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Post by Zee on Feb 14, 2021 17:42:25 GMT
Don't bet on it. We have great ice storms too. We get black ice a lot. We're right next to the Rocky Mountains. We just get nice weather quickly so it doesn't stay too long. My brother is in Irving and just hadn't mentioned the storm. Okay, we get it. You win. Your area has much worse weather and we are nothing but wimps for discussing/commiserating/complaining about our current once in a 100 years event. The purpose of this thread was for Texans to check in with each other, not have all the Northerners come in and play one-upmanship with tales of how much worse you have it and can handle it with ease. 😆😆 Though, y'all are big wimps. Us hardy Midwesterners walked to school in 3 foot snow drifts when we were in kindergarten. Uphill. (No for real I really did) But now I'm a southerner and a HUGE wimp. It was 43 degrees yesterday and I wore my winter coat to the store and put my heated seat on. I'm a bigger baby about the cold than almost anyone on this thread. I happily go walking in the blazing sun in 100 degree heat in the summer. I'll never move where it gets cold ever again. I do need it to be cool when I sleep though.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 14, 2021 17:50:44 GMT
Us hardy Midwesterners walked to school in 3 foot snow drifts when we were in kindergarten. Uphill. (No for real I really did) But was it uphill both ways?
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Post by peasquared on Feb 14, 2021 17:52:21 GMT
I spend the winters in Texas, and the rest of the time I'm just 50 miles south of the Canadian border. I'm loving this cold, only because I love winter food! My DH who is outside most of the day usually doesn't appreciate a hot bowl of soup when it's 80 out. But, there is nothing worse than ice and unusual cold when you aren't prepared for it. I have plenty of warm clothes down here, so I'm fortunate. I do have to say, I used to wonder about people when they thought anything above zero was cold (my actual high temp at home yesterday was -24) but it is DIFFERENT when you are in a humid climate area. I swear 30 degrees here feels much colder than zero back home. The dampness makes a HUGE difference. Please stay safe everyone!! it's a perfect day for a nap, to read a book, make cookies, craft, or just snuggle with your Valentine's day partner. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I hope no has to go through a power outage!
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Post by Zee on Feb 14, 2021 17:56:33 GMT
Us hardy Midwesterners walked to school in 3 foot snow drifts when we were in kindergarten. Uphill. (No for real I really did) But was it uphill both ways? It certainly felt that way at that age! It was also 10 blocks to school and our awful car couldn't make it up that long hill in the snow so there was no chance of getting a ride. I tell ya, I had it rough. 😛 But I was a pretty fit little kid!
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Post by yivit on Feb 14, 2021 17:58:11 GMT
I spend the winters in Texas, and the rest of the time I'm just 50 miles south of the Canadian border. I'm loving this cold, only because I love winter food! My DH who is outside most of the day usually doesn't appreciate a hot bowl of soup when it's 80 out. But, there is nothing worse than ice and unusual cold when you aren't prepared for it. I have plenty of warm clothes down here, so I'm fortunate. I do have to say, I used to wonder about people when they thought anything above zero was cold (my actual high temp at home yesterday was -24) but it is DIFFERENT when you are in a humid climate area. I swear 30 degrees here feels much colder than zero back home. The dampness makes a HUGE difference. Please stay safe everyone!! it's a perfect day for a nap, to read a book, make cookies, craft, or just snuggle with your Valentine's day partner. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I hope no has to go through a power outage! You point out something that a lot of people not from around here may not realize. We're in a very humid climate here along the coast. When you combine the extreme (for us) child temperature with the humidity, it makes for a very miserable time for us cold weather wimps (I fully admit I'm one). At least I have a nice warm back rest right now (the Italian greyhound mix who is trying to stay warm has wormed his way behind me in the chair).
