jestep Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 This was taken today by a friend of our family in South Dakota. I'm from Colorado so very familiar with snow, but for a 2 day storm, in October, this is ridiculous even by my standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 having come from illinois and had 2 weeks before where schools/businesses shut down to snow I agree, this is just crazy. I wanna go ride a sled through it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Reefer Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 How the hay do they shovel the driveways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 How the hay do they shovel the driveways? At that point you don't shovel you run the snow blower. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 or stay home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 They said the wind was blowing steady at over 70 mph, so stay home in this case. They have huge street size snowblowers for the roads as well. This storm is pretty much unprecedented for this time of year and that it came with tornadoes. I'd never heard of blizzard tornadoes until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 They said the wind was blowing steady at over 70 mph, so stay home in this case. They have huge street size snowblowers for the roads as well. This storm is pretty much unprecedented for this time of year and that it came with tornadoes. I'd never heard of blizzard tornadoes until now. calling a tornado as snow blower is kinda clever, but misses some of the terrifying aspects. unless they are remote controlled to just go down the streets and avoid trees, houses, and power lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 This is the reason I moved to Austin ... the lack of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 +1 I hate snow. That looks like a nightmare to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Pedretti Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Yeah I'm with y'all...I'll take the heat over that any day...I hate the cold anyways Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 The cattle got the worst of it (Forewarning, this is gruesome) : http://bigballsincowtown.com/storm2013.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 One more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Just awesome Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 The cattle got the worst of it (Forewarning, this is gruesome) : http://bigballsincowtown.com/storm2013.htm Those would be some exceptionally fresh frozen burgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Just playing devil's advocate here but why is this not on the news? I just Googled and got the into on the cattle but the only thing related to the snow is 2-4ft. Not the 15 or so the last picture shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Just playing devil's advocate here but why is this not on the news? I just Googled and got the into on the cattle but the only thing related to the snow is 2-4ft. Not the 15 or so the last picture shows. I think in this case the wind blew it all in this area and when they blew it off the road it made the pile on the sides about 10ft. Nothing that I read stated more than 4ft of standing snow. They also did say that the cow fatalities are likely to be in the tens of thousands. I've actually lost several family members in SD blizzards trying to save cattle, although a long time ago. You get those blizzards out on the plains and it's almost indescribable. Wind chill can get to 80 - 100 below zero and visibility less than a foot. I've personally been in -60 up there although in December. My hometown in Colorado is right next to the #3 coldest town in the US and we would regularly see -30, but there's still no comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 And just in case anyone is not cold enough looking at snow, here's our antenna ball at xmas a few years ago. This was 1 night worth of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makena95GT Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Well that last photo is pretty old.. I've seen it all over the internet for what feels like years now. "Snow road Canda" first picture on google lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vatthanax Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Fresh powder!!! Miss snowboarding!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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