Texas is COLD, just look at my poor DU bumper sticker!

[aQuArius]

:( It just looked so cold tonight, I just had to take a picture so you all could give your sympathy.

[Placebo]

1. OoOoOoOOOoOOOhHhHHHh!

What kind of car is that? :P

[aQuArius]

8. My little blue (not american-made) standard transmission

CAR! Hey, its paid off and gets great gas mileage!

[miss_kitty]

14. standard transmissions rock!

Mine is paid for and gets great gas mileage, too. :)

We rarely get snow here...
:(

[LDS Jock]

2. what part are you in?

34 degrees here in Austin. Brrrr

[aQuArius]

5. Dallas/Ft. Worth area

27 degrees, OMG!

[outraged2]

23. supposed to get down to 18 tonight in DFW brrr

[Fenris]

3. Where are you?

I'm in Houston and it's wet and 38 degrees. :scared:

[Placebo]

7. 38 degrees? You think THAT'S cold!

SISSY! :P

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. May I note that all those numbers are

above zero?

We Minnesotans scoff at your Texas wimpitude!

One morning during my senior year of college, I woke up to hear the radio announcer say, "We're going to have a high of 27 below zero." What did I do? Get up and go to class, of course!

One day when I was in 7th grade, the high was 36 below zero. I walked the three blocks home from school, and when I walked in the door, my glasses immediately frosted up white. When I tried to take them off, I found that they were frozen to my nose.

Texans just don't know.

It's -2 degrees right now, by the way. :-)

[u4ic]

27. I lived in Northern Alberta for 2 years

and it wasn't unusual for it to get to -60F (that's without the wind chill).

Other than having to get up much earlier to attempt to start the car, it was business as usual. The taxis were always busy on those frigid days, and the drivers gave me their secret to help start...they didn't turn the car off at night. Locked the door, and just kept it running.

Gas was cheaper in those days. ;)

[Zomby Woof]

4. I'd rather keep you warm

Than some damn sticker. :D

[aQuArius]

10. Ok, just a hop on a plane...

:) I'll have to depend on homemade Chili and a couple beers to do that tonight :( But I did buy a new faux suede comforter! MMMMMM, warm!

[Zomby Woof]

13. After chili and beer

I am not sure I want to be UNDER a comforter. (joke!)

It's cold here too... down to 11 tonight and a high of 23 tomorrow! Too clear for snow though.

I love homemade chili by the way... not that I need that as an extra incentive to hop on the plane. :D

[aQuArius]

15. LMAO, no kidding

Maybe that's why I'm single, hmmmmm... Aren't you in AZ? I didn't think it got THAT cold there. :shrug:

[Zomby Woof]

17. Yes, and yes

Northern AZ is NOT what you hear of or see when the state is propagandized in the media. No saguaro cactus, no 110 degree days. I live in the midst of the world's largest ponderosa pine forest.

This part of the state (the Coconino Plateau, part of the greater region of the Colorado Plateau) is at a very high altitude - my city is at 7,000 feet. We're at the base of the San Francisco Peaks (over 12,000 feet at their highest), which are sacred in different ways to the Navajo and Hopi.

The first snow of the season fell October 17th, a bit earlier than normal, but not that rare. We had a few feet fall in November and earlier this month.

It does get to the mid-or-upper-80's in the summer for a short while, averages upper 70's, and the air quality ranks in the Top 10 in the nation. :-)

Welcome mat is out! :hi:

[aQuArius]

21. Which is closer? Phoenix or Vegas?

I could get up and look at a map, or just google it, but I'm too lazy, lol.

[Zomby Woof]

22. Phoenix

150 miles south.

Vegas is a bit over 200 miles, can't recall exactly. :-)

[derby378]

6. At least you HAVE a DU sticker

We used to have one on the old car before it got junked - need to get another one to put on the Grey Ghost (or whatever we wind up calling the new vehicle).

And yes, it's cold here in Dallas, too.

[shraby]

9. I live in Wisconsin by the big pond

and it was 7 degrees here today.

[BUSHOUT]

11. It's -22F where I'm at now, with a windchill feels like -41

and it's supposed to get worse tonight. -54 with the windchill.

YeeHaa!

[LDS Jock]

12. where you be?

north pole?

[BUSHOUT]

19. see below n/t

[aQuArius]

16. South Pole? OMG! Do you still have toes?

[BUSHOUT]

18. Yes, toes are intact. Northern part of the nation gets cold!

It's not this cold all the time, only during some snaps. I am close to the Canadian border.

Usually it's around 5 degrees. On Friday it's supposed to get up there.

It wont go above 14 until March, unless we're lucky. Sometimes we get a warm air mass during winter and it'll hit 30.

Summer is hot hot hot!!! 70 - 90 for 3+ months. Spring and Autumn are nice....55 - 70 for a couple months on each end of summer

[Ilsa]

20. You must be in Big D or FW!

Or maybe amarillo or Lubbock. We might get snow on Friday all the way down here near the coast, southwest of Houston! Hasn't snowed here in ten years, IIRC.

[notadmblnd]

24. oh, thats just a dusting

We're at the beginning of a blizzard here, predicting 10 inches by noon tomorrow. But cold is cold and I can't argue with that.

[hickman1937]

26. Enjoy it.

Its finally snowing here in Michigan. Its about time.

[sakabatou]

28. Gives me a graphic art idea

A "winter/frozen" DU.com logo.