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kitty · 01-14-2007, 09:41 AM

I'm not getting the lightning storm but am getting the sleet. I'm tired of it already. This makes day 3 of sleet. It's down right cold here. If it weren't icy I'd have to make a trip somewhere south were it is warmer.

I hope things improve by Tuesday. I have to get out that day and I refuse to drive in any type of bad weather.

Katys mom · 01-14-2007, 09:46 AM

Muskogee and Checotah have been the hardest hit so far. The power grid seems to be on the ground in those areas.

Here is a link to the system watch that the electric company has:
http://oge.com/systemwatch/

If you click on system watch it will show the areas with out power. I keep an eye on it so I can kind of tell when my DH will be home. Right now it looks like it may take a week to get it all back up.

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They said on the news here that the people that work for the electric cos here are on alert in case they're needed. But so far so good.

Katys mom · 01-14-2007, 09:53 AM

Curl up with a good book, a bunch of blankets and your puppys. Let the kids go outside sleding and enjoy it. They say that this is going to be a bad summer. We can think back on it when we are sweating from the heat.

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Originally Posted by kitty

I'm not getting the lightning storm but am getting the sleet. I'm tired of it already. This makes day 3 of sleet. It's down right cold here. If it weren't icy I'd have to make a trip somewhere south were it is warmer.

I hope things improve by Tuesday. I have to get out that day and I refuse to drive in any type of bad weather.

Katys mom · 01-14-2007, 10:19 AM

Katy and I ran outside to take some video. We got pelleted with ice.

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?use...4&ctime=094601

kitty · 01-14-2007, 10:40 AM

Yep, same thing happening here.

CJCinTX · 01-14-2007, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Katys mom

Katy and I ran outside to take some video. We got pelleted with ice.

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?use...4&ctime=094601

Was that Katy who darted into the video at the end?? She's a tough cookie! If Muffin saw that dreaded white stuff on the ground, forget about it! She'd high-tail it back into the house.

We're still getting mostly rain at this point, but it's supposed to get really cold tonight, so ice-skating tomorrow. Yuck!

CJ

cheeselover8481 · 01-14-2007, 11:12 AM

I wish we had snow. I love snow only if we are stuck for 2-3 days so I wouldn't have to go to work

Katys mom · 01-14-2007, 11:23 AM

Yes, it was Katy! She went out with me. She is usually pretty good about going out in all types of weather. We like to put lawn chairs at the edge of the garage and weather watch. So she is used to it.

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Originally Posted by CJCinTX

Was that Katy who darted into the video at the end?? She's a tough cookie! If Muffin saw that dreaded white stuff on the ground, forget about it! She'd high-tail it back into the house.

We're still getting mostly rain at this point, but it's supposed to get really cold tonight, so ice-skating tomorrow. Yuck!

CJ

TatumsMom · 01-14-2007, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

The weather people ARE Freaking everyone out - my friend had to cut short a trip to Dallas today ....he left early in the morning and missed the whole reason he rented a car and drove from Houston to Dallas last night - but TEXAS isn't used to ice so they all freak out on tv. Being from back east ....this is nuthin ! but I feel for you guys up there - it's 80 degrees

right now here in Houston at 7 pm but raining.

Hey Villette..... I'm just coming back to this thread and saw that you posted this last night. I'm sure it's colder there now but what was funny is that from our hill in Brenham, I can see the lightening all the way in Houston. The weather obviously came through Brenham first because at the time you were saying it was 80 degrees there, it was below 40 here (just an hour or so away). It's cool seeing the lightening and stuff all the way in Houston from our house. We actually got (at least) two pretty severe rounds here. Just when I thought the lightening was far enough away for us to go back to our movie on tv, I looked and saw it cuttin' up in your direction. Then it started up hard and crazy again here, cutting out all satellite signals. Had to go to bed at 9:45 and read a book!

baby03 · 01-14-2007, 01:21 PM

Sadiesmom - its ugly hear too. Rainy, cold and I can see little icy balls of dew on the trees!

Pat- I wish I lived where you are! I would love weather like that! Enjoy!!!

TatumsMom · 01-14-2007, 04:36 PM

Hey, Villette..... that's really weird. I just checked weather.com and it says that our temp. is 37 with a wind chill of 29 but that Houston is still 71 degrees!! What's up with that?? Did it ever get cold with what blew in last night? We dumped 4 inches out of our rain gauge early in the evening and then it filled up another 4 inches after that so we got AT LEAST 8! And it's cold but I was wondering when it was going to ice like the weather people keep saying. Now I learn that Houston (an hour or so from here) is not even cold?? Really weird!

red98vett · 01-15-2007, 05:02 AM

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Hey, Villette..... that's really weird. I just checked weather.com and it says that our temp. is 37 with a wind chill of 29 but that Houston is still 71 degrees!! What's up with that?? Did it ever get cold with what blew in last night? We dumped 4 inches out of our rain gauge early in the evening and then it filled up another 4 inches after that so we got AT LEAST 8! And it's cold but I was wondering when it was going to ice like the weather people keep saying. Now I learn that Houston (an hour or so from here) is not even cold?? Really weird!

