Weather - Page 114

pmcgrady · January 16, 2018

Woke up to minus 1 outside, minus 20 wind chill, schools have cancelled so it must be cold. 51 degrees in the cabin and it feels warm. Just got a roaring fire going in fireplace let's see if I can't crank it up a few degrees.

Spike2 · January 16, 2018

Whoa dang it go icky out. Less than a week ago it was 61° and now everything is covered in a sheet of ice covered in a blanket of snow. I suddenly feel the need to make the bed . . .

Rockporter · January 16, 2018

Salt, having the same weather as you are here. The high 30-40 mph wind gusts blew the sheets off the crepe myrtle tree so I am afraid it will probably die with ice on it. The sleet is already happening in some areas around us and it will be freezing by this afternoon with sleet rain here.

Hubby isn't going to work tomorrow morning as they say ice on the roads and bridges. He has a 2 or 3 mile long bridge to cross to go to work, so he will be avoiding the drive on it. It's right over the corpus christi bay. There was already supposed to be some ice on the roads this morning but they say not as bad as it will be tomorrow morning.

Stay safe out there everyone, and drive with so much caution it hurts if you really must be out there in it.

Rajun Gardener · January 16, 2018

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

Salt, having the same weather as you are here. The high 30-40 mph wind gusts blew the sheets off the crepe myrtle tree so I am afraid it will probably die with ice on it. The sleet is already happening in some areas around us and it will be freezing by this afternoon with sleet rain here.

Hubby isn't going to work tomorrow morning as they say ice on the roads and bridges. He has a 2 or 3 mile long bridge to cross to go to work, so he will be avoiding the drive on it. It's right over the corpus christi bay. There was already supposed to be some ice on the roads this morning but they say not as bad as it will be tomorrow morning.

Stay safe out there everyone, and drive with so much caution it hurts if you really must be out there in it.

Don't worry about the crepe myrtle tree, it can take the cold and ice unless the ice is so thick it breaks the branches.

Worth1 · January 16, 2018

Either I got robbed in the middle of the night or I left my truck door opened.
Now the seat is covered in ice.

Worth

Worth1 · January 16, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockporter

Salt, having the same weather as you are here. The high 30-40 mph wind gusts blew the sheets off the crepe myrtle tree so I am afraid it will probably die with ice on it. The sleet is already happening in some areas around us and it will be freezing by this afternoon with sleet rain here.

Hubby isn't going to work tomorrow morning as they say ice on the roads and bridges. He has a 2 or 3 mile long bridge to cross to go to work, so he will be avoiding the drive on it. It's right over the corpus christi bay. There was already supposed to be some ice on the roads this morning but they say not as bad as it will be tomorrow morning.

Stay safe out there everyone, and drive with so much caution it hurts if you really must be out there in it.

Those trees grow way up north with no ill effect.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · January 16, 2018

A facebook friend in Bandera, Texas, is posting pics of their ice storm. She says most businesses in town are closed. I had to look up Bandera..."Cowboy Capital of the World." That is really far south to be getting ice.

Worth1 · January 16, 2018

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

A facebook friend in Bandera, Texas, is posting pics of their ice storm. She says most businesses in town are closed. I had to look up Bandera..."Cowboy Capital of the World." That is really far south to be getting ice.

They are only about 20 miles farther south than me.

New Orleans is only about 20 miles farther south than me.
Worth

clkeiper · January 16, 2018

In Siberia today I saw it was -68c? They call off school when it is -50c. We are such babies.

Black Krim · January 16, 2018

lol. We can handle the cold here, wel, my family can.

Our school buildings are OLD, and kids missed many days after Christmas vaca as there was no heat in the building. Parents notified AFTER kids at school!! Made my son stay, lol. A useless day that counted as a dayof school.

Been stoking the stove at full since Christmas.

Storm is arriving here tomorrow--this is the first winter I dont feel ready to handle it. Glad to have two teens to carry in ( and split) the firewood!!

Stay safe everyone!

AlittleSalt · January 17, 2018

It's going to be 10F here in the morning - burr.

Rockporter · January 17, 2018

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Originally Posted by Rajun Gardener

Don't worry about the crepe myrtle tree, it can take the cold and ice unless the ice is so thick it breaks the branches.

I worry because this is the one that hubby and I dug up Sept or Oct last year to save from our elderly friends house so it wasn't destroyed when their home they lost was destroyed in hurricane harvey. I am not so sure the root system is strong enough yet. I do have a nice rubber mulch for it so I am hoping it helps keep the roots warmer. So, yes it should be okay, but the roots are also at risk right now. It has lost all of it's leaves and I am hoping it went into dormancy already.

