[georgeld]

JimReed:

Ha! Dandy example of a wind sock.

I've been across Whyhoming a 100 or more times and
don't recall ever seeing rain.

IF you'd said snow and ice, that's a different story.

Oh, and cold ain't the word for it when it's -30 and 50mph.

FACTS:
Tread on tires will pull off if you park with warm tires and let it
sit til refrozen. Trick is, to move your ride a bit in half hour before it
get that frozen. Just moving a vehicle can be impossible unless you have
gears enough. Automatic trans cars will sit til thawed as they lack power
enough to break the ice.

In winter when the wind has calmed down to just a breeze. Diesel smoke
will settle in windrows like raked hay. I've seen 10 or more "rolls" lined up
against each other caught by the fence for miles without a break.
Looked like it was 10' dia. Strange stuff when it gets THAT cold.

Fill a qt oil can half full with #2 diesel and let it set 20 minutes and you
can't pour it out. It turns to jello like substance. The fix for this and to
keep your diesel running and not freeze up is to fill up with diesel #1 fuel.
That will not freeze. PLUS: Never shut it off except long enough to check
the oil. You'll never get it restarted.

I spent most of one day under the tractor with a propane torch melting the
ice out of the brake drums from the snow that blew in and melted then
froze the brakes to the drums. I was told it was 36 below and 49mph that
figured about 110 below windchill. I don't know if that's fact,
that's what I was told at Little America by a pump jockey that day.
Yes sir, it was damned cold!

Hope you find a place to shoot and enjoy your trip. Most of this
is just trying to rattle your cage. (and help educate those that don't know)