Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, Texas style

[TransAm]

Well it was 60 degrees F in Fort Worth yesterday, and an 'arctic front' is pushing south. The first of the winter weather has arrived. I am glad I have finished work for christmas.

RC, Samerrao, no doubt the weather will be with you by nightfall, if it's not hit you already...

Wish I'd bought an S4 now LOL!!! Today I shall be avoiding first gear...

Sorry for crap photos BTW!

Pool looks tempting...not
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Chilly Dog
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Snowfall over Benbrook http://img140.exs.cx/img140/4598/picture006sm8sw.th.jpg (http://img140.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img140&image=picture006sm8sw.jpg)

[racer_f50]

haha, you southern guys always freak out when snow arrives :lol:

my uncle used to live in Georgia, and he said that whenver it would snow even half an inch nobody would leave their houses or go to work since they dont' know how to drive in slippery conditions :P

personally i enjoy snow, though. its fun to slide around in.
I'm sure you can have some fun with your car as well :)

[TT]

LOL, how often does it snow down there?

[sameerrao]

LOL, how often does it snow down there?

In houston, I think it fell once in the last ten years

RC, Samerrao, no doubt the weather will be with you by nightfall, if it's not hit you already...

Its been chilly and rainy - I doubt the snow will hit though ...

[666fast]

Well it was 60 degrees F in Fort Worth yesterday


pppbbtbt, -8F here. Snow is fun, enjoy it while you can! LOL Find and empty parking lot and you can use first gear all you want.

[TransAm]

LOL, how often does it snow down there?

In the 20 months I have lived here this is the second time - it snowed Valentines Day 2004.

Houston is on the Gulf of Mexico coast though, so maybe they won't get any snow at all on second thoughts.

In the north UK it can be the same - I live on the coast there - no snow but go 15 miles inland and where the hills are - and it's covered!

[topgeartom]

LOL, how often does it snow down there?

In the 20 months I have lived here this is the second time - it snowed Valentines Day 2004.

Houston is on the Gulf of Mexico coast though, so maybe they won't get any snow at all on second thoughts.

In the north UK it can be the same - I live on the coast there - no snow but go 15 miles inland and where the hills are - and it's covered!

Which coast do you live on? Are you on the Hull/Whitby side, or the Liverpool/Blackpool side?

[TransAm]

Fylde coast - Blackpool area

The hilly bits I refer to are sort of where Blackburn and Clitheroe are

[coombsie66]

^^ Its just as bad down here in the westcountry, (which you'd probably remember Trans Am) all the snow had melted down in the towns, but 5 minutes into the hills (quantocks if you remember em Trans) me mate was snowed in!!!
Crazy weather, but good fun mucking around in it! :D
I hope its a white christmas this year!

[TransAm]

Yep - out past Kingston St Mary if I recall. I remember them well - much dogwalking took place up there. The last pic I took of the Civic before I left the UK was taken on the Quantocks - you might even recognise the spot it was taken.

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/8806/civicvti6aa.th.jpg (http://img141.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img141&image=civicvti6aa.jpg)

I lived in Creech St Michael so was pretty close to the foothills.

[coombsie66]

^^ Bloody hell, i do believe i know that spot yeah! although a lot of roads/gateways look like that on teh quantocks!! I drive through kingston St mary to get to me mates, he lives up near the Pines Cafe, Broomfield.
:D

[ZfrkS62]

Funny thing....they're actually calling for snow on Christmas :D According to all the Coon-asses around here, this is some freaky weather we've been having :lol:

[TransAm]

What's a Coon-ass? :?:

[ZfrkS62]

What's a Coon-ass? :?:

as it was explained to me (i;m originally from Seattle and i've only lived here about 6 months):

Coon-ass is a derogatory term that derived from the French word coonas (koo-na), which essentially means 'dirty whore'

The Cajun-French that origianally settled the area were actually exiles from France. (The reason, i am unsure of, perhaps a history buff can fill in the blanks).

In WWII a battalion from Louisiana met up with a battalion from France. The French, thinking that this group was just another bunch of Americans, began speaking their language around them and were shocked to realize that the American soldiers could all speak it too!

When the French discovered who they really were, they began referring to them as the "Coonas from Louisiana". Well, it kinda stuck, and since then it has evolved into Coon-Ass :D

(for the first two months everyone kept teling me that they were going to turn me into a Coon-Ass soon enough, but no one would explain to me what it meant :? )

[TransAm]

I thought you meant Coon, as in derogatory term for coloured person and I thought that was a bit harsh!!

Thanks for explaining that, you may or may not know I am actually English and am just working here in the US for a while, hence I travel about a bit to see the US while I'm here...we went to Lafayette (McGee's) and N.O. in June this year.