We're freezing now - it's about 35-40 but still RAINING - it just sucks - why doesn't it SNOW !!! They're saying tonight will be the freezing rain and it's amazing that you being so close had such a drastic temp difference.....the Spy Girls are sooooo depressed today - just laying around in their nighties looking at me for entertainment lol - this is what they look like lol -

HOW ARE THE Oklahoma people doing today ?? You guys got hit HARD !!

Sadie's Mom · 01-15-2007, 05:22 AM

I don't want to leave to go to work!! Sounds like the roads are pretty bad. There's some steps right outside my apt & they're frozen over. I don't need to walk in that kind of stuff either. The LAST thing I need is to slip and fall.

Sadie's Mom · 01-15-2007, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadie's Mom

I don't want to leave to go to work!! Sounds like the roads are pretty bad. There's some steps right outside my apt & they're frozen over. I don't need to walk in that kind of stuff either. The LAST thing I need is to slip and fall.

Well, I just called my office & my boss said not to come in until 9:00. I'm watching the news now...there are wrecks EVERYWHERE!! A couple of the hwys are really bad & parts are shut down becuase of the ice. That's all that's on the news. The national morning shows (GMA, Today, etc) are not even on because the local news is staying on so they can keep giving traffic reports!!

kitty · 01-15-2007, 05:52 AM

Well, it's cold here!!!! It's 27 degrees in my garage that attached to the house and insulated. I can only imagine how cold it really is outside and with the wind chill too. Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr the dogs don't want to go out (and I can't blame them) and my hot water is cold! I don't think I will go anywhere today unless they start clearing some roads off!

01-14-2007, 09:41 AM	#31
kitty My Best Friend Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 2,258	I'm not getting the lightning storm but am getting the sleet. I'm tired of it already. This makes day 3 of sleet. It's down right cold here. If it weren't icy I'd have to make a trip somewhere south were it is warmer. I hope things improve by Tuesday. I have to get out that day and I refuse to drive in any type of bad weather. __________________ Support our Troops :

01-14-2007, 10:40 AM	#35
kitty My Best Friend Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 2,258	Yep, same thing happening here. __________________ Support our Troops :

01-14-2007, 01:21 PM	#40
baby03 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: us Posts: 2,255	Sadiesmom - its ugly hear too. Rainy, cold and I can see little icy balls of dew on the trees! Pat- I wish I lived where you are! I would love weather like that! Enjoy!!! __________________ Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

01-14-2007, 04:36 PM	#41
TatumsMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX Posts: 2,799	Hey, Villette..... that's really weird. I just checked weather.com and it says that our temp. is 37 with a wind chill of 29 but that Houston is still 71 degrees!! What's up with that?? Did it ever get cold with what blew in last night? We dumped 4 inches out of our rain gauge early in the evening and then it filled up another 4 inches after that so we got AT LEAST 8! And it's cold but I was wondering when it was going to ice like the weather people keep saying. Now I learn that Houston (an hour or so from here) is not even cold?? Really weird! __________________ ~ Angie

01-15-2007, 05:22 AM	#43
Sadie's Mom Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Irving, TX Posts: 3,180	I don't want to leave to go to work!! Sounds like the roads are pretty bad. There's some steps right outside my apt & they're frozen over. I don't need to walk in that kind of stuff either. The LAST thing I need is to slip and fall. __________________ Christie and Sadie

01-14-2007, 10:19 AM	#34
Katys mom I love yorkie kisses Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,751	Katy and I ran outside to take some video. We got pelleted with ice. http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?use...4&ctime=094601

01-14-2007, 11:12 AM	#37
cheeselover8481 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: knoxville Posts: 1,537	I wish we had snow. I love snow only if we are stuck for 2-3 days so I wouldn't have to go to work

01-15-2007, 05:52 AM	#45
kitty My Best Friend Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 2,258	Well, it's cold here!!!! It's 27 degrees in my garage that attached to the house and insulated. I can only imagine how cold it really is outside and with the wind chill too. Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr the dogs don't want to go out (and I can't blame them) and my hot water is cold! I don't think I will go anywhere today unless they start clearing some roads off! __________________ Support our Troops :