How cold is it at your place? [Archive]

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:04 PM

Lubbock-22F feels like 8F with freezing drizzle. I hope school gets canceled/delayed tomorrow.

Tech ain't cancellin' sh:Censor::Censor:. They didn't want to cancel class when we had that 7 inches of rain in one day but they had to (Damn that day sucked!). We'd have to take a raft to class! Haha!!

http://www.texasboars.com/photopost/albums/userpics/rain3.jpg

Crazyness at Jones Stadium. Best pic I found of it online.

:D

F18mustang

01-26-2009, 10:06 PM

Tech ain't cancellin' sh:Censor::Censor:. They didn't want to cancel class when we had that 7 inches of rain in one day but they had to (Damn that day sucked!). We'd have to take a raft to class! Haha!!

http://www.texasboars.com/photopost/albums/userpics/rain3.jpg

Crazyness at Jones Stadium.

:D

yeah, but LISD might. :cool: Havens is a wild and crazy guy.

I will forever remember that day...was fun and wild.

CoveMom

01-26-2009, 10:09 PM

F18mustang

01-26-2009, 10:11 PM

The flooding wasn't that bad. I was happy they cancelled class though.

Say what????Lubbock was on lockdown.

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:12 PM

The flooding wasn't that bad. I was happy they cancelled class though.

No it was bad! :D We hadn't had rain like that in my lifetime living here in Lubbock and that day water was everyhere! I had to get out of the city to head to Round Rock for a trip and I got out in time. The water just kept getting worse at East U.S. 84 and I probably wouldn't have been able to leave if I hadn't left earlier. Luckily, the current drainage system was a huge improvement from what we had and the ground was able to absord the excess water well (it's been kinda dry here).

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:13 PM

The flooding wasn't that bad. I was happy they cancelled class though.

Interesting avatar, by the way.

slorch

01-26-2009, 10:13 PM

It's about 73 in my house and I have all of the windows open, trying to cool it off.

I'm ready for the cool front...:D

F18mustang

01-26-2009, 10:14 PM

No it was bad! :D We hadn't had rain like that in my lifetime living here in Lubbock and that day water was everyhere! I had to get out of the city to head to Round Rock for a trip and I got out in time. The water just kept getting worse at East U.S. 84 and I probably wouldn't have been able to leave if I hadn't left earlier. Luckily, the current drainage system was a huge improvement from what we had and the ground was able to absord the excess water well (it's been kinda dry here).

Did you see Slide north of 82nd? The two playa lakes on either side were just engulfing the road. Slide was only two lanes, the turning and the the southbound.

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:16 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if it became 65 degress by tomorrow. Lubbock weather can change pretty drastically. It was a gorgeous weekend with temps around near 70 yesterday!

:confused:

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:18 PM

Did you see Slide north of 82nd? The two playa lakes on either side were just engulfing the road. Slide was only two lanes, the turning and the the southbound.

Saw pics of it...didn't go to southwest Lubbock that day. If this had happened about ten yrs ago then that water would have stayed there for weeks if not a couple of months. The drainage in South Lubbock is good compared to what it was back then.

CoveMom

01-26-2009, 10:20 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if it became 65 degress by tomorrow. Lubbock weather can change pretty drastically. It was a gorgeous weekend with temps around near 70 yesterday!

:confused:

no need to be surprised, the weather channel is your friend.

http://my.earthlink.net/channel/detail/weather?CT=WEATHER&linkid=1005515&mode=add_wthr&query=lubbock

Wednesday a spread of 50's to 20's.

Tomorrow, not so warm. 38 high predicted.

F18mustang

01-26-2009, 10:21 PM

no need to be surprised, the weather channel is your friend.

http://my.earthlink.net/channel/detail/weather?CT=WEATHER&linkid=1005515&mode=add_wthr&query=lubbock

Wednesday a spread of 50's to 20's.

Tomorrow, not so warm. 38 high predicted.

Lubbock weather is a monster that cannot be pinned down....:cool:

stevefoxsc

01-26-2009, 10:23 PM

idk how cold it is outside, but i know its cold. Which makes me question why my roomate has the AC on...

