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["Frank Fries" <frank.fries AT imagewireless.ca>]

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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