Posted on 04/13/2022 2:29:49 PM PDT by george76
While it’s not entirely unusual for the Northern Plains to observe a snowstorm this late in the season, it’s the intensity of the latest storm, which is battering parts of North Dakota and eastern Montana today, that is truly “historic,” according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
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NWS said a “historic blizzard” has begun to impact the Northern Plains on Wednesday and will continue through Thursday. Heavy snow and strong winds will produce whiteout conditions. Travel across parts of eastern Montana and western and central North Dakota will be severely impacted. The regional snowfall total estimates could be as much as three feet.
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What’s concerning is the Northern Great Plains is an integral part of the nation’s food supply, with vasts land devoted to crops and livestock. NWS warns, “significant impacts to livestock are possible.” As the growing season begins, the snow could delay plantings or disrupt what was already planted. This all comes as global food prices are at a record high and supply chains are still mangled.
Yeah I love those people that say they don’t like living in the deep South because they “like to experience all 4 seasons”
I tell ‘em I’m glad they’re happy living where they can enjoy that.
None for me thanks.
We had a week once where it snowed 2 feet every day for 8 days. The neighborhood was crisscrossed with the kids’ snow tunnels. I do nothing but laugh when I see amount of snow that it takes to paralyzes the East Coast.
Alarmism.
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Yep.
Corn & beans in SW WI often aren’t in until May. It can be too muddy to plow in March and the last frost is often May 23.
I am now in Central WI and because the land here is sandy (Old Glacial Lake Wisconsin), the farmers irrigate their row crops, if necessary. We are half a zone North of where we used to live and some folks think it’s risky to plant out the garden before June.
Snow will water the winter wheat. If a crop of winter wheat is not up to par, it can still be turned under to amend the soil for the summer crop.
None for me....thanks anyway 👌
;>)
I was stuck in a similar storm in that area roughly 35 years ago...it was pretty much gone in a few days.
we had a few whiffs of snow here in eastern Washington yesterday....today sunny but cold....38 degrees about 1000 am....
I like snow….in winter.
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We were 61 here in W. Pa. still not warm enough for me - once in the 70’s I’m a happy camper.
Sure ya do.
It took about a week to get out of all that snow as there was two days of it - some wondered if it was ever going to stop and it was a heavy snow. That was the worst I’d known.
Me neither - I hibernate in the wnter as it is. Add a wild snowstorm and I’m like a bear snoozing til it passes LOLOL.
Gag me!
We had the Chinook winds in Montana that could raise the temperatures from -20 to +40 in a matter of hours. That was something to experience because it could go the other way equally fast too.
I like it until it stops.
I liked it as a kid in New England,loved sledding and tobogganing. Added bonus was when school would be cancelled.
Fast forward to adulthood: shoveling out the car, driving to work on slippery roads, etc.
Very little snow here on the Oregon Coast, think I'll stay here.
My Father told how he and his dad tunneled from the house to the animal housing structures, barn etc in the winters pre-WW2 in North Dakota. In 1977-78 in the same general area, snow drifts 2-3 stories tall piled up. When I left there I moved to the Lake Tahoe area, my landlord owned a mechanic repair shop where he restored classic cars. He showed me pictures of them tunneling out from a hole in the roof they cut so they could go home. That was in the mid 1970’s. When I lived there, and broke an axle on my flatbed truck, it snowed about 2 feet an hour. There have been record snow levels in the North cascades 4 years running, just a few years ago they had record rain and snow in California, but didn’t figure out how to store it. I live West of Mt Rainier. We have had three flood events the fall, winter and now spring season, not from snow melt, but from rain in the lowlands plus snow in the mountains. We have had snow on the ground 5 days running, at 100 feet above sea level in Western WA. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Glowbull warming....please hurry up.
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