CoveMom

01-26-2009, 10:23 PM

TEXAS weather is a monster that cannot be pinned down....:cool:

fify

;)

F18mustang

01-26-2009, 10:23 PM

fify

;)

:)Okay....;).

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:24 PM

I was wondering about Wichita Falls. The weather map shows it is already on them there.

Hey, Lonny...are you in for the night? What is the AFB doing about tomorrow morning?

Just wondering. We are just south of the freeze line for tonight, but tomorrow looks like we will get hit later in the day.

It is 55 and FOGGY (like soup) according to the weather station in my back yard.
I was about to post our weather. It's been miserable since Friday afternoon. Friday started off OK and was probably about 40 with somewhat calm winds and we actually ran outside and it was somewhat fun running 3 miles. About 4 P.M. the wind start rolling in and the temperature dropped. It might've been 40, but the wind was at least 25-30 MPH.

I never went outside on Saturday because the temperature never got above 30 and the wind was blowing all day.

I think the high on Sunday was 35 and it was another day where I didn't take care of stuff outside that I wanted to do.

We had freezing rain from the time it hit midnight today until now and it's going to continue all day tomorrow. There's some chance of sleet. It's 28 right now and they think the wind has calmed back down to 9, but it's been at least 15-20 pretty much all day and it feels like it's colder than a wind chill of 22. It will be cold all day tomorrow and is supposed to be 17 on Wednesday morning. It's supposed to warm up some during the day on Wednesday, but it will still be cold in the mornings the rest of the week.

I was driving back on base from 287 about 9:20 and saw a bad wreck. I saw a SUV that had smashed the inside retaining wall on the front and back and was missing the left rear tire and maybe another one. Further up the road was a 2 trailer UPS truck that was flipped over. The medics were attending to a person when I drove by.

Some of the schools around here are cancelled and some are reporting from 9:30 to 10:30, but we're supposed to show up at 9:00. The funny thing about everytime we're supposed to show up at 9:00, the weather is never better than in we were there at 7:30 or 8:00 because it's always on days where the temperature doesn't get above freezing or barely gets above it, but never at 9!:D

I wish I was in for the night. I'm back at work taking care of stuff.

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:24 PM

My parking lot is closed off tomorrow at Tech, because there is a large radio tower there that is likely building icicles on it. It's not just the tower but the support cables that hold it up. If it warms up enough then the icicles could break off. I guess they don't want falling icicles to fall on vehicles or even worse, people.

:eek:

I have to park even further for skoo'.

AE 8008

01-26-2009, 10:25 PM

upper 20s with freezing rain/ice.

i hate arkansas

CoveMom

01-26-2009, 10:26 PM

I was about to post our weather. It's been miserable since Friday afternoon. Friday started off OK and was probably about 40 with somewhat calm winds and we actually ran outside and it was somewhat fun running 3 miles. About 4 P.M. the wind start rolling in and the temperature dropped. It might've been 40, but the wind was at least 25-30 MPH.

I never went outside on Saturday because the temperature never got above 30 and the wind was blowing all day.

I think the high on Sunday was 35 and it was another day where I didn't take care of stuff outside that I wanted to do.

We had freezing rain from the time it hit midnight today until now and it's going to continue all day tomorrow. There's some chance of sleet. It's 28 right now and they think the wind has calmed back down to 9, but it's been at least 15-20 pretty much all day and it feels like it's colder than a wind chill of 22. It will be cold all day tomorrow and is supposed to be 17 on Wednesday morning. It's supposed to warm up some during the day on Wednesday, but it will still be cold in the mornings the rest of the week.

I was driving back on base from 287 about 9:20 and saw a bad wreck. I saw a SUV that had smashed the inside retaining wall on the front and back and was missing the left rear tire and maybe another one. Further up the road was a 2 trailer UPS truck that was flipped over. The medics were attending to a person when I drove by.

