2019-2020 Surly Winter Weather Thread

[MissingInAction 25204]

Actual for real snow in the cameron rd 290 area. The not white folks at the bar are losing their shit.

Edited February 6, 2020 by MissingInAction

[bschoolprof 6273]

Snowing at my house. Could be pandalerium in the morning. 

[Radical Larry 28664]

I just checked in as safe on Facebook.

[Post Oak 20278]

Snowing in Waco.

 

[hornian 5224]

Snowing in 78759. 

 

[atomheartbevo 89817]

Snowing pretty decent in 78756.  Wish the kids were up to see it.  It’s not sticking on the ground, but their sand box is covered, so hopefully it’ll be there in the morning.  

[clapclapclap 9000]

27 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Actually getting some good sized flakes and sticking to things.  Supposed to keep going for a while 

[burntorangebongos 10752]

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8822]

33 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

I just checked in as safe on Facebook.

[Trey3216 15372]

Great. Now I get to set my whole day back because I have to drive my wife to work.  She’s afraid to drive over the Lake Waco bridges and then over 185 bridge to China Spring.  45 min round trip before I can do my morning run and head to work.  
 

thanks .75 in snow storm!! 

[Brothahorn 10087]

 

 

[Trey3216 15372]

1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

Great. Now I get to set my whole day back because I have to drive my wife to work.  She’s afraid to drive over the Lake Waco bridges and then over 185 bridge to China Spring.  45 min round trip before I can do my morning run and head to work.  
 

thanks .75 in snow storm!! 

Make that 1.5 hours round trip since I got stuck on one of the bridges for 45 minutes.  

[atomheartbevo 89817]

25 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Make that 1.5 hours round trip since I got stuck on one of the bridges for 45 minutes.  

 Alternative: she gets stuck on one of the bridges for 45 minutes, and chews you out for 1.5 hours?

[atomheartbevo 89817]

It was 31, and there was still snow on the ground.  So of course, dipshit parents send their kids to school in shorts.  And then get pissed when they are told their kids can’t go to recess this morning because they aren’t dressed appropriately.   Do they think our rain force field extends to cold temps?

[Biff Tannen 45749]

[Trey3216 15372]

49 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 Alternative: she gets stuck on one of the bridges for 45 minutes, and chews you out for 1.5 hours?

Very true.  

[SimonBolivar 10960]

1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

Make that 1.5 hours round trip since I got stuck on one of the bridges for 45 minutes.  

The best part was that the bridges in town were fine as far as I could tell from the tallest one at 340/35.

Edited February 6, 2020 by SimonBolivar

[Trey3216 15372]

1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

The best part was that the bridges in town were fine as far as I could tell from the tallest one at 340/35.

Yeah, those seemed alright.  Wife teaches at China Spring primary, so she has to cross that bridge going over the N.Bosque on 185.  It's already tight and dangerous.  Some idiot spun out and hit the guardrail.  Shut traffic down both ways.   

[atomheartbevo 89817]

13 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Yeah, those seemed alright.  Wife teaches at China Spring primary, so she has to cross that bridge going over the N.Bosque on 185.  It's already tight and dangerous.  Some idiot spun out and hit the guardrail.  Shut traffic down both ways.   

Was he in a 4-wheel drive vehicle?   Because a lot of idiots seem to think they are bulletproof in snow and ice when driving such a vehicle.  

[Trey3216 15372]

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

Was he in a 4-wheel drive vehicle?   Because a lot of idiots seem to think they are bulletproof in snow and ice when driving such a vehicle.  

Indeed  

[BabaYaga 15327]

[Biff Tannen 45749]

[MNLonghornFUKM 8822]

Fuck tomorrow

[Parliament 14333]

meh4

[Updawg 2286]

Fuck tomorrow

That's fucking cold. Like 100 degrees colder than what I think is cold

[gsoda3 3283]

The good news is the coronavirus probably can't survive in your part of the world. The bad news is you're going to be 110 degrees colder than us tomorrow.

[Hate 20146]

That's fucking cold. Like 100 degrees colder than what I think is cold

 

I’m pretty sure there is no way I could ever survive in those kind of conditions. Give me the summer of 2011 all year long before I could deal with a month of that...and the summer of 2011 was the worst weather year of my life.

[Trey3216 15372]

13 minutes ago, Hate said:

 

I’m pretty sure there is no way I could ever survive in those kind of conditions. Give me the summer of 2011 all year long before I could deal with a month of that...and the summer of 2011 was the worst weather year of my life.

