#16. Air—Montana
Big Sky Country! Montana! Lots of air!
We all know how important AIR is to our life. In Eastern Montana, we can see the air coming; meaning that we can see the horizon and immediately know what type of AIR is coming. Will it be a snow storm? Will it be hail? Will it be windy? Will it rain? Will it be hot and dry? We learn by looking at clouds and wind direction.
Thunder clouds are forming.
Looking for rain streaks or Hail streaks in the clouds
Heavy rain and hail headed our way!
By looking at the air, we anticipate what will happen. Pioneers and our ancestors learned the important knowledge of what the air was going to do, long before we had a weather service giving us daily, hourly and radar reports. Oh there were errors, many which cost lives; but respect for the air only multiplied.
Red skies in morning-Sailors warning
Red skies at night-Sailors delight
Morning at the farm!
It is vital in our life and livelihood to know what the air is going to do. Our daily life depends on what the air will do. If it rains; we cancel brandings and seeding. If it snows perhaps we are snowed in for days at time. If cold weather comes, that means extra feed for the cows and if it is to be a prolonged snowy and windy storm, maybe feed cows enough to last several days. If it is going to rain, hurry and plant crops. If the air is coming from the east, we now that a storm will soon be here.
A very frosty cold morning at the farm!
Cows get more feed to help stay warm.
The color of the streaks in the cloud might indicate hail, rain or wind. If hail, the rush to cover plants, put vehicles in sheds and then pray that the crops are not ruined.
Rain or hail streaks in clouds
Driving into a storm
Before the hail storm
After the hail storm and realizing the impact to the farm's crop.
Children raised on a farm or a ranch, know that when the weather report comes on the TV or the radio; they are to remain silent.
No comments:
Post a Comment