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| Just read on Fox News bad winter storm coming. Looks like Mid West is going to get hammered. Including the Dakotas and Montana. Sending good thought your way. They said temps 40 degrees below average. Yikes. Stay warm |
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| Stay safe and warm, hope the livestock survive better than last years storm that killed so many. |
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Location: SW MO | Warm wished for all of you |
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| It is COLD and SNOWY up here! Lots of late starts and school cancellations, and I'm going to do my best to stay put at my desk today :) |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | Here in Northern Wyoming we are getting the tail end of it. I don't think it will be near as cold as the Dakotas but it is 10 above right now not including the wind. We were 60 yesterday so this is a big temperature change for us. We spent all weekend getting things ready for the storm and got done just in time.
We are not supposed to get above freezing for 2 weeks but I am hoping it lets up a little. |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | We woke up to about six inches of fresh snow this morning and 15 degree temps:) Not too much snow, but I would much prefer the 50 degree temps we had last week!
This whole week isn't suppose to get out of the teens for highs:( This is January weather for ND, not November.
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I just dont how you guys do it, y'all are just a tough bunch and my hat is off to all of you that live up north, prayers for all you guys  |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Here is Oklahoma it's suppose to be 70's today....bottom drops out tonight though and low is 30's. 20's for the remainder of the week. YUCK! I need to love where it's warmer!  |
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Location: North Dakota | And I get to haul my horses to the farrier this evening, and to a barrel clinic tomorrow evening.
Sure glad this Arctic blast decided to show up in time for that ...... not. 
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | total performance - 2014-11-10 10:10 AM Here is Oklahoma it's suppose to be 70's today....bottom drops out tonight though and low is 30's. 20's for the remainder of the week. YUCK! I need to love where it's warmer!
I'm moving with you!!! |
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| I don't know how you do it. I was cold just really the article. We have had record highs here. |
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Location: In a happy place |
Ditto! |
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 The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | If not mistaken this cold front is going to effect all of the mainland. SO not sure you folks in the south are going to dodge this mother nature bullet! |
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Same here! I'm whining because the highs here will be in the 30s starting tomorrow! |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| heidiinaz - 2014-11-10 10:44 AM I don't know how you do it. I was cold just really the article. We have had record highs here.
I noticed your signature - I had a horse named COORS - he was MY BEST ever too - lost him to colic. |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | We got hit up here in Canada with a very cold low front |
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| I'm dreading it too. My horses have been putting crazy amounts of hair on and now I know why. I'm not a cold weather person, but here it comes! |
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| I worked all weekend to try to prepare for it. My husband goes back to work tomorrow and sometimes works long hours during the cold, so it leaves the kids and I to do all the work. It can be a chore to break ice and feed in the freezing cold with a 6 month old and a 5 yr old. LOL! |
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| According to my weather app the cold front here in AZ means 78 |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | It finally stopped snowing here as of now. The wind doesn't want to quit though. Horses all have lots of grass hay, my favorites have heavy blankets and they all have lots of warm water. I had to be at the Dr this morning, roads were snowpacked and slick. 10 day forcast doesn't look enjoyable.
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 Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | Currently were at two feet of snow and counting... |
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Location: Montana | Yeppers, got snow here, and whoever said this is January weather, hit the nail on the head. We got all the horses arranged and the water tanks prepped on Saturday preparing for this. I'm not ready for fall to be over with! Tonight's low is supposed to be -3 F and tomorrow's high is supposed to be 8 F.  Whoever is moving south, can I hitch a ride with you guys??? |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | heidiinaz - 2014-11-10 11:10 AM According to my weather app the cold front here in AZ means 78
Speak for your area of AZ. LOL. My end of AZ has been seeing Highs in the 40's and lows in the 20's. Had some flurries last week. Granted that's still much warmer than some others. I'm ready for Spring.... |
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| Yep we've got 10-12" of snow and we are in the 20s. Lows are single digits with windchills below zero. Just took my 2 hours to get out of my neighborhood. oiy not ready for this. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | We only got a couple inches and are sitting at 18 degrees right now. The roads were a little slick in some spots today...overall not too bad though. |
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | We were around 78 today...dropping to 32 tonight and in 20's with wicked wind chills for rest of week for lows in teens...i say wind chills because here in west Texas it blows 20-30mph ...right now its blowing so hard its causing the doors on my fireplace to open n close with the vent closed on my fireplace lol horses are tucked in inside the barn though brought out the heated buckets and winter blankets but didnt put any on tonight but probably will tomorrow night...everyone stay safe and warm!! |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Ctrygirl14 - 2014-11-10 3:15 PM
Currently were at two feet of snow and counting...
