OT- Houston has first white christmas EVER

[Ann in Houston]

I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!

[George]

"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
...
>I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
> like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
> absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
> kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!
>

How much snow did Houston receive (in iches, of course)?

[~ Windsong ~]

"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
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>I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It
>feels
> like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
> absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
> kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!
====================
I'm living here in middle TN since 1979 and this is the first "almost" white
xmas I remember. There are patches of snow here and there - better than
none at all. :-) It sure is cold. Small water pumps are keeping openings
in the ice on the ponds. The bird feeders are covered with hungry birds
every day. There's a fire roaring in the fireplace and all is well....
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
Remember this motto to live by:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW -- What a Ride!"
~~<~~<~~{@
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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 06:22:40 GMT, "Ann in Houston" > wrote:

>I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It feels
>like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
>absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
>kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!
>
Very cool Ann, I was hoping for at least a flurry or two, nothing but gray
here yesterday. Which was about my mood when my DH gave me a package of
.....................drum roll...................... fancy lawn edging. <s>
~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[tom A]

Carol

what a wonderful tag line, have a happy NY


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[~ Windsong ~]

"tom A" > wrote in message
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> Carol
>
> what a wonderful tag line, have a happy NY
================
Same to you Tom. :o)
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
Remember this motto to live by:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW -- What a Ride!"
~~<~~<~~{@
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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[Ann in Houston]

"George" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I have never seen or heard of a white Christmas in Houston, Texas! It
feels
> > like we made history tonight. The kids even made a snowman. It's
> > absolutely amazing. My MIL's party has never been so exciting. All the
> > kids had a blast. It was great! Merry Christmas, all!
> >
>
> How much snow did Houston receive (in iches, of course)?

Well, we got about two inches here, but south of here, they got as much as a
foot. They even got about a foot in some parts of the beach in Galveston.
That was one strange thing about it. The moisture that comes in off the
gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
got nothing.
>

[Crashj]

On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
> wrote something like:
<>
>The moisture that comes in off the
>gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
>upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
>got nothing.

That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
--
Crashj

[George]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
> > wrote something like:
> <>
>>The moisture that comes in off the
>>gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
>>upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the flurries
>>got nothing.
>
> That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
> off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
> Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
> --
> Crashj

About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.

[Ann in Houston]

"George" > wrote in message
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>
> "Crashj" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
> > > wrote something like:
> > <>
> >>The moisture that comes in off the
> >>gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
> >>upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the
flurries
> >>got nothing.
> >
> > That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
> > off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
> > Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
> > --
> > Crashj
>
> About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
> interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.
>
Thankfully, familiarity doesn't breed enough contempt around here for anyone
to have been complacent (or stupid )enough to try it. I'm sure Crash was
referring to the texture of the snow. Besides, the further South you go,
where the snow was deeper, the fewer exit ramps there are. I would love to
have seen snow on the beach.

[George]

"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
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>
> "George" > wrote in message
> news:zbWzd.644129$D%.591463@attbi_s51...
>>
>> "Crashj" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:06:45 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
>> > > wrote something like:
>> > <>
>> >>The moisture that comes in off the
>> >>gulf was providing the precip that froze. Therefore, we kind of had an
>> >>upside down weather pattern. Points north, that usually get the
> flurries
>> >>got nothing.
>> >
>> > That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
>> > off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
>> > Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
>> > --
>> > Crashj
>>
>> About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
>> interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.
>>
> Thankfully, familiarity doesn't breed enough contempt around here for anyone
> to have been complacent (or stupid )enough to try it. I'm sure Crash was
> referring to the texture of the snow. Besides, the further South you go,
> where the snow was deeper, the fewer exit ramps there are. I would love to
> have seen snow on the beach.
>

Having spent quite a lot of time on beaches in Florida, I must say that the
thought of snow on the beach is quite incongruous.

[Derek Broughton]

George wrote:

> "Crashj" > wrote in message
>>
>> That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
>> off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
>> Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
>
> About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
> interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.

Well, nobody was driving in Houston, with 2 whole inches of snow on the
ground...
--
derek

[Derek Broughton]

~ Windsong ~ wrote:

> I'm living here in middle TN since 1979 and this is the first "almost"
> white
> xmas I remember. There are patches of snow here and there - better than
> none at all. :-)

Exactly what we got on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. Yesterday was a
little better. Major blizzard - not too much snow (about 20cm here) but
near-hurricane force winds and no visibility.

> There's a fire roaring in the fireplace and all is well....

