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Title: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Dallas Denny 62 on Dec 24th, 2009 at 3:16pm
Fairly heavy snow with 20-25 mph winds in the metroplex right now with forecast for an accumulation of 2-3 inches by this evening!! Been here over 40 years and this is a really rare event!!
Wishing everyone a PF and Merry Christmas!! Dallas Denny |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Brew on Dec 24th, 2009 at 3:54pm
2-3 inches.
Fairly heavy. Hmmmm..... Southerners do a LOT of things very, very well. But dealing with snow is not one of them. |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Dallas Denny 62 on Dec 24th, 2009 at 4:07pm
Yup...lol. My saving grace is I grew up in Colorado so used to driving in this kinda weather...but...it's really a crap shoot gettin out there with all the folks that aren't!!
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Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Brew on Dec 24th, 2009 at 8:25pm
I was in Memphis once about 20 years ago when they had one inch of snow. I-240 was literally LITTERED with accidents. I'd never seen anything like it.
Maybe it's all the bias ply tires. |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Guiseppi on Dec 24th, 2009 at 9:36pm
OMG Brew........I'm trying to imagine San Diego freeways with one inch of snow, they can't even drive in the rain!!!
Enjoy your white Christmas Denny! Joe |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Callico on Dec 24th, 2009 at 9:55pm
I'm glad Mike got done with Toys for Tots and got home! He grew up with the stuff up here, but as I learned living in SC, you might be able to frive in it, but you can't dodge them all!
Jerry |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by BarbaraD on Dec 25th, 2009 at 5:36am
Yep and then Denny sent it down to the farm. Yesterday morning when I got up it was 59 degrees and last night when I went to bed it was snowing... But this IS Texas... LOL!
Always heard if you don't like Texas weather just wait five minutes... |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Redd on Dec 25th, 2009 at 9:07am
Snowing in TX and Raining in Central WI.
Something seems backwards here..... :-? |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Charlie on Dec 25th, 2009 at 7:16pm Quote:
It's not their fault of course but watching them go down the road sideways is both scary and a tad entertaining ::) Charlie |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by deltadarlin on Dec 26th, 2009 at 9:27am
I guess Memphis has changed a lot since I left many many years ago (been gone over 30 years). Snow wasn't that unusual of a phenomenon and most of us could drive in it without any problem.
Now, moving down here is another story altogether. Snow/ice freaks people out. |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by Cathi_Pierce on Dec 26th, 2009 at 9:55am
20 yrs ago, we were still living in Southern CA. We got 6" in a freak snowstorm. As Gil "sucked it up" in order to get to work, he headed down the hill to the freeway, he encountered our neighbors..........ALL our neighbors....... seems NOONE had any problem getting DOWN the hill, but stopping there proved a challenge!
Everyone managed to take out part of SOMEONE's car, cept Gil.......4WD.....he shuttled the gang back to our lil neighborhood and we all called work and simply spent the day at home, enjoying the phenomenon! Personally, I don't mind driving in snow.......it's when it freezes to a slick hard surface, then more snow covers it..NOTHING can bite into that ice! Stay safe and enjoy! Cathi |
Title: Re: White Christmas in Big "D"!!! Post by catlind on Dec 26th, 2009 at 2:35pm
I have discovered that no one knows how to drive in the snow in the Asheville area of NC either....getting caught in the storm on the 18th that dropped anywhere from 15-24" of snow depending on where you were in the mountains, and not a single person I experienced knew a damn thing about how to get unstuck or avoid getting stuck in the first place.
I can only imagine what folks in Dallas would think of the white stuff while driving.... Glad I wasn't on the roads there...someone mighta got hurt LOL Cat |
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