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Post by peasquared on Feb 14, 2021 18:08:35 GMT
I spend the winters in Texas, and the rest of the time I'm just 50 miles south of the Canadian border. I'm loving this cold, only because I love winter food! My DH who is outside most of the day usually doesn't appreciate a hot bowl of soup when it's 80 out. But, there is nothing worse than ice and unusual cold when you aren't prepared for it. I have plenty of warm clothes down here, so I'm fortunate. I do have to say, I used to wonder about people when they thought anything above zero was cold (my actual high temp at home yesterday was -24) but it is DIFFERENT when you are in a humid climate area. I swear 30 degrees here feels much colder than zero back home. The dampness makes a HUGE difference. Please stay safe everyone!! it's a perfect day for a nap, to read a book, make cookies, craft, or just snuggle with your Valentine's day partner. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I hope no has to go through a power outage! You point out something that a lot of people not from around here may not realize. We're in a very humid climate here along the coast. When you combine the extreme (for us) child temperature with the humidity, it makes for a very miserable time for us cold weather wimps (I fully admit I'm one). At least I have a nice warm back rest right now (the Italian greyhound mix who is trying to stay warm has wormed his way behind me in the chair). Having been in both, I don't think you're wimps at all!! And besides, we complain how darn hot it is at 85 with no humidity!
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Post by MichyM on Feb 14, 2021 18:17:17 GMT
Don't bet on it. We have great ice storms too. We get black ice a lot. We're right next to the Rocky Mountains. We just get nice weather quickly so it doesn't stay too long. My brother is in Irving and just hadn't mentioned the storm. Okay, we get it. You win. Your area has much worse weather and we are nothing but wimps for discussing/commiserating/complaining about our current once in a 100 years event. The purpose of this thread was for Texans to check in with each other, not have all the Northerners come in and play one-upmanship with tales of how much worse you have it and can handle it with ease. THIS. im not in Texas, but Seattle. We get teased about our snow wimpiness too. We simply do not have the trucks and manpower to pretreat roads, then plow. And if you’re not used to being out in snow and/or ice it adds another layer to the whole thing. Yay for you and yours for knowing exactly how to behave in unusual (for a particular area’s) weather! But even I am thinking you could probably lay off the Texans a bit (said in the nicest way possible) 950nancy
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Post by MichyM on Feb 14, 2021 18:18:36 GMT
Us hardy Midwesterners walked to school in 3 foot snow drifts when we were in kindergarten. Uphill. (No for real I really did) But was it uphill both ways? My ex grew up in Janesville, WI. According to the stories he told our son, it was INDEED uphill both ways 😁
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Post by myshelly on Feb 14, 2021 18:21:20 GMT
Your posts didn’t really come off that way as much as Nancy’s did. Oh, dear. What? At a quick count there’s at least 3 peas in this thread calling you out for your attitude. It’s not us, it’s you.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 14, 2021 18:26:17 GMT
True. We just have to wait this out and hope for minimal damage. I for one prefer our hot summers. That's why God invented central AC and swimming pools. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) Our homes and infrastructure just aren't made to handle extreme cold for anything more than a few hours down here. I am fully convinced that Houston would not have developed to a city this size had central a/c not been invented!
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Post by gar on Feb 14, 2021 18:31:07 GMT
We get teased about our snow wimpiness too. We simply do not have the trucks and manpower to pretreat roads, then plow. And if you’re not used to being out in snow and/or ice it adds another layer to the whole thing. Ditto for the UK - well, maybe except Scotland Jockscrap , lesley, gillyp
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 14, 2021 18:36:59 GMT
What? At a quick count there’s at least 3 peas in this thread calling you out for your attitude. It’s not us, it’s you. Mmmm k. I asked a question and got a bet. I responded. I was wondering how cold it was going to get.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 14, 2021 18:38:47 GMT
This was posted on my Next Door app.....I don't disagree with any of it. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) You transplants that are new to Texas, are about to experience “Texas Winter”. This is 6 or 7 days of cold, maybe some ice and snow. The weatherman will threaten snow. It may snow, it may not and if the weatherman says 2 inches it could be 10 or it could be 1/2”. It doesn’t matter how much snow it is, we’ll all freak out because we don’t see snow often. The threat of snow (or ice) from the weatherman is your prompt to head to the grocery store and buy milk, eggs and bread. It doesn’t matter if you need these items. It’s just what we do. Everyone in town will be there. You’ll also need to make a mad dash for faucet covers and finding them and getting out of the store will be like an episode of the hunger games. You’re in the redneck district. Don’t look for a sled. You won’t find one. In the rare chance we get enough ice or snow to sled grab some cardboard or a trash can lid and go find the nearest hill. Yes, we know it’s not a hill. You live in the flatland, just go with it. You’ll be alarmed by the fact that you’re “sledding” towards a bar ditch, fence or maybe into a farm to market road. Just go with it. You’ll be fine. We don’t have equipment to handle the winter and weather. The roads will be a mess and even though the state has been telling you for a week they’re ready, they’re not and it won’t work. Just stay home if you can and if you can’t just come to terms with the fact that nobody here knows how to drive in snow and ice. Whatever you do, DO NOT talk about snow tires. If you happen to slide off the road or get stuck, turn your flashers on, take a deep breath and wait. Two guys in a four wheel drive truck will be along in no time to offer assistance. Don’t try to help them, they live for this stuff, and will do what they can to get you back on the road. If either one of them screams “hey y’all watch this” just get back and get your phone out and start recording, you’ll probably have a viral video. Also of note, when they offer you beer and deer sticks, don’t be rude, take them and smile. No matter what you do, don’t talk about how they did it back home in any of these scenarios. Nobody cares. You live in Texas now, Texans know they live in the greatest state in the country and it’s our way or the highway. When we act like we’re going to die and start to complain about the 7 days of winter just shut up, we’re serious and we don’t care how much you love it. We don’t. You’ll be back in shorts and flip flops in a week to ten days and it’ll be nice until right around Easter. Texas' “second winter” will be 2 or 3 days and will hit right around Easter, usually the week before or the week after. This will hit right around the time you plant flowers and a garden. We know you’re not from around here when we see you’ve planted flowers before Easter and before the “second winter” has hit. This is why all the people at the nursery don’t sound like us when you’re shopping for plants. We know better. During second winter it’ll go from 70 to 25 and you’ll experience all four seasons in one day. This too shall pass, get used to it and when second winter is over you can enjoy the 3-4 weeks of “spring” before summer gets here and it’ll be melt your face off hot until sometime around Halloween.
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Post by Merge on Feb 14, 2021 18:40:13 GMT
I didn't really take any of the posts as bad... i know i don't handle cold well... at all... Im fine with everyone who loves the snow and can sit out in it and enjoy... i will never!!! But just to say we dont sit in our house all summer... we do the things yall do!! We enjoy the outdoors and most of us are ok with triple digits... This. We had two mostly-outdoor vacations last summer in July and August. It was hot AF. We adopted the Spanish style of doing things and had our siesta during the warmest part of the day. Had a great time out of doors in the morning and evening!
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Post by yivit on Feb 14, 2021 18:41:51 GMT
True. We just have to wait this out and hope for minimal damage. I for one prefer our hot summers. That's why God invented central AC and swimming pools. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) Our homes and infrastructure just aren't made to handle extreme cold for anything more than a few hours down here. I am fully convinced that Houston would not have developed to a city this size had central a/c not been invented! I'm sure you're right. There was a 50% population increase between 1940 and 1950 census - post-war boom and when window units came to the middle class!
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Post by Laurie on Feb 14, 2021 18:52:35 GMT
Our electric company is asking us to set our thermostats no higher than 68. And I am FREEZING! But I’m bundled up in about 3 layers and covered in blankets. 68 sounds very reasonable to me—I don’t know why I’m so cold! (Mind you—this week was the first time I’ve had to turn my heat on this winter. I had my AC on just a few weeks ago...) Ours is on 57 and we’re all chilling in tank tops 🤣 I think I’d pass out if I set the heat all the way up to 68. I don’t know how you do it. Dh prefers 68 and I prefer 72 so the compromise is 70. Except sometimes I bump it up for a bit until he notices.
