Snow In Houston

[Norie]

Handbrake turns?

Sounds almost as scary as travelling in a clapped-out VW Beetle from Bamberg halfway up a mountain in deep winter.

PS I wasn't driving, I was sitting on a box in the back.

 

[yytsunamiyy]

It's always scarier when you ain't doing the driving. Even on dry roads with the sun shining and the birds tweeting
Mind you, for handbrake turns you better be in a front-driven vehicle, otherwise that idea would be just a tad hazardous :D

 

[schielrn]

Well I guess all I have to do is ask and then I will receive snow. We got a whole half inch and the white death has officially arrived. Along with 3 overturned semi trucks this morning and probably a couple dozen accidents easily. I saw probably 5 cars off the side of the road or facing the wrong way with just my 10 mile commute in.

 

[texasalynn]

Well I guess all I have to do is ask and then I will receive snow. We got a whole half inch and the white death has officially arrived. Along with 3 overturned semi trucks this morning and probably a couple dozen accidents easily. I saw probably 5 cars off the side of the road or facing the wrong way with just my 10 mile commute in.

Yikes - what a commute. Our Friday was ok nothing that scary. Although I heard alot of sirens and news reports of fires in homes from heaters. But the snow is gone now and suppose to warm up again to normal temps (60-70<SUP>o</SUP>F)

 

[Cbrine]

Since we have about 3 months of snow up here in Toronto(More in other parts). We really don't have a choice on driving in the snow or not. I've asked them to shut the country down for 3 months, but they haven't returned my calls
Seriously though, the first snow fall we have here will result in about 5 or 6 hundred accidents and traffic chaos for the day....But I'm still looking forward to that since it hasn't snowed so far this year(No snow in November is a record since starting weather recording(1800's)for us this year). Know I will be hating the snow by the end of February.

 

[texasalynn]

(No snow in November is a record since starting weather recording(1800's)for us this year).

I hate to break it to you but it is now December!

 

[Cbrine]

Yes but the record was broken in November, and we have had a couple of light dustings of snow in December so far. Mostly melted when the sun came out, so we are still below Houston on the total snowfall YTD chart. Which is the oddity I was trying to point out.

PS-Spent 3 days in Dallas in November a few years ago...All 3 were like the best summer days we ever had in Toronto. Don't know if I would want to be there in the summer though.

 

[Smitty]

Don't know if I would want to be there in the summer though.

You probably wouldn't unless you're real fond of air conditioning. But at least DFW doesn't have Houston's humidity.

And woo hoo! We got snow last night up on the summit (rare if you consider I'm 13 miles from Surf City USA - Santa Cruz).

 

[Greg Truby]

And woo hoo! We got snow last night up on the summit (rare if you consider I'm 13 miles from Surf City USA - Santa Cruz).

We got a "heavy dusting" last night; but it's stayed a few degrees below freezing today, so it's still with us. The forecasters are saying 5" for us tomorrow, but 1" for folks just 25 miles south of here. So we'll see if that shifts and we get seven inches or two.

 

[justme]

They are calling for 8-12" for Wisconsin Tuesday evening.