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#7001 Postby southerngale » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:24 am

wxman57 wrote:Just got a report that it's snowing in Orange, southerngale.


Oh wow, very cool for them. I have relatives there... I hope they get some.


Mother Nature must hate me. Maybe I can start a club with Portastorm. :lol:
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#7002 Postby wxman57 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:28 am

iorange55 wrote:I'm amazed right now looking out the window. You can't appreciate it at night, but this morning. MY GOD!!!! every tree is weighed down the ground almost, some are broke. The bushes I don't even know what they are. They're not normal.

This is just amazing. I'm in awe.


How about some pics from up there? Some good ones taken by digital camera vs. cell phone...
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#7003 Postby brewskymc » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:30 am

Amazing... I guess this fits the definition for beautiful disaster. I drove through several neighborhoods that had no power on my way in this morning and saw several tranformers popping and lighting up the sky. The heavy, wet snow has caused lots of big tree limbs to fall here on the SMU campus. It is going to take some serious $ to clean all of this up. In spite of that, I'm ready for the next one. Do we still have one brewing for around the 20th or so?
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#7004 Postby iorange55 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:34 am

Uploading DIGITAL CAMERA pictures, now.
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#7005 Postby Ntxw » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:35 am

Wow we did break the all time storm total. That's amazing, OKC and Dallas both broke the storm totals all in one winter :eek: I may not live long enough to see that broken again.
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#7006 Postby iorange55 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:38 am

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#7007 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:39 am

wxman57 wrote:
iorange55 wrote:I'm amazed right now looking out the window. You can't appreciate it at night, but this morning. MY GOD!!!! every tree is weighed down the ground almost, some are broke. The bushes I don't even know what they are. They're not normal.

This is just amazing. I'm in awe.


How about some pics from up there? Some good ones taken by digital camera vs. cell phone...


Been doing it for you Wxman57. Yesterday afternoon in the heavy snow, last night, and this morning. Will post some in a bit and then put up a link to an album. Wish you guys down south could have shared in this...it was a remarkable storm.
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#7008 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:42 am

iorange55 wrote:Image


We got 7" up here in Denison and it is breathtakingly beautiful, but wow, that's a lot more snow in the streets!?! :double:
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#7009 Postby southerngale » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:43 am

txagwxman wrote:
southerngale wrote:Thanks, wxman57. After 600 straight hours of rain :P it has finally ended, so if there's just now the opportunity for snow, I barely missed it. It was still raining an hour ago and it was sprinkling about 15-20 minutes ago. Nothing now.

It's not like I would have gotten enough to actually play in it anyway, but it's still nice to watch it falling. I feel cheated. heh
Maybe next time.

Drive east towards Lake Charles...


While there are some light patches here and there, the bulk of the precip is now east of Lafayette. Unfortunately, no can do. If I could have taken a road trip, I'd be in the Dallas area right now, frolicking in the snow.
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#7010 Postby brewskymc » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:45 am

wxman57 wrote:
iorange55 wrote:I'm amazed right now looking out the window. You can't appreciate it at night, but this morning. MY GOD!!!! every tree is weighed down the ground almost, some are broke. The bushes I don't even know what they are. They're not normal.

This is just amazing. I'm in awe.


How about some pics from up there? Some good ones taken by digital camera vs. cell phone...


Unfortunately, I only have my phone with me... but here is a link to a slide show from yesterday taken by our professional photographer... He should be posting pictures taken this morning a little bit later.http://smu.edu/newsinfo/slides/snowfall-11feb2010/
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#7011 Postby southerngale » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:46 am

Awesome pics, iorange55. You guys keep 'em coming!

