2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread

[Pato del Muerto 52461]

Just now, Blotto said:

Pleased to report that the Crown and Anchor has power and burgers. 

And cold beer and cider?

[DalTxHornFan 3096]

I'm out in the country near Liberty Hill.  The live oak tree limbs are full of ice.  We are likely to get some more BBQ wood on the ground between now and when 33 degrees happens.  I am nowhere close to using up all of the BBQ wood that the 2021 ice storm gave us.

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord. 

Edited February 1, 2023 by DalTxHornFan

[TexArcher 37745]

Hackberry talk not going away...

[UTCzech III 2907]

No power here in Taylor since 10:30.  Drove around some at lunchtime, every single house we saw had tree damage, saw oak trees split open like demogorgons.  Now, drizzling heavy, watched three houses on our block lose 20 foot plus branches within two minutes, as Supertramp said, things are very very bad, they will get much much worse.

[phdhorn 6224]

Power did the on/off/on flicker twice today but now the third time it's stayed off (20 mins. now) although it did try to go on.

Probably won't post much here until it comes back on, if it ever does. Will check occasionally on the phone. Have a lovely day.

[Stringer 1438]

Just went out to knock some ice off of the edges of my oaks to release some weight. I stayed away from the middle as I don’t have a death wish. I may be trying to remove sand from the ocean but at least I tried to help them out some.

[speed817 19211]

Was totally expecting this to end up bad....

 

 

[MoJames 8244]

from Colorado

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

7 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Hackberry talk not going away...

Related but still off topic, if anyone loses one of those Bradford Pear trees, apparently they make good firewood so don't toss any decent limbs to the curb.

[InkaUtexas 25826]

Just now, Mrs Whiggins said:

Related but still off topic, if anyone loses one of those Bradford Pear trees, apparently they make good firewood so don't toss any decent limbs to the curb.

Good for grilling. I love cooking fish or chicken over pear wood. 

[crash_davis 23091]

4 minutes ago, speed817 said:

Was totally expecting this to end up bad....

 

After all that and the idiot still thinks it's a good idea to drive to his destination.

[Pato del Muerto 52461]

6 minutes ago, MoJames said:

from Colorado

And how do you think Colorado would do with no road salting, sanding, or plowing?  And with deciduous trees wrapped around elevated power lines all over?

[crash_davis 23091]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

And how do you think Colorado would do with no road salting, sanding, or plowing?  And with deciduous trees wrapped around elevated power lines all over?

How the fuck would he know? He has those things. We don't. We look stupid.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

17 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I'm out in the country near Liberty Hill.  The live oak tree limbs are full of ice.  We are likely to get some more BBQ wood on the ground between now and when 33 degrees happens.  I am nowhere close to using up all of the BBQ wood that the 2021 ice storm gave us. 

You need to BBQ more often.

[Welch 635]

Temps just aren’t budging much.  Mabry can’t get above 32°.

NWS - Mabry Weather Conditions

I’m in SA, where it jumped to 34° at about 5:00 this morning and hasn’t moved since.  We’re getting melting, but there’s still plenty of ice in the trees…

 

[speed817 19211]

7 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

After all that and the idiot still thinks it's a good idea to drive to his destination.

Luckily his destination was two houses down lol

[George 491]

Up here in 75072 the street and driveways seem to be fully melted down. Steady light rain should make for a nice ice rink overnight though. 

[Chet Steadman 940]

29 minutes ago, bonnieblue said:

No! Is that near Deep Woods? 

Hello neighbors.  I thought our house had it the worst in the neighborhood but we just saw this one a few streets down…they win.  Or lose.  Sucks.

Allandale and NW Hills took a beating 

[atomheartbevo 89587]

So we crossed 170,000 AE customers/addresses without power, 800 active outages.  That probably translates to a good 350,000 without power, or more.

Edited February 1, 2023 by atomheartbevo

[SHOOTER12 8799]

4 hours ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

I wouldn't even risk getting under trees right now.  I've seen some really large branches just give way suddenly.  It can wait until after everything thaws, not worth dying for.

This right here.

