YIKES! Southern States Snow Storm

[3113]

Winter storm, actually, but I wanted the alliteration for the title. From here:

A brutal winter freeze began to descend on the Deep South early Tuesday with a huge swath of the region in the crosshairs of a storm that forecasters called "potentially paralyzing." The storm was still in its infancy at 3:30 a.m. ET but meteorologists at The Weather Channel said they already had reports of sleet and freezing rain in parts of Texas and Louisiana.

Schools from the Lone Star State to Florida earlier announced that they would close Tuesday, and the storm is playing havoc with air travel. As of 6:45 a.m. ET, airlines had cancelled 2,665 flights across the country, with Atlanta's Hartsfield–Jackson and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental airports bearing the brunt...Winter storm alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service all the way from central Texas eastward through the Gulf Coast into Georgia, the Carolinas and far southeast Virginia...

Weather Channel meteorologist Nick Wiltgen described it as a "potentially paralyzing winter storm." And the forecaster’s winter weather expert, Tom Niziol, said the South was in for weather "that many parts have not seen in years" — perhaps the biggest winter weather event in a generation.

Wow. Looks like this is one you're gonna be able to tell your great-grandkids about. Keep in touch, Southern Litizens. Let us know how you're surviving this monumental winter storm.

 

[JKendallDane]

Current temp in the Florida panhandle is 33, and expected to drop into the mid-to-high 20's during the afternoon. Precipitation is also in that forecast, so if I remember my high school science classes correctly, one more degree down and any moisture from above, and we have either sleet, snow, or a mixture of both.

Looks like there is every probability that our white beaches may become even more whiter today.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Currently 81 F, dropping down to 66 overnight. Thanks for asking.

 

[TxRad]

I'm in Bryan/College Station, about a hundred miles NNW of Houston. We had some freezing rain early but that has cleared out. Just enough to wet the ground. The sky is clearing but it's 33 degrees with a 10-20 mph winds so it feels like 23.

It's supposed to get down to 23 tonight and feel like 14.

Luckily, I get to stay inside it looks like.

 

[_Lynn_]

Shame on us in the north sharing the cold weather with you down there. We should all be punished.

 

[MSTarot]

Shame on us in the north sharing the cold weather with you down there. We should all be punished.

We can share a few tornadoes with you this spring, if you like. We have more than we need anyway.

(Birmingham report)

At the moment I have about an inch of snow on top of about an inch of ice. Have already spent a bit of time helping people, who don't know how to drive, get up the little hill next to my house so they can go get their kids. Three schools nearby.

We have six cars stuck by my house that can't make it up the big hill in the front of my house or back up the other two behind my house.

You have to go up and then down at least four hills to get out of my neighborhood. They are covered in ice and compacted snow.

I saw a pair of snow chains on a car for the first time in about ten years. Fella from up in Michigan down here visiting. He was helping pull people out of ditches where they slid too. No one down here has snow chains really.

No snow plows, snow blowers, salt trucks,and most folk think a snow shovel is for leaves.

The county will probably have trucks out spreading sand but not till the snow stops.

I have coffee and no plans to go anywhere till it melts, which give the weather report for the next few nights will be Saturday.

Going to go watch more fools try to get up a hill. Seen three wrecks so far this morning.

MST

 

[Saxon_Hart]

32 here and sleeting. It doesn't bother me though. I've definitely seen worse. Warm winter weather was part of the reason I moved from Colorado.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

77 degrees near Tampa. The cold wont reach us. The low is s'posed to be 41 but oughta be 51 here cuz I'm close to the GULF.

 

[_Lynn_]

We can share a few tornadoes with you this spring, if you like. We have more than we need anyway.

(Birmingham report)

At the moment I have about an inch of snow on top of about an inch of ice. Have already spent a bit of time helping people, who don't know how to drive, get up the little hill next to my house so they can go get their kids. Three schools nearby.

We have six cars stuck by my house that can't make it up the big hill in the front of my house or back up the other two behind my house.

You have to go up and then down at least four hills to get out of my neighborhood. They are covered in ice and compacted snow.

I saw a pair of snow chains on a car for the first time in about ten years. Fella from up in Michigan down here visiting. He was helping pull people out of ditches where they slid too. No one down here has snow chains really.

No snow plows, snow blowers, salt trucks,and most folk think a snow shovel is for leaves.

The county will probably have trucks out spreading sand but not till the snow stops.

I have coffee and no plans to go anywhere till it melts, which give the weather report for the next few nights will be Saturday.

Going to go watch more fools try to get up a hill. Seen three wrecks so far this morning.

MST

We have plows. Lots of them. Several counties/cities pulled them off the roads a few days ago. Many areas are out of salt. They've used the entire amount allotted for the whole winter. But the bitter cold temps make the salt useless anyway. I haven't gone away in over a week and don't plan to until some of this settles.

To discourage people from getting out, they even closed the casinos today.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

We're up to 82 right now. Sunday should be the same. I'll be attending an outdoor Super Bowl party.

 

[_Lynn_]

We're up to 82 right now. Sunday should be the same. I'll be attending an outdoor Super Bowl party.

Enjoy them both.

 

[sr71plt]

Snow flurries have just started in Central Virginia (and it's 23), but it appears the really bad weather is going to be east of us over on the peninsula.

Three weeks and it's Florida an the Caribbean for me, so this better clear out of there fast.

 

[PennLady]

Right now, in SE PA, I'm just counting us lucky that it's cold but not much else. Bitterly cold -- low double digits and single digits -- but it could be worse. It's supposed to hit 40 over the weekend, I think. Wa hoo.

I do feel badly for the southern places getting hit with temps like they almost never do. It's tough when you're sort of used to it like I am, so I have sympathy for those who've probably never had such temps before.

 

[MSTarot]

Well Birmingham is just about completely shut down.

Most roads are closed.

A lot of the school teachers are going to be chaperons tonight as hundreds of students are stuck at their schools overnight.

And several thousand people are stuck on the local highways.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfGGHtaIEAAj3YI.jpg:large

I think it's about 2 inches of ice and 1 inch of snow for the grand total.


On a more personal note I have 9 cars stranded around my house and at least 4 of my friends are not going to be able to get home tonight. Either stuck or wrecked.

Joy

MST

 

[WishItsTrue_TG]

Just not fair

Well Birmingham is just about completely shut down.

"Most roads are closed."

It doesn't seem fair to you guys down south to be hit with this stuff. We're set up to handle it up north. Near where I live in NY, in summer there are rows of plows stored for use in winter when needed. Our sanitation departments are ready to mount them on trucks when forecasts predict snow. You guys get hit, and it seems like sucker punching someone from behind when they're not expecting it. Just not fair.

"I think it's about 2 inches of ice and 1 inch of snow for the grand total." We got 4 inches and felt lucky to get off so easy. Snow started in the evening. By morning, our tertiary roads were plowed.

Yesterday it got to 28, and I took the opportunity to do the shopping while it was warm, before the weather turned back around zero.

By the way, where are the guys who don't believe in global warming?

 

[sr71plt]

I've been in Birmingham with "a little" snow. It wasn't pretty, and it wasn't anyone's fault it was a mess. Commiserations.

 

[_Lynn_]

Winter can be a pain. But there's another side we often forget. Check these out.

 

[patientlee]

OMG. That is my personal hell. I would fake appendicitis to get out of that.

A lot of the school teachers are going to be chaperons tonight as hundreds of students are stuck at their schools overnight.


MST

 

[3113]

A lot of the school teachers are going to be chaperons tonight as hundreds of students are stuck at their schools overnight.

Yikes! Didn't they read/see the news of this? Why did these kids get sent to school?

 

[MSTarot]

Yikes! Didn't they read/see the news of this? Why did these kids get sent to school?

It was suppose to be about 100 miles to the south of us, down below Montgomery. The weather showed it was going to be just a light dusting here and not going to start till late afternoon or tonight.

Well, they were wrong!

The streets were a mess within twenty minutes of it starting. We got 2 inches in 2 hours.

Most of the heaviest snow fall followed the lines of the major highways! They run through valleys.

It's going down to about 9 degrees tonight with sub zero wind chills.

People have been stuck on the highways since about 11:00 this morning.

Last count I heard put it at about 1200 students stranded across the area.

High tomorrow about 30. So it's not going to melt.

 

[MSTarot]

Winter can be a pain. But there's another side we often forget. Check these out.

Those are beautiful.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

Muhahaha, no snow here currently...still cold as fuck. actually, I believe saturday it was about 65 degrees, then winter came back the next day. I can't wait for summer.

 

[StrangeLife]

A man walks into a Texan auto-parts store:


"I would like a set of winter tires please."

"Sorry pardner - never heard of that brand. We have GoodYear, Michelin, Pirelli, Bridgestone...."

 

[TxRad]

A man walks into a Texan auto-parts store:


"I would like a set of winter tires please."

"Sorry pardner - never heard of that brand. We have GoodYear, Michelin, Pirelli, Bridgestone...."

A man walks into a Texas auto-parts store:

"I would like a set of snow chains please."

"Sorry pardner - all I have is mud chains."

 

[Loving50]

OMG. That is my personal hell. I would fake appendicitis to get out of that.

Too funny!

I'm from the frigid north and I can't remember the last time I saw chains on tires. It's supposed to warm to the 20's this afternoon but for now I'm still cowering under my down comforter as long as possible.