Posted by j heitkemper on January 14, 2009 at 21:21:31 from (98.115.42.212):
In Reply to: Blizzard of '77 posted by geo in MI on January 14, 2009 at 07:25:26:
That nite Blizzard hit was Bowling Nite in Louisville , I had just turned 20 yrs old. at 6 p.m Temp was 35 ,and dropping fast with rain .As some 50 Guys left Lanesville IN. to bowl in Louisvile about 18 miles away ,. After 2nd Game Some of the Guys were saying "We got 4inches of Snow out there" ! , Ahhh !That can't be right. We had heard bad weather was comin In,But it was BOWLING League NITE !.. LOL ,Sure enuf by the time we left for Lanesville at 9;30 there was nearly a ft.The 1971 Caprice just marched 5 of us some 18 miles back to Lanesville ,bustin drifts all the way , pitiful visibility , And it was way after 10 when we got back .I Left My Mercury Convertible, after grabbing gloves and an old overcoat out of the bay at K&H tavern . B-I-L and I set out for his House . After 3 attempts up the hill slid the 72 Ford truck into the ditch, Walked home the last 1/8 mile, in slippery street shoes , Yuck!!.. temp was 10+ Wind Chill gusts of 30 mph ,THATS HOW YA FREEZE TO DEATH , Folks !!! Stayed at My sisters that nite, No electric that day and the next nite , Telephones worked . and so did the fireplace that we had just finished building that preceding summer . The 200 Hogs at Dad's were starting to have water and feed issues , Somehow , I had to get home to help Dad and Brother,.. Next Day woke to -15, Back home at the farm ,Since no electric working for Block Heaters or Battery chargers ... My Brother hand crank started the Magneto fired DC Case then pull started the 430 Case Diesel that had a Windgard , He then drove some 4 miles across fields to get to me . Temp was around zero with a wicked wind that had not let up in 3 days . We put some gas in Diesel to keep it from Gelling at B-I-L suggestion, Until then I had never heard of Such a practice <> .. Coming Home we observed Roads were clogged with snow 12 ft deep for 500 ft in serveral areas,..D-6 dozer plowed tru that nearly a week later,. Got home, ,And in Spite of feet Being nearly froze, went straight away to carrying water from pond in 5 gallon buckets up to finishing floor 330ft to those 200 hogs , Best way to warm ft slowly without severe pain is to let those hogs chew on your boots and Massage the pain Out. LOL!. Hogs satisfied, We all Came in, Ate a Very GOOD supper ,then Fell asleep exhausted in front of basement fireplace, ,.. , Next morning , Still no electric ! Hand cranked DC in -10 hooked up feed grinder mixer and shoveled shell corn from a flat wagon that never was binned ,,Dad fussin at me occassionally saying , "I knew ya should a ground feed before Ya went off Bowling ", And me answering Him with "I sure am glad We didn't put this load in the bin "LOL , finished grinding feed and went down to lower Hog Barn and instictly flipped on the lights ,,,Wow ! WE GOT ELECTRIC AGAIN EVERYBODY !!! ,, We just shoveled nearly a 100 bu of corn that we could had augered ,LOL,,,. Oh ,Another tidbit ,LOL,, MY Wonderful Nephew Richard was born Exactly 9 MONTHES LATER !! Gods Blessing to ALL , Jim
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