It's snowing!!!

Tulip · 12-04-2009, 12:37 PM

Woohoooooooooo!

I know you northerners are rolling are eyes and saying UGH!

But we southeastern Texans like it cuz we only get it only for a few hours once a year, if even!.

Last year, we got enough snow to build a snowman. If I can manage a snowman this year again, I'll put up some pictures.

Spexxvet · 12-04-2009, 12:49 PM

Everybody go out and rev up your coal burning power plants - Global Cooling is running rampant!

Glinda · 12-04-2009, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulip

Woohoooooooooo!

I know you northerners are rolling are eyes and saying UGH!

But we southeastern Texans like it cuz we only get it only for a few hours once a year, if even!.

Last year, we got enough snow to build a snowman. If I can manage a snowman this year again, I'll put up some pictures.

I grew up in Beaumont - there's a picture of me (somewhere - I think mom's still got it) building a snowman on the front lawn. Only time it ever snowed when I lived there. So, if it snows pretty much every year there in Houston....

OMG. Spexx is right. Global Cooling!

TheMercenary · 12-04-2009, 12:56 PM

Just wait til the poles flip and South is Nort and Nort is South!

Clodfobble · 12-04-2009, 05:05 PM

Yeah, we got about 15 minutes of snow this afternoon too. Very unusual. Nothing stuck, but it was fun to watch.

wolf · 12-04-2009, 05:06 PM

They put the salt bucket out on the porch at work and the salt spreader is chained to the fence, so I have hopes.

Tulip · 12-04-2009, 07:13 PM

Nopes, not snowing every year in Houston yet. Just last year and this year. Let's see if it snows again next year, perhaps then we should start worrying. :p Last year, it snowed a few hours. This year, it snowed half a day. The ground was still wet so only leaves and plants got covered in white. That was enough for us to scrape the snow off and had a snowball fight.

And someone made a tiny snowman. :p However, I heard where I live had little snow. Other parts of town had much more snow, and little south of us, like Pasadena, was covered white by midday. Got some pix. Will post later after I've resized them. Gonna hit the shower and watch Monk's series' finale first.

Tulip · 12-04-2009, 10:54 PM

Said I'd post some pix, so here they are.

BrianR · 12-04-2009, 10:58 PM

El Paso got maybe an inch and everybody panicked! And when the sun came up and melted it all away, they still were nervous enough to keep on crashing into each other.

It's silly, really. They are talking about blizzards and white-outs. They've never SEEN either! I could show em pictures though. I have one of my car buried over it's roof in snow. Somewhere. I have more of my truck plowing it's way through snow that would PARALYZE this town.

I was describing local's reactions and showing a few pictures to a friend in Minneapolis and she called El Pasoans "wussies" for freaking out over what she calls "flurries". I'm with her. This wasn't enough to even make me consider breaking out the snowshovel. Why I packed it along from PA is still a mystery to me.

monster · 12-04-2009, 10:58 PM

That's snow?

Tulip · 12-04-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

That's snow?

For us Houstonians, YES!!!!!!

That was even enough for us to have a really fun snowball fight.

And yeah, this woman who used to live in Maryland told us it's flurrying outside if we'd like to go outside and take a look.

Griff · 12-05-2009, 07:32 AM

I want my snow! We're planning on teaching the girls to downhill this winter but it ain't looking good.

SamIam · 12-05-2009, 08:51 AM

Its so dry here, we don't get all that much snow. We do get very cold temperatures, though. Four degrees this morning. Its supposed to be a balmy 13 degrees this evening when we have our annual festival of lights. A friend is on one of the floats, so I promised that I'd come see her. BRRR! At least downtown is only about 8 blocks long, so the suffering wil be limited. Then tomorrow we're supposed to get snow - probably a couple of inches or so. At least it will be dry cold - not that humid stuff you get in the East.

glatt · 12-05-2009, 11:04 AM

It's snowing! Enough to get the kids and certain morons on the road excited.

wolf · 12-05-2009, 11:18 AM

I take it you brought the snowman-ette inside because the air conditioning was on and he would last longer?

12-04-2009, 12:37 PM	#1
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	It's snowing!!! Woohoooooooooo! I know you northerners are rolling are eyes and saying UGH! But we southeastern Texans like it cuz we only get it only for a few hours once a year, if even!. Last year, we got enough snow to build a snowman. If I can manage a snowman this year again, I'll put up some pictures.

12-04-2009, 12:49 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Everybody go out and rev up your coal burning power plants - Global Cooling is running rampant! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-04-2009, 12:56 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Just wait til the poles flip and South is Nort and Nort is South! __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

12-04-2009, 05:05 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yeah, we got about 15 minutes of snow this afternoon too. Very unusual. Nothing stuck, but it was fun to watch. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-04-2009, 05:06 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	They put the salt bucket out on the porch at work and the salt spreader is chained to the fence, so I have hopes. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-04-2009, 07:13 PM	#7
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Nopes, not snowing every year in Houston yet. Just last year and this year. Let's see if it snows again next year, perhaps then we should start worrying. :p Last year, it snowed a few hours. This year, it snowed half a day. The ground was still wet so only leaves and plants got covered in white. That was enough for us to scrape the snow off and had a snowball fight. And someone made a tiny snowman. :p However, I heard where I live had little snow. Other parts of town had much more snow, and little south of us, like Pasadena, was covered white by midday. Got some pix. Will post later after I've resized them. Gonna hit the shower and watch Monk's series' finale first.

12-04-2009, 10:54 PM	#8
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Said I'd post some pix, so here they are. Attached Images

12-04-2009, 10:58 PM	#9
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	El Paso got maybe an inch and everybody panicked! And when the sun came up and melted it all away, they still were nervous enough to keep on crashing into each other. It's silly, really. They are talking about blizzards and white-outs. They've never SEEN either! I could show em pictures though. I have one of my car buried over it's roof in snow. Somewhere. I have more of my truck plowing it's way through snow that would PARALYZE this town. I was describing local's reactions and showing a few pictures to a friend in Minneapolis and she called El Pasoans "wussies" for freaking out over what she calls "flurries". I'm with her. This wasn't enough to even make me consider breaking out the snowshovel. Why I packed it along from PA is still a mystery to me. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

12-04-2009, 10:58 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That's snow? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-05-2009, 07:32 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I want my snow! We're planning on teaching the girls to downhill this winter but it ain't looking good. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-05-2009, 08:51 AM	#13
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Its so dry here, we don't get all that much snow. We do get very cold temperatures, though. Four degrees this morning. Its supposed to be a balmy 13 degrees this evening when we have our annual festival of lights. A friend is on one of the floats, so I promised that I'd come see her. BRRR! At least downtown is only about 8 blocks long, so the suffering wil be limited. Then tomorrow we're supposed to get snow - probably a couple of inches or so. At least it will be dry cold - not that humid stuff you get in the East.

12-05-2009, 11:04 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's snowing! Enough to get the kids and certain morons on the road excited.

12-05-2009, 11:18 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I take it you brought the snowman-ette inside because the air conditioning was on and he would last longer? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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