We'll update this post as things develop.
11am - Tuesday, January 16th
- Governor Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst are sworn in indoors, under the inaugural theme, "Texas: Imagine the Possibilities." The requisite downtown parade has been canceled because, well, there's no one there.
- Firewood vendors are making a killing
- CapMetro: UT Shuttles, AISD Magnet Routes, 'Dillo routes are closed
- The Travis County Commissioners Court meeting has been postponed
- As of 9:30am, approximately 570 Austin Energy customers are without power. Austin Energy is responding.
- Still think this is all a joke?
- Number of collision reports from 6pm January 15th to 5am January 16th, including Austin PD and Travis County Sheriffs Office: 195
- Number of EMS incidents from Midnight to 10am on January 15th: 127
- Number of "slip and fall" incidents yesterday: 20
- From City of Austin:
- "City of Austin emergency officials continue to urge residents to remain at home and stay off treacherous roads and highways. Ice and sleet on roadways coupled with bitterly cold temperatures have combined to create very hazardous conditions, especially on overpasses and bridges."
Helpful Links
KXAN's List of Cancellations and Closures
Weather Underground Forecast for Austin
Road Closures and Emergency Conditions
Weather.com's Winter Driving Tips
Photo by jmtimages on flickr11pm - Monday, January 15th
- Local Schools and Universities: closed
- Government and City Offices: closed
- “The City of Austin continues to advise that travel is treacherous and, if at all possible, folks should stay home until the ice clears,” said City Manager Toby Hammett Futrell.
- CapMetro: UT Shuttles and AISD Magnet Routes closed
- DJ Mel's weekly gig at Nasty's is still on
- The sleet has arrived, bringing with it up to an inch of ice
- "This could be the biggest ice storm that Austin has seen since January 1998, when there were 400 traffic accidents over a two-day period in Travis County," said KVUE meteologist Mark Murray.
- With freezing temperatures across much of the state, Rick Perry's inauguration parade has been cancelled
- The National Weather Service's forecast for Tuesday:
- Occasional freezing rain and sleet before 10am, then occasional rain or freezing rain between 10am and 3pm, then occasional rain between 3pm and 4pm, then occasional rain or freezing rain after 4pm. High near 33. North wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible.
- A special weather statement from the National Weather Service reads:
- "This winter storm looks to be very dangerous ... even deadly ... so be safe and delay travel plans until conditions improve. Do not take this storm lightly."
- Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow are expected in the higher elevations of the hill country
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Ohhhh it's getting below 32 degrees, what do you do, what do you do...
a) Forget how to function, except for bitching & moaning
b) Rush to H-E-B to wait 20 minutes for a cart to buy crap that you probably can do without for 24 hours
c) Watch Jim Spencer forecast the freeze like a little schoolgirl (he waits for this time of year every year)
d) Pray for that additional day of school to be canceled, even though the weather will most likely
return back to 70
e) Watch "Weather on The Eights" over and over and over again
No matter what your answer, repeat all of the answers every winter from now to eternity.
And since when has Toby Futrell included her middle name (Hammett) in her title. I hate when people include their middle name or initial, especially authors, actors, or other people who need even more attention than is granted with just a first and last name.
His favorite weather is cold and nasty, gray sky, and with occasional rain and sleet.
lol!
you forgot
f) count how many times Burton Fitzsimmons on weather on the 8s uses the term "precip".
I hate when people include their middle name or initial, especially authors, actors, or other people who need even more attention than is granted with just a first and last name.
You're kind of an unhappy person aren't you? Every comment you write is mostly unnecessary complaining.
Stew, mission accomplished following step a).
photos
SNOW!
A sign from the universe that rick perry shouldn't have been re-elected...
Stew, you're an ass. Go lick a flagpole.
I don't mind Toby Futrells middle name being used. she is looking a little aged these days though. but maybe 196 accidents in a day will do that to a city mngr
http://mammals.wordpress.com
e) bitch & moan about people who 'bitch & moan' it's cold, and inform them you hail from some obscure shithole like 'Saskatchewan' or 'Nebraska' and how you used to go skinny-dip with all your half-cousins in 'summery' weather like this.
& seriously, you folks actually watch the news and know the names of your local 'tay-vey celebrities' to make fun of their proclivities?...
Actually 'damnation's delights' I'm from South Austin. And as I see it, the more local newscasters you know, the truer Austin you are. Punk ass bitch...you probably don't remeber the days whem Gordon Smith did the Fox 7 morning forecasts. And how does it hurt to know that Allyson Topperwien is the one you bone, while Amy Hadley is the one you take home to mother.
Did someone leave the cake out in the rain?
Did someone leave the cake out in the rain?
pusses
Ice doesn't cause accidents or deaths. Idiots who try to drive on ice cause accidents and deaths.