How's The Weather

What a difference a few hours makes! Early this morning the news (on all the major stations reported that all expressways were closed and the recommendation was not even to drive on residential streets because of a hard cover of ice everywhere. Main arteries were shown as blocked with traffic and roads elsewhere completely empty. Looked like a sci/fi movie!
However by 11 a.m., traffic was on the move and roads were mostly dry.
I even managed my weekly trip to the local grocery about five blocks away!

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What a difference a few hours makes! Early this morning the news (on all the major stations reported that all expressways were closed and the recommendation was not even to drive on residential streets because of a hard cover of ice everywhere. Main arteries were shown as blocked with traffic and roads elsewhere completely empty. Looked like a sci/fi movie!
However by 11 a.m., traffic was on the move and roads were mostly dry.
I even managed my weekly trip to the local grocery about five blocks away!

From 9 Pm last night till 7 Pm tonight, there were 100 traffic accidents in Austin,was much worse in Corpus Christi, they were averaging 100 accidents per HOUR.

stumpy
well i live in the ipswich area really but it is also close to brisbane and yes the cyclone did come in north of me we will get the rain shortly but at the moment it is sunny and humid

cheers smokey

Bright sun and warmer temperatures today. Hopefully, conditions will melt some of the snow and ice that coat north Texas.

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stumpy
well i live in the ipswich area really but it is also close to brisbane and yes the cyclone did come in north of me we will get the rain shortly but at the moment it is sunny and humid

cheers smokey

Sharon,
You should latch onto one of those flyers at Amberley. He can support you and the lad and then you won't have to work so hard.
Jim

Just to give you an idea of what things have looked like in much of Texas for almost a week. Sure not fun trying to drive in this, especially if you're not accustomed to it.

What's ironic is that the Super Bowl football game, featuring teams from northern states that usually have this kind of winter weather, is being staged in Arlington, near Fort Worth. Ordinarily, we'd have beautiful weather for both teams to enjoy but now, they should feel right at home.

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Bright sun and warmer temperatures today. Hopefully, conditions will melt some of the snow and ice that coat north Texas.

Lookin' good - I went out earlier and managed to easily shovel most of the ice and snow off my front porch so people won't slip and fall, rendering me liable for a lawsuit. You know how lawyers are.

Texas is slowly thawing out. Here we had a beautiful cloudless day in the low 60s - no smoggy or hazy sky!

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Texas is slowly thawing out. Here we had a beautiful cloudless day in the low 60s - no smoggy or hazy sky!

65 F here today and probably much warmer tomorrow-for Ronald Wilson Reagan's 100th birthday.

thanks stumpy but only have time to worry about the lad at the moment, hubby was a RAAFie from Amberly

sunny and humid again today

cheers smokey

misty warm wet

Oh no, not again!!!

It's already becoming a stuck record, Jim. The word now is that we might get freezing rain, but only bridges and overpasses will be affected and it won't last long.

More snow this morning, though not as much as last week. Very cold also.

rain,rain for the past 3 days

it's been really cold here for the last week or so and it's been real fun living here where the wind can be so bad that though it's only about -7F the wind chill is -41F

Things in this neck of the woods looking much better as the week progresses. But look at the low tonight, for gosh sakes.

it's warming up here and i couldn't be happier it is actually supposed to get up to 37F on Saturday yay!! i can't wait!

warm sunny for a change no rain to be seen

cheers smokey

We're scheduled for a warming trend with highs in the seventies after tomorrow!