ice storms

[Sunshine]

Now...texas is not known for them. In one day the town closest to mytown has had 36 accidents attributed directly to the cold front that brought icy conditions here. Very scary. And all of the schools are either closed or delayed. Sadly, mystore will be open tomorrow

[Food Lady]

Oh no! I actually did think Texas got at least one every year. I suppose the cities are woefully unprepared. My car-totalling accident happened in an ice storm. But that was January. It's weird to see that in November. The single-digit temps here on Saturday are not the norm in November, either. Can you call in and just take a no call, no show? It might be worth it.

[Sunshine]

Food lady i called in yesterday because it was my birthday. And scary. Yeah we usually get one good ice storm but this one was way early

[Food Lady]

It's weird, isn't it? Tropical storms in autumn, too. Our ice storms come in Jan/Feb/March. I hate when my car doors get sealed shut!

[Sunshine]

Oh yes. My car had a half an inch thick in some places!!

[Geek King]

My aunt and uncle, who grew up in Ohio and migrated to Texas, are laughing at all the people who can't handle it. They called to gloat about planning ahead and not having to leave their house.

[Sunshine]

GK yeah my bestie lived in maryland when she was in the navy. This aint nuthin. Lol oh and i was wrong about the number of accidents. Its 63, or was at last count. O.o

[EvilEmpryss]

Hey Food Lady, let me know how the bread and milk stockpiles are coming along!

It never fails that when an ice storm comes through where we live those two aisles get ransacked. My family jokes about it; we have no idea what people intend to do with all that bread and milk. At least add eggs and have French toast for days.

[Sunshine]

facebook update said over 100 accidents, power outtages, branches snapping and hitting the power lines. Jeepers

[Food Lady]

Well, at least you don't need electricity to keep the milk fresh. Just put it outside. And here's my PSA for the day: even eggs in the shell can be kept at room temp (up to 65° F) safely. I looked it up the last time my electricity was out. As long as you cook them to 165° F whenever your power's back on, you're fine.

[AccountingDrone]

Other than having generators to avoid total power outage we have a lovely wood stove that has an oven compartment and the top is designed for cooking upon. I like to keep a box of supplies for winter outages - I have 4 or 5 bags of 'multibean soup mix' 4 or 5 bags of orzo, dentili or acini di pepe pastas, 4 or 5 really large cans of plum tomatoes with basil, a bottle of italian herbs, dried minced garlic, a box of vegetable bouillion cubes and one of chicken cubes. We like a nice pot of vegetarian or chicken minestrone. In the winter we tend to keep around a few pounds of sopressata sausage to chop up and toss into the pot. Good hearty food, keeps burbeling on the back of the stove for a nice meal whenever.

We have fed and coffee/tea-d work crews in the winter and tend to get remembered - they get invited in for warming up and a quick nosh, does wonders for quick service when they get someone helping instead of complaining!

[TheSHAD0W]

No ice storms in Texas? I beg to differ.

I live outside of El Paso in the Chihuahuan desert, and have gotten a couple of ice storms in the 6 years since I've moved here.

[Sunshine]

I never said we didnt have them. I said we arent known for them. In my area of texas this last storm was record breaking lows, over several days with very scary consequences.

[greek_jester]

No ice storms in Texas? I beg to differ.

Probably annoying as heck to live through, but that was incredibly beautiful.

[Sunshine]

Tomorrow its supposed to be in the 70s.