It’s scary out there. First it snowed: big, heavy, sticky snow. I went out every two hours to clear the hoop house with the big broom. The bare trees are loaded with snow, the branches that have leaves or needles on them droop precipitously. Then it stopped snowing, the clouds blew away, and all that white fluff flash froze to a crunch. Then, wind. Loud too, like jets suddenly flying over low, and the rumble of large objects hitting and rolling around on the roof.
I went out one last time – it was already dark – and the tiny flying ice scratched up my face. I had to put large boulders on the two ends of the hoop house where the plastic had been jerked loose. I couldn’t go into the house to pull them into place because the two clips holding the door flap closed were frozen stuck.
Tomorrow and the day after it will be sunny and bitter cold: wind chill as low as -10, and gusts of wind as high as 41 mph.
If after those days the hoop house still stands, and no tree has fallen on our house or our electricity lines, I’ll be very grateful!
I don’t know if it’s the same system, but severe winter weather is due to arrive here too, any time. I too, hope your hoop house stands! And your trees too.
Hi Leigh, good luck with that! Here they had predicted several days of high winds, but after that first scary day it all died down. may you too meet with no accidents!