Cold In The South
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We had a surprise around 7:30 this evening.
Wife's car
In my 19 years in Austin, Texas, this is maybe the 5th time I've seen snow. At almost half an inch, it's also the greatest accumulation. :lol:
I remember shoveling feet of the stuff, growing up in Baltimore and I don't miss it. By noon tomorrow, I'll have the bike back out of the garage, so I can put up until then.
I hope everyone is warm and comfy!
Wife's car
In my 19 years in Austin, Texas, this is maybe the 5th time I've seen snow. At almost half an inch, it's also the greatest accumulation. :lol:
I remember shoveling feet of the stuff, growing up in Baltimore and I don't miss it. By noon tomorrow, I'll have the bike back out of the garage, so I can put up until then.
I hope everyone is warm and comfy!
We had about 2 inches on Barn roof, Truck and Car was covered in Snow. On old Covered porch in back, exposure is Southerly, I have a large Stainless Steel server with sink, wife is putting a heating pad on low in sink for the little kittens, I have a large marble cutting board that I pulled over sink and they are 3/4 covered, my own Cat House.. :rofl:
It was at 4" at noon, when I had to quickly prune the apples trees before the branches snapped. I was hoping to wait for the leaves to fall, but the snow was thinking about something different. It hasn't stopped snowing all day. Still...
It’s a rare and kind of weird juxtaposition, but it snowed here on the beach today along the Gulf Coast. I hear even New Orleans got some snow, which is even more unusual.
The granddaughter in Covington, LA got her first taste of snow today. We haven't even had any snow yet here in Western MD!
On Christmas in 1987, Jacksonville FL got 1/2" of snow and it brought the city to it's knees for three days.
The entire city is connected by countless bridges. All the roads had a layer of ice under the snow. There is no equipment to handle the problem. There was exactly 27 people in the city that knew how to drive in snow. They had the wisdom to stay home.
Yesterday, I saw a Canadian goose standing on the pond in front of the building I work in.
The entire city is connected by countless bridges. All the roads had a layer of ice under the snow. There is no equipment to handle the problem. There was exactly 27 people in the city that knew how to drive in snow. They had the wisdom to stay home.
Yesterday, I saw a Canadian goose standing on the pond in front of the building I work in.
We find it kind of entertaining to watch the news showing drivers in the south attempt to drive in snow
Up here a foot of snow just slows traffic, very few stay home besides Govt. and school employees. Once while in Florida a waitress told us to be careful driving because it had rained and might be slippery, but as an afterthought said " Oh yeah, you're from Canada, never mind " :rofl:
Yeah snow in the south is quite unusual, but here in central Mississippi we get it once in a while, although it never really accumulates. One exception was Feb. 2015 when we got more snow in 24 hrs. than all the previous 15 years combined. It stayed for a couple of days, but took down so many pine trees that the power was out for over a day.
My wife took this pic of me in front of our house.
Later after the snow finally quit.
My wife took this pic of me in front of our house.
Later after the snow finally quit.
Family and friends saw snow from Houston through the Gulport/Biloxi, Ms area yesterday. We drove to Gulfport believing the forecast that we wouldn't see any more snow fall until 5 or 6 pm and wound up driving back through the snow flurries around 1 pm. Maybe not as heavy as you guys up north are used to, but it didn't take long for it to start sticking on the ground or to build up about a half inch of slush on the interstate in some areas. On the drive back, we passed three small cars that had slide down the side of the interstate and a 3 car accident on one of the high bridges. The accident was probably caused by the driver of a small car not knowing that slamming on your brakes while doing 70 mph in snow and ice results in you sliding and not stopping. When even the 18-wheelers are doing 55 mph and no one is passing them, you know road conditions are bad.
On the bright side, we made it home and I sat in the garage smoking some We Three Kings and drinking coffee.
On the bright side, we made it home and I sat in the garage smoking some We Three Kings and drinking coffee.
My SIL has a bread/snacks route and uses a truck and 20' trailer. He said I-12 was very slippery. He's 28 but had never driven in snow. He saw so many wrecks in the morning, he came back via side roads to keep clear of the interstate. He slid once, I told him he was lucky not to jack-knife is trailer.
Meanwhile, here in Edmonton, we're having a very mild winter so far. Most days the high temp reaches 4-8 degrees Celsius. Very unusual, but welcome.
We chose this morning for my wife to shop for new cars. After she test drove a Fussion Titanium on slippery roads, I’m not sure about the salesman, but I could make diamonds in my colon.
Cold weather makes some blends taste better, it seems. Just the right weather for Semois and Peretti #52, which are pretty good even in the heat. Cosmic, relatives visiting from Missouri came east in a Ford Fusion; it was a few years old and looked new. Nice cars.
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