Sally's GF3 thread

[drstratton]

30+ years ago, we had the coldest winter (94-95) I'm likely to see in my lifetime. We still lived in Grand Rapids, MI, and there were -30°F air temperatures. We had a lot of clear nights, which was part of the reason. This was before the meteorologists started bandying about the term, "polar vortex," but that's probably what we had.

And, I remember the winter of '78, when we had All. That. Snow.

Don't need to do either of those again!

I hope it doesn't hit as bad as they're calling for Sally.

 

[Sally PB]

One good thing about the really cold temps? The poop on the floor of the chicken coop and in the run will be frozen solid. I think I'll wear my regular winter boots instead of my chicken boots when I do chicken chores.

I'll look to see if any of the poops look fresh when I'm in the coop. I don't want to step a fresh one. Especially a cecal poop!

 

[fuzzi]

30+ years ago, we had the coldest winter (94-95) I'm likely to see in my lifetime. We still lived in Grand Rapids, MI, and there were -30°F air temperatures. We had a lot of clear nights, which was part of the reason. This was before the meteorologists started bandying about the term, "polar vortex," but that's probably what we had.

And, I remember the winter of '78, when we had All. That. Snow.

Don't need to do either of those again!

We had back to back blizzards in Connecticut in '78. I shoveled 3' off our cars, an amount which is a lot for Connecticut!

 

[Sally PB]

A week from now, we are forecast to have temps in the mid 20s. The end is in sight!

We have been very lucky, I know. Bitter cold, but no frozen pipes and the chickens made it through. Some snow, but NOTHING like other states, or even out at the Lake Michigan shoreline. NO freezing rain. NO power outages. We're staying home, so not dealing with white out conditions or ice.

Not having to drive through this stuff is a HUGE bonus to being retired.

 

[cavemanrich]

Last night, (Monday) weather man was mentioning the anniversary of the worst snow storm to hit Chicago in 1967. It was 27 inches non stop. I do remember that one. I was just a small kid then.
Don't recall of panic buying like nowadays. Now the weatherman gives advance heads up to clean out the store shelves.
After a couple days, the city trucks came and removed the snow from the streets onto dump trucks. I assume they dumped the snow into parks.
I lived in Chicago proper at that time.