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Hellooooo....

Maybe not the coldest but sure plenty snowy the last two years and this was the warmest and latest. We even dodged most of the storms that came up the coast until Tuesday. It was a doozey. DK official numbers but I watched, easily, 20" pile up on the shed roof out back before dark. One of those days that makes you thankful to be able to stay inside, but worried for others. Now its back into the 50's making whats left very heavy, but melting. A delicate balance, or better yet, a crap shoot on whats going to happen to all that heavy snow on the roof. So far, so good.

Miss you guys. Glad to see this is still going.

We are having our warmest Winter ever and just after having our coldest Winter last year. We only got below freezing twice so far and I have been wearing short sleeves since January. Trees have been budding and blooming and my garden looks great. Plants in my greenhouse are aching to get outside. We are finally getting some much needed rain after a short dry spell, so things should look really great in a week or so.

Later....

We have had what I would call, a very light winter. Temperatures have been about average for the season but snowfall is way down. According to the Grand Rapids official reporting station, we are down 28 inches from our average snowfall so far this season. We should have had approximately 58 inches of snow by now. The storms have been going to the north of us or to the south of us. Even some of the "Lake Effect" areas are down.

Here is a picture taken Feb 20 of our area.

Half of the lower peninsula is snow free.

It sounds like we may be getting some snow Wed. night/Thur. morning but they still can't give us an estimate as to how much. If the storm track shifts north or south it will make a difference in what we get. Last I heard was they think it might head towards Cleveland which would put the heaviest snow between Lansing and Detroit. Now if it headed towards Detroit, the heaviest would be Lansing to Muskegon with Grand Rapids getting it. I really hope it goes towards Sandy ( i know she is going to kill me for that remark).

It's really nice to hear from both of you. Hope you and your family are staying healthy. Now where is my neighbor that lives across the Lake?

Take care, Bernie.

Found this a couple of minutes ago.

Take care, Bernie.

That lake looks like my stock tank out at the country. Are you sure that is not a picture of my place. If you zoom in, you might see me fishing there.

I hope all is well with you and your neighbor across the lake. I'm sure she is doing fine.

I'm here, and experiencing a similar winter like Bernie. I knew it would be mild and drier than normal, after researching the Farmers Almanac weather prediction. Don't miss the heavy snow cover and having to shovel it all. The storm that will hit Bernie will track here sort of borderline. The evening news said we may get 1-3" of lake effect snow.

My Daffs are peeking out of the south facing garage bed (my warm micro climate.)

I finally finished my Fall cleanup:) We had a couple "warm" days here, of almost 50F. Also started Spring cleanup...many large limbs fell throughout the whipping winter winds, so I'm making my way slowly around the yard one cartfull at a time.

Saw a Robin yesterday...early Spring?

Nice to hear from everyone!

Julie

Ive been ''under the weather'' as they say. Everyone else here must have gone to count worms or become a root inspector or out examining the grass or something.

Rain here has been relentless. A couple of years ago we couldn't buy rain, and now it has come with a vengeance. We no longer use horses to check our cattle, we use boats...

Kt, I hope you have a life preserver handy.

I can't imagine that much rain in a short span of time. If we get 2-3 inches, that is a lot for us and that happens maybe once a year.

Have you lost any crop or cattle from the rain?

Take care Kt, I'm thinking of you.

Bernie

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Thanks, Bernie, and no I haven't lost any of my cattle from the rain but I know people who did loose several. I had fences completely washed out in areas where I would never have expected it to happen. Crops are good but my back garden was under over 2 feet of water and it laid the fence down around the garden so it turned out to be a total loss. I had an empty 25 gallon tub in my back yard that overflowed from the rain. It is 19 inches deep. My barn had over 6 inches of water flowing though it ruining power tools and a chainsaw, not to mention sheet metal and lumber. Across the road from my land here, there is still one house with water in it. They built in a low area and it now cannot drain out, they had to build a new entrance to even get to their house now. The same people rented land to the power company and they had about eighty, 60+ feet long poles, in a pile that all went down the river. I haven't heard if anyone has found them yet... Had to drill a new water well here at my house but that may be unrelated to the heavy rains. At least every thing is green here which we haven't seen for several years with all of the recent droughts. I'll see what happens the rest of this summer...

It hasn't froze here yet this season, not even a frost yet. I put my plants in my greenhouse yesterday to get ready for when it does freeze. We have been relatively wet this Fall season. Cabbage and onions are doing great in the gardens. Trees are still dying from the recent drought years, I probably have around 1/10 of my large trees left living out at the country. Hogs got into my yard twice last week, only about ten feet from my bedroom window. I can no longer mow the grass there until I level the mess out. There are papayas on my papaya tree but are not ready to pick yet. I have tomato plants in pots outside with tomatoes that are almost ready to pick. That's all.

We had 1.92in rain in Carson City NV yesterday!

