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Rider

12-01-2009, 10:43 AM

it snowed at Azooms wedding in central TX.........hell froze!

Yes it does every year.

http://rlv.zcache.com/funny_graduation_card_hell_freezes_over-p137834164602600933q53o_400.jpg

azoomm

12-01-2009, 11:00 AM

it snowed at Azooms wedding in central TX.........hell froze!

:lol:

Yuppers... April 2007 - first time in April that Texas had recorded snow fall. In fucking APRIL.

We're expecting flurries tonight. :panic:

lauralynne

12-01-2009, 12:08 PM

it snowed at Azooms wedding in central TX.........hell froze!
April 9 - snow in Texas.
we drove from Seattle for this spectacular feat of nature...fully worth it though!! :)

HurricaneHeather

12-01-2009, 12:25 PM

We're expecting flurries tonight. :panic:

:panic: :panic: :panic:

PANIC!!!!!!

karl_1052

12-01-2009, 12:57 PM

Flurries? haha

HurricaneHeather

12-01-2009, 01:08 PM

Flurries? haha

OH THE HUMANITY!!!! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN CENTRAL TEXAS?!?!?!11?//11!!??!!

:big:

RACER X

12-01-2009, 01:15 PM

right, people can't drive in rain, imagine if snow hits.........

luckily i'm off work on fri and my x-mas lights are up

ericr

12-01-2009, 01:41 PM

:lol:

Yuppers... April 2007 - first time in April that Texas had recorded snow fall. In fucking APRIL.

We're expecting flurries tonight. :panic:

I remember pics of that from CW!

Obama would say it was an "unprecidented" snow fall!! :lol:

pauldun170

12-01-2009, 01:44 PM

Ur in Texas...
Don't you guys just shoot the snowflakes before they land?

azoomm

12-01-2009, 01:47 PM

OH THE HUMANITY!!!! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN CENTRAL TEXAS?!?!?!11?//11!!??!!

It means we get to stay home and watch the traffic cameras. It's really fun to watch people go around the barricades on the fly-overs... only to slide backwards down the ramps :lol:

HurricaneHeather

12-01-2009, 01:56 PM

It means we get to stay home and watch the traffic cameras. It's really fun to watch people go around the barricades on the fly-overs... only to slide backwards down the ramps :lol:

:lol:

Yeah, I just don't want to be caught anywhere but home if any of that stuff hits. No way my Scion will make it up the big hill on 2222. :lol:

karl_1052

12-01-2009, 03:26 PM

OH THE HUMANITY!!!! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN CENTRAL TEXAS?!?!?!11?//11!!??!!

Alot more than it means here, I bet. :lol

Ur in Texas...
Don't you guys just shoot the snowflakes before they land?

:lol

Cutty72

12-01-2009, 03:42 PM

Yeah, I'm interested to see what happens when snow flies here.
Us North Dakotan's are cruel people. We put people from the Virgin Islands as our MP's. They'll get called to an accident and have to get saved themselves!

They were already wearing extreme cold weather stuff when it hit the 50's...
:lol:

Fleck750

12-01-2009, 05:08 PM

Yes it does every year.

http://rlv.zcache.com/funny_graduation_card_hell_freezes_over-p137834164602600933q53o_400.jpg

Use to spend my summers there. :D

derf

12-01-2009, 05:55 PM

call me when you see this

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4340162-Snow_Storm_in_Ajax-Ajax.jpg

njchopper87

12-01-2009, 06:23 PM

I still think it's hilarious I get the day off when there's just an inch or so on the ground. I remember back in Jersey our summer vacation was cut short by close to 3 weeks from real storms..

HurricaneHeather

12-01-2009, 06:29 PM

call me when you see this

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4340162-Snow_Storm_in_Ajax-Ajax.jpg

Yeah....we'll all be dead. :lol:

TYEster

12-01-2009, 06:40 PM

Great just in time! After 3 years of having a "snowboard" I finally get to use it on something other than really tall grass...

