Western South Dakota was hit with a huge, early snowstorm last weekend. We just got power yesterday.

But as inconvenient as it was for us without power, throwing out tons of food, getting out the chainsaw to cut up the trees that had fallen across the driveway, moving to a hotel for the duration, I consider us very, very lucky. My heart is breaking for the ranchers who are dealing with loss of livestock. Thousands of cattle are dead courtesy of this storm. And there won’t be any government assistance for these ranchers — guess a disaster only counts if it’s a hurricane, or tornado, or flooding, or forest fires…

Follow the link if you want to read about how destructive this snow storm has been to the people in my beloved home state – South Dakota Snow Storm Kills Thousands of Cattle