Garrison Keillor must be overjoyed. He loves to talk about the miserable weather there. |
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Location: Central Montana | It is not too bad here in central Montana tonight. It is about 12 degrees at 10PM. The wind is still so there is no windchill, or next to none.
Blanketed both of my horses today, more for my peace of mind than the fact that they were cold because neither were a bit chilled and took off when I tried to blanket.......I didn't take a rope or halter with me.
The worst part for me personally is that it rained for about 2 hours last night before it started snowing, so, the roads were super icy today and it is about a 30 mile drive to work. We didn't get more than a dusting of snow last night but it is starting to come down tonight. |
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Location: In the rockies. | GoinJettin - 2014-11-11 10:18 AM It is not too bad here in central Montana tonight. It is about 12 degrees at 10PM. The wind is still so there is no windchill, or next to none.
Blanketed both of my horses today, more for my peace of mind than the fact that they were cold because neither were a bit chilled and took off when I tried to blanket.......I didn't take a rope or halter with me.
The worst part for me personally is that it rained for about 2 hours last night before it started snowing, so, the roads were super icy today and it is about a 30 mile drive to work. We didn't get more than a dusting of snow last night but it is starting to come down tonight.
Its so hard on animals when it rains before it turns cold.
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| Yesterday was 70 and beautiful here in southeast Iowa. I rode my horses for a little bit and then went coon hunting last night. It was gorgeous! I was even sweating!
This morning, it was 31 degrees, raining/sleeting and then it snowed.  |
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Location: Oklahoma | It was 78 in OKC yesterday, beautiful... this morning with the windchill my house was 16. My stud is blanketed.... my mares are not...but they came from South Dakota and Missouri so I'm sure they're just fine. |
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| ~BINGO~ - 2014-11-10 1:33 PM heidiinaz - 2014-11-10 11:10 AM According to my weather app the cold front here in AZ means 78 Speak for your area of AZ. LOL. My end of AZ has been seeing Highs in the 40's and lows in the 20's. Had some flurries last week. Granted that's still much warmer than some others. I'm ready for Spring....
Are you In Flag? |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Well winter just hit here in Seguin Texas, just starting to blow in at 8;45 am , this sucks now I will have to use the heater for a few days. And get some of my favorite plants in the house at the end of the week we are getting a freeze  |
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Location: SW MO | It was 72 yesterday ( here in SW MO) this morning it was 30 with freezing misty & the wind was blowing about 30 mph. It sure felt like winter. That was the high for today it's supposed to be 20 tonight.
But that sure beats 2 ft of snow.
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Location: Texas | I am sorry, but in early spring I would be selling out and moving south. Our heat can be bad, but that is why central air and arena lights were invented. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | RocketPilot - 2014-11-11 6:17 PM I am sorry, but in early spring I would be selling out and moving south. Our heat can be bad, but that is why central air and arena lights were invented.
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Location: Red Raiderland | Southtxponygirl - 2014-11-11 7:31 PM RocketPilot - 2014-11-11 6:17 PM I am sorry, but in early spring I would be selling out and moving south. Our heat can be bad, but that is why central air and arena lights were invented. Boy now thats a big Ditto
TRIPLE DITTO ON THAT!!   |
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Location: SE Louisiana | RocketPilot - 2014-11-11 6:17 PM
I am sorry, but in early spring I would be selling out and moving south. Our heat can be bad, but that is why central air and arena lights were invented.
