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Knew you guys would be curious about the Panhandle today

11 years ago

the weather guys predicted blizzard, and blizzard we got:

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carrie751
11 years ago
Oh my goodness, RC, how high are those drifts?? It surely looks cold. Stay warm and please shut the gate !!!!!
rcnaylor
Original Author
11 years ago
They were about 3 foot high when I took those pics, Carrie. Now they are up to about 5 feet. And the National Weather Service Station here just reported they had a wind gust to 75 MPH a little while ago.

The National Guard has been called out to try to help stranded motorists.

I'm staying in. Those "downstream" in Oklahoma and parts east should batten down the hatches!
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ruthz
11 years ago
Wow, didn't realize we got all that.
Vulture61
11 years ago
Didn't Cynthia declared spring like, one week ago? Lol!

Omar
Lin barkingdogwoods
11 years ago
Wow. Glad you kept the rest of the state safe from that white stuff, RC!
rcnaylor
Original Author
11 years ago
Yeah, we sent it to Oklahoma and points Northeast.

At least we should get an inch, inch and a half of precip out of it, those poor guys further east were not wanting more snow after their last storm. Oh well, guess it'll help the Mississippi eventually.
carrie751
11 years ago
That is a lot of snow, RC...............much more than I want to witness. Hope all is well at your house and that there was no wind damage...........stay warm and safe.
plantmaven
11 years ago
Yes, you were ertainly on my mind!
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
11 years ago
Yeah, I thought about you too when I saw it was going to snow storm in the panhandle. Beautiful photos, but hard to believe it's so cold there and so warm in San Antonio.
rcnaylor
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for the warm thoughts!

Good news was me and mine were able to "hole up" and ride it out safely inside and off the roads.

Fortunately, while lots of folks got stranded in the white out, there were very few serious injuries.

I'm sure some folks just passing through on I-40 (runs LA to Chicago) must have been going "what the heck is this place?!"
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
11 years ago
AWWW bummer , I missed your pictures. It is being said that they were removed.
rcnaylor
Original Author
11 years ago
Hey wantonamara, I can still see them above. So, I'm not sure what happened. I did move the pics into an album on photobucket, maybe that messed up the link?

Any way, for those who would like to see some of blizzard pics, the link is:
http://s12.beta.photobucket.com/user/rcnaylor/library/Blizzard%20of%202013

Here is a link that might be useful: Some pics of Amarillo Blizzard of '13.
rcnaylor
Original Author
11 years ago
And, the local paper has a good collection of blizz pics here:

http://amarillo.com/slideshow/2013-02-24/blizzard-hits-texas-panhandle-feb-24-2015#slide-1

Here is a link that might be useful: Amariilo Globe News blizz pics
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
11 years ago
WOW....Better you than me. LOL. I am feeling gratitude in being left out.

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