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Post by anaterra on Feb 14, 2021 18:52:44 GMT
Yes librarylady!!!! Every word!! Lmao And even if 1st winter is cold... 2nd winter is bad because all the kids are in cute little Easter outfits but freezing buns under shorts n dresses... lol
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Post by Laurie on Feb 14, 2021 18:56:52 GMT
I spend the winters in Texas, and the rest of the time I'm just 50 miles south of the Canadian border. I'm loving this cold, only because I love winter food! My DH who is outside most of the day usually doesn't appreciate a hot bowl of soup when it's 80 out. But, there is nothing worse than ice and unusual cold when you aren't prepared for it. I have plenty of warm clothes down here, so I'm fortunate. I do have to say, I used to wonder about people when they thought anything above zero was cold (my actual high temp at home yesterday was -24) but it is DIFFERENT when you are in a humid climate area. I swear 30 degrees here feels much colder than zero back home. The dampness makes a HUGE difference. Please stay safe everyone!! it's a perfect day for a nap, to read a book, make cookies, craft, or just snuggle with your Valentine's day partner. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) I hope no has to go through a power outage! That is funny because last week a coworker was going down to KC and the temp was going to be in the 30s. I said that sucks that this time it isn’t warmer there than here like usual. He said 30 degrees down there feels a lot better than the 30s up here where the ground is frozen and everything around us is frozen. FTR this wasn’t engaging in a who has it worse thread. I hate low temps whether it is here up north or down south.
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Post by yivit on Feb 14, 2021 18:59:48 GMT
I distinctly recall many a late March growing up where we had to pack our sweats/jogging suits for softball tournaments because you never knew whether it would be shorts or sweats weather - and sometimes it was both in the same day.
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Post by KikiPea on Feb 14, 2021 19:39:04 GMT
This was posted on my Next Door app.....I don't disagree with any of it. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg) You transplants that are new to Texas, are about to experience “Texas Winter”. This is 6 or 7 days of cold, maybe some ice and snow. The weatherman will threaten snow. It may snow, it may not and if the weatherman says 2 inches it could be 10 or it could be 1/2”. It doesn’t matter how much snow it is, we’ll all freak out because we don’t see snow often. The threat of snow (or ice) from the weatherman is your prompt to head to the grocery store and buy milk, eggs and bread. It doesn’t matter if you need these items. It’s just what we do. Everyone in town will be there. You’ll also need to make a mad dash for faucet covers and finding them and getting out of the store will be like an episode of the hunger games. You’re in the redneck district. Don’t look for a sled. You won’t find one. In the rare chance we get enough ice or snow to sled grab some cardboard or a trash can lid and go find the nearest hill. Yes, we know it’s not a hill. You live in the flatland, just go with it. You’ll be alarmed by the fact that you’re “sledding” towards a bar ditch, fence or maybe into a farm to market road. Just go with it. You’ll be fine. We don’t have equipment to handle the winter and weather. The roads will be a mess and even though the state has been telling you for a week they’re ready, they’re not and it won’t work. Just stay home if you can and if you can’t just come to terms with the fact that nobody here knows how to drive in snow and ice. Whatever you do, DO NOT talk about snow tires. If you happen to slide off the road or get stuck, turn your flashers on, take a deep breath and wait. Two guys in a four wheel drive truck will be along in no time to offer assistance. Don’t try to help them, they live for this stuff, and will do what they can to get you back on the road. If either one of them screams “hey y’all watch this” just get back and get your phone out and start recording, you’ll probably have a viral video. Also of note, when they offer you beer and deer sticks, don’t be rude, take them and smile. No matter what you do, don’t talk about how they did it back home in any of these scenarios. Nobody cares. You live in Texas now, Texans know they live in the greatest state in the country and it’s our way or the highway. When we act like we’re going to die and start to complain about the 7 days of winter just shut up, we’re serious and we don’t care how much you love it. We don’t. You’ll be back in shorts and flip flops in a week to ten days and it’ll be nice until right around Easter. Texas' “second winter” will be 2 or 3 days and will hit right around Easter, usually the week before or the week after. This will hit right around the time you plant flowers and a garden. We know you’re not from around here when we see you’ve planted flowers before Easter and before the “second winter” has hit. This is why all the people at the nursery don’t sound like us when you’re shopping for plants. We know better. During second winter it’ll go from 70 to 25 and you’ll experience all four seasons in one day. This too shall pass, get used to it and when second winter is over you can enjoy the 3-4 weeks of “spring” before summer gets here and it’ll be melt your face off hot until sometime around Halloween. Amen, and amen! 🤣
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 14, 2021 20:12:51 GMT
Who is everyone following for their weather reports and updates? Other than the local tv stations, I've been following Colin Myers. Any other good meteorologists to check out?