Some of the schools around here are cancelled and some are reporting from 9:30 to 10:30, but we're supposed to show up at 9:00. The funny thing about everytime we're supposed to show up at 9:00, the weather is never better than in we were there at 7:30 or 8:00 because it's always on days where the temperature doesn't get above freezing or barely gets above it, but never at 9!:D

I wish I was in for the night. I'm back at work taking care of stuff.

Well, be careful. WF looked like the epicenter as far as the storm's tendency to stall this time. Looks like you are in the area where the storm seems to be getting more widespread everytime the radar shows it moving. Wednesday afternoon does look like the warming trend will begin, though. Good news for all of North Texas.

slorch

01-26-2009, 10:28 PM

If Lubbock got some of the rain we get in Houston...:eek: it would be terrible.

Then again, if we got winds like they do on the South Plains, our trees would be much shorter...

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:28 PM

I thought it was funny.

I'm from Houston and it floods a lot, not in my neighborhood but in surrounding areas and neighborhoods.... so that was nothing too big.

It is. :D

The floods were big for us...really, it had been like 100 years since we got that much rain in one day.

:eek:

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:30 PM

If Lubbock got some of the rain we get in Houston...:eek: it would be terrible.

Then again, if we got winds like they do on the South Plains, our trees would be much shorter...

Very true. I would trade though. Rather have more rain than wind and dirt.

The sandstorms in June sucked something awful! It was over 100 degrees each day from the last day of May and first four days of June. During the day the wind was blowing 40-50 MPH. Dust everywhere and sweltering heat.

Bring the rain...I won't mind too much. :D

GTown02

01-26-2009, 10:31 PM

We had the 'cold front' come through sometime around noon. It only dropped a few degrees and the wind picked up drastically. Other than that it was in the upper 50's or low 60's all day.

F18mustang

01-26-2009, 10:32 PM

RocklandDragon

01-26-2009, 10:33 PM

Lubbock=Mars

I don't know...Mars don't get up to 100 degrees! Haha!!!

:D :D

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:35 PM

Well, be careful. WF looked like the epicenter as far as the storm's tendency to stall this time. Looks like you are in the area where the storm seems to be getting more widespread everytime the radar shows it moving. Wednesday afternoon does look like the warming trend will begin, though. Good news for all of North Texas.
Yeah, the weather radar shows a bunch of trash covering Wichita County on its way to the East. Our weather is generally predictable. Whatever the winter temperature is at my parents house in Longview, I know it will be 15-20 degrees colder in Wichita Falls. If I'm in San Antonio during the winter and heading back to Wichita Falls and it's like 50 down there, I know it will be around 40 by time I get back to Hico and in the low 30's in Wichita Falls. I leave SA without a coat, but I put one on or a hoodie when I get to Hico because I know I'll see cold and wind by time I get home. It doesn't usually get severely cold here in the winter, but most days it's going to be just cold enough and just windy enough to irritate you when it's dark.

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:37 PM

Very true. I would trade though. Rather have more rain than wind and dirt.

The sandstorms in June sucked something awful! It was over 100 degrees each day from the last day of May and first four days of June. During the day the wind was blowing 40-50 MPH. Dust everywhere and sweltering heat.

Bring the rain...I won't mind too much. :D
You haven't seen a dust storm until you spend a little time in Afghanistan or most of the Middle East countries!:D I'm talking dust so bad you can't see more than about 50 feet in front of you on some days.

slorch

01-26-2009, 10:41 PM

You haven't seen a dust storm until you spend a little time in Afghanistan or most of the Middle East countries!:D I'm talking dust so bad you can't see more than about 50 feet in front of you on some days.

I've been in sand storms that bad in West Texas. Bad enough to make driving absolutely unsafe, not that that would stop anyone from trying...

