OMG! It's snowing in Houston!

[Dolores Reborn]

It's not sticking. But it shore is purty! I wouldn't wish what's happening in the north on anyone, and I'm sorry for y'all.

But it's snowing! In Houston! Wow. I haven't seen snow in probably 10 years.

[Max Carnage]

Sounds like Mrs. Claus went over the Miser boys' heads again.

[Little Nemo]

My nieces are greatly annoyed. They've never seen snow. This year they flew up to the grandparents in New York for Christmas and got to enjoy the snow. Until today when they called home and found out their friends back home also had snow. Believe me, if they were old enough to register you'd have seen quite a pit thread on this.

[Ca3799]

We've had flurries several times today in my area. I'm going to set the sprinkler out on the kid's playground tonight and hope for an ice palace for the a.m.!

[Ayesha]

Yes, it is snowing, from here to Webster at least I just got home from there and it is colder than blue hades and people are driving like idiots. It's not because the roads are icy, it's because they are hypnotised by the flakes falling.

I'm glad I grabbed hot chocolate mis and marshmellos while I was out !

[Ca3799]

Wow, my area is having actual "accumulation" and it's sticking. Woo hoo!

[whiterabbit]

Apparently at least in a few places around the city there was a tiny, itty bitty, hint of a few flakes of snow. None where I am, unfortunately -- the concept of a white Christmas in New Orleans is hilariously weird, though. And yes, that's stretching the definition of a white Christmas, but any sort of snow here is so very rare that I think it just might qualify.

[Baker]

I just got home from the present opening at my folks. While there my uncle from Houston called his brother, my dad. I heard my dad say "What?! It's snowing? Amazing!"

[Baker]

A Christmas simulpost! :D

[Ringo]

I think it's the closest we've ever come to snow at Christmas.

[Dolores Reborn]

I'm on the west side. It's quit now, but all the cars and rooftops are white. It's beautiful. I can't wait to see it in daylight. A semi-white Christmas! Who'da thunk it?

[whiterabbit]

I just wish I'd seen a few flakes with my own eyes.

Meanwhile, my SO is visiting his family in Detroit and it snowed several inches there on Wednesday, the day after he arrived. Lucky him. I want to be there! There's nothing more romantic than snow, when you're visiting it and will be leaving in a few days. *g*

Next year. *sigh*

[MsRobyn]

I just got off the phone with my mom in San Antonio, and it's snowed there, too.

The Boston Red Sox won the World Series, and now snow in South Texas? Surely, these are signs of the End Times!

Robin

[John Carter of Mars]

Question for you South Texas folk: Does it ever snow around the Brownsville/Port Isabel area? If so, how frequently?

I suppose there's a way I could Google for the answer, but I'd rather hear from those I know.

[Loopus]

My God, it's beautiful.

I'm in Lake Jackson, 50 miles south of Houston, and it's snowing like the dickens, and sticking. It looks like we could be in Michigan for all the snow! I've lived in tropical or sub-tropical climes all my life and I've never seen anything like this. It's amazing.

[Frankenbear]

I live just northwest of Houston and didn't get any snow at all. Not even a few flakes. I feel cheated. :(

[Revedge]

As of midnight there are several inches of snow on the ground here in Dickinson. This will be my first white Christmas. (I am 46) I am so sad that I will not be able to call my dad and tell him about it because he passed away oct 29th. I thought I was somewhat over the grieving, then something like this happens and I miss him even more.

It is so wonderful though! :cool:

[Ayesha]

{{{Revedge}}}

I'm right there with you my friend. I was at the Cemetary today at about 3 pm (she is buried at Forest Park East, not too far from you) placing flowers on Mom's grave and decorating a little bush that ia at the head of the grave, after I finished it started snowing pretty hard. All I could do was cry because she wasn't there with me to enjoy the beauty of the snow falling. I hate this.

Sorry for the hi-jack Dolores Reborn

[FinnAgain]

My God, it's beautiful.

I'm in Lake Jackson, 50 miles south of Houston, and it's snowing like the dickens, and sticking. It looks like we could be in Michigan for all the snow! I've lived in tropical or sub-tropical climes all my life and I've never seen anything like this. It's amazing.
(And I thought it was cold in Austin!)

Damn... I've got to pick someone up from Lake Jackson in a couple days... and although I've been a New Yorker and a Vermonter long enough to drive in snow, I don't trust the rest of y'all Texans...
Surely it won't be cold enough that it'll end up sticking for long?

[davmilasav]

Got up this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see there is still snow here in Dickinson! I ran outside with my camera, took a bunch of pictures and made a mini-snowman.
Then I e-mailed all my friends and told them about our white Christmas. They will all think I'm nuts because it's not like I've never seen snow before; I grew up in the Pittsburgh area. But I haven't seen the white stuff since I moved here in 1996.
Off to add to my snowman family...

[Dolores Reborn]

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

Merry Christmas all!

[Loopus]

Here's a picture (fff.fathom.org/pages/loopus/window.JPG) from my bedroom window this morning. Wow. A white Christmas in Lake Jackson, Texas.

FinnAgain, I'm pretty sure it'll pretty much be gone by tomorrow. It's above freezing, if barely, and it's already melting.

