So here it is folks. After 35 months almost to the day Austin finally got some snow, albeit a small amount, only 1 inch.
Unfortunately the whole storm system killed 3 people in the Austin area. On Sunday we had 7 1/2 inches of rain in 5 hours and there was a tornado that destroyed 30 police cars and ripped the roof off a building down in San Marcos. A woman drowned in a creek in Downtown Austin. They had to do atleast 10 high water rescues in the city. 2 other people died in a SUV when it was pinned by two 18-wheelers on I-35 just south of Austin. There were also 7,500 people without power due to lines being broken by ice covered tree limbs and there were about 300 accidents because of the ice. When it was all said and done we had gotten 7 1/2 inches of rain in my neighborhood, 1 inch of snow and a half inch of ice. And we had 23 inch icicles hanging off the roof. Today was the first day we've been above freezing since Sunday night.
Snow & ice, baby!
Our neighbor's palm trees covered with ice.
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Our palm tree.
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Texas icicles!
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23 inches long!
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Our Live Oak trees, these branches should have been 6 feet off the ground.
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Howdy!
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My dog, Sophie, checking it out.
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The fire pit, cold, cold, cold.
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It was snowing here.
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Bouncing snow pellets off the roof of our van.
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Broken monitor not enjoying the cold.
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Frozen water in the fountain.
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