The North Texas Ice Storm of ‘09
Posted by Joe Burnett on Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Freezing rain was forecast for last night and today here in Arlington, TX. I was skeptical that we would actually get such weather here today since it was 82 degrees on Saturday. The picture below tells the whole story and how I stand by the saying that, if you don’t like the weather in Texas, just wait 30 minutes.
The trees are covered in a thin layer of ice (for now) and seem to be holding up pretty well. Some of the shrubs are not as fortunate. Their branches are weeping downwards from the icy chill.
Even the potted cactus in our back yard didn’t escape the icicle formations.
I’m glad I have plenty of firewood, just in case the electricity goes off tonight.
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Wow. I had no idea that it was cold enough to freeze there.
When we lost electricity around six 06:00PM last evening we expected a minor glitch. After an hour or so we realized it would take a little longer for the repair, where ever the outage was. Telephone was still working so I called TXU. I told the operator we were in North Arlington. They were not sure where the outage was and then transferred my call to another facility.
I asked that party when we could expect the repair to be completed. The woman could not answer any of my questions so I asked where she was located. She told me she was in ASIA!!!
ASIA???? I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
No electricity at all in our 3400 sq.ft. home and the lights and heat finally came on at 02:00 a.m. in our very cold and dark house. By the way, we are in our 70’s.
ASIA?? You tell me 
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)