75 yesterday) and the dust the wind was kicking up was unreal!!!!

<<sniffle...sniffle...snot...snot>>

Kola, You Southern-Belle you. Aren't you just a little afraid you'll be laughed off Ranchers complaining about 50 degree weather being cold!? :wink:
 

kolanuraven

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nr said:
kolanuraven said:
Well....your wind came to Ga today.

Geeezzz Louise was it tough today out there helping build my new corrals and alleyways!!!!

It was cold ( about 50 for the high today--was 75 yesterday) and the dust the wind was kicking up was unreal!!!!

<<sniffle...sniffle...snot...snot>>

Kola, You Southern-Belle you. Aren't you just a little afraid you'll be laughed off Ranchers complaining about 50 degree weather being cold!? :wink:


Why no....just wait till it gets colder...then I'll really whine!!!!! :lol: :lol:

We were back up to the mid 60's today and NO WIND!!!! And....man, we've got some sexy looking corrals and alley way going!!!! :wink: Should have'er all done my tomorrow PM!!!!

I NEVER EVER proclaimed I was a fan of cold weather....and cold for me is below 70!!!!
 
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