Rockporter · January 17, 2018

Hubby came home early yesterday around 12:30-1:00 or so. I don't know, I was sleeping when he got home. I heard his phone ring and woke up to him next to me, lol. I never heard him empty his pockets or even felt him lay into the bed. Must have been out of it since I went to bed around 10:30 am, lol. Work sent everyone home due to the ice on the roads and told them to stay home today if the ice remains to be a problem.

It's currently 30 degrees outside with a windchill of 16 degrees. Whoo, so c'c'c'c'cold.

clkeiper · January 17, 2018

woke up to a whopping 1°f so tired of the cold. it can warm up to moderate temps now. a couple years ago the average in Feb here was 14°f for the whole month. that was a cold month!

...and I just looked at our local news and I see Lake Erie almost frozen over. YAY!!!!! that limits lake effect snow for us. HIP HIP HOORAY!

JohnJones · January 17, 2018

It hit 7°F in Central Mississippi early this morning. That is a rare, rare thing.

January 16, 2018	#1698
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Salt, having the same weather as you are here. The high 30-40 mph wind gusts blew the sheets off the crepe myrtle tree so I am afraid it will probably die with ice on it. The sleet is already happening in some areas around us and it will be freezing by this afternoon with sleet rain here. Hubby isn't going to work tomorrow morning as they say ice on the roads and bridges. He has a 2 or 3 mile long bridge to cross to go to work, so he will be avoiding the drive on it. It's right over the corpus christi bay. There was already supposed to be some ice on the roads this morning but they say not as bad as it will be tomorrow morning. Stay safe out there everyone, and drive with so much caution it hurts if you really must be out there in it. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

January 16, 2018	#1704
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	In Siberia today I saw it was -68c? They call off school when it is -50c. We are such babies. __________________ carolyn k

January 17, 2018	#1708
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Hubby came home early yesterday around 12:30-1:00 or so. I don't know, I was sleeping when he got home. I heard his phone ring and woke up to him next to me, lol. I never heard him empty his pockets or even felt him lay into the bed. Must have been out of it since I went to bed around 10:30 am, lol. Work sent everyone home due to the ice on the roads and told them to stay home today if the ice remains to be a problem. It's currently 30 degrees outside with a windchill of 16 degrees. Whoo, so c'c'c'c'cold. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~ Last edited by Rockporter; January 17, 2018 at 06:26 AM.

January 17, 2018	#1709
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	woke up to a whopping 1°f so tired of the cold. it can warm up to moderate temps now. a couple years ago the average in Feb here was 14°f for the whole month. that was a cold month! ...and I just looked at our local news and I see Lake Erie almost frozen over. YAY!!!!! that limits lake effect snow for us. HIP HIP HOORAY! __________________ carolyn k Last edited by clkeiper; January 17, 2018 at 08:51 AM.

January 16, 2018	#1696
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Woke up to minus 1 outside, minus 20 wind chill, schools have cancelled so it must be cold. 51 degrees in the cabin and it feels warm. Just got a roaring fire going in fireplace let's see if I can't crank it up a few degrees.

January 16, 2018	#1697
Spike2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 992	Whoa dang it go icky out. Less than a week ago it was 61° and now everything is covered in a sheet of ice covered in a blanket of snow. I suddenly feel the need to make the bed . . .

January 16, 2018	#1700
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Either I got robbed in the middle of the night or I left my truck door opened. Now the seat is covered in ice. Worth

January 16, 2018	#1702
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	A facebook friend in Bandera, Texas, is posting pics of their ice storm. She says most businesses in town are closed. I had to look up Bandera..."Cowboy Capital of the World." That is really far south to be getting ice.

January 16, 2018	#1705
Black Krim Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: New England Posts: 661	lol. We can handle the cold here, wel, my family can. Our school buildings are OLD, and kids missed many days after Christmas vaca as there was no heat in the building. Parents notified AFTER kids at school!! Made my son stay, lol. A useless day that counted as a dayof school. Been stoking the stove at full since Christmas. Storm is arriving here tomorrow--this is the first winter I dont feel ready to handle it. Glad to have two teens to carry in ( and split) the firewood!! Stay safe everyone!

January 17, 2018	#1706
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	It's going to be 10F here in the morning - burr.

January 17, 2018	#1710
JohnJones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Mississippi Posts: 339	It hit 7°F in Central Mississippi early this morning. That is a rare, rare thing.