Blizzard Warning, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas...UPDATE: National Guard Called In To The Texas Panhandle

We've got hay to burn here, but it's a bit of a long haul...

I remember one year that hay farmers in Washington and Idaho donated hay and trucking to get feed to the midwest, but that was when energy was affordable.

Texas Panhandle...

In fact after 5 to 8 years of drought in this area, we're just glad to get any moisture we can going into the Spring...

And repinning the thread!

Always wondered why anyone would INTENTIONALLY live there.

Just got back in...It is so cold when the wind blows!!!...We are getting snow now...I am 30 miles from Wichita Falls...

Oh, WOW! There's some blue sky starting to show already! YEAY!!!

I hope you didn't drink all your Pepsi's!LOL

Oh, WOW! There's some blue sky starting to show already! YEAY!!!

LOL...No I have not...Even have enough to share with someone!...But WOW it is cold here now!!...So glad I got everything done today!

It's stopped snowing here and the wind is melting some of the snow, but it's still VERY windy. I'm afraid of re-freeze tonight.

It will freeze here the temps are going to drop into the 20's...Oh well fuzzy blanket...It;s me and you tonight!...LOL

Our bedrooms are unheated, so it's fleece sheets, fuzzy blanket and electric blanket for us! Heaven! Now all I need is an electric bed pad.

Well, this is the worst I've ever seen. They had really bad blizzards up here in 1957 and 1889, and according to the data, this is certainly comparable with those storms...

I'm not worried about me you understand, I'm fine. The Electricity is still working (knock on wood), house is warm, the temps outside aren't terrible until you factor in wind chill...

I worry more about my animals in things like this, the Livestock losses are going to be unbelievable up on the baldies (the flat country), and the feedlots will be dragging deads for weeks, luckily I have my cattle in a pasture here in Texas with good cover, and thank God for that, but they're going to need some hay in the next few days, and I suspect it's going to be awhile before I can even get down the road to them...skid loader will be useless in this deep snow, and my tractor is in New Mexico...

And this happened right in the dead middle of calving season up here...so I'm praying my babies will be okay. Them old cows are pretty savie though, and it's always surprising how good they come out of these things...

Hi guys. I'm fine. Most of the snow is just blowing somewhere else. We don't have anything like Saddletramp has. My front window is covered in ice, though. Visibility is still about 1/4 mile.

I'm mad, though. Hubs just told me he's going in to work tonight. He manages a hotel in our little town and the overnight person already called off. We live as far out of town as she does, but she has a d***ed 4 wheeldrive pick up. We have a d****ed PT Cruiser. Hockley Co. doesn't have snow plows, they have road graters/dirt levelers. I'm not so mad that she called off, I'm mad that hubs thinks that stupid, little car will make it through this mess. AND...the owner lives right behind the hotel. I'm SO sick of no one listening.

Sorry for the rant. He grew up in Ohio, too, so he knows what's out there. I think he's forgotten we're not in snowplow land anymore. He also thinks he's indestructible. We're too old for this!

Our bedrooms are unheated, so it's fleece sheets, fuzzy blanket and electric blanket for us! Heaven! Now all I need is an electric bed pad.

I'm in KC and it just started snowing. The whole city is racing around preparing. Stood in line at the pharmacy for an hr just to pick up a script I called in two days ago, and another hour at the grocery store. After the foot of snow we got on Thursday, I'm curious to see what happens. The residential side streets were not well plowed and there are cars still buried from the last storm. The shoulders on the interstate weren't cleared, so there is nowhere for vehicles to pull over.

I am prepared enough that I won't need to leave my house for at least a week if need be. If the power goes out, that's another story. My house is all electric, so it will get cold quick. But we didn't lose power with the last storm, so I'm optimistic.