Consolidated Kansas

[cubbysan]

Coming from the East Coast too, I am trying to learn as much as possible about this severe weather. I have joined the Emergency Preparedness Team at work to help protect our employees. I keep careful watch on the weather, and stay at home when possible - I am a big baby.

Funny thing is since I have moved here, New England has had a couple of tornadoes and plenty of tornado watches - but people there just don't take them seriously. Two years ago when all that severe weather hit there, and the deadly Springfield, MA tornado hit, all my friends and family were on facebook asking what to do. A couple of them did ask if they should open their windows ( yes, that is what we were taught as children too). Now that I know how to read the sky a little better, I know there were plenty of times that we should have been warned of severe weather, and weren't. Heck, it is hard enough to get people to stay home during a hurricane there.

 

[ivyrash]

ivyrash, show girls are a cross between a silkie and a turken. They are called that because with no or few neck feathers it looks like they have a fancy hat on.
Josie that was a great clutch of geese. I'd be tickled if my girl hatches any of her eggs.
I also agree on the coast. Every one used to say that hurricanes were so awful...how could you live on the coast? The way I see it you have at least a week to prepare or evacuate. In tornado alley you might have seconds.
Lizzy, I giggled when I read "back in the day". That really dates me!

But you are right. We were taught that all through grade school and had drills to open the windows and lay under our desks. I'll bet thinking back a lot of people got rain in their house for nothing!
Sharol I am so sorry about your hen. It is sad. I just lost my best colored Olandsk hen to being egg bound.She was a gift from my daughter which made it even worse.
Well my heart is broken this morning. I had 8 100% English Orpingtons being shipped from Mississippi. I went to the post office to pick them up and 4 of them were dead. And of course 2 of them were the cuckoos I really wanted. The seller did refund my money right away which was great. These are 6 weeks old and huge for their age. I ended up with one black, one blue, one splash and one almost white (it has gray on its head) Three of them already look like boys. I sure hope that isn't the case. I placed a bid on 10 more from the same guy that are younger. He was so honest and I really do want those English. I am pushing food and water to the survivors right now. I guess that means another mess to clean in the kitchen. I sure hope they do okay.

Ahhh! That makes sense but I kept reading and reading and couldn't figure it out so wanted to ask. I was right, I am still looking for either silkie eggs or young birds possibly.

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

Growing up in Ks, we were told to open windows also. The reason I remember was in regards to the change in air pressure and if a window was open (even just cracked a bit) the sudden change in pressure when a tornado comes close would not be as likely to break the windows.

I was in Emporia when both of the tornados hit. People were so sure that a tornado would never hit Emporia because it sits in the fork of two rivers and the old theory was that a tornado would never cross a river.

A question for those of you that study weather or know people that know a lot about it - why is one area (town, etc) inclined to have more of the bad weather than another area. I am refering to just small areas, not states or large areas.

I remember St. Marys well. Spent my share of time there both as a patient or with someone that was a patient. Now the building is appartments. It is strange to go in and see the basic structure of the hospital, but now it has so many people living in it. They still have some of those doors that have windows above them. Before air conditioning, the only way to cool a room was to let air move through, so the window above the door would let air move and still allow the door to be closed for privacy.

 

[cherwill]

Rest in peace, Hermione.

My little EE that has been fighting egg peritonitis lost the battle overnight.



I'm sorry. She looks so much like Rose, one of my favorite hens.

Back in the day, the common scientific thought was to open the windows so that the wind would blow through the house and not take the house with it.

I remember those days! Really, nothing is going to make much difference if the tornado or straight line wind makes a direct hit on your house.

A question for those of you that study weather or know people that know a lot about it - why is one area (town, etc) inclined to have more of the bad weather than another area. I am refering to just small areas, not states or large areas.

I don't know why, but I know it happens that way. McPherson rarely gets hit by tornadoes or even really severe weather like hail. The prevailing theory around town is that it has to do with the refinery just south of town, that the heat coming from the refinery affects whatever's coming from that direction. It sounds reasonable to me. There have been tornadoes that were coming right at us, but lift up before they get to town. There's only one time that I remember where a tornado touched down in town and took out Kit Manufacturing, which was sort of on the east side of town, and damaged some of the trailer houses nearby. Once in a while one will lift up off the ground south of town and touch back down at the far north end. We often don't get the hail, snow, ice or rain that Wichita or Salina get, even though we're in between the two.

 

[22qZoo]

Rest in peace, Hermione.

My little EE that has been fighting egg peritonitis lost the battle overnight.



