Re: We never used to get very cold.

Posted by M Nut on January 29, 2019 at 23:50:26 from (50.124.193.245):

In Reply to: We never used to get very cold. posted by showcrop on January 29, 2019 at 19:43:58:

I know what you’re saying, but I also know it IS life threatening cold here in MN. I haven’t seen as many winters as some of you, but I’ve seen enough to
know this is nothing to fool with. It was -28 air temp, -55 windchill when I was working on the automatic cattle waterer last night, and it is much colder
now at 1:30 am. It was so cold, the valve would freeze inside every time a cow pushed down a ball to get a drink. Then when we got enough water
coming through to keep it from freezing shut, it froze the valve open and began to flood the coral area. Finally had to put portable coral panels around it
to keep the cows away, got it to seal up and stop pumping water, and covered it with a heavy old horse blanket. Going to use a tank and hose tomorrow
to be able to water the cows. I’ll have to monitor it closely, but not many other options. It was installed in 1993 and has never froze up like this before.
Called my parents and told them they don’t go outside without calling my brother or I first to go out with them. My brother and I agreed neither of us
goes out alone for any reason. Call and the other will come out too so no one is outside alone. If a person where to slip and fall, get knocked down by a
cow, etc, you’d be dead in a very short amount of time. Dad’s cousin froze to death about 15 years ago when his car stalled on a remote country road
on a very cold night. No cell phones then, and he was disabled so couldn’t walk for help. Another fellow I know lost both hands and both feet to extreme
frost bite when his snowmobile crashed in a ditch in a remote area. He tried walking for help, and was found at 4am frozen to the surface of the road.
His family was told he wouldn’t survive, but by some miracle he did, but at a great cost to his body. In both cases, it wasn’t as cold as it is now, but an
accident occurred with tragic outcomes. Accidents can still happen today, and I’m not taking chances. It’s simply not worth it. Cold can, and does, kill.

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