Town Sees 1st White Christmas in 86 Years (More Global Warming)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/25/04 | AP

[CindyDawg]

I saw that. I can't believe how low this front dropped. Mexico got snow too. I was in Austin several years ago for an inservice. I was homeschooling and had my son with me and that evening we toured the capital. There were snow flakes in the air with the dome in the background. It was one of the most prettiest things I have ever seen. The capital had not been remodeled and was kind of dark and we had the place almost to ourselves.

[ValerieUSA]

I'm pouting in Austin, too. My son has snow in Corpus Christi.

[Clemenza]

Isn't this Ron Paul's district?

[NormsRevenge]

That ridge sure did dip south.. hope ya'al cover up the plants and succulents. :-)

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ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-
MCMULLEN-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VICTORIA...TILDEN...THREE RIVERS...
SKIDMORE...SINTON...SEADRIFT...ROCKPORT...ROBSTOWN...REFUGIO...
PORTLAND...PORT OCONNOR...PORT LAVACA...PORT ARANSAS...MATHIS...
LAREDO...KINGSVILLE...INGLESIDE...GOLIAD...GEORGE WEST...ENCINAL...
COTULLA...CORPUS CHRISTI...BENAVIDES...BEEVILLE...
ARANSAS PASS AND ALICE
445 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2004

...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS FOR TONIGHT.

THE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MOST OF THE
MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS TODAY DUE
TO THE SNOW COVER. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS
AFTERNOON BUT QUICKLY FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S OVER
THE SNOW COVERED AREAS TONIGHT.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN DAMAGE CERTAIN KINDS OF PLANTS. AS A
RESULT...THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE
ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. PETS SHOULD BE KEPT INSIDE.
OUTSIDE PIPES OR SPRINKLERS SHOULD BE ADEQUATELY INSULATED.

[BradyLS]

I'm am so P.O.'d... snow north of us, snow south of us, but none here in Austin. :(

Didn't you get the memo? To "Keep Austin Weird", we have to be different from everybody else! :-D

[CindyDawg]

I brought my plants in. I was worried about the citrus trees but some grower on TV said a little freezing will make them sweeter. We'll see. I think the biggest problem was that it happened on a Friday night, on Christmas Eve and we aren't known for conservative driving in the best of weather.

[NormsRevenge]

We don't get many hard freezes here in San Jose either fortunately, but have, and the way folks drive in icy conditions or snow defies logic.

It's too bad some folks don't realize how dangerous it is and how tricky it can be driving in unfamiliar and stormy conditions. Tragically, accidents can and will happen.

yup, some fruit trees need real cold weather to produce well... my back yard has a few of 'em... love the fresh fruit. :-)

[CindyDawg]

You can't get any fresher than your own back yard,huh?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Here's a memory from this past February... guess it would be too much to hope it would snow twice in the same year. ;)

Our front yard, Feb. 2004

[CindyDawg]

So pretty but I don't think the best part was seeing it this morning. There was a wonderland feeling watching the flurries falling last night.

[CindyDawg]

So pretty but I don't think the best part was seeing it this morning. There was a wonderland feeling watching the flurries falling last night.

[CindyDawg]

Darn hiccups:')

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh... I couldn't decide whether to post the daytime or nighttime photo...

Feb. 2004

[CindyDawg]

You know what I meant then:')

[ValerieUSA]

I took a few snow pictures last February, too.

[BradyLS]

Ah! The Starbucks in the Arboretum!

[lowbridge]

Rob Peck, right, of Dallas, pulls his son Trevor, 9, down a partly iced over slope using his fathers childhood sled,

No snow in 86 years, what is this guy doing with a sled?

I'm thinking he's had it all this time for sentimental reasons, but what did he do with it when he was a kid?

[backhoe]

Some earlier and related stories:

 

Winter Storm Warning-Corpus Christi, Texas

 What about this "global warming" we keep hearing liberals talk about?

 The Kyoto Protocol: “Fatally Flawed” -- Unless Kyoto has some impact on sunsupot activities, it looks like Bush's lonely, unilateral decision may have been right. This bulletin indicates that sunspots may have been responsible for much of the warming that's allegedly occurred since 1900.Of course, maybe some industrialists are up there fooling around with the sun.

 

 Global Warming Melts Dreams of a White Christmas, Study Alleges

 

  Merry Christmas (Columbus, Oh no power in many places)

 

 Snow for South Carolina Christmas Night!

 NOAA knows weather

 http://www.khou.com/ Some snow in the Houston area!

 http://www.wfaa.com/

 http://www.fema.gov/hazards/winterstorms/wntsft.shtm  

Snow flurries dust Houston, parts of East and South Texas

 

 Compilation of pics from the area:

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=12503

 

 

Massive Rescue Effort Underway...BREAKING -- HUNDREDS OF CARS STRANDED ON I-24--NEWS MEDIA IS REPORTING THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED OUT.

 Paducah KY

 http://mapclient.kytc.state.ky.us/default.asp?display=critical&area=statewide&date=&textOnly=False

 

 http://www.wpsdtv.com/emm-bin/homepage.cgi

 

 Hundreds Stranded on KY Interstate; Entire Region Paralyzed

 

 At least six weather-related traffic deaths -- three in Ohio and one each in New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma -- were reported as well as hundreds of fender-benders. Hundreds more went unreported as overwhelmed police told motorists involved in minor accidents to exchange information and fill out a report later.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/12/23/winter.storm.ap/

 A good reminder as to why survival kits with candles, energy bars,warm clothes, sleeping bags etc. are good to have in vehicles in the winter.

WX cams: http://www.artimis.org/camaccess.html

 All the effort wasn't doing much good in southern Indiana, where at least 30 miles of eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 had become a frozen parking lot — and the white stuff was still falling. In neighboring Kentucky, state police also closed down a 13-mile stretch of the interstate in both directions... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20041223/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm

 

 Kentucky Traffic Webcams

 

[DirtyHarryY2K]

"which knocked out power for a week.....lost my snowballs!"

What a loss! ROFL. They were building snowmen on the beach in Galveston this morning, Not for sure but I think they got 6" or so.

[ValerieUSA]

No, no, no.
The Much Ado About Coffee (now closed up) near Randall's in Cedar Park.