"The weather outside is frightful...
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" :-)
--
derek

[George]

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> George wrote:
>
>> "Crashj" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> That would be what we call here, "lake effect" snow. Usually happend
>>> off the down wind side of the Great Lakes, or the Great Salt Lake, or
>>> Lake Champlain, for instance. Makes for Great Skiing!
>>
>> About the only place hilly enough in the Houston area to ski would be an
>> interstate exit ramp, and I wouldn't recommend anyone do that.
>
> Well, nobody was driving in Houston, with 2 whole inches of snow on the
> ground...
> --
> derek

What would they do if they had had the 3 inches of frozen sleet and 8 inches of
snow that we got?

[Crashj]

On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:48:26 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
> wrote something like:
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> I would love to have seen snow on the beach.

We aim to please:
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=snow+on+the+beach
http://snipurl.com/bn1f

Now, about the love part, . . .
--
Crashj

[Ann in Houston]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:48:26 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
> > wrote something like:
> <>
> > I would love to have seen snow on the beach.
>
> We aim to please:
>
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=snow+on+the+beach
> http://snipurl.com/bn1f
>
> Now, about the love part, . . .
> --
> Crashj
I should have known that anything is possible on rec.ponds

[George]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On or about Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:48:26 GMT, "Ann in Houston"
> > wrote something like:
> <>
>> I would love to have seen snow on the beach.
>
> We aim to please:
> http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=snow+on+the+beach
> http://snipurl.com/bn1f
>
> Now, about the love part, . . .
> --
> Crashj

Has anyone ever seen that much snow in that part of Texas before?

[Ann in Houston]

> Has anyone ever seen that much snow in that part of Texas before?
>
>
We got about this much, it seems, in 1990, in January, and back in 1973,
when we first moved here from Arlington (near Dallas) we had enjoyed six to
eight inches up there, resuliting in several snow days that I never had to
make up, because we moved at mid-term. Then, right after Christmas, we got
our own two inches or so, which earned us maybe one more day off when it was
time to go back. I remember how everyone down here was so incredulous to
see snow that actually accumulated. I sort of related, because it was a
treat, even in the Dallas area, but we did see at least an inch up there,
every year. But anyway, that was the most I had seen around here, until
this year. The big deal here, of course, was that it came on Christmas Eve.

[Ann in Houston]

> >>
> > Well, I can promise you that plenty of people were driving. For
example,
> > the many cousins, aunts and uncles at our party. The temps hadn't been
> > freezing for long enough to ice up the roads. It was like driving after
a
> > rain shower. The unusual part was while the snow was falling, and the
> > flakes that were illuminated by the headlights coming at you. I heard
it
> > compared to the the effect on Star Wars when the Millennium Falcon
jumped to
> > warp speed. I didn't even hear of any real accidents. No more than any
> > holiday season, anyway.
> >
>
> There were plenty of people driving here during the storm, but most
regretted it
> afterwards. The traffic back up on I-65 extended from Menphis, Indiana to
South
> of Louisville, a traffic jam of about 40 miles. People were stuck in it
in some
> cases for over a day.
>
>
There was a time, probably in the eighties, that there was a storm with
snow, between here and Dallas, and my FIL was trying to drive home from a
training school for his job, in Dallas. It took ten hours for a trip that
usually takes four to five hours.

[George]

"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
m...
>
>> >>
>> > Well, I can promise you that plenty of people were driving. For
> example,
>> > the many cousins, aunts and uncles at our party. The temps hadn't been
>> > freezing for long enough to ice up the roads. It was like driving after
> a
>> > rain shower. The unusual part was while the snow was falling, and the
>> > flakes that were illuminated by the headlights coming at you. I heard
> it
>> > compared to the the effect on Star Wars when the Millennium Falcon
> jumped to
>> > warp speed. I didn't even hear of any real accidents. No more than any
>> > holiday season, anyway.
>> >
>>
>> There were plenty of people driving here during the storm, but most
> regretted it
>> afterwards. The traffic back up on I-65 extended from Menphis, Indiana to
> South
>> of Louisville, a traffic jam of about 40 miles. People were stuck in it
> in some
>> cases for over a day.
>>
>>
> There was a time, probably in the eighties, that there was a storm with
> snow, between here and Dallas, and my FIL was trying to drive home from a
> training school for his job, in Dallas. It took ten hours for a trip that
> usually takes four to five hours.
>

Back in Jan. 1977, I was a student at eastern kentucky Unniversity. two of my
borthers were driving me back to school after the christmas break. It started
to snow, but that didn't hinder us. We arrived after a two hour drive.
Unfortunately for my brothers, the snow storm became the biggest blizzard here
in many years, and it took them eight hours to get back home. The university
recieved 27" of snow and was socked in for two weeks before it could dig out.
In the mean time, the temperature dropped to 20 below, and stayed below freezing
until April. There were snow piles in parking lots from the shoveling that
lasted until May. I thought we were going to have a new ice age at the time.
Of course, I was a freshman then. What did I know?