Pat,
    Hey, wow that's alot of snow.  We have had flurries and today rain but
no accumulating snow yet.  Dad said he heard we could get some Monday.  Well
I'm glad your safe and warm.

Love and blessings,
Amy
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From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 1:31 PM
Subject: weather in South Dakota


> Vicki, and everyone, We have about 14 or more inches of snow now, and it's
> still snowing. lol. I'm glad the mailman has delivered the mail early
today.
>
> Sunday it rained all day and all night. The ice was building up on the
> power lines, and the wind blew profusely. Monday morning at about 3:30 AM
> we lost our power, and we got it back that morning, just long enough to
> make a pot of coffee. Then we lost it again, until about 5 PM that
evening.
> It snowed all day Monday and into the night. Tuesday it snowed. Wednesday
> it snowed, Thursday it snowed. Friday it snowed, and today, Saturday it is
> snowing.
>
> Many people in the rural areas are without power, and some of them do have
> power now. They reported that over 300 electric poles were down. This
storm
> was in an area of several states, including South and North Dakota,
> Minnasota, Nebraska, Kansas, and parts of Colorado. I may have missed some
> states. It was really the worst ice storm we've seen since we've been
here.
> The temps dropped way below freezing on Monday, and we've had sub zero
> weather already this week.
>
> Monday morning, Vernon ordered a huge generator and I'm glad he did. It
> arrived Thursday afternoon via motor freight. We will not be without power
> again, and we can run both furnaces with this generator, and the freezer
> and refrigerator, as well. If we have to, we can run the furnace in our
> rental house as well.
>
> I think we're in for a very long winter and a snowy one also. I'm certain
> we'll have a white Christmas.
>
> Love and Blessings,
> Pat Ferguson