She was egg bound a couple of weeks ago, and the egg must have broken inside her. She has been weak, but while I was at my daughter's in Reno, she got to the point she couldn't stand. My VDH (Very dear husband) made sure she was in a safe place in the coop and gave her food and water 3 times a day for the whole week. (he didn't want her to be separate from the others because she would be lonely) She was still alive last night when I got home about 11 pm and raised her head a little when I petted her. She was dead this morning when I went out to take breakfast to them.

It is really hard to be a chicken. Maybe she will draw a better hand in her next life. Sleep well, sweet girl.

Sharol , so sorry about Herminie,she was very pretty .

 

[Trish44]

Rest in peace, Hermione.

My little EE that has been fighting egg peritonitis lost the battle overnight.



She was egg bound a couple of weeks ago, and the egg must have broken inside her. She has been weak, but while I was at my daughter's in Reno, she got to the point she couldn't stand. My VDH (Very dear husband) made sure she was in a safe place in the coop and gave her food and water 3 times a day for the whole week. (he didn't want her to be separate from the others because she would be lonely) She was still alive last night when I got home about 11 pm and raised her head a little when I petted her. She was dead this morning when I went out to take breakfast to them.

It is really hard to be a chicken. Maybe she will draw a better hand in her next life. Sleep well, sweet girl.

Sharol, I'm sorry about your little hen, that's so hard when you have a special one.

We had to make a trip to Wichita this morning for several things & on the way there we ran into the rain again & it was raining so hard we could hardly see for awhile there. There was a lot of water on the streets & a lot were flooded I saw on the news. After it stopped & the sun came out it really started to warm up fast, it was 63 when we left today.

Danz, I'm sorry about your chicks, I hope you can get some more. I just put those 3 peafowl eggs I got in the incubator, so keep your fingers crossed. Let me know how yours do. I will have 4 more eggs coming when this gal sends mine from our swap. I'm shipping her chicken eggs today.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

Rest in peace, Hermione.

My little EE that has been fighting egg peritonitis lost the battle overnight.



She was egg bound a couple of weeks ago, and the egg must have broken inside her. She has been weak, but while I was at my daughter's in Reno, she got to the point she couldn't stand. My VDH (Very dear husband) made sure she was in a safe place in the coop and gave her food and water 3 times a day for the whole week. (he didn't want her to be separate from the others because she would be lonely) She was still alive last night when I got home about 11 pm and raised her head a little when I petted her. She was dead this morning when I went out to take breakfast to them.

It is really hard to be a chicken. Maybe she will draw a better hand in her next life. Sleep well, sweet girl.

Sharol, so sorry about your beloved hen. It is always sad to see the special one gone. RIP Hermione.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

Talking about mowing... This was at least 2 years ago. I was using the riding lawn mower to help my husband mow the lawn (he owns a landscaping and lawn mowing business). One day I was mowing a house just South of Friends University. The grass was so long that I didn't even see the sewer pipe. I ran over the sewer cap and punctured the hydraulic gear box. It cost $300 to fix because it was hydraulic and my husband didn't have the tool to fix it. Ouch!

My son loves tornado. He loves to learn anything weather related but more specifically, tornadoes. My daughter's speech therapist called him a weather walking dictionary.

He has been talking non stop about the tornadoes lately because of all the tornadic activities around KS and OK. I really don't have the heart to tell him to stop because he was soooo excited.

Danz - Sorry your lost your chicks. May be with this auction, you will get those that you want the most.

Trish - You must have come to town right when the down pour happened around 10:45 to 11:00. I was chairing a meeting and I had to stop to ask one of my staff to look on the weather channel, making sure we didn't have a tornado on top of us because it got reallyyyyy dark all of a sudden... so dark that we can't even see out 1/4 mile away from the window. But within an hour, it went from pitch black, down pour, to sunny and almost no wind. Really weird. Guess we are in KS after all.

 

[chicken danz]

It rained all morning here. Then I spent the afternoon trying to do a little neglected cleaning. I also made bread but it isn't rising. The yeast should be good. I wonder if I activated some more yeast and knead it in the dough if it would rise? Or would I just be wasting yeast? I've never had that happen before. Just totally weird. We got quite a bit of rain and it's a muddy mess out there.
I ended up winning the auction for the other lot of English Orpington chicks and I think they'll be shipped on Monday. I'm getting very selective about these birds. DH says that people around here just want meat and eggs, but when people see some of these birds they want them and will buy them. Of course I've still got several that aren't laying yet and several more that haven't even made it out of the brooder yet.

 

[22qZoo]

. So I was wondering , is it wrong to have just one goose? She is really sweet and very good at watching over the flock (she was a rescue her mate had been killed by something) I'm getting a little pressure from DD and my sister that she needs a friend. Right now she is laying an egg a day .I know they are cute and all but I really don't want to raise geese.

And thought I would share this of the blue berries I can't wait !