n5wd
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2009
- Messages
- 1,036
- Reaction score
- 3
Argh! Once again, winter came to North Texas and paralyzes the region! It started snowing about 3am Thursday morning on the Fort Worth side of the metromess... it slowly ventured eastward till getting into Dallas about drive-time.
By the time it quit some time this morning (Friday) we had about 18 inches of fresh snow at our house -- the official count was something like 14 inches. Snapped power lines all over the place - we lost power last night about 9pm and finally got back electricity about 6pm today... cable (internet) came back a bit after that. Thank goodness for natural gas heaters. We'll try and cut up the large (about 9") limb from the tree that fell onto my Ford Freestyle tomorrow when more of the snow melts and we can can get to the ladders out back in the tool shed. At least the small limbs that fell onto the power line drop weren't big enough to do any damage - just brought the cables down to about the 4' level, and were thus easily cleared.
All in all, I'm tired of this white stuff... winter in Texas is supposed to be one or two days of freezing weather, maybe a day of ice, and then 50's and 60's for the highs.
By the time it quit some time this morning (Friday) we had about 18 inches of fresh snow at our house -- the official count was something like 14 inches. Snapped power lines all over the place - we lost power last night about 9pm and finally got back electricity about 6pm today... cable (internet) came back a bit after that. Thank goodness for natural gas heaters. We'll try and cut up the large (about 9") limb from the tree that fell onto my Ford Freestyle tomorrow when more of the snow melts and we can can get to the ladders out back in the tool shed. At least the small limbs that fell onto the power line drop weren't big enough to do any damage - just brought the cables down to about the 4' level, and were thus easily cleared.
All in all, I'm tired of this white stuff... winter in Texas is supposed to be one or two days of freezing weather, maybe a day of ice, and then 50's and 60's for the highs.
Last edited: