>>>Too much for here, my roof would cave in.<<<
Hey, too much for a lot of roofs around here too...
We have had a church, a warehouse and several chicken houses collapse from the snow load.
With an unknown amount of additional snow on the way tonight and all day tomorrow, it is a critical issue. Our local WalMart has been CLOSED since Sunday - They checked and found that their roof was only designed for 18” snow load (however it has held up under the 27” so far) and they closed the store and are trying to shovel it off before additional falls.
Son-in-Law got off for 12 hours (after 4 days, they gave them 12 hours to see to the welfare of their families) and went back to the National Guard Emergency Control Center (where he works)at midnight last night. They are under the largest activation since riots in Wilmington in 1968. They no longer have any tracked vehicles such as the bladed tanks they used in the past, and a couple of years ago they disbanded a combat construction unit and got rid of about 50 heavy loaders that would have been perfect for the job at hand. So, they have been running their 5 ton rigs and have had several of them stuck at times. They finally had to put the 5 ton trucks running with the snow plows to pull the plows out every time they got stuck.
Right now, 90-95% of the roads are passable, but we will have to see how much more snow we get 8-12 or as some are calling for - 18” more!
Wife was finally home last night - I picked her up and took her back this morning at 7 am - they have asked her to stay overnight again tonight and work through tomorrow and until they can get relief in for her. Some of their workers still haven’t been able to get in - even though the roads are passable, many have driveways that are daunting.
Christi says that she thought snow would be lots of fun, but this is too much - Florida was better... LOL
Will let you know how things progress....
Please be safe and maybe stay warm.
A hug for the wife and son in law, and thank them for staying on the job, to be there for all of us.
Or Maybe it should be their families who get the thanks, for they are the ones who make it possible.
Light rain here and very cold.
Very little snow here. Fields bare for the most part. Putting in another seed order. Ordered my corn seed from Vesseys. A little pricier than some stores but they raise most of their seed farther north than I am situated so I feel good about using their seed here.
Any suggestions for tomato seeds? Haven’t been happy with my choices for a couple of years. As always I am ordering the bulk of seeds from Fedco as their prices are the best I have seen for many years.