The average rainfall is 16-17 inches during the summer season. The growing season lasts three months, June to August. The snow fall averages from moderate to heavy for winter weather. The temperature in the winter is from 30 degrees below zero to 17 degrees above zero. The average temperature in the summer is 80 degrees but will range from 69 degrees to 110 degrees from June to August. The area suffers from occasional drought in the summer and severe blizzard in the winter
A furnace is considered to be a necessity of life on the South Dakota Plains, which is exactly where Pretty Bird Woman House is.
And we're trying to do something to get those children and their mothers warm and safe as soon as possible. Those snows and winds are just around the corner. Please help us. We've reached just a bit over $1200 on our quest to reach $5000. This is a wonderful way to commemorate Joe Biden's hard work to safeguard women and children from physical harm with his "Violence Against Women Act" and to express our appreciation for his family loss earlier this week.
Toward that end I was searching for more information about the life of Joe's mother-in-law, Bonny Jean Jacobs, and found this (H/T to TheModerateVoice):
Bonny Jean Jacobs, 1930 - 2008
October 6th, 2008
By JAZZ SHAW, Assistant Editor
Bonny Jean Jacobs, mother of Jill Jacobs Biden and mother-in-law of
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden passed away last night
http://www.nytimes.com/...
at the age of 78 after a long illness. She raised five daughters, including
Jill, and was married to her husband, Donald Jacobs, for fifty years before
his passing in 1999. Understandably, Joe Biden will be staying off the
campaign trail today and tomorrow as he helps his wife and family through
this difficult period. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Jacobs and
Biden families and their friends.
Mrs. Jacobs was the widow of Donald C. Jacobs, a savings and loan executive
from Willow Grove, Pa., who died in 1999. Mrs. Jacobs stayed home to raise
Jill and her four younger sisters. The couple was married for 50 years.
Mr. Biden's spokesman, David Wade, said a memorial service would be held
Tuesday in Abington, Pa.
An honorable woman, just like her son-in-law.
We would ask you to donate whatever you can CHIP-IN Furnace Fund
See more details on the history of our affiliation between our friends at DKos and how we've helped in the past here: Betson08 and PBWH historylast night