We kinda dodged the bullet there, RPM.....the forecast was for thunderstorms changing over to snow overnight (this was for night before last).....when the cold front hit, the wind changed immediately from the south to the north, gusting hard, maybe a few rain drops....no snow, but the wind kept getting higher and higher, with sustained winds of 60mph and frequent gusts ranging from 75-90mph. Temps were in the low 30's, who knows what the wind chill was. Had to shut down for almost two hours cause working conditions were just too dangerous. Went through two derrickmen as they fought to pull the stands of drill pipe back into the derrick against that wind. What is "normally" a 4.5-5.5 hour job (tripping 11K feet of pipe out of the hole) turned into a 10 hour one.
Whenever the weathermen forecast "breezy" days, I automatically add 15-20mph to their forecasts and am usually pretty close to actual conditions.....lol!
