The estimated Austin low temperature for Monday, February 15, is now 0°F:
One good thing about Thursday’s ice storm is that maybe it snapped all the power lines its going to snap, and hopefully everyone will have power for the great temperature plunge. It will definitely be the coldest day I’ve experienced, even colder than two winter weeks I spent in Stavanger, Norway for a job.
Really, if you live in central Texas stay the hell off the roads Monday if at all possible. Call in sick or use a vacation day. Drip your interior faucets to keep the pipes in your attic from freezing.
Despite all this, I’ll still have to take the dogs out for a couple of walks, brief though they’ll be. I plan on having 4-5 layers of clothing on my torso. I’m thinking of crafting a makeshift scarf from an old shirt (since I own no scarves). I think the previous record for walking my dog was 17°F. I found it unpleasant, but my dog loved it.
I know there’s very little that’s quite as exciting as blogging the weather, but it’s really occupying my attention.
Now some thematic Smashing Pumpkins:
(Now I’ve wasted entirely too much time trying to figure out who the bassist in that video is. She looks entirely too healthy to be D’arcy Wretzky…)
Maybe they’ll revise the forecast up to 1°F tomorrow and I can share some U2…
Tags: Austin, dogs, ice storm, Smashing Pumpkins, video, weather
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What many from other parts of the US may not understand is that many dwellings ‘out here’ in this area of TX really aren’t well designed for this level of freezing double or worse yet single digit weather.
I’m originally from the Northeast, but am extremely grateful to be living in this area of TX now (not quite Austin, but way too close ;-) ) . Anyway. Those pipes plumbed in exterior walls ‘out here’? That would be considered total insanity from a building perspective (in the Northeast). But here, common place. So our worries here at the moment are of definite concern. Double or triple that concern if the power goes out for any length of time.
Don’t drive if you don’t have to? Yup, that is truly good advice as well.
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Seriously, how is Austin dealing with their homeless?
Cold sucks indoors, death dealing outside.
I hope they have a plan.
and hope y’all stay safe and warm, without proper insulation or preps.
Lived up near the Great White North and know that winter in the South is way more dangerous.
I am given to understand that churches and other organizations are opening additional emergency shelter space for the homeless.
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