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Post by yivit on Feb 14, 2021 21:09:07 GMT
Who is everyone following for their weather reports and updates? Other than the local tv stations, I've been following Colin Myers. Any other good meteorologists to check out? There's Eric and Matt at Space City Weather. Other than them, the local folks, and localized weather.gov, I take what I see/hear/read with a grain of salt (but only a grain because I might need the rest for my front and back porches).
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Post by Merge on Feb 14, 2021 21:12:23 GMT
Who is everyone following for their weather reports and updates? Other than the local tv stations, I've been following Colin Myers. Any other good meteorologists to check out? Space City Weather is the best. No hype.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 14, 2021 21:27:56 GMT
This Norwegian was wondering, too 😉 But, I’m guessing it’s unusually cold for Texas and that’s the issue? Below 0 farenheit for weeks here, and business as usual. Schools open, life continues as normal. The electric bill will be anything but normal, though, because the prices have gone up due to the cold weather down in continental Europe. The average temperature in Texas in the month of February is 61* and the average low is 41*. So a temperature of 1* is a big deal. Yes, it is! Brr. On the other hand, I'll take -10 over your 95 in June, with 95% humidty. I thought I'd die at our nephew's graduation.
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Post by TXMary on Feb 14, 2021 22:20:47 GMT
Who is everyone following for their weather reports and updates? Other than the local tv stations, I've been following Colin Myers. Any other good meteorologists to check out? There's Eric and Matt at Space City Weather. Other than them, the local folks, and localized weather.gov, I take what I see/hear/read with a grain of salt (but only a grain because I might need the rest for my front and back porches). I love Space City Weather for hurricane coverage. We own property in Port Aransas and they are just about the only ones I follow when the gulf is churning. They are no hype. For our local weather, I guess I mostly just follow our local weather guys (KWTX in Waco) and Texas Storm Chasers. A few others I can't think of the names of off the top of my head. Stay warm, Texas!!
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Post by Jockscrap on Feb 14, 2021 23:26:23 GMT
We get teased about our snow wimpiness too. We simply do not have the trucks and manpower to pretreat roads, then plow. And if you’re not used to being out in snow and/or ice it adds another layer to the whole thing. Ditto for the UK - well, maybe except Scotland Jockscrap , lesley , gillyp There has been quite a bit of snow here (north east Scotland) and lots of road closures, but it’s mainly due to high winds and drifting snow. It’s very difficult to keep on top of that. Many of the local farmers have contracts with the council to clear roads while the council does the main routes. We are fairly well-equipped to deal with it. A lot of folk get winter tyres and most of us have a good bit of experience with snow driving. However, we are not Canada - the temperatures there are hard for me to get my head round. The coldest it has been here this year has been this last week when it dropped to -12C I believe. That’s unusually cold for us as we are coastal and tend not to get it as bad as it gets inland and higher up.
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Post by Merge on Feb 15, 2021 2:27:27 GMT
It really doesn’t normally get this cold here.
There’s currently a half-inch of sleet on my patio tables!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 15, 2021 2:31:08 GMT
Just looked out and our patio furniture, mulch in the beds and the roof are totally white here. Hoping we get the snow they are predicting to start about 2 am! I’m a kid at heart when it comes to watching the snow fall.
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Post by Merge on Feb 15, 2021 2:36:57 GMT
Just looked out and our patio furniture, mulch in the beds and the roof are totally white here. Hoping we get the snow they are predicting to start about 2 am! I’m a kid at heart when it comes to watching the snow fall. Are you getting up at 2 to watch it? 😂
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Post by julie5 on Feb 15, 2021 2:41:03 GMT
Just looked out and our patio furniture, mulch in the beds and the roof are totally white here. Hoping we get the snow they are predicting to start about 2 am! I’m a kid at heart when it comes to watching the snow fall. I’m a kid at heart too. We homeschool but I still couldn’t resist taking a snow day last week! That was the best when I was a kid. The public schools are all doing elearning and I’m so glad that didn’t exist when I was a kid.
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