No. Nice try. He mainly did residential areas. Someone asked about ice tolerances on power lines, so I gave an answer

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Our house in Fort Worth is on the market and we've since moved to magnolia. Still deciding whether to drive up to Fort Worth tonight to winterize the house/outdoor kitchen/pool and then head back to magnolia tomorrow or bring the family for the weekend tomorrow evening to stay in Fort Worth throughout the duration (to potentially see snow, but also be there to make sure the house is good).

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Your realtor should help with this!

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Evening model runs coming in. Gonna suck.

Showing rain transitioning to ice with .25-..5 of ice accumulation. Then 4-9 inches of sleet. Then 3-5 inches of snow on the back end on Sunday.

Think 2013 cobblestone iced roads storm, but more accumulation of ice.

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I drove from my apartment in Dallas to DFW Airport to pick up my Dad then to my parents house in Benbrook in that on a Saturday night at 11 pm after day drinking all day for God knows what

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I was out of town for work and managed to get onto a flight home that night.

Driving the cobblestone highway of DFW > Frisco was one of the suckiest drives of all time.

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I drove from BCS to DFW that night. It took all damn night

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FTAG 2000 said:

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Evening model runs coming in. Gonna suck.

Showing rain transitioning to ice with .25-..5 of ice accumulation. Then 4-9 inches of sleet. Then 3-5 inches of snow on the back end on Sunday.

Think 2013 cobblestone iced roads storm, but more accumulation of ice.

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I drove from my apartment in Dallas to DFW Airport to pick up my Dad then to my parents house in Benbrook in that on a Saturday night at 11 pm after day drinking all day for God knows what

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I was out of town for work and managed to get onto a flight home that night.

Driving the cobblestone highway of DFW > Frisco was one of the suckiest drives of all time.

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I drove from BCS to DFW that night. It took all damn night

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Frisco to DFW airport… still remember that terrible drive

I'm a little late to this party, but I'm IN

the HEB in Hudson Oaks has no meat

gonna take a swing at Brookshires

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Let me ask a question here for the gang....

What do we think this will do to Air Travel? Have some friends that are leaving to go to a Conference, thinking they will be able to get out on Sunday. But I keep telling them to leave earlier instead of waiting cause you may not be leaving at all until Tuesday (and then what is the point of going?)

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They are screwed. They will cancel most flights that aren't from major hubs, and the backlog will stack up so much that it will be difficult to get a seat on the ones that start going out.

Earlier won't help either as it will hit the fan on Saturday anyways. They should have a car rental reservation and really shouldn't even go unless the return is on Monday or Tuesday.

Gracias good sir.

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A coworker just reported that the frisco Costco is out of milk, bread, water, and toilet paper.

Why in the world are people hoarding toilet paper? Do they think they are going to make an igloo with it?

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Jeez, toilet paper, really. Shades of COVID and ridiculous behavior by our society writ large. They were probably running over each other when it opened to grab it

Went to test my freeze misers and found a bib with bad seals. Glad I found it today, but not looking forward to the bill tomorrow

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Went to test my freeze misers and found a bib with bad seals. Glad I found it today, but not looking forward to the bill tomorrow

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I had one acting weird so I ordered another that came in yesterday. I like having buckets under mine b/c it limits the pooling / icing but also because i can see if there is more water dripping than expected...the other day came out to about 1 gallon when it had not been freezing or really even close. they work great but just have to make sure they are functioning....

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Scriffer said:

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Went to test my freeze misers and found a bib with bad seals. Glad I found it today, but not looking forward to the bill tomorrow

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I had one acting weird so I ordered another that came in yesterday. I like having buckets under mine b/c it limits the pooling / icing but also because i can see if there is more water dripping than expected...the other day came out to about 1 gallon when it had not been freezing or really even close. they work great but just have to make sure they are functioning....

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Like the bucket idea. One more thing to add for tomorrow.

The latest GFS runs basically train us with winter weather and cold temperatures for the next two weeks. Hard one to swallow right now, but the models continue trend colder.

The latest run doesn't have us getting above 35 degrees until February 5. Note I'm not saying this is going to happen, but models after this weekend are trending colder with temps and just sharing some modeling of what might be to come

Bucket is great but when it gets 20 degrees and lower that bucket fills up quick! I usually dump it around 10PM and by 6AM it will be full...only once have i seen it overflow (use HD buckets) and it is still less of an issue than an ice rink under my bib....

