Well, what better time to get in a blog post after all this time then while most of us are snowed in! We knew we'd have to pay for all the unseasonably warm weather we'd been having... I went Christmas shopping yesterday evening and it was a balmy 5o degrees!!! NO KIDDING! We now have -25 wind chills and zero visibility. ONLY IN IOWA! Gotta LOVE IT!
We had mostly light snow and wind all day, but come three or so, the snow started to hit hard and the wind got even stronger. It just howls out here over the hayfield and pounds the front windows. The news just reported 45-60 mph gusts would last through the night. Blizzard warning effective until 9 AM tomorrow monring. I-80 is closed from Des Moines to Omaha now. In fact, most road are closed as well as church services for tomorrow. They'll be kids praying for no school on Monday for sure!
The horses saw no need to battle the bitter wind and pelting snow, opting instead to stay inside the barn today and who could blame them?! Jim also decided he really didn't want to go deer hunting either, so we rented a movie: "Out of Africa". And oldy but a goodie!!
And, as luck would have it, just as we had settled into the first hour by the warmth of the fire, Jim's pager went off, stating a woman in labor, contractions four minutes apart, stranded on a county highway trying to get to the hospital. So off he went, fearing the ambulance might not make it.
Jim called twenty minutes later to report they'd gotten the woman off to a hospital in Des Moines, but Jim and his fire chief were now taking six stranded motorists they'd found on the roads into Adel. Guess, I'll make another cup of hot tea and wait a bit longer! :)
Stay toasty warm and safe everybody!
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