Whiteout
A full day of snow, probably about a foot in all. It started overnight, this pic is early afternoon, over 12 hours in. The winds were pretty high, guess it qualifies as a blizzard, but overall, not bad! The main concern is snow load on the greenhouse and the Milkhouse roof, but the wind has kept the snow moving, and there’s no big build-up so far. For storms in general, the worst non-disaster situation is the power going out (especially in the winter when there are seedlings in the electricity-heated Milkhouse). Outages aren’t a big problem here, but when it goes and it’s cold, things can get miserable. Here on the farm, this storm seems like no problem!
Tags: snow, storm
Somewhat related posts: • Riding the weather • Slightly snowbound • Winter watch: the greenhouse • Barn, Milkhouse, snow load • Monitoring spring melt-off
Somewhat related posts: • Riding the weather • Slightly snowbound • Winter watch: the greenhouse • Barn, Milkhouse, snow load • Monitoring spring melt-off
Steve Mudge said,
December 20, 2007 @ 9:55 pm
Looks bleak and beautiful…the greenhouse must be a neat place to hide out in during the snows–how warm does it stay on its own? Are you growing winter crops in there?