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Snow and 14 degrees

Posted on February 14, 2021 | Comments Off on Snow and 14 degrees

It’s already coated the ground and is piling up rapidly. I’m sure the children who are still up are excited.

UPDATE: Looks to be about six inches on the rocks and trees but only a couple in the parking lot.

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Chills and thrills

Posted on February 14, 2021 | Comments Off on Chills and thrills

Tis 23 degrees at Neely’s Canyon in Austin with more ice and snow on the way. Forecast says 10 by tomorrow morning. 7 by Tuesday morning. And, naturally, I’m out of cigarettes. A good time to quit? Or to make a slow and careful “run” to the nearby drugstore.

UPDATE: Chickened out. Too cold out there. I’m going to make one pack last four days.

MORE: It didn’t. But there’s enough snow in the parking lot to keep me inside. Plus the nearest stores are closed. I’m just imagining it’s a series of 12-hour flights to Israel and savoring how good it will taste when I finally get one.

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Power outage

Posted on February 12, 2021 | Comments Off on Power outage

For 12 hours overnight from yesterday afternoon. Back on this morning. Ice accumulation on the power lines, apparently, or nearby trees falling on them. Indeed, all night we heard trees falling in the canyon from ice accumulation. Waiting for full daylight to see the carnage.

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Bitter cold

Posted on February 11, 2021 | Comments Off on Bitter cold

Thermometer is hovering around 31 degrees, with rain and wintery mix and icing expected according to the National Weather Service. Tomorrow and Saturday-Sunday expected to be even colder, dipping into the 20s and teens. Good for killing hibernating bugs such as scorpions. But potentially bad in the form of power outages from the ice on the lines.

UPDATE: Local news reporting a 26-car pileup on a highway near us on the edge of the Hill Country. Police “begging” drivers “to drive to the conditions.” Ha! Fat chance.

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Ice Storm

Posted on October 28, 2020 | Comments Off on Ice Storm

Nailed us in Oklahoma City, ice everywhere with a little snow and temps in the 20s. Farther west, where we were planning to go, the worse it got. Worst of all at our destination: Higgins in the Texas panhandle, and OCS buddy Russ Wheat’s grave, where the snow was more than a little and the temps in the teens.

So we stayed in the hotel, where three nights and two days in bed was quite fun. And Amtrak was enjoyable, as usual. Had a roomette where the conductors brought our meals. Got back to find that ice on the local lines caused a power outage which killed the furnace. So was a mite chilly until we got it going again. We’ll try again in April.

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Sleet

Posted on October 22, 2020 | 1 comment

Looks like bad weather Sunday and Monday for our trip to Higgins and Russ’s grave. Cold with possible sleet. We’ll have to drive slowly enroute from Oklahoma City. But getting to OKC should be comfortable by Amtrak.

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Hannah come onna

Posted on July 26, 2020 | 2 comments

Hurricane Hannah, alas, went onto the Gulf coast too far south to bring us much rain, though we could certainly use some. Just not the flooding stuff on the coast.

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