Wow, that sounds like a flood in that area! What is your average annual rainfall, about 10 inches? Our average is about 40 inches annually but we had one year where we only had 8 inches in 14 months, and a couple of years later we had 77 inches for the year. Strange weather.

We got another 0.87in last night putting us above the 30 year average of 9.63 for the first time in over three years.

Merry Christmas, Everyone!! (If anyone is still out there...)

Anyone?? Sure is quiet here.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg

We've passed our 30 year average precipitation here in Carson city.. Most of it usually comes in January so that is not strange but I think perhaps we may have gotten more already this year than the previous three years.

Hi Albert. Yes, it seems to be feast or famine for North America the past couples of years. People on the West coast getting too much rain. people on the East coast getting too much snow, and people in the Midwest having a dull winter.

Where I live, we have no snow on the ground and temps are going to be in the low 50"s the next 6-8 days. I hate to think what March and April is going to be like. Oh well, you can't do nothing about Mother Nature.

Hi Kt. Don't wake everybody up!!!

It's not like what it used to be on this forum. Remember the "body blocking" when those scammers would come on and finding out where they were from. The good Ol' Days. I think all of us had fun on this forum. I know I learned a lot too. I wonder what everybody is doing now (Sue, Julie, Sherry, Sandy, and there are probably a few more that I have forgotten).

Take care, Bernie.

And don't forget Bob and Mikey. I have spent a lot of time in Sun City the past year or so, just across the bay from Mikey. I hollered out his name across the bay, but he didn't answer....

1500hrs PDT on a Saturday and there seems to be more activity on GW than I would have expected. I thought it might be raining nationwide but the weather channel says is not the case. Since about December 1st we have gotten about three years rainfall in the Nevada desert. If this is climate change keep it up and perhaps my property will have agricultural value someday. ｡◕‿◕｡

Since 1995 we have had more drought years than even the oldest old-timers can remember. Some years the pastures look like deserts with the only green leaves being on the trees, at least those left living. This year we have been blessed with good rains and greener pastures then we have seen in many years. Last year we had the heaviest rainfall and flood that anyone can remember also. Took out several of my fences that have never been harmed by rains before and roads were washed out where it had never happened before. Going to my country place, it washed out a bridge that took over 10 months to replace it. I would be able to make hay this year since we have plenty of grass, that is, if it weren't for the wild hogs rooting up the hayfield making it impossible to drive over in a pasture much less make hay in. Well, at least my gardens look good this year. Strange weather....makes me wonder what God is doing up there....

The moon's not holding water, so we should get some rain in the next day or so.

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Oh. So that is how it works?

Tree frogs are croaking and snakes & turtles are crossing the roads, so we must be in for some much needed rain.

Forecast for New Orleans made the national news this morning.

Those Cajuns are living in a big dried-out mud puddle with only a sump pump to save them when it rains.

The other night there was a ring around the moon with 2 stars inside of the ring, which means rain within 2 days. It rained 2 days later, but only a little, not enough to soothe our parched pastures.

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We had 0.06 inches of rain last month!

We had exactly 3.0" of rain last month. We have been blessed with more rain than in our recent previous years, but we are getting dry again. Water sprinklers are going full time now. Storm in the gulf but looks like we won't get anything but wind. Wow! .03 inches! You must have been flooded! I bet everything greened up after all that rain, no? How is your bamboo doing?

97F so far today and high humidity. Who needs a sauna?

''How is your bamboo doing?'' Just setting there.

We've have had the 40 degree day/night spread much further into the summer than usual. Most days this month have been 50s at night and 90s in the daytime. A lot of smoke yesterday. Usually I can see three USDA zones from my mailbox. Yesterday two were not visible.

You must live in a beautiful area. I'm looking for a place like you have, except in New Mexico. What are your winter lows there? Those summer temps should be good for a bambusa variety.

One local source says we already have ''the wettest year on record'' in Carson city Nevada. Over 12 inches already!

We are poised for the wettest year also(after the hurricane). I had 19.5 inches from the hurricane alone here, and 28 inches at my country place from the hurricane, all since Friday. I will total up our rainfall before the hurricane and get back here and post it later. Our normal yearly rainfall is just under 40 inches. Town here was completely flooded this morning. I took some pictures and a short video of just some of the flood waters. Albert, sounds like you are living in a rain forest!

Hi Kt,

It would be interesting to see the pictures of the town by you. Has the town ever been flooded before Harvey?

Have you incurred any damage to your home property or the country property.

How are the solar panels working at the country property?

I just got done reading an article about How much would Hurricane Harvey rain raise the Great Lakes? It really gives us Northerners an idea of just how much water your part of the country got.

We'll be thinking of you.

Take care, Bernie.

Howdy Bernie.

I just had some fences washed away. I am on a hill here so all is fine. I spent the day helping a man that lives down at the river across from me who is 90 years old. He had 8 to 10 inches of water in his house. He has lived there for over 50 years and he never had water anywhere near this high. He recently lost his wife but is in good spirits. I have others to help also when I get time. I have to get my fences back up as soon as the water drops in the creeks.

