Winter Is Coming ... to TX

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:24 pm

I know those of y'all up in the northeast are going to be laughing at me about this but, during the night, a winter storm moved in, bringing sub-freezing temperatures, freezing rain, and (yikes!) snow.

Down here in the great state of Texas, anytime we wake up to something on the ground, it's a big deal -- schools are closed, businesses are closed, and we are under a travel advisory. So now, I guess I'm being karmically repaid for gloating about being at the pool last weekend...

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:54 pm

This weekend I was on the beach in Corpus and today I was one of only 5 in my office to brave the ice and drive to work in DFW. Crazy Texas weather!

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:18 pm

Ok folks, let's get real for a minute.

While Dallas is technically part of Texas (the rest of us only accept it geographically), you may as well be Okies.

Fun fact: during the land rush in 1889, a group of Sooners got confused, wound up 75 miles south of the Red River and staked their claim. Rather than argue the point, sitting Governor of Texas, Larence Sullivan Ross, ordered the immediate retreat of natural born Texans, from the invaded area. The Texans retreated 35 miles to the west and fortified a small stockyard. Determined to protect the virtue of the innocent livestock, the Texans vowed to fight to the death. The Texans stopped the advance of the Sooners, at a small town called Arlington. No Texans or Sooners were killed in the skirmish, however: Amidst the height of the fighting, often hand to hand, the Okies managed to flank the defending Texans. Before the Texans could regain the ground they had lost, 4 cows, 6 goats, 2 chickens and 1 duck were molested during the battle.

Ok. Carry on.

I envy the both of you. I'm stuck up here in NYC... Which is only slightly worse than Dallas. Razz

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:49 pm

Calling someone from DFW an Okie be fight'n words!

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:36 pm

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you may as well be Okies

Tejas Rump Wrangle:

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:52 pm

I'd appreciate you not posting RL pics of me. Thank you. Evil or Very Mad

Back on topic: mrs_cuervo says there is ice on the lake at home.

@TLH Any time there is even the slightest dusting of snow, the local authorities all but declare a state of emergency. Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:07 pm

Same in England. Because the Met office issues a weather warning, people take it upon themselves to prove that driving conditions are indeed dangerous by driving like numpties and causing pile-ups. Snow, slush and ice are great equalisers and will lift a wide, low profile tyre off the road more easily than an economy sized one; ABS will not shorten stopping distances on ice; airbags do not make you less likely to crash. All this should be obvious to them, but no...

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:18 pm

Nailgunner wrote:

airbags do not make you less likely to crash.

I'd wager that if airbags were replaced with a board full of nails, accidents would cease to exist. An automotive 'Sword of Damocles', if you will. Wink

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:35 pm

I remember my first week of bootcamp at Lackland, AFB in March of 1980.

They got hit with some snow (several inches), and my TI blamed me for the rest of my time there.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:01 pm

Here in the Carolinas, we do one better than that. We close down the schools, businesses and roads just at the CHANCE that something white might end up on the ground in the next 24-48 hours. Lol

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:07 am

At TLH. Nice dusting of snow. Pretty but no real concern. In Michigan, I'd get up in the AM, brush off my car and go to work as normal.

Not enough to track deer though so nothing to be seen in November.

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:25 am

@srichards -- I used to live in Carolina, so I remember that well. I also remember everyone rushing to the grocery store to buy bread and milk, which I never understood.

If I'm gonna be snowed in, I think I'd want a little more than bread and milk!

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:23 pm

You know what else is coming to Texas???

jose_cuervo!

Be heading back this weekend, and I'm bringing the sunshine! Cool

I'm not driving through Oklahoma, or Dallas. Y'all are still screwed for a few more weeks.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:26 am

^^Make sure you get a whataburger as soon as you get back.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:59 am

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I'm not driving through Oklahoma, or Dallas.

The farm animals there will rest easier knowing that.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:18 am

Come over to rainy England much nicer than the US Midwest this time of year though it is still pissing it down most of the time.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:26 am

bravo95 wrote:

^^Make sure you get a whataburger as soon as you get back.

Damn straight! I see you know the drill too. Laughing

Justcold wrote:

The farm animals there will rest easier knowing that.

If you think you are going to sweet talk me into a 3 way with you and B8er, you've got another think coming. Laughing

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:23 am

^^^ Along with the Whataburger, I was also going to tell you to hit a certain BBQ place that begins with a "D" but that's going to open us up to waaaay too many jokes from the peanut gallery... Very Happy

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:37 am

^Pappas mexican or cajun....though I do admire a Whataburger (back in the day...usually about 2am).

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:51 am

Rain forecast for a week from today!

^
what qualifies as bad weather around here.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:57 pm

The Carolinas are supposed to get 5-8" of snow tonight. I admit - I bought bread and milk today. And bourbon.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:04 pm

This is the Texas winter thread, please make posts about all other (irrelevant) states in the thread that dwatina started.

Thank you. Razz

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:53 pm

^ Jose, If you're a Texan I'm sure you've got a big belt buckle with that engraved into it, it'll be next to your AR-15 to the left of your many cowboy hats

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:13 am

No over-sized belt buckle, only two hats and an AR-10 - because size does matter. Wink

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:39 am

^Brings to mind the old saying:

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Everything's bigger in Texas

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