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:43 PM

We had the 'cold front' come through sometime around noon. It only dropped a few degrees and the wind picked up drastically. Other than that it was in the upper 50's or low 60's all day.
A cold front here is pretty much always means a wind chill between 20-25, even in the middle of the day. That's the part that irritates me about the early release and late arrival. They want us to come in a 9 when everybody else in town is reporting late, but the conditions never get better on those late reporting days, so why do we even show up at all? Besides, City View ISD is closed tomorrow and I live about 200 feet from the high school entrance and I'm thinking about telling the boss I shouldn't show up since it's so bad where I live!:p My van fish-tailed a little this morning when I was turning on my street after coming back from exercising. There's no telling what it's like now.

slorch

01-26-2009, 10:46 PM

Don't wreck the shaggin waggin.

Be Safe!!!

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:49 PM

I've been in sand storms that bad in West Texas. Bad enough to make driving absolutely unsafe, not that that would stop anyone from trying...
The military has red and black road conditions for sandstorms. Red is mission-essential travel only and black is pretty much drive off base for life and death only. The last time I was in Kuwait, we had some guys stuck in place off base for about 27 hours. They couldn't come home and we couldn't replace them. Our Captain lied one time when we were close to the Iraq border about where we were going so we didn't get stuck and could drive back home. They actually call on the phone to get the weather conditions from locations all over the country when deciding to declare red and black and it jams up trucks and buses for the whole country. Iraq has the same problems.

slorch

01-26-2009, 10:52 PM

The military has red and black road conditions for sandstorms. Red is mission-essential travel only and black is pretty much drive off base for life and death only. The last time I was in Kuwait, we had some guys stuck in place off base for about 27 hours. They couldn't come home and we couldn't replace them. Our Captain lied one time when we were close to the Iraq border about where we were going so we didn't get stuck and could drive back home. They actually call on the phone to get the weather conditions from locations all over the country when deciding to declare red and black and it jams up trucks and buses for the whole country. Iraq has the same problems.

sounds like they need a CRP program like ours...;):D

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:52 PM

Don't wreck the shaggin waggin.

Be Safe!!!
I was on 287 talking to my dad on the phone when all the people around me hit the brakes because the cops were trying to get people to drive slower to ease the wreck cleanup. That UPS truck driver might be OK, but I don't see how the SUV passengers got out without severe injuries. I just wonder if the driver hit the wall first with the front or the back end. Hitting the wall flush head-on is what killed Dale Earnhardt and those kind of collisions have always been the most dangerous in auto racing.

lonny23

01-26-2009, 10:54 PM

Don't wreck the shaggin waggin.

Be Safe!!!
I'd hate to wreck it now. I'm too close to 200K miles (196 something right now) and I've bought enough parts for it that it's mostly new!:D

Favpack

01-27-2009, 07:46 AM

It will eventually be cold everywhere in Tx by this evening. Sleet/ice in a lot of areas - be safe.

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 07:54 AM

I drove on one of the top flyovers of the Dallas High Five a little while ago and damn near crapped my pants. LBJ is teh suck right now. jtk is going to Starbucks here in a few minutes and then calling it a day.

jakerz

01-27-2009, 08:00 AM

29/38

and icy:notworthy

Amen jtk, some starbucks before AP chem would start the day just right.

JF13M-KOHS

01-27-2009, 08:36 AM

Houston, 50 Degrees. Feels like youre breathing water.

thestud

01-27-2009, 08:37 AM

stud is off work today. i feel a trip to the liqour store to pick up a bottle of forty creek is in order:cool:

TexasRed6x

01-27-2009, 08:38 AM

Tech ain't cancellin' sh:Censor::Censor:. They didn't want to cancel class when we had that 7 inches of rain in one day but they had to (Damn that day sucked!). We'd have to take a raft to class! Haha!!

http://www.texasboars.com/photopost/albums/userpics/rain3.jpg

Crazyness at Jones Stadium. Best pic I found of it online.

:D

Holy s:Censor:t! wow

TexasRed6x

01-27-2009, 08:39 AM

Its 64 right now. Im pretty sure it will be freezing later on though.

slorch

01-27-2009, 08:41 AM

slorch

01-27-2009, 08:42 AM

Houston, 50 Degrees. Feels like youre breathing water.

SE Texas... where waterboarding occurs naturally

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 08:49 AM

good thing you got there to pick up your boyfriend before his shift was over.;)

I was actually late which is why I'm sleeping on the couch.

