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Title: Winter storm...
Post by: marv on December 06, 2013, 01:05:05 PM
5:45pm Thursday afternoon...

(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/images/Snow01.jpg)

...then by 12:30pm today.

(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/images/Snow05.jpg)

No blizzard, just a steady Christmas Eve snowfall.

That's a foot ruler sticking out of the snow on the table. Clearing later this afternoon, overnight and Saturday with sub-zero temps. Then more snow Sunday. I think the pups are gettin' cabin fever......
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: franksolich on December 06, 2013, 01:06:04 PM
Good luck, man.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: jtyangel on December 06, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
Yep, finally just changed over to snow here--going to go until the wee hours. We are still going to make a tree lighting in our little town since I think it would just be so pretty to go to that in the snow for once assuming it isn't cancelled of course.

more snow expected Sunday night--between Obama and the early snow, it's like the 70s all over again! :-)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Dori on December 06, 2013, 01:37:13 PM
I've been cold all morning here.  It was 36 on the deck this morning.  I can't imagine how you all manage with the snow and ice and cold temps.  I lived in Colorado one winter and there is no way I could do that every year.   




Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 06, 2013, 01:41:41 PM
Yep, finally just changed over to snow here--going to go until the wee hours. We are still going to make a tree lighting in our little town since I think it would just be so pretty to go to that in the snow for once assuming it isn't cancelled of course.

more snow expected Sunday night--between Obama and the early snow, it's like the 70s all over again! :-)

 :rofl: :lol: :rotf:
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: jtyangel on December 06, 2013, 02:04:36 PM
I've been cold all morning here.  It was 36 on the deck this morning.  I can't imagine how you all manage with the snow and ice and cold temps.  I lived in Colorado one winter and there is no way I could do that every year.   






You are preaching to the choir. I did not grow up beyond my formative years in the land of snow and ice and then we are talking the mid atlantic so the occasional noreaster. I lived in Florida for years after those early years. I despise much of winter except the ambiance it creates at Christmas if I don't have to go out in it:-D
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: jtyangel on December 06, 2013, 02:06:18 PM
:rofl: :lol: :rotf:

You know, my contemporary, you were thinking the same thing :-) I remember being off of school nearly a week one year--before electronics that meant EVERYONE was outside trying to sled, slide, slip, and make merry. It was how stay at home mother's dealt with snow days :-)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 06, 2013, 02:10:42 PM
You know, my contemporary, you were thinking the same thing :-) I remember being off of school nearly a week one year--before electronics that meant EVERYONE was outside trying to sled, slide, slip, and make merry. It was how stay at home mother's dealt with snow days :-)

We had two inches of snow my freshman year of college in Texas.  They cancelled classes for two days!  Those of us Mid-westerners thought it was hilarious.  One of my fraternity brothers from Houston decided to go sledding with a tray from the cafeteria, flipped and broke his top front teeth.  :-)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Dori on December 06, 2013, 02:18:27 PM
You are preaching to the choir. I did not grow up beyond my formative years in the land of snow and ice and then we are talking the mid atlantic so the occasional noreaster. I lived in Florida for years after those early years. I despise much of winter except the ambiance it creates at Christmas if I don't have to go out in it:-D

I would have probably loved it as a kid.  But as an adult, not so much.  As far as the ambience, yeah.  We do have some mountains that are only a couple of hours away, so for the ambience I can just go visit it, or play in it when I'm in the mood.   :-)

Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: jtyangel on December 06, 2013, 02:25:09 PM
We had two inches of snow my freshman year of college in Texas.  They cancelled classes for two days!  Those of us Mid-westerners thought it was hilarious.  One of my fraternity brothers from Houston decided to go sledding with a tray from the cafeteria, flipped and broke his top front teeth.  :-)

Man, to have a smart phone for that moment eh? :-D
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: jtyangel on December 06, 2013, 02:26:11 PM
I would have probably loved it as a kid.  But as an adult, not so much.  As far as the ambience, yeah.  We do have some mountains that are only a couple of hours away, so for the ambience I can just go visit it, or play in it when I'm in the mood.   :-)



 :rotf: :rotf:

It was only fun as a kid if you were specifically outside to play...otherwise if you were waiting for the bus for school and your legs were numb from the cold then it sucked. Somehow any element is better as a kid if play is involved with buddies!
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 06, 2013, 02:26:31 PM
Man, to have a smart phone for that moment eh? :-D

Would have been a "Kodak" moment.  :-)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: obumazombie on December 06, 2013, 03:28:15 PM
Would have been a "Kodak" moment.  :-)
Taken with a Polaroid.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Thor on December 06, 2013, 04:58:12 PM
We're iced in here in North Central Texas. Not much snow, but too much sleet & freezing rain.  :(
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: SarasotaRepub on December 06, 2013, 05:51:26 PM
What a baby.

 :tongue:  :-)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: NHSparky on December 06, 2013, 08:44:42 PM
We're iced in here in North Central Texas. Not much snow, but too much sleet & freezing rain.  :(


I'd rather deal with two feet of snow than an inch of ice.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Dori on December 06, 2013, 08:59:01 PM
I'd rather deal with two feet of snow than an inch of ice.

When I lived in Colorado one winter, we had an ice storm.   The storm must have passed through the night, but had stopped by morning and I couldn't believe what I saw when I got up.

Everything, including every tiny branch and twig looked like it was incased in glass.  Icicles were hanging half way down the house. 

Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: seahorse513 on December 06, 2013, 09:08:06 PM
We still have no bloody snow~~~ :mad:
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: IassaFTots on December 06, 2013, 09:31:29 PM
I'd rather deal with two feet of snow than an inch of ice.

You and me both, but I didn't get a choice in the deal.  Trees are busted everywhere.  But, these are Texas trees, not NH trees, so not like your storm but bad nonetheless.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: NHSparky on December 06, 2013, 09:46:31 PM
Yeah, that was a sucky couple of weeks.

And almost exactly five years ago.

(http://blog.nhstateparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0141.jpg)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: IassaFTots on December 06, 2013, 09:51:32 PM
Yeah, that was a sucky couple of weeks.

And almost exactly five years ago.

(http://blog.nhstateparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0141.jpg)

That's what it looks like here...just a lot less volume.   :whatever:
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Thor on December 07, 2013, 12:56:09 AM
I'd rather deal with two feet of snow than an inch of ice.

Ya know, it's not like snow/ ice storms are rare in Texas. Other than last winter, we've had a couple every winter since I've moved back. One would THINK that they'd have more snow removal equipment than they do. On top of it all, we're luck if they sand or gravel certain areas. Minnesota would be been spreading de-icer before the storm hit and throughout the storm.

On the day I moved back, there was a fresh 8" snowfall. Cars & trucks all in the median from I-35 (Gainesville, TX) to Hwy 75 (Sherman/ Denison, TX)

I DO agree with ya Sparky!!
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: longview on December 08, 2013, 10:50:19 AM
I was pouting about our -28F yesterday until I saw photos from TX.  Ice and higher humidity?  I'm not tough enough for that nonsense. 

Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: IassaFTots on December 08, 2013, 10:57:38 AM
I was pouting about our -28F yesterday until I saw photos from TX.  Ice and higher humidity?  I'm not tough enough for that nonsense. 



And TONS more people!  I'd rather be where you are. 
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: franksolich on December 08, 2013, 11:03:32 AM
And TONS more people!  I'd rather be where you are. 

Yeah.

Life's a lot easier, a damned lot easier, dealing with treacherous weather when there's few people around.

<<<knows.

The fewer people there are, the fewer idiots one's likely to have to deal with.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Bad Dog on December 08, 2013, 11:04:18 AM
And you people deny glowball war....er....climate change.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: JohnnyReb on December 08, 2013, 11:21:15 AM
And you people deny glowball war....er....climate change....or whatever the weather is right now.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: IassaFTots on December 08, 2013, 11:23:11 AM
Yeah.

Life's a lot easier, a damned lot easier, dealing with treacherous weather when there's few people around.

<<<knows.

The fewer people there are, the fewer idiots one's likely to have to deal with.

Precisely.  Considering the fact that our area has more idiots than not-most uninsured, I am not looking forward to the cross-town commute tomorrow.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: longview on December 08, 2013, 01:08:35 PM
Precisely.  Considering the fact that our area has more idiots than not-most uninsured, I am not looking forward to the cross-town commute tomorrow.

Prayer up for safe travels.  

Ya know... the reason I bought a 4x4 truck this year isn't because of the weather or bad roads.  I can work around them.  It's because I have to go to Denver several times a year and I want the protection of a truck.  A truck with a serious grill guard.  While there are many very nice people in the Denver/front range country, there are also many self-centered idiots who drive very carelessly.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: vesta111 on December 09, 2013, 10:46:57 AM
Prayer up for safe travels.  

Ya know... the reason I bought a 4x4 truck this year isn't because of the weather or bad roads.  I can work around them.  It's because I have to go to Denver several times a year and I want the protection of a truck.  A truck with a serious grill guard.  While there are many very nice people in the Denver/front range country, there are also many self-centered idiots who drive very carelessly.

It is the scuba divers on both coasts that see the changes in climate.   

Dad was a Navy hard hat sub rescue diver [ASR's] and some time in the early 50's began to notice the changes in the reefs off the coast.     He was not alarmed, just curious of what was going on.

After he retired on 22 years he still kept up with the divers and tried to keep abreast of how the changes were coming about.  Years later when he retired from the ship yard [yes he was a double dipper] in charge of the Riggers and Divers, he would look at the very old coral that at the time was not off limits and he had brought home.   Things are changing very fast by the earths time clock.   This was about 1980 and he still was not worried, just curious.   

Some time in 1990 he brought me out to the river bank and told me some time perhaps in my life time they would be planting orange groves in Maine.  He was still not worried, just curious.

Way it goes with these old salts of the sea, no worry, just adapt to what one could.   He had a Planck at one time that read ---OH LORD your Oceans are so big and my boat is so small-------
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: seahorse513 on December 09, 2013, 11:02:31 AM
Well off to work, on this fine snowy day.
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: njpines on December 09, 2013, 12:09:13 PM
We received 8-10" yesterday.  Made for a great football game though (Eagles/Lions)

Dome teams cannot play in the snow . . . HA HA!!!

Megatron with a face full of snow:

(http://profootballzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/calvinjohnsonsnow-360x202.jpg)
Title: Re: Winter storm...
Post by: Wineslob on December 09, 2013, 02:09:39 PM
Woke up to this Saturday morning:

(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1475854_10151742643890938_371664627_n.jpg)

My driveway is under there...................somewhere.

I hate snow.... :mad: