Early snow kills thousands of cattle in SD

Associated Press ^ | Oct 7, 2013 7:10 PM EDT | Chet Brokaw

[Olog-hai]

A record-breaking storm that dumped 4 feet of snow in parts of western South Dakota left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, as they assess how many of their cattle died during the unseasonably early blizzard.

Meanwhile, utility companies were working to restore power to tens of thousands of people still without electricity Monday after the weekend storm that was part of a powerful weather system that also buried parts of Wyoming and Colorado with snow and produced destructive tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa. At least four deaths were attributed to the weather, including a South Dakota man who collapsed while cleaning snow off his roof. …

[Hot Tabasco]

After the snow melts they will bring out semis to haul off the dead cattle

Ravines are death traps for cattle that instinctively migrate to them thinking they're going to get shelter.......

[GregB]

Where do you live in PA? I am in Jimmy Stewart land!!!

[ZULU]

Its do to global warming.

Ask Algore.

[Rannug]

I think 8” is about it. I wondered about the removed posts also. Must be someone more heartless than me on here. ;-)

[Darksheare]

23 Everest, city dweller who doesn’t know a darn thing about farming or weather.

[Darksheare]

Hopefully when they retread they will post proofs that Rapid City is wherever they thought it was!
That’ll be a laugh!

[Tammy8]

You are a troll and I am not sure how the mods missed you, it is plain as day. Please don’t send me any more private mail, if you have something to say to me post it in the thread but I do not want to communicate with you any more. Before I read enough of your posts to determine you are a troll I was trying to educate you so you did not sound so ignorant.

[shibumi]

"Dude, Rapid City is now where near the state of SD."

"My dog here in California has been growing an thicker coat since Sept."

"Were not talking about physics reading hear."

"BTW, if the farmer’s almanac can predict a cold winter, I think the animals know it’s coming."

"You see any pictures of the dead cattle? They aren’t migratory?""

The Official FreeRepublic Award for Ill Mannered Illiteracy goes to .....

Oh, wait.

He's gone. (sigh)

And we never really got the chance to become ~really~ good FRiends.

(Perhaps he migrated, along with his cattle. And his coconuts.)

[shibumi]

"23 Everest, city dweller who doesn’t know a darn thing about farming or weather."

Not really strong in the English language either. See post #248.

[Darksheare]

Yup.
Saw that too.

[9YearLurker]

My heart goes out to the cows as well.

Not a good way to go.

[shibumi]

I think I figured out why there aren't any pictures of the dead cattle.

This is an actual photo from Rapid City this morning.

The cattle are under the snow.

[central_va]

[shibumi]

I guess they're still fresh.

"I think we've got an eater!"

[central_va]

Packed in ice.

[Darksheare]

Yowch.
I haven’t personally seen that much snow.
Of course, NY would end up an apocalyptic wasteland if it ever received that much snow.
[Buffalo, you’re excluded, you don’t count!]

Wonder what else is undert that snow?
[Hey, 23... you see that snow? I bet you think that ain’t there either, right?]

[BreezyDog]

Why am I a blanket of stupidity?

[Darksheare]

Not you, “23 everest” the idiot who believes that Rapid City South Dakota is not in South Dakota.
Reaganaut pinged you to their response to 23 Everest.

[Darksheare]

“Isn't it their business to forecast with reliable models? “

Weather prediction is alot like rolling dice.
There are variables that the models cannot take into account.
So the prediction often does not equal the outcome.

Several snowstorms here in New York occurred with only a 12 to 23% chance of snow.

[BreezyDog]

Okay, just checking, that’s what I thought.