TexasRed6x

01-27-2009, 08:52 AM

I was actually late which is why I'm sleeping on the couch.

No you were just too lazy to get up and love on him lol :D

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 09:05 AM

No you were just too lazy to get up and love on him lol :D

I have a headache.

Favpack

01-27-2009, 09:28 AM

Classes cancelled in Abilene due to ice - be safe!

drgnbkr

01-27-2009, 09:41 AM

The freezing line is just moving accross the metromess right now...we have reached our high for the day...Stay home if you can.

mad_fan

01-27-2009, 09:44 AM

15 degrees colder than it was at 4AM...
And ice...

farmerfan

01-27-2009, 09:51 AM

The freezing line is just moving accross the metromess right now...we have reached our high for the day...Stay home if you can.

Awesomeness.
Farmer is stuck at work and must travel the Bust Pike to get home. THat thing is elevated in the areas he will be driving. Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful

drgnbkr

01-27-2009, 10:06 AM

Awesomeness.
Farmer is stuck at work and must travel the Bust Pike to get home. THat thing is elevated in the areas he will be driving. Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful

JTK could pick you up and you could have a coffee.

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 10:12 AM

JTK could pick you up and you could have a coffee.

jtk is not leaving the comforts of Collin County for the likes of dfwfarmer. Athensfarmer... in a heartbeat, but not dfwfarmer.

Favpack

01-27-2009, 10:15 AM

jtk is not leaving the comforts of Collin County for the likes of dfwfarmer. Athensfarmer... in a heartbeat, but not dfwfarmer.

Collin county jtk = dfwfarmer?

Seems some are losing their moral compass.

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 10:19 AM

Collin county jtk = dfwfarmer?

Seems some are losing their moral compass.

CollinCountyjtk hates dfwfarmer.

Favpack

01-27-2009, 10:20 AM

It's so cold I saw a squirrel warming his nuts on a sewer grate.

bah-dah-bing.

Favpack

01-27-2009, 10:21 AM

CollinCountyjtk hates dfwfarmer.

Maybe ccjtk has changed his tastes from a-town, bbq-lovin' jtk?

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 10:33 AM

Maybe ccjtk has changed his tastes from a-town, bbq-lovin' jtk?

No.

farmerfan

01-27-2009, 10:54 AM

jtk is not leaving the comforts of Collin County for the likes of dfwfarmer. Athensfarmer... in a heartbeat, but not dfwfarmer.

Can't say I blame you.
DFWFarmer sucks. dfwfarmer is a miserable human being. dfwfarmer wishes he wasn't dfwfarmer. dfwfarmer will a substantial amoung of money to anybody who can make him into southeastfarmer or dixiefarmer or cobbfarmer and bring happiness back to his oh so miserable life :Censor:

Favpack

01-27-2009, 11:00 AM

Can't say I blame you.
DFWFarmer sucks. dfwfarmer is a miserable human being. dfwfarmer wishes he wasn't dfwfarmer. dfwfarmer will a substantial amoung of money to anybody who can make him into southeastfarmer or dixiefarmer or cobbfarmer and bring happiness back to his oh so miserable life :Censor:

Patience...sundresses will re-appear in 60 days.

rocketgrl94

01-27-2009, 12:58 PM

its not cold here yet its 68 and it feels humid
but the cold front will be here in about an hour

LionVarsityCheer

01-27-2009, 01:32 PM

All the way from Starkville, Mississippi:
It's a breezy, sunny 66 degrees

TexasRed6x

01-27-2009, 01:54 PM

I have a headache.

thats because you were out too late drinking with your buddy farmer :D

farmerfan

01-27-2009, 04:19 PM

thats because you were out too late drinking with your buddy farmer :D

jtk drinks coffee and farmer drinks biterness.
jtk would never be caught drinking with "dfwfarmer" :Censor::mad:

Pinion

01-27-2009, 04:20 PM

It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table here in RoundRock.

rocketgrl94

01-27-2009, 04:21 PM

It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table here in RoundRock.

im thinkin' u dont know what cold is..huh?:D

RocklandDragon

01-27-2009, 05:04 PM

It's 25 degrees now in the Hub City. Gonna be cold tomorrow, again in the morning.

