Current Events > Biggest storm in a century? Walmart shelves as Texas prepare for huge storm

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https://twitter.com/Glass1ncision/status/1361137445039964160

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Lol Texas

I'm in MN and the temperature hasn't been above 0 degrees in over a week. Southern states act so dramatic about the slightest hint of winter.

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good thing theres more, and better, food sources

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People here in the Nevada mountains scoff at a foot of snow. Texans act like it's The Day After Tomorrow.
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TommyG663513 posted...

Lol Texas

I'm in MN and the temperature hasn't been above 0 degrees in over a week. Southern states act so dramatic about the slightest hint of winter.

I lived up in North Dakota during the winter with a **** Nissan Sentra, it's worse down here because of the wet ice/snow and cities aren't designed for this weather, quit trying to act cute

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

I lived up in North Dakota during the winter, it's worse down here, quit trying to act cute

They're not wrong

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I just got off work. The only thing good this storm brought us is peace and quiet. It was dead today at Walmart.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

I lived up in North Dakota during the winter, it's worse down here, quit trying to act cute

Worse in Texas? How?


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Any PS5s?

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sad that the majority of that food is going to go to waste since they won't be "trapped" long enough to eat the 500 loafs of bread everyone savagely bought.

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TommyG663513 posted...

Lol Texas

I'm in MN and the temperature hasn't been above 0 degrees in over a week. Southern states act so dramatic about the slightest hint of winter.

Right but you guys have been shut down for a week and know the drill don't act like you're superior or something

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TommyG663513 posted...

Worse in Texas? How?

1) We are not used to the cold weather- Last weekend it was 70-80 degrees in some parts and now it's facing single digits in some places. Up in MN, you get acclimated to colder temperatures because they never change.

2) The Snow here is wet and icy so driving on it is near impossible

3) The infrastructure here isn't built around weather like this

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pick4six posted...

Right but you guys have been shut down for a week and know the drill don't act like you're superior or something

Lol nothing is really shut down. Life continues on when we get below zero. No store shelves are cleared. Not even for 12+ inch snow storms.

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I can't wait to see all the videos of idiots crashing their 2wd pickup trucks because they don't know how to drive in non-perfect weather

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TommyG663513 posted...

n when we get below zero. No store shelves are cleared. Not even for 12+ inch snow storms.

Yet yall need sky bridges lol

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pogo_rabid posted...

I can't wait to see all the videos of idiots crashing their 2wd pickup trucks because they don't know how to drive in non-perfect weather

you mean 4wd?

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TommyG663513 posted...

Worse in Texas? How?

Im guessing cities down there dont have an army of snowplows and salt trucks to treat the roads

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

you mean 4wd?

Nope

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

1) We are not used to the cold weather- Last weekend it was 70-80 degrees in some parts and now it's facing single digits in some places. Up in MN, you get acclimated to colder temperatures because they never change.

2) The Snow here is wet and icy so driving on it is near impossible

3) The infrastructure here isn't built around weather like this

I wonder if they believe in climate change now

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TommyG663513 posted...

Lol nothing is really shut down. Life continues on when we get below zero. No store shelves are cleared. Not even for 12+ inch snow storms.

Everything you say reads like an extrapolation that's why it's hard to believe what you say, I bet Montana is all holed up in side their houses burning logs they collected all summer

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Sounds about right for texas. Isn't there huge pile ups over a teeny bit of snow?

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DD Divine posted...

Any PS5s?

Asking the questions that matter
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what's the storm, 2 inches of snow?

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DarthDemented posted...

Sounds about right for texas. Isn't there huge pile ups over a teeny bit of snow?

God I hope so. I have high hopes for /r/idiotsincars over the next week

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pogo_rabid posted...

Nope

4wd doesn't do **** on ice lol

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

1) We are not used to the cold weather- Last weekend it was 70-80 degrees in some parts and now it's facing single digits in some places. Up in MN, you get acclimated to colder temperatures because they never change.

2) The Snow here is wet and icy so driving on it is near impossible

3) The infrastructure here isn't built around weather like this

Dude, it is currently -10 degrees where I'm at and it's gonna get down to -20 degrees overnight. You never really acclimate to that lol. You just can't be exposed to cold like that. You're gonna get frostbit.