[The Scrivener]

Do any Dopers in these areas have funny stories to tell about the reactions of neighborhood kids and pets? I imagine dogs and cats must freak out a bit when confronted with their first white-out... :)

[whiterabbit]

Not this year, but a few years ago, I was living in the Augusta, GA area with a kitty who was an LA native. (It snows there every three or four years or so, from what I gathered, and it was great fun when it did because everything shut down completely. I hadn't had snow days since kindergarten!)

Anyway, my poor cat would run around from window to window with the oddest look on his face. "What the FUCK is THAT?" was the general sense of it. "There's white stuff falling from the sky! WTF???"

There's a chance we might get a little bit today -- I'm crossing my fingers and hoping. It won't stick or anything but I'd love to see a few flakes. Not long ago, apparently, it sleeted a bit...*crossing fingers and toes for good measure*

When I was eightish, it snowed in San Antonio. About a foot and a half of snow. We'd gone to visit my grandparents in Chicago for Christmas, and when we got back, there was a pile of snow. I couldn't have been happier!

[Ca3799]

Question for you South Texas folk: Does it ever snow around the Brownsville/Port Isabel area? If so, how frequently?

I suppose there's a way I could Google for the answer, but I'd rather hear from those I know.

This CNN link says it snowed in Victoria for the first time is 80-some-odd years. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/12/25/winter.storm.ap/index.html

[Ca3799]

Do any Dopers in these areas have funny stories to tell about the reactions of neighborhood kids and pets? I imagine dogs and cats must freak out a bit when confronted with their first white-out... :)

Well, we played outside and scraped enough snow to throw snowballs. All the nieghbors were out and we could heqar happy shreiking from several streets over. We let our little daschshund play with us and she was not a happy camper- she kept flinching her fur to shake it off and then just ran back inside. We then drove over to the local playgroud. The dog wouldn't get out of the car!

[whiterabbit]

IT'S SNOWING!!!!!

Just a bit. But there are actual SNOWFLAKES COMING DOWN! RIGHT NOW!

YAY!!!!

[Nightwatch Trailer]

It's been sleeting for several hours in Gulfport, MS. For a little while - if you looked real close - you could see snow flurries mixed in. Cool.

Merry Christmas, people.

[whiterabbit]

It's still snowing. They say we might even get a little accumulation, a half inch or so.

I know I'm way excited, but I'd NEVER have thought I'd see a snowy Chrismas in New Orleans!

Merry Christmas!

[John Carter of Mars]

This CNN link says it snowed in Victoria for the first time is 80-some-odd years. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/12/25/winter.storm.ap/index.html

Thanks! :)

[lisacurl]

Apparently at least in a few places around the city there was a tiny, itty bitty, hint of a few flakes of snow. None where I am, unfortunately -- the concept of a white Christmas in New Orleans is hilariously weird, though. And yes, that's stretching the definition of a white Christmas, but any sort of snow here is so very rare that I think it just might qualify.
I posted in another thread about my four-hour adventure trying to get from Baton Rouge to New Orleans to visit my family today. I drove through blowing snow between Sorrento and LaPlace, enough to impede visibility. It was beyond surreal.

[Revedge]

Do any Dopers in these areas have funny stories to tell about the reactions of neighborhood kids and pets? I imagine dogs and cats must freak out a bit when confronted with their first white-out... :)


This morning my dog (a black lab mix) walked to the edge of the porch and growled at the snow. He then sniffed at it and began to bark. He finally got used to the idea and would walk in it in the yard. We went back inside and slept for a little while. When we opened the blinds on the window, he began barking at the snow again.

He later was playing in it with the other dogs. He just had troubles grasping that all that white stuff belonged.

[whiterabbit]

I posted in another thread about my four-hour adventure trying to get from Baton Rouge to New Orleans to visit my family today. I drove through blowing snow between Sorrento and LaPlace, enough to impede visibility. It was beyond surreal.

When I first posted that we'd only gotten a flurry. And I didn't try to go anywhere at all, what with the sleet, and the fact that for the moment I live on the Westbank so have to cross a bridge to go virtually anywhere. Not with ice, I'm not crossing, even before they closed 'em.

There's still a little bit of snow on the ground here and there this morning, though it's melting fast. I think we had about a quarter inch or so. It got heavier in mid-afternoon.

[Mama Tiger]

Yup, we indeed had a small accumulation (http://members.cox.net/lahemly/images/Christmas-In-New-Orleans.jpg) of snow. Our lab didn't even care, he just wanted to play (http://members.cox.net/lahemly/images/Isaac-Snow.jpg), while our idiot golden retriever (yes, he's very reddish) didn't know what to do, although when I threw a snowbal so decided to eat it (http://members.cox.net/lahemly/images/Rusty-Eating-Snow.jpg), making funny faces the whole time.

It was pretty hilarious, except for the closed roads. (My sympathies, lisacurl, for your travails!) As of half an hour ago, the causeway over the Bonne Carre is still closed so you can't travel west from New Orleans on I-10. They just have to wait for it to melt. I'm glad this is a holiday weekend so staying home was an easy option for almost everyone anyway!