It was all good, but we got tailed for about 5 miles on I-10 in the WS6 by a state trooper. Maybe cos I have 75% tint and they thought I was a drug runner or something. He sat right in my blind spot and I nearly rolled down the window to ask what the fuck he wanted. Scarey but I had nothing to hide other than a heavy right foot LOL

When I came back to work after the holiday I was talking to some of the guys in the office here in TX - they reckon the police in LA plant drugs on people so I am glad I didn't wind the cop up :shock:

[ZfrkS62]

they reckon the police in LA plant drugs on people so I am glad I didn't wind the cop up


well in that case i'm glad i didn't attract any attention to myself once i got into the state. Just think how much they could have tried to pin on a minivan and 8-foot Uhaul trailer :shock:

the few cops i've talked to have all been pretty cool so far, but i haven't talked to any staters yet. (no i didn't get pulled over)

[TransAm]

the few cops i've talked to have all been pretty cool so far, but i haven't talked to any staters yet. (no i didn't get pulled over)

Good and bad eggs in every basket, as they say :wink:

[ZfrkS62]

the few cops i've talked to have all been pretty cool so far, but i haven't talked to any staters yet. (no i didn't get pulled over)

Good and bad eggs in every basket, as they say :wink:

too true :wink:

[DMbaseball1604]

The last time I remember it snowing in houston was the day I was born...Jan 3, 1985 ..lol - atleast thats what I'm told, but I live in dallas now and yes its snowing, I'm farther north almost in Frsico, and the streets are are pretty icy, mainly on the bridges and what not..I saw a car turned completely over on the highway on the way home..and 3 more wrecks on another bridge in plano...then again Texans are idiots when it comes to driving in ice, we dont know how b/c it never really gets as bad as it does up north

[TransAm]

Yeah well according to my temp gauge it's 29 outside and when I went out with the dog at 1130pm the car park was like an ice rink in places. I won't drive in the ice unless it's an emergency, besides I live at the bottom of a hill also - luckily we're well stocked up.

You're right though, people in Ft Wth don't slow down for the conditions either. There will be lots of wrecks over the next few days.

[topgeartom]

Fylde coast - Blackpool area

The hilly bits I refer to are sort of where Blackburn and Clitheroe are
cool, i was born very near blackpool - kirkham infact, but i have lived most of my life inbetween Leeds and Bradford.

Anyway - back to the topic..

[666fast]

We have this parade here every year called The Hollidazzle. Anyway, if the temp drops below -25F, it gets cancelled. It's only 3PM and it's been cancelled. Methinks I'll stay inside tonight.

[ZfrkS62]

besides I live at the bottom of a hill also


hope the WS6 is tucked tightly into the garage :wink:

[sameerrao]

Wish I'd bought an S4 now LOL!!! Today I shall be avoiding first gear...


Cmon man! fishtail that hiney all over the place .. what you need a safe S4 for :D

[TransAm]

LOL - it is safely tucked in the garage

As for the fishtailing, I'd rather watch other people lose it than I! There was a jeep like nthfinity's on FOX4 news tonight losing it big time on a bridge. Fortunately for the people inside it looked like they got away with only their pride damaged...and a couple of headlamp/taillamp assemblies

[sameerrao]

LOL - it is safely tucked in the garage

As for the fishtailing, I'd rather watch other people lose it than I! There was a jeep like nthfinity's on FOX4 news tonight losing it big time on a bridge. Fortunately for the people inside it looked like they got away with only their pride damaged...and a couple of headlamp/taillamp assemblies

Its bad enough seeing Texans drive when it rains ... must be scary with these morons when there is ice on the road :D

And there always seems to be an accident on a bridge in Texas when there is rain about. A couple months back I was returning back to Houston from South Padre Island when a severe thunderstorm hit that area. Every time I came to a bridge there was some accident. I think the expansion joints and water collecting in pockets in places are the cause for so many cars to lose it apart from drivers in SUVs that overestimate their grip over bends

[gottacatchup]

HOLY CRAP ITS SNOWING!!!!!!

[TransAm]

HOLY CRAP ITS SNOWING!!!!!!

LOL it will pass. We got a whole inch and it's all melted here already!

[T-Bird]

LOL - it is safely tucked in the garage

As for the fishtailing, I'd rather watch other people lose it than I! There was a jeep like nthfinity's on FOX4 news tonight losing it big time on a bridge. Fortunately for the people inside it looked like they got away with only their pride damaged...and a couple of headlamp/taillamp assemblies

Its bad enough seeing Texans drive when it rains ... must be scary with these morons when there is ice on the road :D

And there always seems to be an accident on a bridge in Texas when there is rain about. A couple months back I was returning back to Houston from South Padre Island when a severe thunderstorm hit that area. Every time I came to a bridge there was some accident. I think the expansion joints and water collecting in pockets in places are the cause for so many cars to lose it apart from drivers in SUVs that overestimate their grip over bends

Well it is very easy for ice to form on bridges even when it's not extremely cool because of the air moving over and under it cooling the surface, that and causes a strong gust on the bridge.

The only thing around here that you have to watch for is either black ice or huge snow drifts that can get blinding, so you get snow over the road large amounts of wind hitting the side of the car and low visibility but then again living here you get used to it very quickly

[gottacatchup]

HOLY CRAP ITS SNOWING!!!!!!

LOL it will pass. We got a whole inch and it's all melted here already!

Yeah i know but it hasn't snowed here for 10 years and it snowing on christmas eve is just too perfect

[sameerrao]

Its snowing here in houston too! Hallelujah! LOL!

[RC45]

Its snowing here in houston too! Hallelujah! LOL!

Sure is/was... :)

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