Blizzard in N Central Texas!

[TillerofdaEarth]

I am 20 miles NW of Fort Worth and Boy Howdy, have we gotten some snow!

We have had snow before, but not like this. It is heavy, wet and slushy all in one.

Has been snowing about 4 Hrs., have 7 to 8 inches of accumulation and still falling.

I was out driving and the roads are just terrible. The density of this stuff made it almost impossible to get around.

I am just hoping the power stays on!!

 

[chh]

Well it kept going and hit eastern Ok today too. We have gotten more snow in march than we got all winter. It will be gone in a day or two though.

 

[Racer71]

Has been snowing about 4 Hrs., have 7 to 8 inches of accumulation and still falling.

I know things are big in Texas but that is not 7-8 inches of snow.

 

[tomd999]

Hiya,

Sorry, not impressed. The wagon is not buried, the snow isn't up to the roof of the shed, that's called "a dusting"

Call us here in NH and Me when you get another 11 or so feet, the snow sympathy meter is not off the zero peg for 7 inches.

I'll trade you your snow for the rain we are scheduled to get, 2 or 3 inches of rain on top of 3 to 5 feet of snow pack is gonna make for a lot of water down stream.

Tom

 

[gsganzer]

Here's a photo of my place when I got home last night. We had 8". It took me 4 hours to drive home from Addison to Denton. What a mess!

 

[jinman]

I know things are big in Texas but that is not 7-8 inches of snow.

I agree looking at Tiller's pictures, but those shots may have been shot before the full total fell. The TV said there was 9" in Springtown and I had about 5-6" here. I found that my driveway was completely hidden in the middle of the storm, but melted clear a few hours later because of all the heat still in the gravel.

I was stuck on the highway for 3-1/2 hours. Most of it was due to a Fed-Ex truck that was "Dead-Ex" across the highway blocking both lanes and spinning his tires trying to get traction. I finally made it around him on the shoulder of the road. Our snow-challenged Texans were sadly in the medians and ditches everywhere. All major highways in Wise County were shut down yesterday afternoon. On southbound 287 in Decatur, going up the grade over Hwy 380, there were at least 100 cars and trucks "parked" when I went northbound. What a mess! We were totally unprepared for this storm that came so quickly and dumped so much snow on us. I'm on dialup today because something has knocked my high-speed line-of-sight wireless off the line.

Here is a picture of my tractor with about 4" of snow. I'll look at Gordon's picture as soon as I get high speed back.

 

[Egon]

Okay; you Fellars got a little snow for a day. For some of us that is a weekly occurence.

There are two cars in this photo!

 

[WayneB]

just a little New England snow effects!

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

I know things are big in Texas but that is not 7-8 inches of snow.

Around here that would be called partly cloudy.

 

[JazzDad]

C'mon, Egon. You haul out that picture every year!

 

[Bird]

Around here that would be called partly cloudy.

 

[chh]

Ended up with about 4" here in OK last night, melted down to 2 1/2" overnight. As you can see in the background some places down to nothing. It is always a hoot to watch the Dallas news when it snows down there.

 

[kossetx]

While the term "blizzard" may be a little decieving. you yankee boys must realize that a lot of the vegetation here was in bloom and for us, this is a strange occurrence.

I hope my fruit trees don't get bit too bad.

 

[RobJ]

I bet they would trade a little for a lot!!

Yep my seeds are in the gound now in east texas. They haven't poped yet so not a problem. In Spring the corn and beans have popped, I planted them 3 weeks ago to guage the process of what's happening at the country place. I like to plant a little early and risk a freeze(generally more rain early to). Last year my corn popped a couple inches and got dusted with snow. No problem.

Rob

 

[Unclebuck257]

To all you "Snow State Folks" who are poking fun at us in N Central Texas. Please be advised that your state has the equipment to deal with snow removal from highways and that you have chains, salt, etc at the ready yourselves to deal with snow accumulations of 7-9 inches like we got yesterday. WE DO NOT!!! Three inches that stays on the ground/roadways about cripples our traffic, let alone the "blizzard" we got yesterday!

What we have a lot of are short sleeved shirts, air conditioned tractor cabs and pickups, that we use in our mostly warm weather while you guys are still all shoveling out from your latest snow storm.

Do we make fun of you folks still shoveling out!?? OOPS, maybe we do from time to time!! LMBO!!!

OK, go ahead and have at it laughing at us, but remember, two days from now, we'll be back in the 70's and you'll still be shoveling snow and freezing your buns off!! I think I'll go dust off the yard lounger to get ready for Sunday afternoon in the backyard! ROTFLMBO!!

 

[jinman]

Okay; you Fellars got a little snow for a day. For some of us that is a weekly occurence.

There are two cars in this photo!

Egon, if we get snow like that here, we go up on our rooftops and wait for the FEMA helicopters to come rescue us.

 

[ByronBob]

To all you "Snow State Folks" who are poking fun at us in N Central Texas. Please be advised that your state has the equipment to deal with snow removal from highways and that you have chains, salt, etc at the ready yourselves to deal with snow accumulations of 7-9 inches like we got yesterday. WE DO NOT!!! Three inches that stays on the ground/roadways about cripples our traffic, let alone the "blizzard" we got yesterday!

What we have a lot of are short sleeved shirts, air conditioned tractor cabs and pickups, that we use in our mostly warm weather while you guys are still all shoveling out from your latest snow storm.

Do we make fun of you folks still shoveling out!?? OOPS, maybe we do from time to time!! LMBO!!!

OK, go ahead and have at it laughing at us, but remember, two days from now, we'll be back in the 70's and you'll still be shoveling snow and freezing your buns off!! I think I'll go dust off the yard lounger to get ready for Sunday afternoon in the backyard! ROTFLMBO!!

Touche.

Maybe I'll be able to post a few photo's after we get walloped this weekend. What pose would you like? The tractor disappearing into the snow banks?

How about the photo of me covered in white on my NON CAB tractor?

Either way. The beer is always cold when it's 20 outside.

 

[RobJ]

Either way. The beer is always cold when it's 20 outside.

Chipping beer out of a can when it's 20 outside? hmmm think I'd rather have a plain hot coco. Actually the sun is coming out and it's a good day for golf!!

 

[EddieWalker]

Great pictures!!!!

I've been sitting here in the house with my camera hoping that the snow will stop melting when it hits. Except for a very few isolated areas, it just melted on me and I never took a picture. I'm disapointed, but sure am glad that I was able to stay home and not have to deal with being out there!!!!!

Eddie

 

[Jimmyp5]

Heck it all but gone....now. At least I got to use the "FEL ONE DAY THIS YEAR!" to move snow . That is all fine for me...why I moved back to Texas! And Wise county to boot . For all my Wise buddies., I am starting 18 gallons of Mustang grapes this weekend. All those wild grapes have to put put to some good use!