April Blizzard Predicted next week

[LBrandt]

Can remember the calf or litter of baby pigs in the wash tub setting on the wood cook stove oven door. Dad brought in a litter of baby pigs once and they were not moving at all, couple hours later and they were all standing on their back legs and looking over the side of the wash tub. Mom took a picture, but I don't know what happened to it. LB

 

[wslayer]

Storm a good enough excuse for needing an extension for taxes if can't get to PO by tomorrow midnite ? Asking for a friend :;:huh

 

[Obi-Wan]

db-2, I'm not so sure we will see a lot of runoff from this. Thus far the weather forecast is for a fairly slow climb in temps, and since it's all sitting on thawed soils, I am guessing we will see a lot of this disappear right into the ground. I'd be a lot more concerned if we were expecting to see a rapid return to "normal" temps for this time of year.

most of the snow is drifted in the ditches, trees, or around buildings and not in the fields where it is needed.

 

[tikkalover]

I have a question.

How do they measure snow depth when the wind is blowing 60 mph?

 

[westwolfone]

Storm a good enough excuse for needing an extension for taxes if can't get to PO by tomorrow midnite ? Asking for a friend :;:huh

No reason needed for an extension.

 

[lunkerslayer]

I wouldn’t doubt there is a much moisture in this storm system as there was in the whole winter amounts. It was and still is a nice system though very very little wind so far. Next weeks forecast is looking more like winter then spring with temps in the highs of teens and low 20s, and nights down into the single digits. This system hopefully won't bring too much overland flooding because so far overland flooding has been nill except for the local tributaries. I use AccuWeather app for my weather app and the local extended forecast shows lows in the freezing a night until may and still only highs in the 50 and 60s hear till mid may. Speaking of farming does anyone think north dakota farmers will get into the fields by the 3 rd week in May?
My boss was hoping by mid may start for paving but I can't see load restrictions off by then

 

[Skeeter]

a few pics of my neighbors houses and mine. I tried to get to work this morning and didn’t make it 20 yards from my house. The streets are full and snow is hard as hell. Lots of moisture in this stuff. Very heavy to shovel.



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[guywhofishes]

Plz report on wildlife impacts if you have info.

 

[Prairie Doggin']

Storm a good enough excuse for needing an extension for taxes if can't get to PO by tomorrow midnite ? Asking for a friend :;:huh

Tax day is actually 4/18 this year. You have until Monday.

 

[Allen]

Storm a good enough excuse for needing an extension for taxes if can't get to PO by tomorrow midnite ? Asking for a friend :;:huh

The deadline is April 18th this year.

 

[Skeeter]

Plz report on wildlife impacts if you have info.

I don’t give a shit about the wildlife, I’m worried about all of the cattle losses. I like steak way more than and any wild critter.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Any of the rest of you Old Fossil's remember the March of 66 3 day blizzard?
I remember it well and we had tons of snow and wind. Nothing to have 20 foot drifts in our yard. We were calving and my Dad and I did 12 hour shifts in the barns, working with the cattle. Had a heavy rope from the main barn to the farm house, as you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Still remember him saying, whatever you do don't let go of the rope until you are at the house or the barn.
Our quonset on the ranch was completely covered with snow and that was 20 some feet tall.
We were lucky and didn't lose any livestock at all. We raised pigs, cattle, horses, chickens, geese, pheasants, and wild turkeys. Some went hungry for a couple days as we couldn't see to get to the pig barn or where the winged birds were kept. They were fed extra heavy a few days prior to the storm as were we well informed that it was coming. Of course no one thought it would be what it ended up being.
We had to wait for the County to bring out the push cat and their payloader to clean out our yard after the storm as our loader was in the quonset and covered with snow. I don't think our loader would have done squat anyways as the snowbanks were like concrete.

 

[lunkerslayer]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bringm...es-of-snow-insane-drifts-blanket-north-dakota
A little reading material on holy week storm

 

[Skeeter]

Any of the rest of you Old Fossil's remember the March of 66 3 day blizzard?
I remember it well and we had tons of snow and wind. Nothing to have 20 foot drifts in our yard. We were calving and my Dad and I did 12 hour shifts in the barns, working with the cattle. Had a heavy rope from the main barn to the farm house, as you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Still remember him saying, whatever you do don't let go of the rope until you are at the house or the barn.
Our quonset on the ranch was completely covered with snow and that was 20 some feet tall.
We were lucky and didn't lose any livestock at all. We raised pigs, cattle, horses, chickens, geese, pheasants, and wild turkeys. Some went hungry for a couple days as we couldn't see to get to the pig barn or where the winged birds were kept. They were fed extra heavy a few days prior to the storm as were we well informed that it was coming. Of course no one thought it would be what it ended up being.
We had to wait for the County to bring out the push cat and their payloader to clean out our yard after the storm as our loader was in the quonset and covered with snow. I don't think our loader would have done squat anyways as the snowbanks were like concrete.

My dad still talks about this spring. The national guard was call active to help dig people out.

 

[Retired Educator]

Don't know about all wildlife but the pheasants that have been in my yard were back this morning along with the squirrels and other birds. I'm on the edge of town with a wetland, willows, cattails, coulee, and grass in my backyard. Good cover and it seems to have protected most of the current population.

 

[guywhofishes]

I don’t give a shit about the wildlife, I’m worried about all of the cattle losses. I like steak way more than and any wild critter.

Others find them tasty and entertaining. I know - super weird to see that on a hunting and fishing web site but is what it is.

 

[lunkerslayer]

I don’t give a shit about the wildlife, I’m worried about all of the cattle losses. I like steak way more than and any wild critter.

Some people care about all life bud and guywhofishes just wants to be informed of all losses of life to him particularly wildlife becuase unlike domesticated animals they don't have the luxury of being in somekind of shelter, heck ranchers even have warming shelters in place for such a situation yeah i know NOT all.
I see by the article minot area is where the heaviest snow amounts are

 

[Allen]

I have a question.

How do they measure snow depth when the wind is blowing 60 mph?

Measuring snow received is probably the most difficult thing to do accurately. What I recommend to people is to choose a spot that looks "representative" of the greater surround area. Then I use a measuring stick in the form of a 3/8 copper pipe that I have the number of inches from the tip on it. So all I do is take a stroll across what looks representative of the larger area and take a mental average of maybe 20-some depth readings.

Over at the NWS office, they have what's called a snowboard (not for recreational use) that they set out in an exposed area.

It's tough, and that's why the more measurements one takes the better the confidence in the overall quality of the measurement.

 

[Skeeter]

Others find them tasty and entertaining. I know - super weird to see that on a hunting and fishing web site but is what it is.

well what I said didn’t come out quit right. Wildlife have instincts and are way better equipped to deal with these events than domestic animals. The majority find good shelter and will be just fine. A few will not make it. Happens every storm. My insensitivity is noted and I apologize to whomever I offended. I’ll banish myself to the corner for the rest of the day.

 

[wslayer]

BBJ, I do remember that. We had 2 houses on our farmstead. GMA & GPA in one , our family in another. We lost power so moved down to the unfinished basement because there was an old stove down there.(parents and 6 kids)
Dad tapped into the propane source to make it operational for heat and cooking. We used it very very sparingly as was not vented. All windows where frozen shut or blocked from snow. Candles were the only lighting. GPA had to dig down from the roof to even get to the entrance door to dig us out 2 days later. No one ended up with any severe headaches or anything from the lack of oxygen but not sure how long that would have lasted.