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Originally Posted by Sigaven
Is that the same snowstorm that dumped 13 inches on San Antonio?
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There were three storms in Jan. 1985.
The first was the night of January 1 - morning of Jan 2nd. I remember that one because I was working as a teller at Lamar Savings - the Northgate branch at Lamar & Rundberg. I hated that branch. Jan 2 was the 25th anniversary of Lamar Savings and we had all these "festivities" planned at all the branches. On the day of - most of the tellers all called in and said they couldn't get to work. I was scheduled off that day and they could not make you work on your scheduled day off.
So morning of Jan 2, I get a call from the branch manager wanting to know if I could come in because ALL the tellers at my branch had called in. I hated this manager with a passion and wasn't about to do her any favors, so I refused.
Next day when I went into work, I put in my 2 weeks notice. I ended up not leaving the company, but I did get transferred to the corporate office where I didn't have to deal with customers OR that branch manager.
Second storm was Jan. 12-13. (I was still at the Northgate Branch) I don't remember how much snow Austin got out of that one, but that's when San Antonio got the 13.5 inches of snow.
Looking back at San Antonio's biggest snowstorm, 35 years ago today
The third storm was either on January 25 or Feb 1, 1985. In that video of people pushing cars, the reporter mentions that it's the third storm in 30 days for Austinintes. I just remember it was a Friday. It started icing about 2:00 that afternoon, and then it snowed on top of that. I had moved down to the corporate offices by them (800 Brazos.) I distinctly remember people in my department (Checking Account Department) all started asking why we couldn't go home. Our Dept. head said the only people who could authorize us to leave early was Human Resources - and they had already left.
It took me from 5:00 pm until 7:15 just to get from 8th & Brazos over to Enfield and Mopac. I drove around the barricades and got on Mopac and it was smooth sailing from there because there was only about two other cars on Mopac.
I remember busting my ass to try and get home by 8:00 pm because it was a Friday and I wasn't about to miss Dallas and Falcon Crest. (I made it with 15 minutes to spare.
By 10:30 pm most everyone had gotten home and there wasn't a lot of traffic. An out of town friend was staying with me at the time and we left about 11:00 pm and went to the bar. (Dirty Sally's, I think) and the bar was PACKED.
I wish we still got snow storms like that.
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There are at least a half dozen buildings in that pic that weren't there when I got here, and Chase was gold or bronze. That's all it took for me to fall for Austin building wise. Of course what we have today and the direction we are going is FAR more to my liking as I was always used to what NYC was during my many visits there. Its there I became a skyscraper enthusiast and why I joined this forum. I've long since gotten over my pining for those good old days, but that had nothing to do with any of the buildings, but more like just recalling a long lost, Aquafest, Armadillo World Headquarters, the Austin Ice Bats and Wranglers, the air shows at Bergstrom, concerts at the City Coliseum, those green trolley buses, movies being made here such as; Outlaw Blues, Chainsaw Massacre, Best Little Whorehouse, Dazed and Confused, Office Space, Slacker, Spy Kids, a One American Center cameo in the Travolta movie 'Michael' and many more,(they don't seem to make anymore movies here like they used to, then there were the hippies, pot smoking everywhere, (it seemed), Handy Dan's, Academy Outdoor stores that were basically wood floor shacks and really small, a one and only Whole Foods, Ann Richards, Cactus Pryor, a municipal airport, a changing of the Goddess of Liberty, then there was a far more laid back vibe, people like Willie and Stevie popping up fairly often, among others, just to name a few. Its really hard to explain to anyone who wasn't here in the 80s just how different Austin was back then, buildings dt aside. Really, I don't miss it, but pictures like the one above trigger some awfully good memories of the way things were when I got here. Austin was really, really cool. Today, Austin is still cool, but in a different way, if that makes any sense to anyone here.
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