25 Signs Mountain Men Watched to Know a Brutal Winter Was Coming
8.2K views · Sep 20, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@SilasMercerYT · 12 days ago · pinned
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@greeneyes2797 · 9 days ago
It may just be me but it seems the old weather people were much more accurate than the ones of today.
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@Pyroduck547 · 9 days ago
This should be taught in every school
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@Pyroduck547 · 9 days ago
Spokane, Washington area. This is spot on 100% accurate.
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@camperinny · 9 days ago
My friend watched how many apples fell from his apple tree
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@danielleterry2331 · 9 days ago
I watch the squirrels, when the cardinals leave, and when I hear the ducks flying farther south if they come past me in August going to be very cold where I am at in Texas , the ants tell me , this year no squirrel scurrying in frantic collecting, ants are mild, haven’t heard ducks come past me , so mild winter. Hope we get rain been dry.
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@JamesBrown-v2l · 1 day ago
EE Brown my grandfather, farmer, blacksmith, Michael Newberry, farmer, Circuit rider Methodist Civil War vet, great grand father, they knew this in Alton MO, Ozarks, I love this, info! Thanks very much, the info is being restored to me!
@creativeone3392 · 17 hours ago
I was raised in Los Angeles. My Dad would go out on the back porch, look up at the clouds/sky, tell us what the weather would be like. He told us he learned from Native Americans how to read the skies. He was exact 97% of the time. We'd catch the news to find they were wrong a great many of the time. So like and appreciate your channel Silas. Thank you for sharing with not. I use and share a great many things I have learned from you. ;-)
@Pyroduck547 · 9 days ago
Yep
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@כפירפז-ר8ד · 8 days ago
You are the best.. thank you!
@onestopfabshop3224 · 9 days ago (edited)
I'm only half way thru and I don't know yet if he mentions it, but my ex mother in law was a farmer. She always used to say winter fog freezes a hog. I know that to be true more times than not.
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@jeffreytemkin818 · 9 days ago
Ok. Now we know it’s going to be a tough winter. So what? When is the storm? How long will it last? How much snow? How cold? It’s winter. Always prepare for the worst.
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