Since I'm sure you don't want to post a gazillion pics in this thread, you could start a new thread for your snow pics, or you all could share the snow pics thread that HockeyTx82 started yesterday. Then we could browse one thread, full of snow pics of this record breaking event.
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#7012 Postby CaptinCrunch » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:50 am

We broke 10" at the house here in Kennedale, I never thought I would see that happen in my lifetime here in TX. I'll be 42 in 2 weeks, so I'll take this as a early B-Day preasent. :froze:
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#7013 Postby jasons2k » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:51 am

brewskymc wrote:Amazing... I guess this fits the definition for beautiful disaster. I drove through several neighborhoods that had no power on my way in this morning and saw several tranformers popping and lighting up the sky. The heavy, wet snow has caused lots of big tree limbs to fall here on the SMU campus. It is going to take some serious $ to clean all of this up. In spite of that, I'm ready for the next one. Do we still have one brewing for around the 20th or so?


Yeah, true. Lucky for the DFW area, especially the suburbs, they don't have nearly as bad of an issue with trees hanging over powerlines as we do down in Houston or across much of the deep south. In Birmingham in 1993, that 13" record there (18" at our house) caused us to lose power for a full week, cable & phone for two weeks. The fun lasted for a day....and let me tell you it was no fun after that.

As much as I'd love to see a foot of snow down here in Houston, part of me says "no thanks" because it would create massive power outages with all the pine trees and overhead lines we have down here.

That said, I wish I were at my parent's house in Allen for this one. All underground utilities and not really and trees (matures ones) to speak of. They are nice and comfy and just enjoying the view. Hope you all enjoy this - it really is something :-)
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#7014 Postby Weatherdude20 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:53 am

CaptinCrunch wrote:We broke 10" at the house here in Kennedale, I never thought I would see that happen in my lifetime here in TX. I'll be 42 in 2 weeks, so I'll take this as a early B-Day preasent. :froze:


You should get a better B day present a couple days out... :wink: say, the 22 or 23? :ggreen: :wink: Well atleast thats what it looks like now.
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#7015 Postby southerngale » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:54 am

brewskymc wrote:
wxman57 wrote:
iorange55 wrote:I'm amazed right now looking out the window. You can't appreciate it at night, but this morning. MY GOD!!!! every tree is weighed down the ground almost, some are broke. The bushes I don't even know what they are. They're not normal.

This is just amazing. I'm in awe.


How about some pics from up there? Some good ones taken by digital camera vs. cell phone...


Unfortunately, I only have my phone with me... but here is a link to a slide show from yesterday taken by our professional photographer... He should be posting pictures taken this morning a little bit later.http://smu.edu/newsinfo/slides/snowfall-11feb2010/

I love the giant snow chair!
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#7016 Postby wxman57 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:56 am

OK, no more whining from you folks in Dallas about not enough snow this winter!

Great pics, by the way. That's not really Dallas, it's somewhere in Colorado, right? ;-)
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#7017 Postby iorange55 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:56 am

I will post anymore I take in Hockey's thread! About to take a trip down the street


Here's to hoping nothing knocks in my head.
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#7018 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:00 am

wxman57 wrote:OK, no more whining from you folks in Dallas about not enough snow this winter!

Great pics, by the way. That's not really Dallas, it's somewhere in Colorado, right? ;-)


Just let 'em get enough to break the seasonal record (less than 2" away now at DFW) and I'm sure everyone will be ready to start -removed- you a nice warm spring! :D
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#7019 Postby Tireman4 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:02 am

iorange55 wrote:I will post anymore I take in Hockey's thread! About to take a trip down the street


Here's to hoping nothing knocks in my head.


Stay safe Orange. Those pictures remind me of my days in Raleigh, North Carolina. I still had to drive in it to go to work. You know Avis never closes...LOL
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#7020 Postby southerngale » Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:03 am

iorange55 wrote:I will post anymore I take in Hockey's thread! About to take a trip down the street


Here's to hoping nothing knocks in my head.


You can post them in here. I just meant if you have a ton of them, and for better viewing so they don't get lost in this thread, you might want to post them there as well.

The more pics, the better! :)
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