It's fun when it's so cold that dumping out a near-full 5gal bucket just dumps about 1gal of water b/c the rest has frozen to the side of the bucket. Or if it overflows and now the handle is frozen to the side of the bucket. Really forces you to start checking them more often.

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A coworker just reported that the frisco Costco is out of milk, bread, water, and toilet paper.

Why in the world are people hoarding toilet paper? Do they think they are going to make an igloo with it?

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I don't support it doing it, but I always wonder why people have... wondered about this. Toilet paper to most people is a "better safe than sorry" item that they know without a doubt will get used eventually -- so the calculus is "it's doubtful we need this but if we don't then we'll just use it next month".

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The latest GFS runs basically train us with winter weather and cold temperatures for the next two weeks. Hard one to swallow right now, but the models continue trend colder.

The latest run doesn't have us getting above 35 degrees until February 5. Note I'm not saying this is going to happen, but models after this weekend are trending colder with temps and just sharing some modeling of what might be to come

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Did these models accurately predict icemageddon 2021?

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FTAG 2000 said:

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A coworker just reported that the frisco Costco is out of milk, bread, water, and toilet paper.

Why in the world are people hoarding toilet paper? Do they think they are going to make an igloo with it?

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I don't support it doing it, but I always wonder why people have... wondered about this. Toilet paper to most people is a "better safe than sorry" item that they know without a doubt will get used eventually -- so the calculus is "it's doubtful we need this but if we don't then we'll just use it next month".

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My impression is there is some emotional impetus to "do something." As you said, at worst you have
pre-purchased inventory that will get used. Similar to topping off the gas tank in your car.

And the guy who questioned the toilet paper hoarding in his next post said there's a chance we don't get above 35 degrees for 2 weeks.

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FTAG 2000 said:

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The latest GFS runs basically train us with winter weather and cold temperatures for the next two weeks. Hard one to swallow right now, but the models continue trend colder.

The latest run doesn't have us getting above 35 degrees until February 5. Note I'm not saying this is going to happen, but models after this weekend are trending colder with temps and just sharing some modeling of what might be to come

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Did these models accurately predict icemageddon 2021?

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The blackouts started about here:

https://texags.com/forums/37/topics/3163972/24

Speculation began in earnest about 20 pages earlier.

Stupid question, but I'm going to ask anyway.

I bought the freeze miser and saw you are supposed to remove the vacuum breaker. My vacuum breaker has a different size adapter. I installed the freeze miser directly onto the hose bib WITH the vacuum breaker and the threads fit.

I turned it on and water shot back through the vacuum breaker for a split second and then the water stopped. So it appears it in installed properly, but I'm questioning if that vacuum breaker is going to prevent the miser from working properly. Can anyone confirm?

When applying salt to your driveway…what's the preferred strategy.? Before, during, or after a measurable amount of ice?

Wondering the same thing. I dont want to put it out too early only for the rain to wash it away before the sleet hits

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When applying salt to your driveway…what's the preferred strategy.? Before, during, or after a measurable amount of ice?

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My plan after asking chat is tomorrow afternoon evening. Before freezing but not allowing it there all day during the rain to wash away.

Another WWYD

Took care of the house and pool stuff, my wife and I and 5 year old went skiing, flew into COS. We are supposed to ski Friday and Saturday, fly home, via southwest, Sunday, direct from COS. Did a Turo at COS airport, so have to return a car there.

Options:
Rent a car at COS and it's going to be the longest day of our lives, driving from there to home, with unknown conditions. Roughly 12 hours nonstop from where I currently sit, so assume it's a 14-15 hour trip.

Reroute our flight to HOU or AUS and drive home, also unknown road conditions, but definitely south to north is better.

Stay for an unknown amount of time in COS and get first available to DAL.

See if dfw via AA is an option, not sure if dfw or dal will either be open.

Here's an iPhone app that will sound an alarm if the phone stops charging due to a power outage, just in case you want to wake up when it happens. https://apps.apple.com/app/id1489512510

Based on temps in OK vs models the cold air is about three hours ahead of schedule. Would put it here in the north burbs by mid afternoon.

What about chlorine tablet containers (w/tablets) in an uncovered pool?

Good, bad, no big deal? Any benefits or danger? My GF removes the containers because she "always has".

DFW area