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Something big must be heading our way in Colorado. (Original Post) Laffy Kat Apr 2021 OP
Winter storm! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #1
Thanks, Sheltie. Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #2
Yikes! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #3
You know what concerns me the most in your neck of the woods... Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #9
Thanks for the heads up on hat Laffy! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #12
Take good care, Laffy Kat. calimary Apr 2021 #4
Oh, I will. And this is typical for Colorado in April. Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #10
Hi, Laffy Kat. There's a pinned thread in the NC group from the NWS website. littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #5
I know it's going to snow multigraincracker Apr 2021 #6
Yep, my body seems to be an accurate predictor....usually. Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #8
I can verify that there is certainly wintery weather on the way to you... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #7
It does seem to be headed our way. Laffy Kat Apr 2021 #11
Indeed, it's only risen to 26F so far... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #13
The wind absolutely howled lateyesterday afternoon MontanaMama Apr 2021 #14
Almost three weeks ago... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #15

Laffy Kat

(16,355 posts)
2. Thanks, Sheltie.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 03:28 AM
Apr 2021

It's pretty typical for April. You're the one with the tornadoes. You stay safe, too.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. Yikes!
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 04:11 AM
Apr 2021

Yes, tornados and hail and high winds (for here - 20+ mph causes massive power outages). We've had some major storms the last couple of weeks, but no power outage, thus far. Fingers crossed. (It's no wonder with the way the power company crews leave equipment freely dangling from power lines, etc. Truly surreal.)

Thanks for the well wishes, my friend.

Glad to hear you are likely pepared.

Laffy Kat

(16,355 posts)
9. You know what concerns me the most in your neck of the woods...
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 08:10 AM
Apr 2021

There are occasional tornadoes at night when everyone is asleep. I think that's one reason they are more deadly down there. I can remember some intense thunderstorms in the middle of the night growing up there. Here in Colorado, we get T-storms and tornadoes, yet they are almost always in the late afternoon.

So you take care, my dear.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
12. Thanks for the heads up on hat Laffy!
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 08:49 AM
Apr 2021

We had an ugly one during the day a couple of weeks ago. Sirens were blaring for over an hour. But here, wth are you supposed to do? No basements.

I usually just take a nap.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
5. Hi, Laffy Kat. There's a pinned thread in the NC group from the NWS website.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 04:54 AM
Apr 2021

It automatically updates weather warnings so you can check out USA weather* when ever you want. Think of it as a way to verify that feeling in the bones some of us are alerted by, even before we see the maps.

If you are looking for remedies, I have a heated mattress pad that serves as a total body heating pad and it works wonders for talking bones. I use it all year long but it's especially nice in the wintertime.

Stay safe out there!



❤ pants

* https://www.democraticunderground.com/10697503

Laffy Kat

(16,355 posts)
8. Yep, my body seems to be an accurate predictor....usually.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 08:01 AM
Apr 2021

What I can't understand is why sometimes I experience severe inflammation--like now, but every now and then it doesn't bother me at all. I wonder if the barometric pressure has to fall to a certain level before I feel it.

2naSalit

(86,054 posts)
7. I can verify that there is certainly wintery weather on the way to you...
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 07:24 AM
Apr 2021

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Up here in Montana, it was a beautiful, sunny almost 70F yesterday for hours and by 4 pm it was raining, by 6pm it was snowing like crazy and it's currently 25F and snowing, still. Not much accumulation in the valley but I hope the mountains got a lot more.We're still under winter weather hazard warnings until 3pm tonight. Not gonna get warmer for a few days.

2naSalit

(86,054 posts)
13. Indeed, it's only risen to 26F so far...
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 11:18 AM
Apr 2021

Might get to high 30s today. I want to get going with the garden! This is driving me crazy.

MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
14. The wind absolutely howled lateyesterday afternoon
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 11:31 AM
Apr 2021

and into the evening and we woke up to snow as well. It’s 35 right now so I’m hopeful it melts...but damn it was a weather rodeo last night. I’m glad I denied the urge to take the storm panels off my chicken coop yesterday.

2naSalit

(86,054 posts)
15. Almost three weeks ago...
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 11:43 AM
Apr 2021

The grocery in town had Walla Walla Sweet onion starts for sale so I bought two bunches which I realized needed to be planted within a few days. So I put them in a planter out back, a converted horse trough with at least ten inches from top of soil to top of the trough and keep it covered with two layers of heavy, translucent plastic. I pull it off and water them every few days but they seem to be keeping themselves warm under there. As long as it doesn't get down into the teens they should be okay. I prefer sweet onions but finding starts to grow them is really hard. If I can keep these alive for the next week or three, I'll have about a hundred of them which leaves plenty to share and trade.

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