Comments on: The Ice of Texas

By: MarthaAndMe

MarthaAndMe — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:05:24 +0000

I’m in Buffalo. ’nuff said.

By: Duchess

Duchess — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:10:13 +0000

Hell, you’re not even short, not even in your self confessed shrunken state. The last but one winter I spent in Massachusetts we had a memorable blizzard in which the state was declared a disaster area, the National Guard was called in, and the governor issued an advisory warning for people 5 feet tall and under to stay off the streets. Where was Randy then?

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:08:04 +0000

Ruth, Having lived in both NYC and CT., I can assure you that whenever I go into NYC after it’s snowed in Connecticut, I am simply amazed at the lack of snow only 45 miles away. Somehow, it disappears before it even accumulates. NYC winters are sooo much easier and the good thing is that you are rarely stranded. There’s always an open restaurant or grocery store and the sidewalks are always cleared right away.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:19:24 +0000

I remember being delayed for hours in Schiphol Airport a few years ago, while our plane was de-iced,although it was only -1C, which was positively balmy to this hardened Canuck.
We’re having a pretty balmy winter here in the so-called Frozen North, too. First time I can remember making it all the way through November without a single flurry. Here’s hoping it gets wintry real soon; otherwise we’ll pay the piper next summer, when the critters and bugs that are usually decimated in winter come out swinging (and chomping)!

By: Cindy A

Cindy A — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:37:52 +0000

I want to go wherever Craig lives.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:15:04 +0000

Them Yankees up in Austin or Dallas(to us Hugetown residents everything above La Grange is The North) may be having snow flurries, but here in the tropics we had a beautiful clear day sipping our Tiki bar drinks. What do you expect them weathermen to talk about? Hurricane season is over and they have to scare us the best way they know how.I finally put my long pants on for the season.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:46:38 +0000

Cape Cod is supposed to have mild winters, but since the climate changed we never know what to expect. Today it was almost 70. Snow flurries are forecast for the weekend.

By: Winston

Winston — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:22:54 +0000

In Eastern North Carolina, we understand mild winters.
Between December 1 and March 15,
murder in the bread aisle is exempt from prosecution.

By: Anne Gibert

Anne Gibert — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:37:19 +0000

You are never safe from weather. Here I am in New Zealand where it’s summer. There is a southerly storm in progress (think South Pole), driving cold rain, wild wind. The tour I was going on for the day has been canceled. At least I have internet.

By: Cindy A

Cindy A — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:56:51 +0000

They might get snow in NYC, but nobody does ice like Texas. Rain turns to ice, snow melts in the afternoon and turns to ice in the evening. If there’s moisture and off-and-on freezing temps, there are layers and layers of black ice. Bring those tractor tire boots when you come home, Ruth. And some steely nerves for driving.