Storm is Here

[Oldtimer]

Storm has now hit here--30+ mph winds with gust over 50 and heavy rain-Temp is really dropping--Just plumb nasty out there, but must have about a 1/4 inch of rain already by the puddles (too nasty to go check rain gauge)...

Glad it held off until afternoon- Spent the morning looking for a new calf, that a cow was going nuts looking for--figured a coyote had got it, but I took horse and son took 4 wheeler--Grandma took a pickup and the grandkids and went way up the creek, which I told her was stupid, because it hadn't gone that far ...I had to eat those words- she ran the ridges and found the calf a couple of miles up the creek (thru 3 fences and an irrigation canal)- she couldn't catch it, so left the grandkids to trail it while she went to get us...Grandkids were trailing it from the ridge when we got there, calf was roped and threw in back of pickup and had a happy reunion with mom- cow wanting to just lick and the calf just wanting to suck- they went around and around like that for 5 minutes...

Apparently after I tagged it yesterday morning it took off on its own- cow kept going back to that place--probably would have been coyote bait if we hadn't of found it...Grandkids think they are pretty big stuff since they helped find and save the calf and I'm being extra nice to grandma for ever questioning her.......

I hate thinking of going out in this to check cows later- much more rain and I won't be getting around with pickup-- be 4 wheeler or horse- if I can stay on either one in this wind.... Think I'll watch the NILE PBR first- a couple of the daughters are there so I'll have to see if I can see them...

[Buckskin]

Oldtimer
I would like to have just a little bit of that rain!! Nothing up here at all. I just washed my truck, 2 tractors and my pickup trying to get it to rain. Not even a drop so far.
Take care
The Buck

[Hanta Yo]

WOW!! Got up this morning, 1 1/4" rain in the rain gauge, I have to walk right past the rain gauge to do some daily chores. Blowing hard, raining/snowing. Took daughter and a friend of hers to an event in Billings, slid down the mud roads, came home and we now have 2" of moisture!!! Halleluja!!! This will fill our dry ponds, and help out so much. We had to kick the cows out as we are quickly running out of hay...some pastures the ponds have dried up and no other source of water available. This will get us by for awhile!! I am SSSOOOOOOOOO grateful!!!!!!

[Cal]

Hanta Yo, glad you got some really GREAT rain! I think we'd go into shock if we saw 2" in the gauge.

I was thinking about dumping some water in the rain gauge just to try to get it primed.

[Oldtimer]

[Hanta Yo]

Cal,

Thanks. How bad is it your way?? I don't think we can really compare notes on this drought because our notes will be exactly the same. I just hope all of Montana will get some of this wonderful stuff we've been getting. This storm went up north into Canada, hope you guys got some of this wet stuff. I just hope everyone on this board gets something!! Just like a woman, (eh?)

[cowsense]

Hanta YO; The rain started tonite about 7:30 after a day of terrible wind. Supposed to be near an inch by tomorrow but will be changing to snow . I kind of have mixed feelings..... appreciate the moisture but hate checking and feeding in the crud. Hope it doesn't drag on too long and we get some sunshine to warm up the new calves! Take care

[Big Muddy rancher]

Just partly cloudy and breezey in the Big Muddy no rain and the clouds broke up tonight. Son had bad roads around Maple Creek this afternoon coming home from Alberta.

[Hanta Yo]

[baling wire]

Just climbed off of tractor just light rain and wind to mess up the windows.Suppose to get 3 to 4 inches of snow tomorrow along with 40 mile n hour winds. Last week they PRETICTED 100% chance of rain and didnt get a drop.With odds like that glad I wasnt in Vegas.

[Soapweed]

We did get a tenth of an inch of rain and six new calves during the night. The raindrops against the bedroom window was music to my ears.

[Faster horses]

Amazing how those weather people all keep their jobs isn't it? If any other business was wrong as much as those folks, they'd have gone broke long ago.

My husband absolutely won't pay one bit of attention to the weather forcasts, predicts his own weather and his are right more than theirs are.
He says he can keep his mouth shut and be right more than they are. LOL!!