Summer of ‘18 was pretty horrific. 

[Al_4_ISU 12500]

I came here to bitch about this, but I’m gonna shut up now.



Still, dropping 50 degrees and then coming right back to the original temp in a 3 day span is stupid and will get all the viruses active.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8822]

I actually remember the summer of 2011 thread from the other site. Wasn’t it like 30+ days of 100+ degree highs and upper 80s for the lows?


Yea dunno. That sounds pretty miserable to do anything during the day, even inside

[MissingInAction 25204]

2011 Can EABOD

A high-pressure dome that typically sits over Texas for most of the summer remained firmly in place before, during and after the summer, allowing Austin to shatter the 86-year-old record of 69 100-degree days, ending the year with 90.

https://www.statesman.com/article/20120101/news/301019807

[Biff Tannen 45749]

17 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

2011 Can EABOD

A high-pressure dome that typically sits over Texas for most of the summer remained firmly in place before, during and after the summer, allowing Austin to shatter the 86-year-old record of 69 100-degree days, ending the year with 90.

https://www.statesman.com/article/20120101/news/301019807

I remember one afternoon it started raining outside for like 5 minutes and everyone in my office stood up and went to the windows to watch.  It was like we had never seen rain before.

[Trey3216 15372]

‘11 was terrible.   I think we did 90+ 100 degree days in waco, and the only thing that kept it from being consecutive was an afternoon shower in august that limited the day to 99.   ‘18 we had a bunch as well, but we had 7 straight days over 110 and a record high of 117 which was particularly miserable 

[Brisketexan 105430]

Summer 2011 flat out sucked.

 

Of course, GOLL and I are headed to Montreal for a hockey game this weekend (and I’m heading up tomorrow, a day early, to have some extra time visiting my daughter), and I’m heading into this:

 

 

I’ve got the gear, I think (daughter helped me pick stuff out), but I’ve never been in a temp below 10. So, yeah.

 

[Al_4_ISU 12500]

Once you get past 0 it all feels the same to me.  Fucking cold is fucking cold.

[MissingInAction 25204]

I remember my eye lids freezing together on a ski lift at Jackson Hole. That was my last trip there.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

My wife and I had to make a 4.5 hour drive this evening bucking some nasty crosswinds, but not a lot of snow.  My DIL went into labor with our first granddaughter (no pics), so we didn’t have much choice.  Getting gas in -23 windchill was particularly brutal.  That windchill was “according to my lying iPhone.”  There’s no fucking way that wasn’t -40. 

I’ll weigh in on the cold vs heat debate. I would take a week of 100+ temps over one day of sub-zero with significant windchill. But outside of places like International Falls, Minot, or Grand Forks,, there aren’t that many places where negative temps stay that low for more than a day or three. Besides, bitterly low temps are more likely to happen when I’m in bed, while brutally hot highs happen when I’m awake.

Snow sucks donkey dicks, though. I hate clearing snow, with extreme passion. I’d mow a hundred lawns in August in Texas to get out of clearing one 12” snowfall.  Fortunately, we don’t get a ton of snow, just painful windchills. 

[Al_4_ISU 12500]

My wife and I had to make a 4.5 hour drive this evening bucking some nasty crosswinds, but not a lot of snow.  My DIL went into labor with our first granddaughter (no pics), so we didn’t have much choice.  Getting gas in -23 windchill was particularly brutal.  That windchill was “according to my lying iPhone.”  There’s no fucking way that wasn’t -40. 
I’ll weigh in on the cold vs heat debate. I would take a week of 100+ temps over one day of sub-zero with significant windchill. But outside of places like International Falls, Minot, or Grand Forks,, there aren’t that many places where negative temps stay that low for more than a day or three. Besides, bitterly low temps are more likely to happen when I’m in bed, while brutally hot highs happen when I’m awake.
Snow sucks donkey dicks, though. I hate clearing snow, with extreme passion. I’d mow a hundred lawns in August in Texas to get out of clearing one 12” snowfall.  Fortunately, we don’t get a ton of snow, just painful windchills. 

I mostly agree with this. We’re supposed to hit negative 20 tomorrow, but according the long range forecast, it’s the last hurrah for true winter. Like you we rarely see true monster snows. Just the relentless fucking wind.

