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Originally posted by David_Hayward
How can it snow in Texas? Well. it's snowed in the Florida panhandle before so I guess I can go with the amazing fact.
This was the scene out of our front bedroom window (New Forest proper at top of road beyond hedge) a year ago.
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Hard to believe, isn't it? I think why we get such weather now and then is that the terrain between Texas and the Canadian Arctic is flat. There are no mountain ranges to provide a natural barrier to the incursion of cold air from Canada. Every year we get a "Blue Norther", as they call the cold north wind which brings inclement weather to North Texas. Fortunately, these weather events are short lived and the forecast for Saturday and Sunday are temps near 60F. Then I can get back to work on my petrol tank. I am now totally acclimatized to the Texas heat and I freeze my buns off when the temperature falls much below 55F. Hard on the chalfonts, y'know!