During snowpacolypse we had one partially broken limb that needed cutting to try to prevent damage to the house. I grabbed the trusty chainsaw and stepped out on the porch when a huge limb on a 100' red oak gave away. Tha God it was on the opposite side frome house. "Fuck it"! That thing would not have even left a grease spot if it had fallen on me. Needless to say,  we had loggers come in and cut every tree that could reach the house and had the remaining 20 acres select cu in December and January.  Feel safer and picked up a nice chunk of change. 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

12 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

After all that and the idiot still thinks it's a good idea to drive to his destination.

Was I the only one who thought the driver was going to just stay in reverse and drive the opposite way?

[TexArcher 37745]

14 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

After all that and the idiot still thinks it's a good idea to drive to his destination.

 

7 minutes ago, speed817 said:

Luckily his destination was two houses down lol

 

And he was able to drive right into his buddy's living room and onto the couch next to him.

[Chet Steadman 940]

So Crown is allegedly open, can we get a report on some of the other local burger and Mexi places around town?  Billy’s on Burnet?  Y Mas?  Eldorado?

Seems like the collective here may need some warm food and strong drinks while the roads are relatively clear.  

[DalTxHornFan 3096]

10 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

You need to BBQ more often.

From your keyboard to G-d's ears!  2021 ice storm was around a 10-year supply for my every weekend smoking habit.

Edited February 1, 2023 by DalTxHornFan

[SHOOTER12 8799]

4 hours ago, utee94 said:

 

Damn, they used Charlie Strong for the hand model!

[SHOOTER12 8799]

4 hours ago, South Austin said:

Ha!  That's not far from my fiance's house.  The owners lost a finger or more in the Feb. 2021 ice storm. 

2021??? Damn time's flying,  I could have sworn that was last year. 

[miguelito 11231]

It used to be.

[Brisketexan 104918]

For the first time ever, Austin Energy had had to call on neighboring utilities for help. CPS and NBU have crews coming and/or already here.

This is mostly a tree issue…but in that respect it’s the worst ice storm we’ve had in a long, long time.

Still no power at our house. With the fire blazing, we can keep the living room at around 60 degrees. Gonna head over to my dad’s for an it to charge the laptop and get some work done (roads are fine, just have to dodge fallen trees).

[MoJames 8244]

20 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

And how do you think Colorado would do with no road salting, sanding, or plowing?  And with deciduous trees wrapped around elevated power lines all over?

[SHOOTER12 8799]

4 minutes ago, miguelito said:

It used to be.

*Zing

I swear to God, it's part of the "getting old" thing. This isn't the first time it's happened to me. 

Edited February 1, 2023 by SHOOTER12

[Tailgate 3019]

Lost one of my favorites. It’s canopy covered a nice section of our patio area. Wind chime survives to ring again soon.

[SHOOTER12 8799]

4 hours ago, Deej said:

The neighbor's shitty tree just fell on my deck.

Time to call Dewey, Fleesum, and Howe attorneys at law.

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

The tree damage just west of oak hill is worse than in 2021.  We lost quite a few branches and trees then and subsequently had more removed and thinned as a preventive measure and we are getting far more damage now even after proactive work.

On pec and we have not lost power.

Temp has not gotten above 29 in two days.

Being a lifelong austin resident since 1968, this event is in the top 5.

Snowpocalypse is no 1.

..and then really a multi way tie for no 2 depending on what you hate the most.

Winter if 85 it legit snowed 3 times with days long freezes each time.

Winter of 89 it hit -2 and lots of stuff died.

2023 tree Macedon.

Getting ready for bourbon on the rocks #2. Probably going to bed when the sun goes down.

 

[JesusSweatDuck 17780]

4 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

The tree damage just west of oak hill is worse than in 2021.  We lost quite a few branches and trees then and subsequently had more removed and thinned as a preventive measure and we are getting far more damage now even after proactive work.

On pec and we have not lost power.

Temp has not gotten above 29 in two days.

Being a lifelong austin resident since 1968, this event is in the top 5.

Snowpocalypse is no 1.

..and then really a multi way tie for no 2 depending on what you hate the most.

Winter if 85 it legit snowed 3 times with days long freezes each time.

Winter of 89 it hit -2 and lots of stuff died.

2023 tree Macedon.

Getting ready for bourbon on the rocks #2. Probably going to bed when the sun goes down.

 

85 was the best.  I was a kid and got to go sledding for the first time in my life.  Still remember it vividly 

[yoladu 4089]

28 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

So we crossed 170,000 AE customers/addresses without power, 800 active outages.  That probably translates to a good 350,000 without power, or more.

