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celticdragonfly ([personal profile] celticdragonfly) wrote2005-12-07 08:39 am

weather

I just started hearing the oddest sound - thought to myself, is that rain? No, doesn't sound right for rain. I went and looked out the kitchen windows. Well, what's hitting the kitchen windows looks like rain, but when I look carefully I can see the little ice crystals bouncing off the neighbor's roof. Well, it is 28 degrees out. It's not coming down very hard, fortunately. Hope this doesn't mess up driving too much. Ah, the weather program calls this "light mix". Lovely. Freezing drizzle this morning, light wintry mix this afternoon. Today and tomorrow's high will be 32. Chance of snow tonight 80%, low 18 degrees.

Sigh. I have places to GO this evening...

EDIT: Now the upstairs north nook window has a layer of ice on it. Great.

Texas Driving Deficit

[identity profile] bkseiver.livejournal.com 2005-12-07 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, dear. Your friends are ABSOLUTELY right - Texans have a real driving deficit when there is the least bit of frozen precip. And this storm was a real lulu when it hit Denver. The national news said you are supposed to start snow just about commute time. Now, I know a gal with a degree from Michigan State can drive on snow over ice - and so can a MIT engineer - but the idiots coming at you sure can't! Be safe and talk with the kids about the wonders of winter - one-of-a-kind snowflakes, etc.

Re: Texas Driving Deficit

[identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com 2005-12-07 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, the MIT one isn't so sure. But with church stuff cancelled, if we do go, we'd be one-car-ing it and I'd be driving. Karl said he'd think about it.

It gets *lonely* here...

Re: Texas Driving Deficit

[identity profile] selenite.livejournal.com 2005-12-08 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Fortunately a couple of years in Nebraska had given me some experience. Not a fun drive at all.