Mother Nature Won Again

[Andy]

Yesterday in early morning hours the storms that came through southeast of San Antonio hit me petty hard. They knocked out electricity for 18 hours at my house. I moved my welder to back yard and hooked up freezers to it to save food in them. That wasn't the bad part I have done this before. When I went to check damage to trees and fences I found my six year old registered lima-flex bull dead. He was under an small oak tree that had been hit by lighting at edge of coastal field such a waste of 2200 pound of meat. Then I noticed in same coastal field where a single boar had tore up my field due to electric fence being down. I run a 200 miler zambra fence charger to keep them out of my fields. Another thing I can't get into my 18 acre coastal field now till it dries up to cut the hay that stuff is laying over it's getting so tall....O well gambling against mother nature you lose some and win some......Andy

[Coup de Grace]

Dang it, I don't think you ever win with mother nature, I am sick of this bad weather we have been having.

[Playa]

Dang it, I don't think you ever win with mother nature, I am sick of this bad weather we have been having.

Beats the alternative of hot, windy and dry. Don't remember, go find posts circa summer 2011

[125Dad]

How about a happy middle?

Sorry for your loss Andy.

[bearintex]

Mother Nature will always win.......

[Zookeeper]

Just look at canada. Mother nature is burning it up.
u can't fight it.

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Sorry for your loss Andy hope everything works out. Mother Nature will win every time like others said.

[kkp005]

Sorry about your loss. Had some heifers get struck by lightening once. It sure is a sickening sight to walk up on.

[Tmag]

Dadgum Andy, you had a rough morning with all that.

Dang it, I don't think you ever win with mother nature, I am sick of this bad weather we have been having.

Beats the alternative of hot, windy and dry. Don't remember, go find posts circa summer 2011

Rick ain't playing, the past month storms have treated him worse than a red headed step child.

[Brute Killer]

Well that sucks. Sorry to hear it.

[Brute Killer]

We've had lots of trees blown to hell by lightning, but no property damage.
A ranch I worked for years ago had a valuable mare killed by lightning.

[Andy]

Well mother nature hit me again It got dry enough to finally cut my coastal hay . Cut it on Friday morning and fixing to bale it Sunday morning . Weather reports said rain showers Sunday evening WELL guess what . There goes 150 round bales laying on ground not baled ..price of the hay went from 60.00 per bale to 30.00 now so I will loose 25 dollars per bale...After loosening my bull to lighting a month ago now this ...Really considering quilting farming ...Andy

[DUKFVR]

Sorry to heat That. Prayers Up for you.

[LemmeOut]

My Dad never went to Vegas while he was farming, he said he gambled year round and couldn't afford to loose any more than he already did.

[Andy]

I put off getting a hip replacement to get this hay in but looks like I should have had surgery. That will be next step then I will make decision if I want to keep pushing my self and working 5 days a week then trying to keep my place going at same time....Andy