Now just to find a nice hill within walking distance.

Apoc

12-01-2009, 06:48 PM

call me when you see this

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4340162-Snow_Storm_in_Ajax-Ajax.jpg

You call that snow?

Taken about 2 hours from here, in a place called Grand Falls, last year... It was accompanied by an article about wild game starving to death...

Rangerscott

12-01-2009, 07:13 PM

call me when you see this

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4340162-Snow_Storm_in_Ajax-Ajax.jpg

Had that a couple years ago.

Adeptus_Minor

12-01-2009, 07:52 PM

The current forecast doesn't say anything about ice so I don't imagine I'll have any trouble getting to and from work tonight.
It's going to be a couple of chilly days of hunting on Thursday & Friday though. :whistle:

HRCNICK11

12-01-2009, 08:04 PM

I've been studding up ice tires for this winter all day! I hope we have better ice than last year. It was slushy crap last year.

Slowpoke

12-01-2009, 08:14 PM

We're expecting flurries tonight. :panic:

That's odd, snow in Texas and not in Minnesota, maybe living up here isn't so bad.

racedoll

12-01-2009, 08:25 PM

That's odd, snow in Texas and not in Minnesota, maybe living up here isn't so bad.

I was thinking that too, but change Minnesota to Ohio. Maybe I should check the weather first before I speak too...nope. No snow in the forecast until this weekend and that could change.

Adeptus_Minor

12-01-2009, 08:37 PM

Oh, and by the way, there was snow in Texas the last week in October :nee:
(if you count Fort Davis... which is up in the mountains)

azoomm

12-01-2009, 09:04 PM

That's odd, snow in Texas and not in Minnesota, maybe living up here isn't so bad.

:nee:

[looks out window]

Yup, still no snow...

Rangerscott

12-01-2009, 09:23 PM

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/supersecretweather1.png

pauldun170

12-01-2009, 11:11 PM

call me when you see this

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4340162-Snow_Storm_in_Ajax-Ajax.jpg

Thats nothing.

I'd be pissed if that's all the snow we got

RACER X

12-02-2009, 08:19 AM

don't think it's gonna happen here now, rains gone and it's supposed to stay gone. on the pos. i rode to work today :)

HurricaneHeather

12-02-2009, 09:09 AM

don't think it's gonna happen here now, rains gone and it's supposed to stay gone. on the pos. i rode to work today :)

Yeah, we drove way out into the hill country last night and didn't have any rain the entire time.

Besides, it never got below like 40 here last night.

Phew! I thought we might all die horrible cold deaths last night. We are safe for now. :D

TYEster

12-02-2009, 10:45 AM

Friday looks promising for disaster though...

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/USTX0057?dayNum=2

HurricaneHeather

12-02-2009, 10:57 AM

Friday looks promising for disaster though...

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/USTX0057?dayNum=2

God damn it Tye. I am just now starting to calm down from the last panic!! :panic:

TYEster

12-02-2009, 11:05 AM

God damn it Tye. I am just now starting to calm down from the last panic!! :panic:

Eh you're a woman, you'll find something to panic about in another 5min anyway :rockwoot::tremble:

RACER X

12-02-2009, 11:13 AM

GORGOUS outside right now, clear blue skys, 50's.....will be a nice ride home.

HurricaneHeather

12-02-2009, 11:33 AM

Eh you're a woman, you'll find something to panic about in another 5min anyway :rockwoot::tremble:

:lol: True.

At least this is mildly rational.

CrazyKell

12-02-2009, 11:36 AM

How crazy!

We only had a dusting here and that was on December 1st. It's been plus temperatures every day so far. I'm loving it!

RACER X

12-02-2009, 11:39 AM

its gorgous now, suns out, clear blue skies, mid 50's

nice ride home!

CrazyKell

12-02-2009, 11:40 AM

its gorgous now, suns out, clear blue skies, mid 50's

nice ride home!

