<p>Husband is flying to Albuquerque on Sunday. Then driving to Santa Fe. He is flying through Charlotte. I just hope the weather isn’t an issue then…or for any other travelers.</p>
<p>OK, I’ll see you -6 and raise (lower) you a -18 deg predicted within the next 1-2 days. looks like a 2-3 day stretch when it won’t go above 0 deg. I’m supposed to drive 200+ miles each way this weekend. At least the cold is keeping the roads from doing the melt during the day/freeze at night thing :D</p>
<p>It was right over our bed, but I wanted a new mattress anyway,( although this one is just a few years old) luckily, we have a sofa bed in the living room, cause I don’t think my Ds twin bed would be so comfortable.
Its also supposed to stay cold for a while.</p>
<p>wow ihs- you definitely got me!.. on a side note when we visited Finland in March one year to see D in a semester abroad- we saw the strangest things- they did not clear the roads- they just drove on the ice slowly and no accidents, we are not talking 4 wheel drives either. The people walked on the side walks (also with no clearing) with high heels like it was summer, while I was walking like a 90 year old duck (fell twice). I don’t think I ever took off my 2 layered underwear. Oh and the strollers were everywhere with babies in sleeping bags and with plastic sides and top. They definitely knew how to handle the cold.</p>
<p>This storm looks to be a bad one for those of you dealing with bitter cold and those of you in the predicted band of ice from Dallas through Ohio and western New York. We may get some ice in the midAtlantic on Sunday, but it looks like Dallas is going to get hit for a couple of days. Stay safe and warm.</p>
<p>The local Dallas weather reports including the National Weather service station are predicting less quantity of ice, but some ice nevertheless.</p>
<p>Those who live where extreme winter weather is frequent would laugh at how this possibility throws the city into a panic mode.</p>
<p>07Dad, snow is much, much, much easier to deal with than even a little bit of ice! </p>
<p>Freezing rain, ice, and sleet are the worst.</p>
<p>Stay safe.</p>
<p>Thanks. We are “prepared” and hope to stay off the roads to be safe.</p>
<p>I can count the number of times we have had significant snow depths in Dallas on my hands/fingers (I’m 63 and a Dallas life native).</p>
<p>We get ice much more often. But I still feel that native Dallasites are bad weather amateurs.</p>
<p>You sure are correct. Ice is a real nightmare. Particularly since it weighs more and breaks down the trees and takes out power lines more quickly that snow.</p>
<p>Hills & ice are my favorite. Not.</p>
<p>07…I live in New England…ice is BAD no matter where you live. It paralyzes places. When there is an ice storm here, everything shuts down. There is just no way to maneuver on ice (4 wheel drive is four wheel glide).</p>
<p>in Colorado springs it is a warm 1°. 2-4 inches</p>
<p>“Those who live where extreme winter weather is frequent would laugh at how this possibility throws the city into a panic mode.”</p>
<p>Oh no. I live in upstate NY (though not the snow belt part) and every one goes into panic mode now. I blame The Weather Channel. H works in emergency management for the state and they now go on high alert at the mere mention of bad weather. </p>
<p>I’ve been through a few ice storms - we get those more often than big snow - and have been without power for days (lots of trees in my area and wires run behind our homes.) I get hotel reservations now. H stays home, keeps the fireplace going, and makes sure water is still dripping out of the facets. We haven’t had a power outage since he’s been in his present job though, so I don’t know who would do that now - since he would be down in the bunker and there is no way I’m staying in a freezing cold house.</p>
<p>Those ice storms are nothing to laugh about.</p>
<p>For a storm like this, why don’t “they” drive equipment down from the north, where they have the equipment to salt and plow the roads, to places like Dallas, where they just wait it out? Forecasts are accurate enough nowadays to shift equipment for a few days.</p>
<p>I’m in Phoenix, so nothing like Denver, but the weather here is going down in low 30’s tonight after being in 70’s up until yesterday. Flagstaff two hours north is at 12 tonight I gather. </p>
<p>In town we have exposed pipes on roofs all over here, including my house and I have notes to myself to remember to drip too…and cover the bushes (which are still flowering).</p>
<p>Treetop…drive down from north where? This storm is supposed to affect areas in Oklahoma also. The good thing about the south, is usually the ice melts in a day or so because it warms up enough and the sun comes out too. </p>
<p>These southern states don’t HAVE huge fleets of snow removal equipment to move around. Heck…they don’t have enough to do their own towns if the snow is big…which luckily doesn’t happen very often.</p>
<p>Yesterday I walked the dog in shorts and T shirt and had to come home and shower because I’d gotten so hot. It was 80 degrees. </p>
<p>It was in the 30’s when I drove in to work at 5:30 am and I can hear the freezing rain coming down right now. </p>
<p>Crazy.</p>
<p>My sister-in-law in Wyoming reported -12 this morning at 7 am there. I don’t know how this storm is missing Michigan, but it seems to be. We’ve had no warnings or threats of anything severe. In fact, it was 50 degrees this morning, but is now in 30s- odd weather for December.</p>
<p>^^^I saw it was -26 degrees this am in Laramie, WY.</p>
<p>I can’t really comprehend that kind of cold.</p>
<p>Ice hitting my windows in Dallas. I’m just hoping we don’t get any more tree damage after the last heavy snow.</p>
<p>Thumper, I lived in Ft. Worth for 3 years, and IMO it is a little crazy to have NO provision for the annual (or two) ice storms. I can understand not having fleets of plows, but they ought to have some way to do something to keep at least main roads safe. Maybe they do nowadays?</p>