Recent Midwest Snow - Midwest Resilence!!!

[JPope]

(For those of you who are not aware, North Dakota, Minnesota and southwestern Montana got hit with their first blizzard of the season a couple of weeks ago)







This text is from county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota state after the storm.







Amusing...







WEATHER BULLETIN







Up here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 24" inches of snow and winds to 50 MPH that broke trees in half, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.







George Bush did not come... . FEMA staged nothing... . No one howled for the government... No one even uttered an expletive on TV... Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards..... No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House... . No news anchors moved in.







We just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Aladdin lamps and put on an extra layer of clothes.







Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early... we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.







Everybody is fine.

 

[KBennett]

Classic! :-laf

 

[Dl5treez]

We got hit pretty good, too.



They were showing on the news, true story, about a guy outisde of Gary, SD who had no power, no phone service, no pumpable water, and no gas at his farm.



His solution? Cut up all the downed trees w/ a chainsaw and burn the branches for fire wood.



He said "I've got plenty of food, clothes, drinking water, and a wood stove. See you in April. "

 

[Greenleaf]

I love it!! Good for you.



-S

 

[Duluth Diesel]

That's good stuff right there. Love it. I hear people complain about the cold and snow up here, and I just say that you can't live up here and whine about the cold. Move south if it makes you so negative and bitter. Me? I'd love nothing more than a straight-up 3 foot dumping of snow in one shot. Bring it on. My tires are 3 feet tall, let's see what 3 feet of snow feels like.

 

[jwilliams3]

I wish we could get some good snow out here in Indiana.

 

[Jeff H]

Winter kills more people than hurricanes and lighting strikes combined. Winters last 4 5 months. Huricanes maybe a couple weeks through its journey. Makes ya wonder how we survive up here?