EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

It's wintertime in Oklahoma, 9 degrees here at home this morning wind chill -11. Supposed to get down below Zero for a couple of days before it is over, it is the longest really cold spell I remember.   This would be mild for lots of the northern folks but it is uncommon here, I can dress for it and be comfortable out doing the chores, but having to make exceptions to get water for a couple of horses that are penned (there is a small wet weather branch the loose horses and mules water from)  and feeding the slurry feed to the dogs is unhandy. Gathered up all the dogs feed pans this morning so I wouldn't have to search for them under the snow.
Looking at the weather map the storm is going to reach all the way across Texas and lots of those folks normally have way less winter weather than we do. It will sure enough be an adjustment for those people.

Yessir.  It’s something we ain’t use too here in central Louisiana neither man.   I’m always hollerin about the summer being miserable to hunt in.   Lol.   Well my son told me unless a pack comes a rootin in the front yard   We ain’t messing with it this weekend.   Y’all stay hunkered down and it’ll be gone this time next week. 


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We are definitely not used to it down here in the southern part of east Texas. We’re under a winter storm warming with 5 to 8 inches of snow possible tonight. Temps in the teens tonight and possibly single digits tomorrow night. Roads are already icing over and being closed... it oughta be an interesting week.

It’s definitely different. You can bet if your dogs are visible that you better have plenty of insulation for them and cover because the tree huggers are definitely going to be calling about it. In this case I agree though, they should have good shelter and insulation. If they can’t get out to feed and water themselves or find a warm dry place to get then it’s our job as pet owners to do it. Myself I can’t sleep if my animals aren’t fed, watered, or taken care of.


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  Clue, Do yall have the frost free faucets. Here we normally just leave the water running on every faucet and wrap them good. That dosent work well by the kennel because pups running loose  normally chew the insulation off. Normally we are ok unless the electricity goes off which it normally does if we have a ice storm which is rare. That year we had 8 inches of snow just about shut the whole south down. The branches that came down left a mess like a hurricane came through. I spent 2 winters in No. Mn.   They can have that weather. I will never ever complain about a Louisiana winter again.

Yes Mike, all  our outside faucets are the frost free ones, so that's one problem we don't have to contend with. Growing up we would have to put heat lamps in the well house, turn the water off to the house and drain everything and still would have to roll up feed sacks and light them to thaw the outside faucets. Frost free faucets are a modern convenience I really appreciate. IT IS 1 DEGREE HERE THIS MORNING WITH WIND CHILLS AT BETWEEN    -15 AND  -20.

It’s 13 here with a -2 degree wind chill and everything covered in snow... we dang sure ain’t used to this!

Yeah this snow and ice is pretty neat to look at and experience for all of about 10 mins, and then I’m over it  :D. I’m ready for some normal Louisiana weather again.  Now my kids ain’t been inside since they got up at daylight except to warm up and go right back out.

Here in NW LA it’s 17 and wind chill of 3. Not as much snow as we had back in December but it’s more than I wanted! LOL!! Praying and hoping we keep electricity this time though.

-9 here this morning with -18 wind chill, glad the wind let up some, they had predicted the wind chills to be around -25. More snow coming tonight but the temps will go back up a little. An hour north of us it is lots colder. For the sake of the stock and critters I'll be glad when this "norther" is gone.

It’s 3 degrees here. Supposed to get up to 27. We have another good chance of snow tonight and tomorrow.


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It’s sure been tough all week Clue , on man and beast. We’ve been working 12-14 hour days at the plant, trying to keep it going. Doesn’t leave much time to take care of the cows  and horses and the dogs too. Supposed to start warming up tomorrow and I’m ready for it. Hope everyone has fared good during this arctic blast. I know a bunch have been without electricity.

12-14 hrs and then go home and feed everything is some really long days especially in this cold. Well it was 1 degree here this morning but according to the weather reports we are over the hump now.

Started thawing yesterday, then crusted over with a hard freeze last night. Got a lot more thawed today, and after tomorrow there'll probably just be snow in the shady spots. Dumped all the ice out of the buckets and troughs this evening and filled everything up with water went back to dry feed, hope that is the last really big freeze this year.

We had our last freeze this morning at 24 degrees. I plan on hunting tomorrow... it’s supposed hit 70. Poor dogs are gonna have a heat stroke after this week hahahaha!!!

We lost power for three days and our house is 100% electric so it got cold...had to fire up the generator and finding gas was a chore to keep it running...luckily we filled our vehicles and gas cans prior to the freeze...still, finding gas to keep the generator running 24-7 was not easy...there was food and water shortages as well...

I helped a few with a couple of cases of water...helped 3 more families with pvc fittings and piping...
Supplies were hard to come by...

Even before the freeze it was not easy finding insulation...I used house insulation and tie a wraps...

I keep a stack of wire cages in my garage...during cold weather we set them up and the 8 dogs will spend the nights in the insulated double garage sometimes during the day if cold enough...it is a pain feeding, watering and exercising them several times a day...

During the freeze we were told to work from home but the laptop ran out of power...most chemical plants if not all were not able to stay running during the freeze...

I do remember the coldest ever in my 65 years was back in 1989...my wife had shot her first buck and it stayed frozen sold for at least 3 or 4 days...that is cold for this neck of the woods...

Old Man...I remember them days...blocking and draining the water before a freeze and the next morning as it warmed up we would wrap a rag on a stick and add a little fuel and made a torch and we started thawing out water lines until the water started flowing...even though that was 90 miles northwest from here it froze in that area quite a bit more than here in Freeport...

Having said that...back all through the 1970’s and 1980’s we performed freeze protection on a regular basis  in the chemical plants...1990 comes around and they very seldom implement freeze protection...many  employees have never experienced it and those that have haven’t done it very often...

we got 6-8 inches and got down in the single digits a night or 2 . had a calf born on the coldest night , i don't know how he didn't freeze to death .

had 3 in the community that fell through the ice , daddys heifer didn't make it .

was 60 today, gonna be a muddy mess now .