Jim Parker winter

Yesterday we talked all about the Idaho snowpack, which is great. And today we talked to Jim Parker, a farmer in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, who discusses the absurd winter that they've had in southeast Idaho. Speaker2: We're having a winter to remember. Speaker1: A Snotel report generated on April 5th showed that most of southern Idaho is 150% of normal snowpack or higher for this time of year, specifically in Bear Lake County. Jim Parker talks about the absurd winter that they've had so far this year. Had a lot. Speaker2: Of snow, heavy snow. We tried to count. We've lost count over 40 structures that have fallen. We're about four inches away from our high snow record. And the high we've ever had is 159.5in right here in the valley. We've had a cold winter, too. In October, we were below zero and we've been below zero every month since then. And quite often we haven't been above freezing for a long time. Speaker1: He says the difference between this year and other years with heavy snow amounts is that the temperatures never warmed up, so the snow just kept piling up. Speaker2: Usually in January we get a thaw and it melts the snow down a lot. Then we build back up. We didn't get that this year, so it's just been stacking up and stacking up quite a few places. You couldn't see a fence covered with snow and now we're getting a little warmer weather. It's not warm, but it's a little warmer weather and a little rain. And that rain will fall on some of these other roofs. Speaker1: And the fear is always that roofs will collapse.