BLIZZARD in TEXAS!!!

[JB]

The Hideout NEVER gets snow twice in the same year. . .well, until today.

About 3" on the ground, visibility 2/10mi, wind about 40, 34 degrees and dropping.

This is one reason I left Minnesota. I will be forbidden to travel to visit tomorrow, even with the Subaru.

 

[Tim Frank]

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The Hideout NEVER gets snow twice in the same year. . .well, until today.

About 3" on the ground, visibility 2/10mi, wind about 40, 34 degrees and dropping.

This is one reason I left Minnesota. I will be forbidden to travel to visit tomorrow, even with the Subaru.

As someone who has the utmost respect for all things Texas, and JB himself, I must admit to scratching my head a bit at JB's description of a "Blizzard".
3" of snow, 40 MPH wind, 34 degrees?....nice afternoon for a walk around here....
Guess not everything is bigger and badder in Texas...

Hope you do get out and around tomorrow. Best of the season!

 

[gonefishie]

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Yep! 3" in Texas is a blizzard. The body shops and claim adjusters are going to be BUSY.

 

[rbh]

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Kids should love a white Christmas though

 

[tashasdaddy]

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the snow will have to melt for JB, to get out. he is so far in the sticks, Fedex and UPS can't find him.

 

[JB]

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As someone who has the utmost respect for all things Texas, and JB himself, I must admit to scratching my head a bit at JB's description of a "Blizzard".
3" of snow, 40 MPH wind, 34 degrees?....nice afternoon for a walk around here....
Guess not everything is bigger and badder in Texas...

Hope you do get out and around tomorrow. Best of the season!

Well, it is about 6" now and still blowing about a lot. Blizzard is what the weather guys called it. They are showing a lot of video of vehicles doing triple Axels and toe loops on the freeways.

Consider how things would be in Ontario if it were 115 degrees F in the shade.

 

[a70eliminator]

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Wow that sounds like fun, maybe some of those 4wl dr suv's will get some real action. Has the priesident called in the National guard yet?

 

[rbh]

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Well, it is about 6" now and still blowing about a lot. Blizzard is what the weather guys called it. They are showing a lot of video of vehicles doing triple Axels and toe loops on the freeways.

Consider how things would be in Ontario if it were 115 degrees F in the shade.

With the humidedex it is, 110% humidity

 

[kenmyfam]

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3" of snow, 40 MPH wind, 34 degrees?....nice afternoon for a walk around here....

Maybe take the family for some time on the beach T shirt and shorts

 

[Stachi]

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PFFFFFFT! , 6 " , I just got thru busting my way out of 23" here... sure glad I have a John Deere 140 , with a 54" snowblower and rear tire chains and weights ! !

 

[slasmith1]

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sounds like it's time for you to get the boat out and go fishing jb!

 

[Jeep Man]

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The Hideout NEVER gets snow twice in the same year. . .well, until today.

About 3" on the ground, visibility 2/10mi, wind about 40, 34 degrees and dropping.

This is one reason I left Minnesota. I will be forbidden to travel to visit tomorrow, even with the Subaru.

Better get out the SPF 60. that's about 18 degrees better than here. Downright bawmy! Blizzards like that make for great windsurfing. Ho Ho Ho, Santa's heading for the beach. MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

[tashasdaddy]

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and it blew right on over hear last night. no snow, lots of clouds and high winds. a stay at the dock day.

 

[skargo]

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HAHA, Blizzard...

We just got 2' of snow with 50-60 mph winds. But then I have a 4wd tractor with a FEL and grader on the back, so digging out is easy peasy!

 

[waterinthefuel]

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and it blew right on over hear last night. no snow, lots of clouds and high winds. a stay at the dock day.

We got that too. We had wind just unbelievably strong. It went from 70 to 40 in a couple of hours. No snow here but someone near here was killed when a Tree fell on his house. Lots of straight line wind damage!!

 

[ziggy]

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the dictionary is open...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard

we're having a blizzard here too. 6 or maybe 8'' of snow. dangerous high winds, low temps, drifting snow. roads closed and impassable. a blizzard. i just snow blowed for the third time... it's been snowing since thursday afternoon. rained before that.... everyone stay warm and safe...

this is what it's like out right now...

them drifts were knee to thigh high while sweeping off the boat..

 

[Don S]

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One upmanship

Main Entry: one?up?man?ship
Pronunciation: \ˌwən-ˈəp-mən-ˌship\
Variant(s): also one?ups?man?ship \-ˈəps-mən-\
Function: noun
Date: 1952
: the art or practice of outdoing or keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor <engaged in a round of verbal one?upmanship>


From Wikipedia:

One-upmanship is a satiric course in the gambits required for the systematic and conscious practice of "creative intimidation", making one's associates feel inferior and thereby gaining the status of being "one-up" on them.

 

[Thunder_SS]

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them drifts were knee to thigh high while sweeping off the boat..

LOL thight high drifts huh? Try getting that much in just straight down snow. We have gotten 21 inches since Wednesday with another 3-5 tonight for a total of 26" in 4 days (with 40 mph winds on top of it all)

 

[CheapboatKev]

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One upmanship

Main Entry: one?up?man?ship
Pronunciation: \ˌwən-ˈəp-mən-ˌship\
Variant(s): also one?ups?man?ship \-ˈəps-mən-\
Function: noun
Date: 1952
: the art or practice of outdoing or keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor <engaged in a round of verbal one?upmanship>


From Wikipedia:

One-upmanship is a satiric course in the gambits required for the systematic and conscious practice of "creative intimidation", making one's associates feel inferior and thereby gaining the status of being "one-up" on them.

well said. Everything is relative.

 

[bowman316]

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we had a little more than 1 foot and a half up here. it is hard to tell with all the drifitng. But the offical tally was 20 inches i think. But it was a real fluffy snow. we had drifts up to my side view mnirors, after plowing out the lane.