Thats really great that you live in community were everyone is willing to help out like that !

But with severe weather like you have, one would almost have to.

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity!

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With the people stranded in their vehicles what do you do with them when you help them?..

This suddenly reminded me of a half-century ago, when I was little! My father drove a plow in the winter (as did many when there was a blizzard that "used up" the usual DPW drivers and made it necessary for volunteers who could drive whichever equipment had plows on the front to step up as the DPW folks grabbed a few hours of sleep), and I had forgotten about the neighbors (individuals as well as public places and private businesses) who welcomed folks in to get dry and warm and fed while they waited for the big equipment to pull their vehicles out of the drifts or piles where they were stuck.

None of this has changed. Most of my family lives around Boston, and the only change, really, is that it's not my dad who is doing it.

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Thats really great that you live in community were everyone is willing to help out like that ! ... But with severe weather like you have, one would almost have to. ...

Yes. City, country, suburbs -- neighbors (in every sense of the word) are everywhere.

Those pics are amazing!!! We have just had rain here, no snow yet, knock on wood. Those early season blizzards always catch people off guard.

i was running around mills, NE thurs, about 3 hrs east and a little south of carol, and worried about the weather (but a woman has to do what a woman has to do!!), and while i discovered that ppl in that country don't believe in identifying county roads, OR GRAVEL!!, i ran into just flurries/rain or both. thank heavens. but the winds were VICIOUS.

we got off light compared to the western dakotas, just cold, wind and a skiff of snow. there was balck ice (the worst) in sioux city that caused some wrecks and 3 fatalities that i know of; the roads around here aren't bad at all.

shock to the system though, going from 70 to 30 in one day

Our main roads are clear now, the gravel roads are packed and plowed and now we are going around clearing driveways. Well, Doug and others are. I am running meds and groceries.

Once we get done in our area we will head over west to the Pine Ridge reservations and outlying towns to do the same.

Some people are out of power, have been since Wednesday and it is looking to be up to a week before some get it back.

National Guard is here flying the people who need medical treatment to and from Rapid City....mainly the dialysis patients.

Might go ride in the helicopters to help out....

We have only had one fatality and that was Wednesday night. Not due to the storm though. Assault.

Stopped here at the house to plug in the water buckets for the dogs and let them out to run a bit. They have been rather cooped up due to the high winds and blowing snow.

We also have a neighbor herding cattle up into our pen, his got out during the storm so they are scattered up to 15 miles away. Figured they could cut the time in half if they kept them here until they can get a trailer to pick them up. So we readied the stock tank and pulled down some hay for them.

We have not lost power once so we are really thankful for that. I feel bad for those without though and wish I could house them all. They have opened the schools and stuff that have power so the people that want to can go there and bunk down in the warmth.

Times like this is when I worry about the elderly and the small children. But all seems as well as it can be right now.

Police are swamped running water and food out to homes requesting it.

Well, back to work....

do you guys have a generator carol? i've seriously considered it even down here, but up in that country, IDK, i'd sure want some back-up.

stay safe!!

Yep. We have a home generator that runs off of a 300 gallon propane tank and kicks in if the power is off for more than one minutes. It is wired to run the kennel lights, heaters and buckets as well as the entire house.