Saw a guy riding to work this morning. When it's hovering around 0 Celsius I'd think that'd be a risky little venture if you ask me. :tremble:

RACER X

12-02-2009, 11:42 AM

i'll ride into those temps as long as it's not raining or snowing.

CrazyKell

12-02-2009, 11:44 AM

i'll ride into those temps as long as it's not raining or snowing.

I'd never ride in that because I hate the cold. But I'd be worried about the moisture on the roads being very slippery.

HurricaneHeather

12-02-2009, 11:51 AM

I think we are just going for the most extreme temps in a year. We had either the hottest or second hottest summer on record this year....snow in early December? Why not? :lol:

azoomm

12-02-2009, 12:46 PM

I think we are just going for the most extreme temps in a year. We had either the hottest or second hottest summer on record this year....snow in early December? Why not? :lol:

No kidding, right??

Tmall

12-02-2009, 02:01 PM

i'll ride into those temps as long as it's not raining or snowing.

Same. But, the weather here is so unpredictable that any time it's near freezing you're pushing your luck by being out.

It's quicker for me to ride the bike to work. It actually takes as much time to bike in to the door of my building, than to walk from where I have to park the car down the street.

CrazyKell

12-02-2009, 02:15 PM

Same. But, the weather here is so unpredictable that any time it's near freezing you're pushing your luck by being out.

That's what I was thinking. Too unpredictable to risk getting caught in that. :skep:

skiergirl

12-02-2009, 02:44 PM

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!!!

Might actually feel like Christmas time if it stays cold and snows... :banana:

HurricaneHeather

12-02-2009, 02:53 PM

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!!!

Might actually feel like Christmas time if it stays cold and snows... :banana:

Fuckin yankee....

101lifts2

12-02-2009, 03:20 PM

It was cold riding in this morning...
:lol

TYEster

12-02-2009, 05:04 PM

Fuckin yankee....

+ 1 You northies make me sick!

Cutty72

12-02-2009, 05:15 PM

That's odd, snow in Texas and not in Minnesota, maybe living up here isn't so bad.

Fargo got snow yesterday.

derf

12-02-2009, 10:07 PM

You call that snow?

Taken about 2 hours from here, in a place called Grand Falls, last year... It was accompanied by an article about wild game starving to death...

Apoc, If I ever see 2 deer with only their heads sticking out of the snow, I'm gonna shoot them and call you to tell you about it. Then I'm gonna send the dead deer down to texas with a note to say that the need to "CAll Apoc about this fucking shit, I killed 2 deer, I was starving to death, needed the food."

derf

12-02-2009, 10:09 PM

And actually tommorrow is looking to be in the upper 50's low 60's so if its not too wet out I might take the bike to work.

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2691/decweather.jpg

Rangerscott

12-03-2009, 07:57 PM

Mo snow. Mo cold.

HurricaneHeather

12-03-2009, 08:01 PM

Yeaaaahhhh..I am not leaving the house tomorrow.

Apoc

12-03-2009, 08:07 PM

Apoc, If I ever see 2 deer with only their heads sticking out of the snow, I'm gonna shoot them and call you to tell you about it. Then I'm gonna send the dead deer down to texas with a note to say that the need to "CAll Apoc about this fucking shit, I killed 2 deer, I was starving to death, needed the food."

WTF are you talking about? :lol:

The animals were starving to death, not the people, lol. They had no access to food because the snow was so deep.

derf

12-03-2009, 08:17 PM

WTF are you talking about? :lol:

The animals were starving to death, not the people, lol. They had no access to food because the snow was so deep.

Yeh i know, did you even look at the damn huge ass picture I posted? Laugh at the egg

Apoc

12-03-2009, 08:26 PM

nope, no pic, still dont see one either.... :shrug:

derf

12-03-2009, 09:36 PM

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2691/decweather.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2691/decweather.jpg

azoomm

12-03-2009, 10:44 PM

With all the school and business alert emails I'm getting, you would think the world is going to end tomorrow :lol:

Texans are funny when it snows... all the hilarity aside, there is no way in HELL I'm going to venture out tomorrow if/when it does snow.

(1) These people can't drive when it is clear out, let alone when it RAINS. Fuck when it snows.

(2) There are no methods to remove or manage snow or ice on the roads here - no sand, no salt and certainly no plows.

Apoc

12-03-2009, 11:07 PM

Not even sand? Really?

I know its not the norm, but you'd think they'd be a little bit prepared!

derf

12-03-2009, 11:15 PM

Not even sand? Really?

I know its not the norm, but you'd think they'd be a little bit prepared!

There is no reason to spend millions of $$$$ every year for an event that only happens once every few years. Snows here all the time and it never fails that there is one last snow storm that they aren't prepared for and they dont salt or sand the smaller roads.

azoomm

12-03-2009, 11:20 PM

Not even sand? Really?

I know its not the norm, but you'd think they'd be a little bit prepared!

I KNOW!!! But, you know what happens when I try to get boys to listen to ME...

:lol:

Apoc

12-03-2009, 11:22 PM

it doesnt cost millions to stockpile some sand though... And im POSITIVE texas has dump trucks to spread it with.

Apoc

12-03-2009, 11:35 PM

I KNOW!!! But, you know what happens when I try to get boys to listen to ME...

:lol:

Well, obviously noone down there has winter tires. No winter tires + ice - sand/salt = deadly.

Especially considering im sure most southerners couldnt drive in the snow to save their lives.

azoomm

12-03-2009, 11:42 PM

Well, obviously noone down there has winter tires. No winter tires + ice - sand/salt = deadly.

Especially considering im sure most southerners couldnt drive in the snow to save their lives.

Scroll up...

It IS fun to watch on the traffic cameras though, when safely far far away from THEM. Down here, we have what are called Fly-Overs. They are 3 or 4 bridges stacked on top of each other going in every direction. When it freezes they put barricades up to keep people from trying to go up them... the fun starts when someone gets halfway up - then slides back down backward and try to control their vehicle. It's like a big game of pinball.

We also have Highway 183 - it's a bridge for about 10 miles. Sand doesn't do much on solid ice.

Apoc

12-03-2009, 11:47 PM

We also have Highway 183 - it's a bridge for about 10 miles. Sand doesn't do much on solid ice.

Salt does.

Where can I watch the traffic cameras? :lol:

azoomm

12-03-2009, 11:54 PM

Salt does.

Where can I watch the traffic cameras? :lol:

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/traffic_cameras.htm

It looks like those might just do still shots - but, click around. Houston might actually be more of a shitstorm than Austin. We have them on cable here - so have a constant loop.

HurricaneHeather

12-03-2009, 11:57 PM

I would be loling at all of this except my hubby has to work tomorrow. :(

Apoc

12-03-2009, 11:59 PM

sweet, i'll check those cams out when it gets nast down there!

I bet its almost as funny as watching asian tourists try to walk on ice :lol:

azoomm

12-04-2009, 12:05 AM

I would be loling at all of this except my hubby has to work tomorrow. :(

He'll be OK - he has a REALLY really REALLY big truck...

Rangerscott

12-04-2009, 12:32 AM

I hope the roads dont ice over tonight. Its suppose to get down to 14F.

karl_1052

12-04-2009, 06:36 AM

derf

12-04-2009, 08:09 AM

BS I have driven lots of times on icy and snowy roads that haven't been salted or plowed, and I have never owned winter tires.

No shit! Seriously the whole key to driving on snow and ice is to slow down and brake early. Unless your me then you speed up and powerslide through the corners, but the braking early part still applies.

TYEster

12-04-2009, 08:16 AM

Heated leather seats, check. Traction control, check. Full coverage insurance, check. Yep I'm ready to commute.

TYEster

12-04-2009, 11:56 AM

And we have snow... Got a few flakes on the windshield heading home from work/gym. Not heavy or anything since it's Texas, but it qualifies as "snow" to us.

