Dead Cattle and Broken Hearts
The weather is going mad. In South Dakota two days after temperatures were in the 80s, and before ranchers could move their cattle herds (some of which had been relocated here after the horrific droughts in southern states), a rainstorm hit and quickly froze. So cattle were drenched then frozen. Then snow fell hard and deep. Some cows retreated downwind as far as twelve miles. They broke through fences and crossed highways before they finally died, sometimes piling up on one another in culverts. As many as 100,000 heads of cattle died Most ranchers lost between 50 to 75 percent…
Storms that Shatter Illusions
The madman violence of a tornado, especially the horrific one that hit south of Oklahoma City, makes one numb. After the numbness, one may well wonder. A lot. About life, death, and God. Where do you start and where do you end? What do you do in between? Tweet
