That's an excellent point.  Everything will eventually be repaired, rebuilt, and replaced. But you can't replace lives.

So...when you have ample warning of a strong windstorm headed your way....

 

You might want to secure your trampoline.

 

Today we’ve seen around .3” of rain with temps in the mid 40’s. A lot of melting going on and quite a bit of water around. Here’s the problem, in five hours temps will be 28, winds 18-30 mph, and a windchill of 13. The flash freeze is going to create quite the mess on the main roads and especially the back roads. 
 

On a brighter note, 6poundbass is quite happy because there’s almost a 0% chance there will be school tomorrow and he’s supposed to have exams. 😁

@12poundbass that is exactly what occurred here today. It was 40 degrees and rain this morning. Temp dropped all day, now it’s snowing and very windy, about 10 degrees out.

Looking like a fishy Christmas ‘round here

 

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Looking like a fishy Christmas ‘round here

Does this work for you ?

https://youtu.be/cnU5-iBWGVU?si=UiW7ZMB_pkQeopBa&t=26

A-Jay

 

Mine only sings “take me to the river” 😂 

Good thing I’m not a betting man. In my previous post from last night I said there was an almost 0% chance 6poundbass would have school. Well, I’m going to hang my hat on the fact that I said ALMOST.😁

 

We got the weather and freeze they were predicting but apparently the back roads weren’t as bad as the predicted because he had school. It was a half day and the snow and wind didn’t really get bad until around 9 so they got the half day in and he had to take his exam. 
 

I have good barrel control so I didn’t shoot myself in the foot.

 

I’ve never been flexible so my foot can’t reach my mouth. 
 

Looks like crow is on the menu for lunch! 😂

 

 

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Looks like crow is on the menu for lunch!

 

I bet @TnRiver46 has actually tried crow.

Figuratively I have! Literally I haven’t but I’d bet my cousin has. There is a season for hunting them, he said they are basically impossible to kill because they are so smart but I know he got one once 

The first winter storm was earlier this week and we got 6” or so.  It was an uneventful event- a 20 minute job with the snow blower and all was right with the world.  We got an inch of 50 degrees rain today and that just cleared the snow.  HOWEVER a storm cell came through that was unpredicted and it brought 25 mph constant wind with gusts to 50-60 and rain/hail.  There are now 4000 people without power in the immediate area (us included) and the first estimate to restore won’t even be until the morning.  We have a tree down across the singular line that feeds our street, taking the internet and phone lines out with it.  Generator and hot spot for the win @Jig Man.

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Figuratively I have! Literally I haven’t but I’d bet my cousin has. There is a season for hunting them, he said they are basically impossible to kill because they are so smart but I know he got one once 

My wife has read they are so smart which I have no doubt they are. She has read that they will bring treats to the ones who they trust. I have a crow call that I use for turkey hunting…. Which I’ve been forced to use. It hasn’t worked out for her….

12 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

The first winter storm was earlier this week and we got 6” or so.  It was an uneventful event- a 20 minute job with the snow blower and all was right with the world.  We got an inch of 50 degrees rain today and that just cleared the snow.  HOWEVER a storm cell came through that was unpredicted and it brought 25 mph constant wind with gusts to 50-60 and rain/hail.  There are now 4000 people without power in the immediate area (us included) and the first estimate to restore won’t even be until the morning.  We have a tree down across the singular line that feeds our street, taking the internet and phone lines out with it.  Generator and hot spot for the win @Jig Man.

 

Well, the number jumped to 20k+ without power as of this morning.  My restore estimate is 3 PM so we’ll see how that goes.  We’ve got some running around to do anyway so no biggie.  Roads are mostly passable now while crews are working on the lines.

Heatwave here this week. Above freezing every day. Snow pack is dwindling quickly.

75 in Springfield Missouri today. I love it 

3 hours ago, bowhunter63 said:

75 in Springfield Missouri today. I love it 

A white Christmas is pretty decent too.

A-Jay

24 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

A white Christmas is pretty decent too.

A-Jay

Brown Christmas here, freezing rain tomorrow. Oh what fun!

40 degrees and cold, wet, rain with more wind.  It's just dark, gray, and wet, wet, wet...cold, soggy, muddy, wet.  It's no wonder we're the moss state!

 

It's so dark, everyone's driving around at 1:00pm with their headlights on. I don't know when the last time I saw sunshine was.

 

Imma bout ready to catch the next plane to AZ.

 

Oh wait, it's pouring down rain there too!

 

3-6 inches of snow expected here tomorrow. There is a blizzard warning posted to the west of me because up to 45 mph winds are expected and it’s very flat, open terrain.

 

Still sick of winter.

Looks like we'll be getting some more winter-type stuff.

A-Jay

78 today when I get off work tomorrow night 25 with 20 mile a hour winds  Love Missouri weather 

@gim like always, our weather is a day behind yours. Sunday, we’re looking at 3/4” of rain and Monday, 3-6” of snow. Fun times! 

17 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Fun times!

All my commentary the last couple years about fake and mild winters has backfired. @TnRiver46 called it.

@gim it’ll be interesting to see how this winter plays out because it seems like it’s a month or to ahead of its normal schedule. Usually we have a weekend meter them a warms up time a cold winter and right now we’re three weeks ahead of schedule. If I had to guess, were I. For a hard winter.

I nearly got sunburned yesterday, it was a sweaty one. Tuesday is predicted to be 35/23 tho