What's your weather like today?

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  1. Deceks7

    Deceks7 Founding Member

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    From Wichita Falls' Weather Channel

    BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ... WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
    * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
    * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... LOW VISIBILITY AND STRONG WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES... BUT SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MAY RECEIVE 8 TO 11 INCHES... GENERALLY BETWEEN LAWTON AND PAULS VALLEY.
    * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY LOW AS ARCTIC AIR BUILDS INTO THE REGION TODAY. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO.
    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
    A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
     
    Deceks7, Dec 24, 2009
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  2. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    I hope Kyle just stays in Dallas. I don't think driving back to WF in the blizzard would be good.

    As for Plano, we have a pleasant dusting of snow, but I'm as excited as, well, a kid at Christmas. After 39 years, I'm getting a white Christmas. Perfection...
     
    StaceyO, Dec 24, 2009
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  3. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    i was thinking of him earlier when they started closing the interstates here. i hope if he tried it, he makes it back ok. conditions in nw texas and here are awful!
     
    OkieTigerTK, Dec 24, 2009
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  4. Nutriaitch

    Nutriaitch Fear the Buoy

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    i may have to anchor down the two buoys before this month is up
    we've already broke the record for wettest month in the history of Terrebonne Parish

    calling for rain again Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

    I can handle the rain. I can handle the really high tides. Hell, i can even handle having no backyard for going on two weeks now (when not covered in water, it is absolute slop).

    but seriously, this crap of being below 45 (gonna drop into mid thirties tonight), with 20-30 mph winds with rain thrown in SUCKS.

    nothing much can be worse than being cold AND wet AND getting blasted in the face with wind that saw straight through to the bone.
     
    Nutriaitch, Dec 24, 2009
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  5. Deceks7

    Deceks7 Founding Member

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    [​IMG]
    Partly Cloudy 7°F
    Feels Like
    -5°F
     
    Deceks7, Dec 24, 2009
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  6. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    We left Dallas around 545pm. After 1 1/2 hours we had made it 25 miles. We were trying to get home for Emma's Santa. A buddy called me and told me that 287 was shut down between Bowie and Henrietta and that people had been stuck since lunch. From what I hear right now (1255am on Christmas) they are still stuck there. We turned around and went back to Dallas. We were on the road for 2 1/2 hours and covered 50 miles total. We will check reports and try again as soon as it's safe. Thanks for the well wishes, we are safe.

    That was some of the absolute worst weather I have ever driven in. Near white out conditions most of the time. In 10 miles we saw about 50 cars either spun out or wrecked.

    Emma is hoping Santa will find her here in Dallas :(

    We are starting to get paranoid traveling on Christmas. 4 years ago we were heading to DFW to catch a plane to go to Mexico. Water pump went out. Luckily we were coming to DFW a day early so we didn't miss our plane. 2 years ago, we were heading to Bogalusa for Christmas, fuel pump went out on my truck - 98 miles out of warranty (dealership fibbed and told warranty people it was 98 miles before warranty ran out - saved me $700 bucks). Now this weather. Sheesh!

    Merry Christmas everyone!
     
    KyleK, Dec 25, 2009
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    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    glad you are safe. we were a bit worried about you.

    merry christmas to you, the mrs, and the girls!
     
    OkieTigerTK, Dec 25, 2009
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  8. Deceks7

    Deceks7 Founding Member

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    Sunny 4°F
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    Glad you made the smart decision Kyle. Better a late Christmas than a tragic one.

    The Reindeer ate their carrots out of the snowballs my son put them in last night. Looked like little cupcakes with a carrot candle!
     
    Deceks7, Dec 25, 2009
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  9. Nutriaitch

    Nutriaitch Fear the Buoy

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    i'm sure that feels quite cold.
    however, in my limited experience with snow, i find it kinda just falls off of you. so precipitation doesn't make the temperature any worse.

    in my overly abundant experience wit rain, it soaks you. then the wind coarsing through your drenched body makes it feel about 247 degrees colder than it really is.
    once you are wet, there is a less than zero chance of ever warming up.
     
    Nutriaitch, Dec 25, 2009
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  10. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    I just got a text from my friend who is the newspaper editor in WF. She told me the people on the highway where it was backed up between Bowie and Henrietta were stranded all night. Thank God for a warm place to sleep.

    We should be able to get back today. Our neighbor has a key and is gonna make sure Santa visited last night before we get home. Life is good!
     
    KyleK, Dec 25, 2009
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