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  • From: "Frank Fries" <frank.fries AT imagewireless.ca>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hello from Montana -
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:11:08 -0600

Lynda, We do have wind speeds that high - but I would not say routinely - perhaps only once or twice/month and less in the winter.

When that occurs, it would be winds of 50-60 mph - gusting to 70-85. More commonly, winds of 20-40. And of course we get lots of days with virtually no wind at ground level (<10 mph).

Generally the colder the temperature, usually the less the wind. Once it gets down to -40 F or lower, usually the wind is low (but unfortunately, not always).

Rene, Elevation makes a big difference. The snow late in the year is uncommon here. Mountain weather is much more volatile than on the flat where I live (continental climate).

Ray, You are right, we all speak with an accent up here. I really notice that at work when I phone some of our people down in Texas where they don't have an accent and compare their speech to mine <g>....

Frank
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
To: <outwest4us AT yahoo.com>; <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hello from Montana -


Just curious, coming from a place where the winds routinely hit 70-90 mph in
the winter and blow the rain up the side of building and through most any
little thing that might be a crack in a building, what kind of winds do you
get?

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "OutWest4Us" <outwest4us AT yahoo.com>


Hello to Everyone Up North! :-)

Yep, I can definently identify with everyone who lives in a cold climate,
whoa nelly! We live in the middle of the valley floor and the wind is
vicious more times than not.....normal winter temps hover between the teens
and single digits until January when we have 2-3 "arctic" weeks when the
temps usually hit 20-30 below zero and stay there. Trucks have to be plugged
in to be able to start the next day and thats IF they decide to cooperate.
It's a "hurry the heck up!" experience to run outside and bring in some
firewood during that time. Winter runs 6-7 months out of the year here with
snow not uncommon in April, May and June as well. I live near Yellowstone at
an elevation of 5,714 feet.

Bev......regarding the chicken situation, you see what the weather is like
here. We had a 10x12 insulated coop with 2 heat lamps. Winter was hard on
the chickens and when we lost most of them, it was during that arctic period
that I mentioned above.

Rene'




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