TEXAS SNOW

[txdon]

Central Texas received between 1"-3" of snow on Valentines morning. This was the most snow since 1985! Lee county was on the end of the snow line with about 1/2 inch. This is our first snow since we bought the place 8 years ago. By noon it was all gone. Anyone else have snow south of Austin?

 

[thcri]

Man that is a tough one. My in-laws are visiting in Keller Texas right now and the 3" of snow shut the airport down DFW. They ended up on a flight about 12 hours later than the original.

Weird


murph

 

[r0GuE]

I was on tech support last week with an engineer from Mesquite TX and he was whining about it being cold. I told him if he doesn’t fix our issue pretty quick, he was going to find out what cold is!!! I am already well within my rights to escalate the issue to a call out. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
He still hasn't got us fixed up yet, but I think I'll wait until we dip back in to the single digits with some snow and wind. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I am so darn jealous of those who get to live in the great state (home of Lance Armstrong!!!). If I thought I could land a telecom job in the current job market, I'd be packing...

I miss the warm weather, friendly people, phenomenal barbeque (usually served in an old shack on the side of the road), cold beer, wide open skies, cars without rust, and on and on and on…

 

[Bird]

Then Dallas Morning News this morning says the Dallas area got 3 to 6" and that Grapevine (about 2 miles from me) got 5.5". I didn't think we got quite that much, but it's nearly all gone now.

 

[EastTexFrank]

We got about 4" at the house - about 100 miles east of Dallas. I was going to post a photo but I didn't think 4" of snow would impress our northern members. Just remember, it's all relative. It's supposed to be back up in the 50's and low 60's in a couple of days. How does that make some of you guys feel????

 

[PineRidge]

Our biggest problem in Northeast Ohio isn't snow it's ice. We have been clobbered with several big ice storms and our weather hasn't moderated enough that we can get rid of it so it continues to accumulate. The main roads are no problem but private drives are a real mess. Right now anyone with a truck load of salt is sitting on a gold mine since all the ice has made salt practically nonexistent. I have seen guys throwing water softener salt pellets on their drives hoping for some relief. Texas please send salt! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[jinman]

Don, I'm not south of Austin, but I did something for the first time and maybe the last time. I plowed snow out of my driveway. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif It would have melted away in a few hours too, but I had to try it just to see if I could. For the 4-1/2" we had, the FEL worked great. Here's a picture.

 

[jinman]

I also got a picture of my lake and pond in the snow. By sundown, it was completely gone. Just about the perfect snow storm in my book. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Dozernut]

We have a build up of ice on our drive. In some areas the ice was 3-4 inches thick. I fired up the dozer and got rid of some of it or I think we would have had ice until spring. Had to take a pinch bar to bust up the ice on a sidewalk I couldn't get equipment onto. Like you said the main roads are clear and the secondary roads are improving. I guess I am ready to battle the next storm, I just hope it is snow and not more ice. Maybe we will get lucky and get a Texas snow /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif.

 

[JASTN70D]

Due to all the ice I found a new use for a box scraper. Set it up on about a 30 degree angle and teeth full down and rip the ice up. I would not recommend this procedure on anything but gravel drives though. With 1500 feet of 6 inch ice you have to get pretty crazy to get the use of your drive back.