North Texas "cold snap"

[EddieWalker]

Beautiful pictures. I'm staying home today because I've decided that snow is as good a reason not to work outside as rain is. Besides, I'm staining, and that just isn't something I want to do while it snowing out.

I have close to an inch in the grass and on things like my tractor. The roads and exposed dirt areas are just melting when it lands. It's beautfuil and I've hopeful that I'll get a good covering so I can take a bunchof picutres!!!!

The forecasters are at 100% for snow today and then 100% for heavy snow tonight.

I'm loving it!!!!!

Eddie

 

[Bird]

Even though it's coming down pretty heavily, with the temperature hovering right around 32, a lot melts so it's not as deep as it would be if the temperature dropped a few degrees which may be what happens tonight.

And yes, Jay, I will be snacking on some peanuts around noon or shortly thereafter.

 

[Western]

We are over 4.5 ", I have to get dressed and take the wife to work..She said she tried it and gave up sooo...This has been a unusually "wet" winter, I kind of like it if we can keep a little in the ground turning to summer.

Bad thing, I have around 200 "baby" trees delivered today, so i guess the nursery will be full till it melts off!

 

[Bird]

We have a disaster here. At least that's what my wife thinks. The snow has gotten so deep on the satellite dish that her DirecTV reception is blocked. So she's been trying to figure out how to clean off that dish on the roof. Well, actually she's been trying to figure out how to get me to go clean off that dish.

 

[Stargazer]

Bird try chucking a few snowballs at it!

 

[ronjhall]

Don't ask me why I left the cozy warmth of the valley. Up here is Kerrville it shows snow and ice on the radar map. But no snow and 38 degrees for the high. On Monday we were running around in our summer T shirts and shorts. Hope this the last of TX cold weather.

 

[Bird]

Bird try chucking a few snowballs at it!

That dish is on the north edge of the roof, and of course, facing south, so I can't really see the face of the dish. However, I can see the same disk next door and it's thoroughly covered; 3 or 4 inches I'd say. So I have a 4' blowgun for my air-compressor, got the ladder, and blew at least most of the snow off our dish, but it didn't help. I wondered whether it was the snow on the dish or the snow in the air that's blocking the reception. My wife has a sister in West Virginia who told my wife, long ago, about them putting a plastic bag over the dish to keep the snow off.

Do any of you other northern folks do that?

 

[Stargazer]

Hi Bird: Have heard there are a few companies that make a cover but up here I can't say I have ever seen 1. Don't see where a bag would hurt anything. Guess we are lucky ours in on top of a 2 story house and so far (8+ yrs) only time we have lost signal is when dish got loose/moved and the few really heavy T-storms/Rain. Never had had any problems with 'Snowfade'.


goggle snow on sat dish some places even sell a heater to stick on back of dish!!!!

 

[Bird]

We expect to lose the signal during heavy thunderstorms, but I guess this is our first time for snowfade, too. I don't think it'll happen often enough for me to worry about it.

 

[jinman]

Bird, we are also without satellite TV. We still have good reception from our roof antenna for local OTA TV. Oops! Kathy just went out and cleared the dish (on a post) and we now have satellite again.

I just got back in from pulling one of my neighbors out of the ditch about a mile from my house. I cleared my tractor and it completely covered again in about 10 minutes of driving. I could hardly see to drive from snow in my eyes. I had to hold up my gloved hand and peek thru my fingers to see where I was driving. Fun! Fun! Fun!

We have about 10" of snow on the road and 8" of snow buildup on the handrails around our deck. I'll post some more pictures in awhile, but the funny thing is the sun is trying to peek through and the flakes are still coming down. Only in Texas. . . .

Edit: Pictures added...and it's still coming down very heavily.