fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[Wyorp Rock]

Okay now we have had snow . Not anything that stuck fortunately.

First frost expected tonight. Will my flock forego the pecking order and allow the lower caste members to get up on the main roost for maximum heat?

Stay tuned...
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They do tend to be somewhat agreeable about allowing others to join them in cold weather.

SNOW!! How much did you get?

They can't make up their minds here.

Windy, Gusty, Not, Maybe, Yes it's going to be windy. Not really, just breezy, NOooo, it's going to be still and chilly.

Ooops, no, it's going to be windy, icy and gusty. Well. Maybe windy and some flurries. Nope. Just flurries. No, we changed our mind, icy and windy again. Cold, freezing, gusty, windy, flurries, snow, icy, sleet, we'll cover it all!!

Nope, now it's flurries and gusts...

I will know what it's doing when I go outside thank you very much!

 

[kcan2]

They do tend to be somewhat agreeable about allowing others to join them in cold weather.

SNOW!! How much did you get?

They can't make up their minds here.

Windy, Gusty, Not, Maybe, Yes it's going to be windy. Not really, just breezy, NOooo, it's going to be still and chilly.

Ooops, no, it's going to be windy, icy and gusty. Well. Maybe windy and some flurries. Nope. Just flurries. No, we changed our mind, icy and windy again. Cold, freezing, gusty, windy, flurries, snow, icy, sleet, we'll cover it all!!

Nope, now it's flurries and gusts...

I will know what it's doing when I go outside thank you very much!

Hilariously accurate! You're hired as my highly qualified weather reporter! We got a dusting of snow last night in lower MI, some flurries throughout the day. Both of which I ascertained by looking out the window

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hilariously accurate! You're hired as my highly qualified weather reporter! We got a dusting of snow last night in lower MI, some flurries throughout the day. Both of which I ascertained this by looking out the window

Well, right now it's windy with gusts, I can hear it LOL

As for flurries? Maybe? I saw a blue swath on the radar coming from the higher elevations heading my way, but who knows it may break up.

I do know it was icy in the higher elevations today, nothing surprising there, that's normal weather. I just feel for the folks that are living in tents up there.

 

[kcan2]

I just feel for the folks that are living in tents up there.

What is the outlook like for the roads and rebuilding right now?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What is the outlook like for the roads and rebuilding right now?

They are working on the roads, it's so widespread, it will take time.

I think I read the width of the path was something like 350 miles, so like for 500 miles (length) it's that wide?
I can believe it.

Anyway. Even here there's bridges still out, you have to detour, some roads are closed and they have dozed onto old fire roads or trails to get into some places.

I think most all people have been reached and have some kind of way out now.

Rebuilding, that will take years. That's still being worked on in some areas (the logistics). Some people's land is just gone. But many are working on cleanout and rebuilding where it's possible.

 

[fuzzi]

What is the outlook like for the roads and rebuilding right now?

What is being reported by those "on the ground" is an incredible inability of anything government related to assist in a meaningful way. One single wide trailer has been awarded by FEMA, they released a press notice so it's not a rumor. Amish builders came from out of state and built approximately 100 tiny homes to get people out of tents. However they're not being used as local officials are claiming they're not up to code and won't allow people to take shelter in them.

Other charitable organizations are bringing in donated RVs to get people out of tents, bless them. And there's more bureaucratic boondoggle going on with the roads, but I will refrain as I am trying to not get political.


Suffice it to say that the NC government, for the most part, has bungled the response since the day Helene hit.



P.S. If anyone is thinking of donating to relief efforts, PM me. I can tell you which ones I believe will help people more than themselves. Not a solicitation.

 

[fuzzi]

They do tend to be somewhat agreeable about allowing others to join them in cold weather.

SNOW!! How much did you get?

They can't make up their minds here.

Windy, Gusty, Not, Maybe, Yes it's going to be windy. Not really, just breezy, NOooo, it's going to be still and chilly.

Ooops, no, it's going to be windy, icy and gusty. Well. Maybe windy and some flurries. Nope. Just flurries. No, we changed our mind, icy and windy again. Cold, freezing, gusty, windy, flurries, snow, icy, sleet, we'll cover it all!!

Nope, now it's flurries and gusts...

I will know what it's doing when I go outside thank you very much!

I love your weather description. As the old adage goes "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute"!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What is being reported by those "on the ground" is an incredible inability of anything government related to assist in a meaningful way. One single wide trailer has been awarded by FEMA, they released a press notice so it's not a rumor. Amish builders came from out of state and built approximately 100 tiny homes to get people out of tents. However they're not being used as local officials are claiming they're not up to code and won't allow people to take shelter in them.

Other charitable organizations are bringing in donated RVs to get people out of tents, bless them. And there's more bureaucratic boondoggle going on with the roads, but I will refrain as I am trying to not get political.


Suffice it to say that the NC government, for the most part, has bungled the response since the day Helene hit.



P.S. If anyone is thinking of donating to relief efforts, PM me. I can tell you which ones I believe will help people more than themselves. Not a solicitation.

But...they can live in tents, just not those buildings...

Yes, it's a mess all the way around...Well said.

 

[fuzzi]

So far today I have found 3 eggs in the nest boxes!


Esther hopped up on a perch next to me, and I noticed she's grown a big girl comb!

I suspect that the eggs I'm suddenly getting are from the pullets.

 

[fuzzi]

Roll call!

The Sussex plumage has changed with their molts.

Hannah

Martha

Rahab

So much more white since the molt!

The Dominiques

Tamar, Abigail, Naomi

And the pullets... first Priscilla

Esther

Johanna

Silas with the pullets

Zacchaeus protecting the flock from a lion!

Matriarchs head for bed first

The Boys

Zacchaeus is darker than Silas...they're both handsome!