Texas winters

[rmr1923]

Gotta love winter on the gulf coast. 2 days ago we were running our heater, this afternoon I went for a bike ride in short sleeves and still used 2 bottles of cold water during the ride.

[PBratton]

Yup. winter on the gulf coast = Heater on in the car going to work, AC on in the car going home...

[JustMe]

Even the 70 here in north Texas isn't bad!

[sugar land dave]

Guys it was in the 60's when I arrived back in Kansas City today. Strange winter. They're telling me they will pay for it with a cold day tomorrow. Gotta love it!

[AEA]

You guys on the Gulf musta' forgotten Feb last year?
Get ready, Houston may close again!

[Wienerdogtroy]

Not this time. I'm in shorts as we speak.

[PUCKER]

I've had the top down on the convertible vette the last few days a d been on the lake too, it's crazy, but don't worry I'm sure it will snow soon, you know Texas and all.

[troglodyte]

Beautiful day in the Panhandle...until about noon. Winds exceeding 50 mph, dirt, grass fires, gotta love it. By sundown the winds had died and you would have thought it was an early spring evening. Not suppose to get out of the 40s tomorrow.

[rmr1923]

Beautiful day in the Panhandle...until about noon. Winds exceeding 50 mph, dirt, grass fires, gotta love it. By sundown the winds had died and you would have thought it was an early spring evening. Not suppose to get out of the 40s tomorrow.

May be surprising to some, but the crazy weather is one of the things I miss most about Lubbock. We didn't get as many sandstorms as I expected, but I LOVED the electrical storms. We'd drive out on some of the county roads west of town and lightning would be hitting the fields all around us, it was awesome. The storms on the gulf coast are tame in comparison (excluding hurricanes of course, but at least u know when those are coming). I miss Palo Duro Canyon too, we used to go hiking up there pretty often.

[troglodyte]

Beautiful day in the Panhandle...until about noon. Winds exceeding 50 mph, dirt, grass fires, gotta love it. By sundown the winds had died and you would have thought it was an early spring evening. Not suppose to get out of the 40s tomorrow.

May be surprising to some, but the crazy weather is one of the things I miss most about Lubbock. We didn't get as many sandstorms as I expected, but I LOVED the electrical storms. We'd drive out on some of the county roads west of town and lightning would be hitting the fields all around us, it was awesome. The storms on the gulf coast are tame in comparison (excluding hurricanes of course, but at least u know when those are coming). I miss Palo Duro Canyon too, we used to go hiking up there pretty often.

It's nice to watch the thunderstorms roll in from NM. I'm a storm spotter (mobile but not a TV-type chaser) so I get a front row seat for some pretty awsome weather. From majestic lightning shows, to powerful tornados, to dust storms so thick you can't see the highway center line looking out of your side window. And sunsets......none better. God's way of telling us goodnight. Love them all.

A couple of months ago we had a haboob roll through. Yes, I was the idiot standing out in the middle of the street taking it all in. We hadn't had a good dust storm since the 80's (that's good) and I admit that I do miss them at times. But most of the time we just have pleasant weather.

I have said that I will never move north of 19th street. It just gets too cold that far north. How the folks up Amarillo way manage the cold is beyond me.

I think I would like to "safely" ride out a hurricane sometime.

There's a lot of nothing out here and that's just fine with me.