Snowblowers make snow removal so much less annoying though.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

1 minute ago, Al_4_ISU said:

 

I mostly agree with this. We’re supposed to hit negative 20 tomorrow, but according the long range forecast, it’s the last hurrah for true winter. Like you we rarely see true monster snows. Just the relentless fucking wind.

Snowblowers make snow removal so much less annoying though.

 

I agree about the snowblowers, but it still sucks.

The first significant snowfall of the year often happens when the ground is still somewhat warm, so the bottom layer is slushy. That comes out of the snowblower like toothpaste. We also have a huge spruce tree on the west side of our driveway, so most of the snow has to be blown to the east, but sometimes those early snowfalls are accompanied by strong winds out of the east, so even if the snow can be blown, it’s hard to do so into the wind.

And then there’s the gotdam snow plows that throw the snow right back on my sidewalk. They sometimes push a 3 foot (no exaggeration) snow bank along my curb as they start to make their turn around our cul de sac. That’s not fun to dig out from after I’ve already cleared snow. No one else on our street gets it that bad.  I’ve complained, but the city thinks I’m just another person who expects perfection. My neighbors even comment on it and will occasionally come over to lend a hand when they are finished with their driveways. Maybe it’s my temper tantrums that get to them.

That’s okay, though. I help clear the driveway and sidewalk of the 90-year old career Marine vet across the street. He always offers to pay me, but I tell him his money’s not good here. It’s like a routine we go through. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8822]

6 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

My wife and I had to make a 4.5 hour drive this evening bucking some nasty crosswinds, but not a lot of snow.  My DIL went into labor with our first granddaughter (no pics), so we didn’t have much choice.  Getting gas in -23 windchill was particularly brutal.  That windchill was “according to my lying iPhone.”  There’s no fucking way that wasn’t -40. 

I’ll weigh in on the cold vs heat debate. I would take a week of 100+ temps over one day of sub-zero with significant windchill. But outside of places like International Falls, Minot, or Grand Forks,, there aren’t that many places where negative temps stay that low for more than a day or three. Besides, bitterly low temps are more likely to happen when I’m in bed, while brutally hot highs happen when I’m awake.

Snow sucks donkey dicks, though. I hate clearing snow, with extreme passion. I’d mow a hundred lawns in August in Texas to get out of clearing one 12” snowfall.  Fortunately, we don’t get a ton of snow, just painful windchills. 

yea. agreed. maybe not 100 yards, probably more like 10 before i started to hate the extreme heat. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

Now my lyin’ iPhone says it’s sunny and -2 with -20 windchill. It’s downright pleasant compared to last night. With the sun and little breeze, it feels like +20. 
 

For those of you who don’t think 20 sounds pleasant, it’s like how the first 80 degree day in Texas in October feels cool. Up here, it’s all about sunshine and the lack of wind. When it gets above 25, I’ll be in shirtsleeves. 

Edited February 13, 2020 by ImissWallyPryor

[Al_4_ISU 12500]

For most of February for us it's been in the high 20's, sunny, and low wind.  It's almost always windy here, so when it isn't you can really feel the difference.

20's with sun and no wind really aren't uncomfortable at all.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8822]

This February has been a hell of a lot better than last year.......so far. We’ll get drilled on feb 29th now

 

[Parliament 14333]

2 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

This February has been a hell of a lot better than last year.......so far. We’ll get drilled on feb 29th now

 

Something, something, South Austin's mom.

[Al_4_ISU 12500]

2 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

This February has been a hell of a lot better than last year.......so far. We’ll get drilled on feb 29th now

 

I fully expect an early spring, working in the field by mid-April, and then get 10" of snow between 4/20 and 4/26. 

[MissingInAction 25204]

I plan on doing 10" of snow off South Austin's mom. 

Edited February 13, 2020 by MissingInAction
She has a 10" clit

[Trey3216 15372]

MIA trying to NowThis himself 

[Brisketexan 105430]

Walked to dinner, then walked around and had some drinks. 9 degrees is ok, if you’re moving.

[Storm the Field 5302]

Been an extremely mild winter in Houston this year. I don't think we ever reached freezing or below. Looking through the data going back to Halloween, I only see maybe 6 days where the low got into the 30's at all.

Based on current extended forecast, it looks like late WED/early THU might be the last real dose of cold, touching mid 30's. Pretty fantastic stretch of weather coming up through Sunday:

 

 

[Deej 76944]

Winter is over. My Husky is blowing her coat out.