Well, it has started to do some freezing rain out West of Howard. When I went to town about an hour ago, it was lightly sprinking here and nothing in town. But now it's a pretty good shower now, and it's freezing on my windows and deck. I think the roads are warm enough to keep it from being too bad... for now...
My parents up in NW Kansas didn't hardly get a skiff of snow. They're going to brave the weather and the roads and head down here today, so I hope the storm holds out until they get here!
Oh, lightning!
We will be leaving Howard at 6:00 am tomorrow heading for nw Kansas and eastern Colorado..... Maybe.
We're 65 right now....ph-t-t-t-t! ;D
Sky is lighter in Longton, but still gray and rainy but mostly wind and chill index is
keeping me in the house..........nothing I need to get out for.............the dog I can handle
when he needs to go out........he doesn't linger......LOL>....he likes the indoors too.
My daughter left yesterday and made it home last night, so missed this storm.......but, since she
lives in Wisconsin, most likely she will have her own to deal with........AH Spring..............how much do
I enjoy it.......LOL............
Keep warm and remember tomorrow it is suppose to be warmer............God bless
It is freezing on my porch and they have already concealed afternoon preschool. Also no regional 4-H days tomorrow either.
Sure hope the weather isn't too bad for Saturday night's table setting in Howard.
It's always such a nice event.
I hope not either. But Rudy, the table setting is in Longton. I am sure that you knew that! Just reminding you!!! :angel:
Got tickets to Alan Jackson in Wichita tomorrow night at the New Hartman Place...
sighhhhhhhhhh maybe I need to start doing some voodoo to change the course of Mother Nature..
( if only.........) ::)
Quote from: angtown3 on March 27, 2009, 12:04:02 PM
It is freezing on my porch and they have already concealed afternoon preschool. Also no regional 4-H days tomorrow either.
Angie, have they been able to locate the preschool, has it been un-concealed. Or maybe it was cancelled!!! :P
I wasn't going to do it, but then she went and corrected Rudy :angel:
The temperature is dropping here in Springfield, pretty quickly and the wind is coming up. Guess whatever you all get in Kansas will be headed this way. The forecast makes it sound really ominous though. My heart just aches for those folks in ND. Can't imagine being fighting a flood in subzero degree weather.
You know Charlie that's ok, I have a really good excuse, his name is JEFF!!! :laugh: :-X
The whole north side of our house is covered with ice. Can't even get the back door open. I went out earlier to feed the chickens and turn their light on and they didn't even poke their heads out of the coop. The ice is hanging onto the trees across the road. I pray we don't lose power.
Age has a way of switching table-setting locations. Don't you know that?
LOL
I was just concerned about preschoolers trying to find something that was concealed. Also worried about the 4-H'ers trying to find those "concealed" regional 4-H days. Hard enough to find something in the ice and snow, but then someone has to go and conceal it to??
:o ;D ;)
Tobina have you heard from your parents? I do hope they have a safe trip.
Greatguns; thanks for asking! Yes, my parents didn't hit any snow until just South of Salina (and they did go I-70 instead of 36)... and then it was a blizzard! Not heavy snow yet, but by the looks of the radar, the closer they get to Newton the worse it will get. They'll jump off interstate and head East to El Dorado, back into the rain/ice it looks like. But it sounds like the roads aren't too bad so far.
I don't know how the roads are around EK county or 400? Looks like the puddles are still puddles (vs. ice rinks), so maybe the ground temp is still warm enough to keep it from freezing.
It looks like if you have to leave Howard tomorrow to head to Colorado, you better get North, first, before heading West!
Not to worry.
I am going cross country.
I have equipped the van with skis.
I am with you on that one Devyn!! I haven't tried to get the back door opened here yet but there is icy caked on the windows! I think I will sleep ok, because we have, oh no, we have that new electric heater!! Oh well, we still have propane!! GREAT!! You made me worry about that now!! :'(
Tobina, hope that your parents have a safe trip,too. You will have to keep us posted.
And Charlie, thanks!!!!
News just said that Santanta has 12" of snow already. Hwy 50 is closed West of Hutch, and Hwy 54 is closed West of Pratt.
Wichita didn't look bad (they always make it sound worse than it is), and I'm sure they'll get stuff cleaned up overnight. Just curious to how much snow we'll really end up getting.
Backed off again, 6-9" expected in Wichita (at noon it was 9-12").
Mr. Gray; although I-70 was clear, it looks like the storm is circling back to the NW, so not sure how the northern route will be, either! Once you get past Hays, it should be better, though. And looks like after 8 am tomorrow, things clear out a LOT (to the West and North, anyway... around noon here).
The freezing rain is really coming down; the trees are swaying in the wind and leaning closer to the ground. I heard on the news that part of Ark City is without power because of downed power lines. Some folks may not be able to watch KU after all in the sweet sixteen. Happy that I do have a means to keep warm if the power goes out, some folks do not. Keep safe everybody!
My goodness, you are really getting pounded out there. I'll be thinking of you tonight.
We just lost our first tree limb. I imagine there will be quite a few more around town before the night is finished.
Jim's already been told the paper will be late - no word on how late.
I'm very thankful to be home and safe. Even parked in the garage tonight.
I'm ready for the snow to get here. We sure don't need any more ice. The limbs are all but touching the ground now. I talked to my sister that lives just north of Cambridge about 8:00 and she was out of electricity. Ours has went off twice but so far it has came right back on. Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
OK! I am waving the white flag!
I don't mind missing the snow.......and hopefully we will miss
the ice and snow today.
My rain gauge had just over an inch of rain in it..........and with all the water standing........I can't
get from my apartment without hip-boots............my guage must be cracked or maybe the rain
blew side ways...........anyone have an idea of how much rain Longton got???
it is so soggy..........and it isn't doing my arthritis any good at all. don't think we need worry about not enough water for planting..........cause we may have too much now.....Oh How I love Kansas!!!!
