Out Our Way: Waiting for a Chinook

Out our way, winter has hit and hit hard. I recall last year, in mid-October, the Alberta Clipper came and buried us and some folks were without power for several days. As I recall, we took “first place” in the National Weather Service poll of hardest-hit spots in the lower 48. Yea for us.

There is a famous pen and ink drawing by Charlie Russell, who used to roam his area from time to time, of a starving cow surrounded by wolves in a blizzard. If I am not mistaken, one version is called “Last of the Herd” and another called “Waiting for a Chinook.” It is the latter title I most identified with...