Big snow in north Texas
Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:23 pm
It started snowing here about 1000 this morning and quit about 1600. We got about 8 inches at my house. I was unable to make it to work this afternoon as the roads were horrible. I got stuck about two miles from the house. Many cars in the ditches, jack-knifed semi-trailers, wrecks. Schools let out about 1330 and many businesses closed. A neighbor with a 4 X 4 pickup helped get my truck unstuck, he's lived here for 40+ years and has never seen it this bad. OK all you northerners have a laugh at us, but the snow will be gone by Sunday and temps back in the 60s. 
Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:08 pm
I live in Arlington...we got a dusting of ice pellets, sleet, and snow.
Gee whiz...what is going on here?
Gee whiz...what is going on here?
Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:46 am
Global warming!
I live about 8 miles south of Decatur. One guy I talked to said it took him 1 hour to drive 6 miles on Hwy. 114.
I live about 8 miles south of Decatur. One guy I talked to said it took him 1 hour to drive 6 miles on Hwy. 114.
Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:52 am
scraped 4 inches of top snow yesterday, from 1/2 inch thick ice crust today. my driveway is roughly 15 ft wide x 75 ft long. took me 3 hours to chip that ice sheet off.
Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:54 am
Tom,
Your situation sounds like the "great ice storm" we had in Oklahoma at the beginning of the winter. I hate ice worse than snow, and snow is no friend.
You guys south of the Red take care of yourselves until the big melt occurs. And yes, we grew up in the snow belt and we do laugh at southerners driving in snow, but not when it's that deep and people can get hurt. Be careful!
Your situation sounds like the "great ice storm" we had in Oklahoma at the beginning of the winter. I hate ice worse than snow, and snow is no friend.
You guys south of the Red take care of yourselves until the big melt occurs. And yes, we grew up in the snow belt and we do laugh at southerners driving in snow, but not when it's that deep and people can get hurt. Be careful!
Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:53 pm
Stop it, I'm coming down to Texas to be WARM! 
Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:00 pm
Snow is mostly gone, roads are fine. All it took was 24 hours! 
Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:47 pm
What area are you headed for Django? Business or pleasure or both?
Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:19 pm
i'm looking at a 3 foot snow drift on my back deck.... my weiner dog has been doing his kakakka doody in the garage, because of of the snow. should i throw him in the drift?:?? 
Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:39 pm
I'm watching the remains melt away and our six ducks having a ball in all of the mud...
Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:09 pm
Here is a picture of Nine-O-Nine in Texarkana, AR on 3/7/08. The photo was taken by JimH and forwarded to me.
Here is a picture of a not so happy pilot.
Who would have ever figured that it would snow that much in TX/AR in early March. I have put a call into Al Gore.
Here is a picture of a not so happy pilot.
Who would have ever figured that it would snow that much in TX/AR in early March. I have put a call into Al Gore.
Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:50 pm
He's got some carbon credits to sell you.
Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:41 pm
Stuck last night between 11:00 PM and 09:30 today, on I-40 between Lonoke, AR and Memphis, TN.
Ice was probably a couple of inches thick on the pavement, and there were so many accidents! I have never seen so many trucks and cars on the sides of the road or on the median; overturned, jackknifed, crashed, twisted 18 wheelers.
And although weather was better in TN, there were still many cars off the road due to skidding.
Interestingly, East from Memphis and Westbound, I saw a lowboy hauling a M-47 / M-48 tank; it looked nice, well cared for, and what seemed to be a fresh coat of paint.
Saludos,
Tulio in KY
Ice was probably a couple of inches thick on the pavement, and there were so many accidents! I have never seen so many trucks and cars on the sides of the road or on the median; overturned, jackknifed, crashed, twisted 18 wheelers.
And although weather was better in TN, there were still many cars off the road due to skidding.
Interestingly, East from Memphis and Westbound, I saw a lowboy hauling a M-47 / M-48 tank; it looked nice, well cared for, and what seemed to be a fresh coat of paint.
Saludos,
Tulio in KY
Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:13 pm
b29flteng wrote:He's got some carbon credits to sell you.
Time to take action. How about a t-shirt?
http://www.carboncreditkillers.com/tshirts.asp
Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:05 pm
Cvairwerks wrote:What area are you headed for Django? Business or pleasure or both?
We're driving the hot rods (and bikes) down to Austin for the Lonestar Roundup on April 4-6. We're leaving Chicago on April 1st.