Southern Snow

[Texas Splash]

Beautiful to look at. Now go away. Pump is running. All is good.

 

[Newdude]

It’s beautiful for the first day or two. Then it starts getting dirty. Yuck. For now though that is the perfect amount of blanket for the pretty factor.

I dunno about y’all, but I’m kinda getting sick of watching history unfold right before our eyes !!! What else is 2020 V2.1 gonna throw at us ?

 

[Newdude]

Pic 3 belongs in your TFP clear thread. Just sayin.

 

[Texas Splash]

Pic 3 belongs in your TFP clear thread.

Ha. But my pool is filthy. You can see some of it in there. I feel like a guilty pool parent.

 

[markayash]

Ha. But my pool is filthy. You can see some of it in there. I feel like a guilty pool parent.

You should clean it today but wait until it warms up above 15

 

[Newdude]

Ha. But my pool is filthy. You can see some of it in there.

You are proving my point. I CAN see it. Because it’s TFP clear. Being in the middle of the Texapocalypse forgives you for slacking on the Vac-ing.

 

[Texas Splash]

Enjoying the warm weather.

 

[salty87]

Just posted to the Pool Paradise thread too...I somehow missed this thread before...

Water to the house froze maybe 4 days ago, can't keep track of the days we've been snowed in so long. Rolling blackouts for the last 3 days. Somehow the pool pump is still operable even after losing power for 3-4 hours at a time in single digit temps. Tree limbs falling all around us. Ready for this freeze to go home but we've got 3 more days to go before the thaw begins. More snow forecast for tomorrow. Worst of all we ran out of beer yesterday. The horror.

 

[markayash]

Just posted to the Pool Paradise thread too...I somehow missed this thread before...

Water to the house froze maybe 4 days ago, can't keep track of the days we've been snowed in so long. Rolling blackouts for the last 3 days. Somehow the pool pump is still operable even after losing power for 3-4 hours at a time in single digit temps. Tree limbs falling all around us. Ready for this freeze to go home but we've got 3 more days to go before the thaw begins. More snow forecast for tomorrow. Worst of all we ran out of beer yesterday. The horror.View attachment 176122

Those are real icicle lights

 

[Texas Splash]

Worst of all we ran out of beer yesterday. The horror.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Ouch, that looks like some freezing rain on those lights.

This time Dallas got honest to god, real, pure snow and it is such a welcome change to the normal freezing rain, ice, sleet, snow combo that we get that makes everything super slick. That has been the only good thing about this storm, but I am ready for it to go back where it came from and dont come back for another 10+ years.

 

[HeyEng]

Enjoying the warm weather.

Ah, the Gortex jacket. Best thing, EVER!!! I have matching pants as well and they have come in very handy the last week or so.

 

[HeyEng]

Ouch, that looks like some freezing rain on those lights.

This time Dallas got honest to god, real, pure snow and it is such a welcome change to the normal freezing rain, ice, sleet, snow combo that we get that makes everything super slick. That has been the only good thing about this storm, but I am ready for it to go back where it came from and dont come back for another 10+ years.

I will take 20"+ of snow before ANY ICE at all; no question about it!

 

[markayash]

I will take 20"+ of snow before ANY ICE at all; no question about it!

I have a friend in Shreveport and it’s sleeting there

 

[Texas Splash]

Today should be the last of this stuff. What a year already.

 

[Gladius Nova]

Today should be the last of this stuff. What a year already.

Will you Sagos survive?

 

[Texas Splash]

Will you Sagos survive?

I think so.

 

[woodyp]

Pretty sure my 16 ft. tall pindo palm ain't gonna make it. Not much you can do when it hits negative 5.

 

[salty87]

Temps hitting the 50s today. Much of the snow has thawed. Water to the house is back w/o much damage. Pool heat pump didn't show any leaks. I didn't give it time to warm anything. Water temp is 40. The polaris pump is making an awful sound and the polaris itself isn't moving. If that's the only thing that got damaged we were really fortunate.

I hope everyone else gets lucky, too!

 

[BowserB]

Temp is 55 at noon. Running the robot for the second session today. First time filled up in an hour. Standby generator kept the VSP running throughout the so-called rolling blackouts, which were on "guard duty" schedule (2 hours on, 4 off). Every time the power went off, the generator came on 8 seconds later and the pump reprimed. Water feature pump is frozen, probably DOA when it defrosts. Backflow preventer on the autofill broke. At least 100 or more birds in the yard throughout the freeze. We kept 4 feeders full, and I periodically took hot water out to melt the birdbath.

A lot of political finger pointing going on right now. 40% of Texas' generating capacity was down for the coldest sustained temperatures in 30 years. Even the South Texas Nuclear plant was out of service. Texas electricity market system does not reward generating facilities for better winterization generally--although it did for a few days when wholesale electrcity peaked at over $10 per kwh!