Here’s the seven day forecast:
Take a look at the temperature on Monday: 7°F. Not 37, not 27, but 7°F. That wouldn’t be the coldest Austin day on record, but it would be the coldest this century and the coldest since it hit 4°F in 1989.
For those who haven’t been in Austin during a winter storm before, the entire city shuts down. Nobody knows how to drive on snow or ice, nobody has any tire chains, and the roads become a very expensive game bumper cars. Untrimmed, ice-covered tree limbs snap and take out power lines.
So be forewarned! You probably want to stock up on necessities at the store before the really cold weather hits Sunday and Monday. Wrap any exterior pipes. Get your pets and plants in. Make sure emergency devices like flashlights have good batteries. Consider getting a jump starter for your car, if you don’t already have one (far more convenient than jumper cables; I’ve had good luck with this one).
And above all:
Now, with the thinnest of justifications, here’s David Bowie’s “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson.”
Oh my.
Well, come on up to Great Falls MT. It’s currently -23, and the low is supposed to be -30.
7 is just a brisk day for us.
Of course, Seattle, where we lived less than two years ago, is much like Austin in this regard – the slightest trace of snow and it shuts down.
Kurt
Follow the link – it’s now up to 10.
This is just local news-click weather trolling.
Yeah, but then the headline doesn’t work…
We are out in rural Hays County at least 15 minutes from the nearest store so we stocked up at HEB yesterday. Made big pot of chicken soup yesterday, carne guisada today. Brought dry firewood up to the house. Oh, also bought a bunch of bourbon and gin. Don’t have to go out until Tuesday. We are set!
And Kurt, not to question Montanans toughness in any way, but here it almost always just ice, and slick ice at that. Add idiot Texans and Californian transplants who don’t have snow tires, chains, or ability and you have a recipe for disaster.
It was about 4degF here in NH this morning, but up to 24F at the moment. It is expected to be 0degF overnight, or as we say here, normal.
you nailed it on “nobody here knows how to drive on . . .ice”. sorry for the dead and injured. always appreciate your posts.
T Migratorious,
That’s what it was like in Seattle – clueless drivers who were dangers to self and others when the roads iced up, or even if it just rained after a longish dry spell. We escaped from there in late 2019, and I’m very so grateful we did, in spite of the frigid temps here, because you are correct – the drivers in GF are normally prepared, modulo the usual number of morons who exist everywhere.
I learned to drive in MI in winter, many years ago, so have had no problem driving in the snow.
I’ve visited Austin a couple of times, many years ago, and loved the time I spent there, and wouldn’t mind visiting again.
Kurt
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