Other have said it, but there wasn't the freezing rain like last time.
That being said, it still didn't stop my brain from turning every single pop and groan of the house settling into "the pipes just burst, now panic!", so that sucked...
But roads are clear, the frost isn't sticking and so far *knocks on wood, i still have power.
School was canceled due to the poor road conditions, so I had fun at home. My '94 ford ranger doesn't traction control or winter tires, so I drifted around my front lawn.
You know you're a true Texan when you mow your front lawn and you find your car.
I'm just happy we didn't lose power or water. Had to cancel some appointments because I didn't want to risk driving even though there was barely any precipitation (therefore ice). Now I hope my car starts when I go out later.
I'm 20 miles south of Sherman TX and while I didn't see nearly as much snow/ice as they did I did get a lovely stealth ice that coated my neighborhood. Temps got to 7-8°f I was prepared and we were comfortable. Until today I hadn't heard of any busted pipes but my office and some other people have been flooded by them now lol.
People panic bought on the weekend which was fun to watch.
Had a bit of snow and gusty cold wind. No power outages but I'm on the same grid as a couple of hospitals and a massive data center so they never cut me off by choice
Hospitals usually have their own backup, so not sure the grid cares.
I don't really know how it all works but I live on the edge of an entire medical district. I've never had a black out last more than 15 minutes
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Im in Oklahoma. It was cold, with a day of powdery dry snow that we normally don't get. Might have had 3"-4" of coverage. The schools were closed until today. We never lost any utilities, just stayed at home, got high, and did some baking.
It was above freezing today and yesterday, so we have some fun icy patches that haven't cleared.
Not too bad. We had a tiny bit of snow and some ice, but didn't lose power which was nice since we have reptiles and I was not looking forward to trying to keep them alive.
I also got to stress test my Freeze Meisters (exterior faucet attachment that drips water), and thankfully they worked.
No precipitation to speak of so it wasn't that bad. Nothing really closed down and the roads were good. Supposed to be 72 degrees (22c) tomorrow, thank fuck.
I’m in New Orleans (so, a Texas neighbor?) and they canceled school and closed most of the major bridges because it rained the day it was getting colder. So, there was ice on the roads and bridges freeze quicker.
The biggest hassle (besides finding childcare) is that our homes are often raised off the ground and it barely ever freezes. So, you have exposed water pipes that can freeze and potentially burst when it gets that cold. You’re supposed to leave a faucet on a steady stream while it’s below freezing, which is basically always just a few hours overnight.
We don’t have the same issues as Texas with power in hot/cold weather. I think those are about policy choices unique to Texas.
Why does Texas so overwhelmingly vote for this crap? Do they ever get tired of losing for the sake of "owning" teh Libz?!
I wouldn't call Republicans winning by 10% of the vote to be overwhelming. I think that kind of narrative only serves to help Republicans by reinforcing the idea that it's hopeless for democrats to win. Also doesn't help that a lot of media only talk about elections and not the 2 week early voting period that we have. It's so bizarre that early voting isn't as well-known, given that TX was one of, if not the first, state to enact an early voting period over 40 years ago. NY only just started early voting a couple years ago!
The Texas cities one democrat, but the rural areas go stupid. So we elect stupid. Keep trying, though.
It's been rough and it's not over yet. Lots of broken pipes and sprinkler heads. Thankfully there wasn't much ice on the roads or it would've been very dangerous.
I am worried about the future, as long as I've been alive I've only been in negative wind chills 2 times in Texas and the last one was 2021. Last weekend, i saw wind chill around -5 or -8 and this was after a particularly hot summer with plenty of Temps around 110. Usually we are in the 40s with dips down to the 20s when it gets cold.
And of course, the government is doing more to male the problems worse tha better
So it's true, a wizard did it, after all.
Not a fan. My house isn’t built for when the temp starts dipping into the teens. Glad we’re finally getting a break today with some slightly above freezing temps and some sunshine.
Could’ve been A LOT WORSE so I am still thankful.
