Dammit, Jackie, don't eat the yellow snow...
It’s been below freezing for a longer period of time here in the ATX than I can ever remember. Typically, if we have temps that dip below 32 degrees, it’s typically at night/early morning, but then the temp rises to above freezing at some point during the same day.
Well, the last time it was above freezing here was on Tuesday. But, up until last night around midnight, it had been completely dry and extremely windy.
We didn’t get much snow…just a dusting, really. But with the streets being frigid from the last several days of freezing temps, that means that it stuck to the streets:
It's hard to tell from this picture, but hill down our street is steep enough to make you (and your car) slide all the way to the bottom)
So, most of Austin is closed down today — which is fine with us.
Looking for a spot to do her morning business
And, a little later, around 12:45, after most of the snow melted:
Our giant puppy next to our dwarf snowman
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I hear power is an issue in Texas too. Stay warm, build a fire, and all that good stuff.
The power issue was Wednesday and while a problem, was blown out of proportion by the media.
We don’t get single digit temperatures in Texas very often, along with 50+ mile an hour winds. As a result, a lot of the equipment at the natural gas pumping stations froze up, as did the power plants. Couple a reduced capacity with an unusually high demand because of the cold and so many people staying home, and we had some rolling blackouts, but only for one day.
My neighborhood didn’t get hit by it.
I’ll bet that sweet old girl couldn’t wait to get back to her spot near the fireplace.
Yeah, you folks got it bad down there.
Meanwhile, up here in Dallas we haven’t been above 23 degrees since 4a.m. Tuesday morning when the thunder sleet rolled in, coating everything with up to 3 inches followed by many hours of -15 wind chill. That sleet turned to cement and without any Sun, it hasn’t budged. The roads were getting a little better, at least you could see where the ice was and slow down or avoid it, but as of this morning the ice is now hidden under 6 inches of snow.
I’m really, really tired of this crap.