:eek:

lonny23

01-27-2009, 05:08 PM

I slept all day since I stayed up all night. They cancelled work for the whole base today.

It's 22 right now, but I'm still driving to Dallas for the Stars game.

Pinion

01-27-2009, 05:15 PM

im thinkin' u dont know what cold is..huh?:D

I lived in Denver and Nashville for a time. So ya, I do know what cold is. But it's cold for Cen_Tex here currently. I'm just not used to it being cold here. If it stays this way for a few days I get used to it pretty quick.

My sister lives in Minnesota. She called and told me it warmed up today and the high was almost 15f. haha.. That's cold.

jtk1519

01-27-2009, 05:59 PM

jtk drinks coffee and farmer drinks biterness.
jtk would never be caught drinking with "dfwfarmer" :Censor::mad:

This.

Pinion

01-27-2009, 06:06 PM

jtk drinks coffee and farmer drinks biterness.
jtk would never be caught drinking with "farmerplanofan" :Censor::mad:

fify

AE 8008

01-27-2009, 06:09 PM

34 and pouring rain all day:Censor:

farmerfan

01-27-2009, 06:10 PM

fify

Go back home Cajun:Censor:

Pinion

01-27-2009, 06:11 PM

Go back home Cajun:Censor:

lol:D

yankee

01-27-2009, 06:11 PM

19 in norman...been snowing/sleeting/some form of wintry precip since yesterday. gonna be 11 degrees tonight. school was out today and it's cancelled for tomorow too. been a good week so far. :D

lonny23

01-27-2009, 07:12 PM

I slept all day since I stayed up all night. They cancelled work for the whole base today.

It's 22 right now, but I'm still driving to Dallas for the Stars game.
Conditions are horrible here. It took like 10 minutes to scrape the ice off my van and 287 was terrible. After the accident I saw last night, I saw a truck jacknife on 287 today. The paper has stories about bad wrecks and deaths on 287. For the first time in my life, weather has been bad enough to keep me from going to a sporting event. Rain, hail, sleet, snow, and ice had never stopped me before, but I wasn't going to mess with this stuff tonight. They've already said don't show up at work until 10 tomorrow and I think it's going to be later. Even at like 30 MPH, the ice tries to make you fishtail on 287.

mad_fan

01-27-2009, 07:57 PM

lonny23

01-27-2009, 09:14 PM

So cold...that I'm taking the beers out of the walk-in fridge...and putting them on the garage floor...just to turn off the walk-in...and save America...by not using that electricity...
It's like inflating your tires...:D
Hey, you've got a wind chill of 27. Wichita Falls has a 13 wind chill right now and our low temperature is supposed to be 11.

I turned the heat down into the low to mid 60's a few days ago and I'm wearing a hockey jersey and coat to stay warm.

lonny23

01-27-2009, 09:32 PM

Hey, you've got a wind chill of 27. Wichita Falls has a 13 wind chill right now and our low temperature is supposed to be 11.

I turned the heat down into the low to mid 60's a few days ago and I'm wearing a hockey jersey and coat to stay warm.
I thought I'd check the wind chills of the other places I've been stationed in the Air Force:

Colorado Springs, CO (I might be headed here soon) 11 wind chill and clear
Anchorage, AK 23 wind chill and overcast
Dover, DE 26 wind chill with snow
San Antonio, TX 29 wind chill with drizzle
Pusan, South Korea 52 and cloudy with 6 MPH winds

It's not even as bad on my deployments. Kuwait and Qatar are in the 50's and 60's respectively. Afghanistan has a wind chill of about 25 and Kyrgyzstan, which is further north and gets a fair amount of snow is also 25.

The only place the Air Force has sent me that's colder than Wichita Falls right now is good 'ol Galena, AK on the banks of the Yukon River. Their wind chill is -38 right now. I was there to close the base in 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena,_Alaska