Rider

12-04-2009, 12:04 PM

I woke up to 12" of snow this morning. Our first snow fall of the season and it was a big one and it's still snowing right now. We could end up to close to 2 ft of snow by tomorrow morning. :tremble:

zlicius

12-04-2009, 12:18 PM

its snowing down here too, it's not sticking, but it's snowing..........gettin heavier.

zlicius

12-04-2009, 12:28 PM

ed here

see the snow........lol

http://i49.tinypic.com/2wh01gx.jpg

karl_1052

12-04-2009, 12:30 PM

ed here

see the snow........lol

http://i49.tinypic.com/2wh01gx.jpg

:bonk:

zlicius

12-04-2009, 12:31 PM

dang this is further south then us

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a189/NHoffman331/dec4snow.jpg

Rider

12-04-2009, 12:32 PM

If I took a picture outside right now, this is what it would look like:

:

karl_1052

12-04-2009, 12:33 PM

dang this is further south then us

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a189/NHoffman331/dec4snow.jpg

We had more than that in October that melted within a day.

But right now, we have none.:rockwoot:

RACER X

12-04-2009, 12:35 PM

yeah, i don't expect it to stick, but traffic is gonna be a bish, well at least those working, i'm off today.

HurricaneHeather

12-04-2009, 12:47 PM

No snow at all here...don't really expect to get any. I'm still staying home.

sherri_chickie

12-04-2009, 01:24 PM

HurricaneHeather

12-04-2009, 01:36 PM

Okay, there are now a few flurries at my house.

I can only imagine the panic that is occuring on the streets now. :lol:

Apoc

12-04-2009, 01:48 PM

We are in the middle of a storm and we aren't closing school. Can't see across the school parking lot. 0 visibility. If we closed down schools every time we got an inch of snow we would only have 100 days of school.

yup.... Though they do close school a little sooner nowadays, since just over 2 years ago when 7 local kids were killed on their way home from a sporting event in a bus during a storm.

(google: Boys in Red)

TYEster

12-04-2009, 03:15 PM

I don't see shit. I'm breakin' out the tard as soon as the streets clear.

Rangerscott

12-24-2009, 01:59 AM

This white shit is falling from the sky again and is making my sausage turn into a vienna sausage.

HurricaneHeather

12-24-2009, 02:00 AM

Okay itt waS LIKE 80 TODAY AND wwe went ont and al off a sidden it was cold....wtf

Rangerscott

12-24-2009, 02:22 AM

It may be tis the season but it brings the suck weather.

Smittie61984

12-24-2009, 08:15 AM

It's snowing in texas!

I hate cold with a passion. God knows this and when I was born (1984), shortly after he gave me over a foot of snow in San Antonio...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbM-dr_WfNg

HurricaneHeather

12-24-2009, 10:40 AM

Yeah I just barely remember that. I was too little to go play in it, but my brothers did.

Amber Lamps

12-24-2009, 10:48 AM

Great just in time! After 3 years of having a "snowboard" I finally get to use it on something other than really tall grass...

Now just to find a nice hill within walking distance.

I was just thinking of selling mine...any Texans interested in a 168cm carbon fiber Heelside board with Burton boots and bindings?

Rangerscott

12-24-2009, 10:58 AM

I was just thinking of selling mine...any Texans interested in a 168cm carbon fiber Heelside board with Burton boots and bindings?

If it can be converted into a wake board then I'm sure someone will buy it. :lol

Amber Lamps

12-24-2009, 11:40 AM

If it can be converted into a wake board then I'm sure someone will buy it. :lol

It's pretty wide but um I'm thinking no....

Rangerscott

12-24-2009, 12:30 PM

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec24091Large.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240912Large.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240916Large.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240922Large.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240924Large.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec24093Large.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240928.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240929.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240931.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/rangerscott/Snow%2012-24-09/SnowDec240932.jpg