Hope you all stay warm and dry.
I will stay in one more day and hopefully Sunday will be better.
God bless
My gosh it's cold and I don't think the bad weather is over yet........ :(..
Here are a few pictures I took last night and then this morning.
Yesterday afternoon...
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Before....
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After...
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Before ... ( Ashleys Fairey Tree)
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After... :'(
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The wind is just getting stronger and stronger out there.. It is just howling and whipping everything around! There will be more damage I am sure around town.
Power is out in Severy, at least at Tripco.
Five power trucks were out on K-99 near US 400 about an hour ago.
Snow was coming down heavy in Severy but not accumulated.
Trees or parts of trees are down on Randolph and on Washington in Howard.
The worst of this storm is in areas that voted heavy Republican, I say we blame this on "O", if Bush was still in office there are those that would want to blame it on him.
The gauge at the Longton water plant indicated 1.7 inches at 8:45 am 28 Mar. River is up.
Frank, you are so funny! ;D ;D ;D
Yup! The repubs can't find anything real so they make up stuff! ;D ;D
Thanks Sarge,
that is what was in my gauge, but with all the water that I heard come down and see standing wonder just
how much did N0T get measured.
Are there any roads out? Thanks again.
Be warm and dry people............next week we should get back to spring!!!
God bless
Well, we live out west of town and no electricity. It went out at about 9 this morning. But I came to the daycare!! But the tree were sure down around town. Didn't really notice that many at home down, and rental house had an electrical line down. Called my sister who lives in Eldorado and she said they have been without electricity since around midnight. But the sleet is still coming down here. :'(
The ECCEF Table Setting Event has been postponed because of the weather. It will be held tomorrow with viewing beginning at 1:00 and the meal at 2:00. I posted this under announcements also, but we need to get the word out as wide as possible.
Marty
My rain guage, west side of Howard, had 2 1/2 inches this morning. When I looked out about midnight last night, the trees were loaded with ice and the ditch was rolling with water. Still have some ice on the trees but it is falling.
The ice really descimated the trees on the east side of my house. I even have a couple of limbs resting against the east window in the front parlor. I do hope the little Japanese Maple recovers; it looks like at got pretty smashed by a big limb that fell into it. :'( Maybe I can trim it up and it will survive. The big willow over the patio really took a beating, losing many large limbs, some of which have not yet fallen. Looks like this is gonna be a pretty good clean-up job, fortunately the trees on the west side did not sustain much damage, I suspect that the wind was able to clear some of the ice away before it became too heavy. I took the dogs out front about midnight last night; it sounded like a batallion of sharp shooters were at work. Sharp cracks one after another as limbs boke all over town. Springtime in Kansas, be prepared for anything!
We are without power also, but got the generator going for awhile to take the chill off the house and let the refrigerators and freezer chill out. Sure do miss that electricity when you don't have it. Hopefully all the linemen will be safe working in this weather to restore the power. Be safe everyone.
We've got about 5 inches of snow/ice on the ground. Never did lose power. There's been a lot of melting today, so hopefully all of this good moisture is getting down to the roots where it's so badly needed. I know our wheat crop is in bad need of this moisture...despite how it was delivered.
Thank God and all the electrical repairmen and woman we have electric once again! This morning when the sun came up it was such an awesome sight with the ice in the trees, wires, fences and grass just like diamonds. So beautiful. Dale commented last night just before sunset the sun broke through the clouds and that too was so beautiful. It is such a perfect day with no wind and the brillant sun. Enjoying the wonders of nature again........ :)
The electricity is back on for my neighbors who did without yesterday. You never realize how completely you are dependent upon that luxury until it's gone.
Glad to hear your electricity is coming back on. I'm sorry so many trees took such a hit. I guess it could have been worse though.
According to the Westar Energy website Greenwood County has 3, 186 customers without electricity. I have heard reports that Piedmont, Locations around Severy and Eureka, and as of last night Fall River were all powerless and expected to be down for up to a few more days. Any reports for Elk County? ???
Here in Moline, electric was out only sporadically, never for any long period. Thanks to my wonderful neighbors who came this afternoon with pickups, chainsaw, and three good men, all my big limbs are now cleared away. I heard that Robert Wilson was running the front loader out at the brush dump and stacking limbs as people were bringing them in. This was not as bad a storm as that in 2002, but a lot of limbs are down nevertheless. It will be awhile before it is all cleaned up.
We got power back on Tuesday. Darn, I was just getting good at cooking on the wood stove. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Do you really have a wood stove? Neat!
West of Howard, we were out of electricity for about 24 hours; from middle of the morning on Saturday to about the same time on Sunday. Unfortunately, our house is NOT set up for anything like this. We do have our big water tank in the basement that we can drain water from, and our water heater did a good job keeping the water warm so we could drain from it, too, for sponge baths. But no propane or wood stove or fireplace. But fortunately, I found out that our house is VERY insulated. It only dropped to about 55 degrees in here in 24 hours (started around 68-70). Even through the night on Saturday, we woke up pretty warm. We did grill on the propane grill on Sunday morning for breakfast, right before the electricity came on. Oh, it was only on for about an hour, then off again for another couple of hours when the ice started to fall off the lines.
We just trimmed all our trees last summer, so we didn't have too much damage around the house. It was just such an odd storm... on Friday night in the middle of the night, it warmed up enough to switch from ice to rain! But then kept switching back and forth throughout the day. Even at the warmest, I know we saw snowflakes!
Grills are also good for heating big kettles of water to wash with. We can be very independent when we have to, can't we?
The only real problem we had at our house was Hubby's withdrawal from the remote! ;) ;)