The rain is just starting up here again I think.
Here's some ice pictures.
it, I'm going to sleep. The next model run comes out at about 7:30, but theres no way I'm staying up for that. Those of you that have to work will probably have to go in considering that the rain is staying just to the NW. The NWS seems pretty convinced the airmass is too shallow for snow, but we'll see.
I'll call you when it starts snow here
lol
Well Emo got off work at 3:30 am.... didn't make it home untill 5:30.
He said it's pretty bad out there mostly because you can;t be sure whats ice and whats not.
Also - all of our stirs are covered with ice. How am i gogin to carry 2 kids down 3 flights of icey steps in an hour to go to the Dr.s?
And the Dr is in Stone Oak...
any roads in/near/to Stoen Oak closed??
wow what a nice surprise.
281 has huge portions shut down.
35 is closed from san marcus to austin.
no drive to fort worth today as a result.
*pumps fist*
all this ice outside, the ground is dryer now then when i went to bed last night and my car has ice all over the truck and the rest of my car is dry as can be.
awesome! southside again getting ed!
you guys must be enjoyin the cold weather over there, since you get snow = melts = water
unlike down here, n hot weather for the last couple of days and we are in the summer season, and power blackouts, and stupid water restrictions
you guys must be enjoyin the cold weather over there, since you get snow = melts = water
unlike down here, n hot weather for the last couple of days and we are in the summer season, and power blackouts, and stupid water restrictions
ya there is no water of any form where i'm at right now.
not liquid, not solid, not nothing.
this winter storm! but thanks for closing the roads around me
so this morning I go out to check weather conditions and my car. as I'm walking up the driveway, right when I get to the top I slip and fall right on my ass. Didn't see that one coming! I make it to my car (i have to move it in case I can't go to work, because it's in the mailman's "way")..anyway I make it to my car to move it, and I can't open the door. it's pretty much all encased in ice (the whole car). I try for a while but nothing.. so my dad (who almost fell as well but I warned him about the "danger zone") goes out there with a knife and eventually gets it open. I couldn't see ANYTHING through the windshield and I couldn't turn the wipers on or even lower the window to look out so I pretty much had to drive into the driveway with my driver's side door open so I could peek out and make sure I got in and didn't hit any of the other cars.
now THAT is TEXAS weather!
the mailman.
he can go around.
I lost my cable AND internet last night.
It was tragic.
Apparently people in other states who are prepared for like this have ice picks? What the ? No one told me.
our mailman is a . if I have my car there he'll leave a note in the mailbox saying he won't deliver the mail if there is a car parked out there. it makes no sense because ALL he has to do is GO AROUND it's not a big deal!
are u goin to surprise the mailman?our mailman is a . if I have my car there he'll leave a note in the mailbox saying he won't deliver the mail if there is a car parked out there. it makes no sense because ALL he has to do is GO AROUND it's not a big deal!
our mailman is a . if I have my car there he'll leave a note in the mailbox saying he won't deliver the mail if there is a car parked out there. it makes no sense because ALL he has to do is GO AROUND it's not a big deal!
you should send a letter to his boss.
some of these ing mailmen are the laziest s on the planet.
OK. To help prevent slipping on ice you can sprinkle table salt on concrete and other surfaces. That will essentially lower the freezing point (salt water has a lower freezing point than pure water). May not work if you have 1" of ice already but should help on things like steps and the like. It'll take a little while. There are commercial products which will do a better job but I doubt anyone down there has them
Re your car: after you get your door open (!) you can start the engine, turn the defrosters on full heat and let the car warm up for 15 minutes or so. Eventually, once the engine gets nice and warm the ice on your windshield will start to melt from the underside and you can take your ice scraper or some equivalent and easily clear the mess off. Since you won't be able to use your wipers it's not a bad idea to towel dry the windshield after you get all the crap off of it. If you have rear window defoggers, turn them on too and eventually they will do the same thing for your rear window. :
I just walked to the mailbox. I survived.
It's cool to see l'il icicles everywhere.
I thought of that.
my dad is the one that bugs me about moving my car. I told him that our mailman is so freakin lazy that he probably won't come around today cause of the weather (they'll find any excuse)
He doesn't think so, so I had to move it.
ok whatever... I do need to find his boss though. I have always thought that it is B.S. we have 4 cars here and always have to play musical cars to make sure there is not a car on the outside in the mailmans way
blue=snow and pink=ice
Well, sometimes. It's really just an educated guess. For example, Del Rio is reporting light freezing rain and Austin and Waco are reporting nothing at this moment in time.
That's the key Accuweather gave.
Hey TIMVP! When you post your snow picture, make sure you're wearing sandles! Weren't you wearing sandles in the snow in CO?
My internet connection keeps going down. Stupid TW
I say, ice is bad.
I didn't know it froze over outside. I was checkin outside to see if I could make it to work, busted my ass on my sidewalk, like 8 feet away from my apartment door.
Yup, I called in, no way I am goin to be in that if I can't even make it past my sidewalk.
i wonder how i could get to castroville from the southeast side of town with 90 closed.
interesting.
P.S. It is horrible in San Marcos
35 is supposedly closed there.
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