central texas ice storm

[rdking647]

im just outside of austin
this was not in the brochure when i moved here

[Jirel]

1. LOL, those trees.

That’s what it looks like 150 miles south of you too. I did a double take, wondering for a sec if you’d taken the photo on the highway I just drove down.

[elleng]

2. WOW!

I guess my niece & nephew there can take it, as they grew up in Iowa.

[Backseat Driver]

3. But it is lovely to photograph - poor roses (pout).

Below zero temps and a few inches of fresh fluff on the way here by the weekend! Dang groundhog!

[Mersky]

4. Be careful on the roads - no one knows how to drive on icy roads in most of south/central Texas

Cuz it doesn’t happen all that often. There will be bumper car situations. Know your limits - I can drive in high winds and heavy rain like a champ, but ice and snow is right out for me.

[rdking647]

5. there was a 25 car pile up near me

Im originally from chicago and moved to texas from wisconsin. I know the best way to drive on ice is DONT.
im staying in the house all day.

[flamin lib]

9. 100 plus cars on I-30 in Ft Worth. 5 dead so far and haven't gotten to all the cars yet.

All I can say is THERE IS NO DRIVING IN ICE. Snow, yeah but Ice NO. If you touch the breaks the wheels all lock up and your computer controlled anti lock brakes think the car's parked even if it's sliding into the ditch at 40 MPH.

STAY HOME!

[MagickMuffin]

13. I-35W Northside & 28th going south

CBS had a two hour rescue effort. Horrific mass destruction. Most of this section is elevated.

Staying home for sure. Going to have some extremely cold weather with snow ❄️

[Irish_Dem]

6. Don't walk on the ice, you could fall and break some bones.

[Laurelin]

7. Steel yourself

I lived in Pflugerville for 20 years. We pretty much had at least one ice storm every year. Sadly, the last five years I was there, the frost arrived after the blueberries were in full bloom. None of my attempts to cover them ever worked.

Do stay home as much as you can . Texans truly can't drive on ice or snow.

[rdking647]

8. im on the couch with 3 dogs and a cat

the other cat weve only had a coupl eweeks and the dogs havent adjusted yet so he tries to avoid them

[Gato Moteado]

10. i lived in austin for 11 years...

we usually had one of those every winter.....by the weekend it will be 85 degrees

[Gato Moteado]

11. i just looked at your profile and you're from chicago...

....i was born and raised in the city there....grew up in the austin neighborhood (austin avenue between lake street and chicago avenue).....i went to lane tech high school. then, after 4 years in miami, FL, i ended up in austin, tx. now i'm in costa rica but i get back to austin every couple months for work (when there's no pandemic).

[rdking647]

12. i lived all over chicago

from chicago height to highland park to the barrington area.
moved from madison wisconsin to austin in 2009 becasue i hated winter.

and now we are getting the worst stretch of winter weather in decades.
suppose to be in teh single digits monday night and might not hit 40 til teh end of next week. plus possibly 3 snow days to go with todays ice