I'm not there right now. but I hear it's a bit chilly in Austin. It's supposed to warm up by the end of the week.
Austin gets ice storms most years. Usually things are back to normal by the next afternoon. But once every four or five years, it stays cold and things shut down for a few days. There's usually plenty of warning, so I just stock on on food and hunker down until it warms up. The roads get quite slippery and a surprising number of people drive around as if the laws of physics don't apply to them. As a result, the number of accidents goes up by a factor of ten. So I won't drive if there is any frozen precipitation out there.
In addition to ice and snow, we get huge hail, flash floods, straight line winds, and tornadoes every now and then. With these the damage is not citywide, but if it hits your area it can be pretty destructive.
Personally I like weather. So the extremes that Austin gets are a good thing to me. But if you're looking for calm consistent warm weather, Austin may not be for you.
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timeasmymeasure
We Get About Two Weeks Of Winter A Year
Date: 2008-12-23 07:24 am (UTC)Austin gets ice storms most years. Usually things are back to normal by the next afternoon. But once every four or five years, it stays cold and things shut down for a few days. There's usually plenty of warning, so I just stock on on food and hunker down until it warms up. The roads get quite slippery and a surprising number of people drive around as if the laws of physics don't apply to them. As a result, the number of accidents goes up by a factor of ten. So I won't drive if there is any frozen precipitation out there.
In addition to ice and snow, we get huge hail, flash floods, straight line winds, and tornadoes every now and then. With these the damage is not citywide, but if it hits your area it can be pretty destructive.
Personally I like weather. So the extremes that Austin gets are a good thing to me. But if you're looking for calm consistent warm weather, Austin may not be for you.