Is it just me, or does watching Doppler Radar make anyone else nervous for the safety of their horse. I can't wait for this stormy weather to be over, the stress of watching yellow and red blobs pass over my stable is giving me a condition.
Last night was terrible, I watched the guys on 10/11 diagnose the "bow echo" of the storm. Though the storm itself was little more than heavy rain by the time it got to Lincoln, the urgency with which the storm was discussed made me wish LEC had a storm cellar of stalls for our boys and girls.
How are all the rest of you faring? Under water? Lost buildings, trees?
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It is more comforting to have the radar technology available to us nowadays than wondering what is coming at us and not seeing it. The internet radar is even better as you can zoom in on your area and really see what is happening!!That really helps in timing when to get horses in the barn or if you can leave them out if it looks like it will miss you.
I find a bow echo discussion a lot easier to deal with than standing in the barn and seeing tornadic clouds hanging over you and wondering if you should try to run for the house with no basement, or run down the hill to a gully. That makes for some stressful minutes. Or those runs to the house where you are awfully glad to have helmets to protect the noggin from large hail stones.
We have been hit and miss on rain in our area. Got an inch and a half last night, some wind. We are still losing tree limbs due to stresses from the infamous Jan. 2007 ice storm. Will be years before they quit falling in the winds and storms that come through.
be prepared for more today. Least we aren't in the flood stages states to the east of us are.
Hey if anyone knows of any open shows in the eastern half of the state (Nebr.) this weekend, can you post a note here?? Between shows and it is getting kinda boring not having somewhere to go. State fair is on, but most of us are tired of dodging the semi's on the racetrack while trying to get from the barns to the show arena, so most aren't going.
Phew....it's been a long time, where has the summer gone? Time flys when you are having.....
I used to live in an area with copious tornados. We always had a debate....are you better off leaving the horses outside during a tornado or putting them in the barn?
I guess I always felt they were somewhat better off outside, obviously with a lean-to or trees so that they could get away from debris (hail) or they could jump the fence if they needed to do so. I always worried about them being trapped inside the barn if it collapsed, roof left for another state, etc.
I learned from reading after Hur. Katrina to label halters well....or braid tags in the mane. Probabaly applies to tornados as well. If a tornado tears down the fences, how do you know who's is what etc.?
What do you guys do?
Awesome idea! I never thought to wear my helmet between the house and the barn during a hail storm!
I have had two inches in the last 48 hours. Nice to have the rain. No storms though, which is nice. My husband has been called out to storm spot every day this week. He said he would have bet the farm there was going to be a tornado 2 mi. to the east of us on Monday, but it didn't happen. THANK YOU weather gods!
Hopefully we'll just get a nice rain today, no more hail, wind and storms!
Miss Margo-an excellent picture of Storm. Classic! Where did you find that??
Boy I would have thought wearing the helmet during a hail storm was something everyone did! Glad I could pass on that little tidbit of knowledge.
Last night here the sky turned green. That is usually a very bad sign. We had hanging clouds that had some rotation in them as well. Was not a pretty picture.
I put the horses away in storms if at all possible. I have been around horses that had eyes punched out by hail stones. Been around others that survived quite well in tornadoes and being in the barn. If the tornado is going to get you, it really won't matter where you put a critter if you can't get them underground. They probably won't jump a fence in their state of panic as they are more likely to run through it. So you are looking at massive wire cuts or broken legs in that deal. There is really no good way to protect animals outside. However, I always thought an underground barn would be sorta nice just for that reason, but then you have to worry about flooding and that sort of thing. We are lucky to have not had the numerous tornadoes we uusally get in this part of the state. I live in a very low spot, like a valley, with high hills on all sides. So far in history, the tornadoes seem to jump over the hills and miss the very low spots, sort of like a basement if you will.
I for one am HOPING for NO MORE rain. The ground is so soggy here that more just promotes flooding. We need some dry time between. We have enough right now the crops won't be thirsty and those hay farmers need the dry to get hay up.
How is everyone doing on getting hay for the winter. Prices are climbing mostly due to our overly wet weather and bad timing on cutting hay. For those who don't know, Grand Island is well over a foot above normal for rainfall. and we seem to add to it every other day or so.
J: Just did a search for Storm and got a whole bunch of photos. This one is the most demure.
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Comic pervs.
LEC is faring well so far, we lost a storm door, and have sustained some heavy rain into parts of our indoor. Other than that everyone is safe and sound!
HI Everyone!
Just a quick note fm Papillion Eq Ctr (PEC)--we are all still here--no real damage here but the horses are rather ticked that they can't go out and graze in the pastures until it dries up somewhat! There is no standing water, but Steve, Ted and Micah just can't keep up with grooming the outdoor arena and our round pen is OUT of COmmission--standing water in it-- til it dries up and there is NO more rain for a spell! We should count ourselves lucky in Eastern NEB that we didn't get a bunch of twisters like a few yrs ago! Meanwhile, if you do have a mushy outdoor arena, go trail riding! Make lemonade outa all those lemons! Take care everyone!
Dresagfan & Royal
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