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Got rain? - Don McDowell - 05-24-2015
Funny how momma nature can screw around with you.. In Feb and March we were in an extreme drought, the livestock business in this part of the country was in serious jepordy. Then in April there started to be some moisture, and it raised everybody's hopes.
Now here we are in May and so far this month we're right at 12 inches of precipitation, just for the month of May. Now that might not sound like a lot to some parts of the country, but considering our average yearly percip is 14-16 inches,,
Enjoying this moisture, but I'm hoping she doesn't make us stretch it 3 years, like the last time she gave us a wet spring...
RE: Got rain? - powderburner - 05-24-2015
we have had more rain in the last two weeks than in the last 5 years , kinda nice to see but sure is hard on shooting
RE: Got rain? - Don McDowell - 05-24-2015
Hard on the shooting part for dang sure.. Looking more and more like Carol and I are going to tackle the midrange championship on Worland next week, gaining sight settings as we go...
RE: Got rain? - Old Jim - 05-24-2015
In April, we got an inch of rain each week. In May, about the same. Yesterday we finished getting the house roof'd, just before it rained , again. Everything in Bonnie's little garden is green and growing. Gota keep the rabbits outa there though.... Do I smell rabbit stew
!. ?Jim
RE: Got rain? - Lumpy Grits - 05-25-2015
We sure could use some of that rain in Ca.
Gary
RE: Got rain? - Don McDowell - 05-25-2015
Right now if we had to go to Worland, it'ld be something of a bugger getting there. Wind River Canyon is closed, indefinetly due to rock/mud slides, Shell canyon is having slides. Going over Powder River pass is alright at the moment altho if it's like on top of Beartooth, the roads are closed there due to blizzard conditions.. So the only good way at the moment would be go to Hardin or Billings and come in from the north....
Oh yeah and it's been raining since about midnight here again.. We can't even practice the 22's as the firing line is under water.
RE: Got rain? - Lumpy Grits - 05-25-2015
Then you'll also have to deal with the idiots that don't know how to drive in the rain.
Gary
RE: Got rain? - Kurt - 05-25-2015
Naw Gary. That only happens when they come from Cactus Country and drive on out snow covered roads
We got 1-3/4 inches last night again.
RE: Got rain? - Lumpy Grits - 05-25-2015
RE: Got rain? - Old Jim - 05-25-2015
Gary, we all know about the dry conditions and wonder how we could help. In our own enviornments we see water flowing by that ends-up at the oceans. A local fact from the banks of the mighty Mississippi river; the Army Corp. river gage station estimates about 100,000 gallons/sec flowing past; 24 hrs. a day, 12 months a year, on its way to New Orleans. It makes ya wonder.
We think about our buddies out there in CA.
Jim