OMG! It's snowing in Houston!

[Rebo]

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…

Merry Christmas all!

[Loopus]

Here’s a picture 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]

@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.

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]

@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…

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]

@Ca3799

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]

@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.

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]

@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…

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]

@lisacurl

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 of snow. Our lab didn’t even care, he just wanted to play, 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, 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!