Snowmageddon in Texas

[JaysOnTheEDGE]

Yeah, its been a tough winter. We got the white stuff too here in Fla. Look at the waters edge at all that white stuff. Terrible.

I was in the truck yesterday feeling a bit warm and the temp display said 86 outside

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[Ronbo]

I was in the truck yesterday feeling a bit warm and the temp display said 86 outside

Ooh, that's tough. Almost time to turn off the AC. It's only expected to get to 82 f here today, with some thunderstorms. I'm glad I have 4WD.

 

[Jon S.]

Yeah, its been a tough winter. We got the white stuff too here in Fla. Look at the waters edge at all that white stuff. Terrible.

That is just not fair....Miss many summers spent at Cocoa Beach growing up.....

 

[Jon S.]

I love how quiet and piecful it is when snowing. I couldn't hear the highway all night, slept like a baby.

I love the eerie silence of a big snow fall

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

We got dumped on like a bastard in southern Ontario last night too! Here's a pic from my security camera. Nice bonus shot of a 4x2 Colorado stuck in the snow ?

Funny - I’ve seen that stance - was on a two-lane secondary highway the other week - small sedan up ahead loses control and ends up in the ditch. An F150 4x4 Sport and I stop and the F150 starts backing up to the car to pull it out and then off the bare shoulder to line up to it. I told him he should stay on the shoulder but he ignored me as his back end slid down into the ditch. Then he made it worse trying to get out. Foreman’s truck - didn’t know how to switch to 4WD. ??‍

I asked where his tow strap was and he pulled a 1” nylon cargo strap from his back seat - the really wimpy kind. I shook my head. He said it should be fine if I doubled it. ??‍ I shook my head again.

Since I didn’t have any recovery gear with me, I wished them all luck and drove off while they called for help.

 

[FoD]

What the heck is going on with this weather.... Snow in TX? I'm screwed if it snows like that in the valley because there's only one other place warmer than here.

Daughter and son-n-law live in Houston. She said that the news there was saying that the electrical grid is failing because all the wind turbines are frozen off line, so capacity has dropped (in addition to all the usual line snapages and tree breaks...)

 

[db_tanker]

Daughter and son-n-law live in Houston. She said that the news there was saying that the electrical grid is failing because all the wind turbines are frozen off line, so capacity has dropped (in addition to all the usual line snapages and tree breaks...)

Another big issue...the freeze was so hard it was actually able to freeze the moisture in the natural gas lines.

But yeah..wind turbines...great idea in a state that can freeze...

 

[FoD]

Another big issue...the freeze was so hard it was actually able to freeze the moisture in the natural gas lines.

But yeah..wind turbines...great idea in a state that can freeze...

Probably a great example of where the greenie deal is headed...

 

[Superdannyboy]

Here's the truck in Dallaska, I mean Dallas, Tx.

 

[Anthony]

We were supposed to get freezing rain up here in CT today, but it just plain out rained for a bit. It did reduce the existing snowpack by a few inches though. Woot!

 

[Trigganometry]

Appreciate y’all sucking up all the snow and freezing ass temps! Up on the East Cost we’re in 45 degree sauna mode! For us that’s not to shabby

 

[Rinn69]

I wonder how many of those fancy houses that have chimney's and fireplaces ACTUALLY have some firewood ??

 

[Strokerduster]

I wonder how many of those fancy houses that have chimney's and fireplaces ACTUALLY have some firewood ??

Me ME, mines been cooking steady for about 3 days now......

 

[Rinn69]

I think it was Thanksgiving 2010, I was living in Wichita Falls TX, and a kid wrecked his car, taking out the middle section of a wooden power pole about halfway up it and knocked our power out. I drove by it--the bottom was in the ground and the top 5-6 feet was suspended by the power lines. I finished baking the biscuits in front of our fireplace. My step-daughter was "amazed" how I did that. We always had about a quarter cord of oak blocks/firewood that I'd get from a local pallet manufacturing place in town. $75 for a bed full level with the side rails and this stuff burned hot and very clean !! The kid that had the accident was in the hospital for 2 weeks, but had another accident with a steel power pole about 6 months later....that pole was made with old drill pipe that was 3 layers thick and was only slightly bent....the kid didn't make it.

 

[Strokerduster]

I think it was Thanksgiving 2010, I was living in Wichita Falls TX, and a kid wrecked his car, taking out the middle section of a wooden power pole about halfway up it and knocked our power out. I drove by it--the bottom was in the ground and the top 5-6 feet was suspended by the power lines. I finished baking the biscuits in front of our fireplace. My step-daughter was "amazed" how I did that. We always had about a quarter cord of oak blocks/firewood that I'd get from a local pallet manufacturing place in town. $75 for a bed full level with the side rails and this stuff burned hot and very clean !! The kid that had the accident was in the hospital for 2 weeks, but had another accident with a steel power pole about 6 months later....that pole was made with old drill pipe that was 3 layers thick and was only slightly bent....the kid didn't make it.

No power didn't slow me down either. Not gonna let ribeyes go to waste.....

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