Chilly Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 A little bit of ice and everything shuts down. Due to inclement weather conditions, The University of Texas at Austin will be closed all day Tuesday, Jan. 16. All events and activities are canceled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 A little bit of ice and everything shuts down. Due to inclement weather conditions, The University of Texas at Austin will be closed all day Tuesday, Jan. 16. All events and activities are canceled. We got an email that our Austin office was closed. Rather annoying, since I had to drive to wrok on crappy roads with ice and several inches of snow (took me 90 minutes for a commute that usually only takes 30 minutes). Oh well, the price you pay for living in Minnesota I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Christ. Back when I was at the U (I commuted), there could be a full-on blizzard and it would take an act of Congress to close the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Gee, I'm here in the Cleveland suburbs this AM, with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Everybody just goes about their daily business...it would take a blizzard to shut us down in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 This is as funny as when the weather readers use the term 'wind chill' in South Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Gee, I'm here in the Cleveland suburbs this AM, with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. Everybody just goes about their daily business...it would take a blizzard to shut us down in January. Yeah but...I like to make fun of the natives as much as the next guy, but in the end it comes down to infrastructure. Yesterday I drove to work and didn't have any problems, but I left early and drove slowly. Snow isn't an issue here, ice is. Overpasses, side streets etc. were covered with ice. Cities here don't have the vehicles to sand everywhere, so they try to hit the busiest spots. I for one was glad that no school buses were on the roads yesterday. Today...no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Any accidents at the drive thru liquor store yet? Anybody slip off the mechanical bull yet? I spent 4 years in Houston and considered it the true butt hole of the country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfan63 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Any accidents at the drive thru liquor store yet? Anybody slip off the mechanical bull yet? I spent 4 years in Houston and considered it the true butt hole of the country! Mechanical Bull, Who are you, John Travolta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 there are options to those of us living in non-snow areas...we could accept tax increases to have the manpower and equipment on hand to adequately take care of the roads to ensure people can get to where they want/need to be safely...but then we would all be bitching about higher taxes....can't win for losing..I suggest that we just deal with it...Just because we are from buffalo/syracuse doesnt mean we can drive on unplowed/treated roads the same as we could.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Damn, I saw the title and I was hoping this was another one of those babe of the day threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 there are options to those of us living in non-snow areas...we could accept tax increases to have the manpower and equipment on hand to adequately take care of the roads to ensure people can get to where they want/need to be safely...but then we would all be bitching about higher taxes....can't win for losing..I suggest that we just deal with it...Just because we are from buffalo/syracuse doesnt mean we can drive on unplowed/treated roads the same as we could.... The equipment/materials issue will never get solved in places like this. There are years where it isn't needed, so no way is joe taxpayer going to foot the bill. Still, if it makes people in WNY feel better about themselves I say let them have their fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 yeah i guess The equipment/materials issue will never get solved in places like this. There are years where it isn't needed, so no way is joe taxpayer going to foot the bill. Still, if it makes people in WNY feel better about themselves I say let them have their fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Its snowing in Austin right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Its snowing in Austin right now. Well, I just rode my mechanical bull through the drive through liquor store while looking at an ugly picture of Houston and discovered that it is cold and dry here in the Dallas area...at least for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Well, I just rode my mechanical bull through the drive through liquor store while looking at an ugly picture of Houston and discovered that it is cold and dry here in the Dallas area...at least for now. you have a dry Bull ??? I bet that Bull would like some wine . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 you have a dry Bull ??? I bet that Bull would like some wine . The booze was fer me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 and what kind of boobz were looking for ? (sorry, booze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 this was the weather report here in tallahassee this morning. "today's high will be 60 degrees. Its currently 62 in the capital city right now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I would be proud to live in Texas. My favorite State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Due to inclement weather conditions, The University of Texas at Austin will be closed all day Wednesday, Jan. 17. All events and activities are canceled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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