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Texas-Era, brace for the cold snap.
- Thread starter Ottaro
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This is about what I got at my place. Just cold as hell and some snow.
Not looking forward to tomorrow.
Space city weather said Tuesday morning.
The roads aren't gonna stay frozen all week, the lows are in the 30s above freezing.
Yes. Most houses have central air and hvac. In which case you have a furnace.
Thing is most of us never run our heating. So some people maybe trying to turn their heat on and it might not work.
This is only the second time I've turned my heat on since like October.
Yep. Mine crapped out this morning. Currently freezing my toes off
Most do, yeah.
Mine currently doesn't so we have to use portable heaters. It's doing the job right now but it still kinda sucks.
Most do, but houses (especially older ones) might have pretty mediocre if any insulation, so there's no guarantee that that heat is going to stay in the house. Houses here are designed to push heat out because of our long summers.
Well tomorrow, treat it like you like 20 minutes away and take your time getting there. Good luck and stay safe! SA here too, my work closed down today and tomorrow thankfully. Hopefully Tuesday too
I can see Hidalgo running for mayor in the future. Her response to covid and then this has been phenomenal.
Lots of people hate her, and I have a fear Houston is leaning more right over the next few years
She's smart successful, beautiful latina, everything conservatives love to hate.
Yeah, I've heard a bunch of different directions from folks in my direct neighbourhood... My plumber brother-in-law said for our "modern" house (i.e. built in last 12 years), make sure the taps are covered well. We've got the styrofoam "cups" from HomeDepot + then a rag/towel to cover the seam at the wall + top. Our pipes are in the walls, so that's going to depend on the heating of our house... YMMV.
It's already brutal outside here, I have no clue how it's going to make much difference at this point :/
From Minnesota in 2019 just to add to it... Thank you. No way has that area had that much yet.
Why do people do that? :(
Apparently have a fluke weather pattern literally jet air down from central alaska for a week straight while moisture from the gulf going north.
It's slowly changing from sleet to snow here in Pflugerville. Originally we were to get 6 inches of snow looking more like we will end up with a half an inch of sleet and 2 inches of snow.
I keep hearing loud noises in Round Rock. It's unsettling in the quiet that snow always brings.
Between the fireworks over Domain Central Park and the branches snapping outside my window, this is prob gonna be a loooong night for me. It's weird having this much ambient noise amidst the silence of the absent traffic. Haven't left the apartment via car in three days now, thank goodness we stocked up last week.
Power went out. No WiFi. Typing this from my iPhone, will probably have to Hotspot my laptop in the morning. I have a few candles lit in my room and they smell amazing.
This is quite cozy actually, I might crack open a book and read for a bit. But right now I'm listening to Opeth albums with my headphones and enjoying the view. There's a nice layer of snow piling up on my street and backyard.
I also cooked up some taco beef earlier today, so that will be lunch tomorrow. It's good to plan ahead, but I really wish I stocked up more like those fools who ransacked the local HEB haha. I wonder if they took all the toilet paper again...
This is quite cozy actually, I might crack open a book and read for a bit. But right now I'm listening to Opeth albums with my headphones and enjoying the view. There's a nice layer of snow piling up on my street and backyard.
I also cooked up some taco beef earlier today, so that will be lunch tomorrow. It's good to plan ahead, but I really wish I stocked up more like those fools who ransacked the local HEB haha. I wonder if they took all the toilet paper again...
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Yeah, had the power flicker on and off a couple of times a lil while ago, so no more electronics for me tonight.
Ditto. I'm just outside SA on the NEside, and the snow is pretty thick and it's still coming down out there.
I'm going to measure in the morning. Not like this shit is going anywhere.
