I don't know if it is all this Iowa snow disussion or the fact that I am watching it snow outside my window, RIGHT NOW, here in Alabama that makes me remember many Iowa winters. As nostalgic as they may be, I really do not miss them. The snow we are having is just a dusting with big flakes and almost no accumulation. It will satisfy my masochistic snow lust for the year. Jim in Huntsville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Iowa Winters > I've put a photograph my relatives took of the Blizzard of 1936 > on Ringgold County's IAGenWeb site: > http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/photos/1936blizzard.html > > I recall that winter of 1966. We missed school the entire month of > January. Snow drifts were up to the eaves of the grainery and it > was an ordeal getting to the barn and back. We were milking about > 45 cows at the time and it is the only time that they never left the > barn lot. I resorted to using an old Iowan handwarmer while > helping milk the cows (hands inserted up between the cow's bag > and right rear leg.) It was so cold and so much snow that even > my brother's Shetland pony behaved herself. We also let the > farm dogs in the house that January. We hauled feed to the livestock > using our kids' sleds with the youngest kids sitting on the back of the > sleds to make sure the buckets didn't tip over. > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message