My country place is fine also, just wet as all get up.

My solar panels are doing fine, so I have electricity there even when I don't here, and the electricity did go out for a while a couple of days ago, but then came on a couple of hours later.

The eye of the hurricane stayed two counties away for a few days and circled around us here and then moved north. Now the sun is shining but we are still getting winds from the northeast which are remnants of the storm, but it is keeping the humidity lower so it is nice out.

Thanks for the well wished Bern, and I will try to get some pictures off my camera and onto my computer soon. Once I get them sized down I will post some here.

The picture below was taken of the property across from mine here where I live and across the road.

Below is taken from the same spot, just a zoom-in of the above picture.

Thought I'd pop in here and comment, since I was sure you folks would be talking about the hurricane flooding. Bernie, that article surely puts things in perspective. 19 trillion gallons is way beyond my imagination. The massive size of a hurricane spanning hundreds of miles is incredible!

Kt, I am so glad you are alright! What an appropriate sign in your last picture. People will have to wait a long time before they can get back on that golf course, I'm sure.

Quilt shops are known for asking for donated quilts to send out to disaster victims, and I was ready to send one out, if a request was made. But our local Racine quilt shop asked for something quite different...new socks and underware. So my donation was just that...some child down south will get brand new socks and underware sent from Wisconsin.

Weather forecast predicts that we may get remnant rains from Harvey way up here.

Stay safe, everyone!

Julie

Kt, I was typing while you were posting, so my comment above may not make sense about your "last picture" . I was referring to the pic with the sign that said "Road May Flood". thanks for sharing all those incredible pics!

Julie

Thanks for posting the pictures Kt. It's amazing how flooding works. Here you are high and dry, yet your neighbor has 6-8 feet of water around his pole barn. I hope your neighbor doesn't have any equipment in the pole barn.

And to my neighbor west of me, Hi Julie. Nice to know that you are alive and still kicking. Hope the immediate family is doing well. Can you imagine if you converted all that rain to snow!!!!

Take care to the both of you. Have a safe holiday weekend also.

Bernie.

Thanks Jule and Bern!

Julie, first of all, it is great to hear from you! Yes, the golf course will be out of service for quite a while I'm sure, I just wish I could have gotten a picture of it when the deep water hit it, but that part of town was cut off and I would have had to drive miles around to get to that side, but I had things to do. I helped the 90 year old man that lives across from me about a mile away, the last two days, but I don't have a picture of his house to post, maybe later. The picture of the barn that Bern commented on is the next property over from this man and that was his house, he lived in that barndominium or whatever they call them now.

I think that is great that people in Wisconsin, and people all over the USA, are sending donations and much needed items here. I guess there are still a whole lot of good people out there yet. :)

The "Road May Flood" sign kind of says it all. The underpass is about a block long, and it was flooded on the other side all the way to the river bridge which is another 2 blocks away.

Bern, that guy with the pole barn house already got flooded in the rains we had back in April. In fact, there was more damage from that rain in the rural areas than this hurricane rain. In that rain, I had water in my whole yard and under my entire house. Good thing my house is on blocks otherwise it would have been damaged by that high water. Anyway, that pole barn man had just finished building a levy or berm about ten days before the storm hit, to keep water away from his house, and then this happened to him. In April, the electric company was leasing his land to store trucks and old light poles, the 60 footers, on his property. There were about 60 of those huge long light poles that floated away never to be seen again, not to mention the ruined trucks and dozers and other equipment. The man had an RV, a school bus, and a tractor and frontend loader, which were all ruined.

I have a few more pictures, but if you go on YouTube and type in La Grange Flood or Columbus Texas Flood, you will see aerial video clips of the massive water coverage.

BTW, to whom it may concern, I'm having problems with my email account so I haven't been able to access it for about 2 weeks now, just saying...

Thanks again everyone and I will see what other pics I have.

Stay safe everyone.

Bernie, I have no idea how to convert gallons of water into feet of snow. Maybe you can do the math for me. We northerners may brag about our heavy snow removal equipment, but I'm afraid that amount of snow coming would cause a mass evacuation to the South!

Kt, you are such a good neighbor to help that 90-year old man. Disasters bring out the best in us. I hope you can also find time to rebuild your fences quickly.

As I read my e-mail this morning, I found a Call for Kennel Quilts for Texas. There are shelters that are helping with rescue animals from the hurricane, and they are requesting small (12" x 18") quilts for small cages. I don't have time to make one at this time due to a sudden death (brother-in-law) in the family, but I will make some in my spare time and have them ready to send out in the future.

A woman in Milwaukee organized a relief donation effort at a high school, hoping to get one semi-load filled, but she got eight semi loads, which headed out for Texas yesterday. Yes, Americans help their own. Again, I say disasters bring out the best in us.

Bernie & Kt, take care of yourselves, as you take care of others.

Julie

luvtoharediv, officially snow is converted using weight. A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds or 3.78 kilograms at 62 °F (17 °C).

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