It's going to be a cold night's sleep, under 5 blankets and a beanie on my head.

Snowvid, Part 2.

[dieucla98 2942]

1 hour ago, dieucla98 said:

Lost this epic tree in our neighborhood today. Had to be one the biggest.

Talked with the neighbor, that tree was marked by an arborist about a year (didn't ask why) but they estimated it at over 300 years old.

That's some humbling shit.

1 hour ago, bonnieblue said:

No! Is that near Deep Woods? 

Deepwoods and Mesa, yup.

[Deej 76735]

2 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

85 was the best.  I was a kid and got to go sledding for the first time in my life.  Still remember it vividly 

The hill at Murchison was epic that year. A friend's dad was a welder and made a sled for us. 

[Pato del Muerto 52461]

9 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

The tree damage just west of oak hill is worse than in 2021.  We

I wasn’t here then but I think in 21 it was much colder and because of that the precipitation was a bunch of snow. Which is much easier on the trees as it will fall off after too much buildup or a little movement from wind before it gets heavy. 

[NorthLoop 14178]

2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

I nearly died helping @NorthLoop take down a dead one in his old backyard.

That was a big ol' dead pecan tree. The hackberry was the little stump that your head missed by 3 inches when you fell backwards - that's what almost killed you. 

[DalTxHornFan 3096]

1 hour ago, dieucla98 said:

Lost this epic tree in our neighborhood today. Had to be one the biggest.

Some obvious defects at the base, but it shows why trees don't live forever.  That tree will make a lot of good BBQ smoking wood!

[Felix 600]

Just watched three big ass limbs break off of two of the cedar elms outside my home office window.  I trimmed everything back from the house a couple of years ago when I got a new roof, thankfully.  This sucks. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17780]

10 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Some obvious defects at the base, but it shows why trees don't live forever.  That tree will make a lot of good BBQ smoking wood!

Is that post oak or live oak?

[DalTxHornFan 3096]

1 minute ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Is that post oak or live oak?

Assume that it is live oak.

[4th&Five 41499]

 

[Catpfish 618]

From one of the areas gossips, so take with a grain of salt. We've been without power since 530 this morning (east of Pflugerville), so she called Oncor and actually spoke to someone (allegedly). They say they aren't sending anyone out until stuff thaws. Just sharing to keep in the back of your mind.

We got lucky and had a generator installed just last Thursday, so we have one heating unit running along with the fire place and are watching TV.

[Anastasis 23447]

Temped to break out the cactus burner and defrost some low hanging trees. What could go wrong ?

 

[sidis 9806]

3 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Temped to break out the cactus burner and defrost some low hanging trees. What could go wrong ?

 

while standing around looking up at the 450 gigantic trees i have at my house after wrangling all the huge fallen stuff together in a pile, i gave a good 8 seconds of thought to taking my wife's hair dryer to one of the seriously sagging oaks.

Edited February 1, 2023 by sidis

[The Dog 43973]

6 minutes ago, Catpfish said:

From one of the areas gossips, so take with a grain of salt. We've been without power since 530 this morning (east of Pflugerville), so she called Oncor and actually spoke to someone (allegedly). They say they aren't sending anyone out until stuff thaws. Just sharing to keep in the back of your mind.

We got lucky and had a generator installed just last Thursday, so we have one heating unit running along with the fire place and are watching TV.
 

Oncor is out fixing stuff in our area so either that phone rep or whomever posted it is full of shit.

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

26 minutes ago, Deej said:

The hill at Murchison was epic that year. A friend's dad was a welder and made a sled for us. 

I remember the second snowfall was the best. I think it was Jan 12.  This snow was well before Jim Spencer, and all the weather guys were geeking out . What was even better is that it was rolling in overnight on a Friday.

Sure enough, I woke Saturday morning with snow on the ground. It snowed on and off all day and well into the night. 

I think San Antoinio got more than Austin.

Besides the snow, that winter was pretty cold in general and by the time the third snowfall was done, I was good with only two foe Austin each winter.

[BrickHorn 18207]

Weather Channel app is now showing a slow but steady ramp up in temperature starting around 8 PM. Here’s hoping that hourly forecast is more accurate than the 15 others I’ve seen throughout the day.