Awww, that's not so bad... My first job milking cows was about 100 miles up the road from her and I remember the winter (Jan) of 82 we had -20 with a 20 mph wind and 15 inches of snow on the ground... I went through some cold winters in Missouri but the worst one was in Idaho. We had snow a week after Thanksgiving and it was still on the ground on the 15th of April... That was when I decided I'd had enough of cold weather and came south the following September. |
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Location: on my horse | Currently -15 here in my part of Idaho, blowing snow and windy. I want to cry, anybody in the southern states feeling like adopting me and Bert? |
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| 78 yesterday. 47* right now with it dropping into the 30's tonight. It rained yesterday and last night too. I hate the winter. By next Wednesday we are supposed to be in the upper 60's with lows in the 50's. Talk about confusing weather! |
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Location: Idahome | redmansmyman11 - 2014-11-12 12:32 AM Currently -15 here in my part of Idaho, blowing snow and windy. I want to cry, anybody in the southern states feeling like adopting me and Bert?
You must be in the mountains. I am in southern Idaho and we didn't get any snow, but the wind chill was -7 this morning. The horses didn't seem too cold, but I think they were happy to get extra hay this morning to keep warm. |
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| I talked to my friend yesterday, who has moved south of Houston. Said she was freezing and that she was going to blanket her horses......it was in the mid 50s!!!
Seriously??!! I was out yesterday and was too warm in a lightweight, long sleeved shirt and it was in the 50s. Now it is in the 30s and looking forward to lows in the 20s and teens.....it is too freakin early for this crap!!
Global warming anyone?
Looks like I need to break out the tanks warmers and timers.. Forget that breaking the ice.
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 A very grounded girl
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Location: Moving soon..... | It's going to be 50's to low 30's for the next 7-8 days. I don't blanket my horses it's just not cold enough here. They were in Brady for 5 years so the weather around Bryan is just not as cold, although the dry humidity is a lot better than where I am now. I am a big chicken and could not live up north. Y'all are a lot braver than me. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | KylaKris - 2014-11-12 10:57 AM
redmansmyman11 - 2014-11-12 12:32 AM Currently -15 here in my part of Idaho, blowing snow and windy. I want to cry, anybody in the southern states feeling like adopting me and Bert?
You must be in the mountains. I am in southern Idaho and we didn't get any snow, but the wind chill was -7 this morning. The horses didn't seem too cold, but I think they were happy to get extra hay this morning to keep warm.
I started out in King Hill... Then moved to Wendell then to Jerome... Like I said, the last winter I was there it stayed below freezing for 4 months... That was enough to drive me south... |
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Location: on my horse | komet. - 2014-11-12 4:29 PM
KylaKris - 2014-11-12 10:57 AM
redmansmyman11 - 2014-11-12 12:32 AM Currently -15 here in my part of Idaho, blowing snow and windy. I want to cry, anybody in the southern states feeling like adopting me and Bert?
You must be in the mountains. I am in southern Idaho and we didn't get any snow, but the wind chill was -7 this morning. The horses didn't seem too cold, but I think they were happy to get extra hay this morning to keep warm.
I started out in King Hill... Then moved to Wendell then to Jerome... Like I said, the last winter I was there it stayed below freezing for 4 months... That was enough to drive me south...
Welcome to Jerome lol it gets really cold and really windy out there on the flats |
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Night Watchman
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Location: Central Montana | It is negative 2 here and not quite 10 PM yet tonight. It felt COLD tonight. Thank God there is no wind.
I get a kick out of the people that just have to blanket or sheet their horses if it gets below 50, 45, whatever, that isn't even freezing yet. My "kids" need all the hair they can grow and still got their blankets when it hovered around 10.
40's is still shorts and fip flop weather for a lot of folks around here (not me, I don't wear short usually even when it gets over a 100.) Heck, there were people wearing sandals (flip flops) to work today......................
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