feywon
Well-known Member
- Location
- Rural North Central NM
We've had a gorgeous fall but starting last weekend it was clear winter was here. Then last night it blew in with a vengence!
In winter i'm up every couple hours to stoke the fire. I have an old cell phone i keep by my bed so i can check the time. In summer i only use it if i have an early morning appt but in winter the later rising sun and more frequent overcast make it harder to tell so i have it on every night. No regular services but works as a clock.
I'd forgotten, however, that emergency alerts (usually Amber Alerts) do come thru. The wind had been blowing hard the last two times i was up and at 5:04 we got a weather alert: Snow squall with very strong winds. At 5:22 the power went out. 5:33 a second weather alert about the snow squall. It didn't drop a lot of snow but the winda were fierce and the temp dropped some 10 degrees in the hour till i next woke up.
They don't expect to get out of 30's today and overnitw low in the teens likely.
In winter i'm up every couple hours to stoke the fire. I have an old cell phone i keep by my bed so i can check the time. In summer i only use it if i have an early morning appt but in winter the later rising sun and more frequent overcast make it harder to tell so i have it on every night. No regular services but works as a clock.
I'd forgotten, however, that emergency alerts (usually Amber Alerts) do come thru. The wind had been blowing hard the last two times i was up and at 5:04 we got a weather alert: Snow squall with very strong winds. At 5:22 the power went out. 5:33 a second weather alert about the snow squall. It didn't drop a lot of snow but the winda were fierce and the temp dropped some 10 degrees in the hour till i next woke up.
They don't expect to get out of 30's today and overnitw low in the teens likely.
