Sandy is coming!!!!

[aggieterpkatie]

Nothing major here (IMO). It's really windy and rainy. Most of the animals are in the barn. We still have power. I made 3 batches of soap this morning while we still had power. Now I'm just sitting around wondering what to do next. Work is cancelled today and tomorrow.

 

[jodief100]

Keep in touch! Our thoughts are with you.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Things are noticeably picking up here! It has been raining all day and the wind gusts have picked up. All of the animals have shelter, but some of them are too stupid to go under it Things are starting to really blow around now.

The biggest thing is our creek is already up to the bottom rail of the fence on the bottom paddock. OMG, we may have to move the horses up soon, if it continues to rise, which it will, it will flood the bottom paddocks. I'm not sure what Tim's plan is for moving the horses, because there is no room in the barn or in the other paddocks that have shelter. If we move them up to the higher paddocks where the goats are, they won't have cover. But I guess that's better than drowning! Whatever it involves, I'm sure it will involve us getting on tons of rain gear and doing it at night with flashlights with tons of wind. Because that's how Tim rolls.

But the good news is we still have power!

 

[Royd Wood]

3 days of solid rain here so we're flooded out - pulled pigs from the woods and sheep, horses and turkeys are also in. Cattle are just munching on the hay oblivious to all the fuss.
Sandy is now pushing the 3 day rainfall back over us and the wind is getting noisy.
Its reporting 90 mph winds as it comes ashore

 

[bonbean01]

Stay safe everyone...sending prayers and hope you can check in here when able!!!!

 

[Royd Wood]

Went to TSC for some bits and customers were almost fighting over the remaining sump pumps and generators - dont think it will be that bad here but looks nasty south of New York

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Whoa, batten down the hatches! I sure hope everyone in the actual path of the storm is safe and secure. I just had to drag in the grill, sandbox, and a bunch of other stuff and tie the barn doors closed because they keep getting sucked open. And the winds here are just in the 40-50mph range.

Wish there was a way for us to help more with our BYHers who are being pounded with this storm.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Haven't been on in a couple months. Life got crazy. Glad people are ok in the storm. Lots of power outages in our area but so far so good. We had a doeling born yesterday in the thick of it. Calling her Sandy.

 

[20kidsonhill]

We are still under a high wind advisory all day today and a blizzard warning until 2pm, but we didn't get anything, maybe 2 inches of rain total, a few snow flurries last night, but no accumulation and not much wind. It went just far enough North of us that the mountains sheilded us. An hour north of us in the Valley there is major river flooding, but not a lot of wind damage. The higher elevations do have snow.

I have not had one political phone call since saturday evening, we were getting 6 to 8 a day. I would have been very very disappointed if my phone range yesterday about politics, when they should all be dealing with the issues from the storm. They did not leave me down.

Praying for everyone that was in the path or still are in the path.

 

[daisychick]

I was wondering if you were in the path of the crazy snow storm they predicted to happen after the hurricane. I heard that parts of West Virginia could get 3 FEET of snow! Glad you have missed all the bad weather so far.