We get wet and icy snow up here among many other types. I've driven in blizzards all of my life. The snow isn't worse. You guys just suck at driving in that weather. Drive in it all your life and you'll get the feel for snow and ice on the road and when to hit the brakes or gas and not lose control of your vehicle. Seriously just brake early and brake often.

And yeah we definitely have tons of snowplows at the ready and everyone has a snowblower and/or a bunch of snow shovels. I always keep a snow shovel in my car during the winter in case I get stuck.

Snow really isn't that bad. Stop being so dramatic. We just went over this with covid. Clearing super market shelves over this stuff is kind of stupid. So many people hoard like they won't see daylight for a couple months.

All the snow you get could also be entirely melted in a week or so. Snow up here tends to stick around for a while.


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pick4six posted...

I wonder if they believe in climate change now

i'm sure you'll see a slew of videos from dumbasses pointing at snow and screaming about how global warming is a sham...

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pogo_rabid posted...

I can't wait to see all the videos of idiots crashing their 2wd pickup trucks because they don't know how to drive in non-perfect weather

Well considering that texas weather gets this way once in a blue moon, how do you expect people to get experience in driving in this kind of weather?

The fact that you know people dont know how to drive in this weather is exactly why some places are being closed for the weather change.

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pick4six posted...

Everything you say reads like an extrapolation that's why it's hard to believe what you say, I bet Montana is all holed up in side their houses burning logs they collected all summer

What? Have you been to MN? People here learn to embrace the weather, because other wise you go crazy with seasonal depression. I play in a winter disc golf league and have played disc golf many times in full on blizzards and below zero weather. There's tons of people in my neighborhood who still go for their daily walks in the freezing and snowy weather.

You're maybe going to have a week of snow. It isn't reasonable for everyone to clear the store shelves over this.


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TommyG663513 posted...

Dude, it is currently -10 degrees where I'm at and it's gonna get down to -20 degrees overnight. You never really acclimate to that lol. You just can't be exposed to cold like that. You're gonna get frostbit.

We get wet and icy snow up here among many other types. I've driven in blizzards all of my life. The snow isn't worse. You guys just suck at driving in that weather. Drive in it all your life and you'll get the feel for snow and ice on the road and when to hit the brakes or gas and not lose control of your vehicle. Seriously just brake early and brake often.

And yeah we definitely have tons of snowplows at the ready and everyone has a snowblower and/or a bunch of snow shovels. I always keep a snow shovel in my car during the winter in case I get stuck.

Snow really isn't that bad. Stop being so dramatic. We just went over this with covid. Clearing super market shelves over this stuff is kind of stupid. So many people hoard like they won't see daylight for a couple months.

All the snow you get could also be entirely melted in a week or so. Snow up here tends to stick around for a while.

southern states have invested shit all in tools to clear streets. if it doesn't get above freezing then neighborhoods and side roads remain impassible, main roads stay treacherous, bridges stay a frozen mess. it shuts whole areas down.

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yutterh posted...

Well considering that texas weather gets this way once in a blue moon, how do you expect people to get experience in driving in this kind of weather?

The fact that you know people dont know how to drive in this weather is exactly why some places are being closed for the weather change.

Any reasonable person wouldn't drive in weather they're not comfortable in. I'm looking for the idiots who drive like maniacs, trying to speed, pass, pull dumb shit and not driving carefully.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

4wd doesn't do **** on ice lol

No shit, sherlock, but you're delusional if you think 4wd doesn't assist massively in shitty weather like this.

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yutterh posted...

Well considering that texas weather gets this way once in a blue moon, how do you expect people to get experience in driving in this kind of weather?

The fact that you know people dont know how to drive in this weather is exactly why some places are being closed for the weather change.

There's definitely some tricks to it, but ultimately driving in the snow just requires that you slow down. It really is that simple.

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DarthDemented posted...

Sounds about right for texas. Isn't there huge pile ups over a teeny bit of snow?

There was a 130 car pileup that killed 6 people on Thursday morning in Ft Worth.

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Ended up driving like 10 minutes today in Austin around 5 today. The streets were already fucked, not making that mistake again. And that was before the hail/snow had hit smh.

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Baltimore was always TERRIBLE at mobilizing salt trucks and plows.

I can only imagine what it's like for a southern state that never sees snow.

And driving around a bunch of people who don't know how to drive in the snow or on ice.

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I live in MN - an inch of snow in texas is more damaging than a foot in MN. The state spends millions annually on plows, salt, treatments, etc. to make the roads usable again. It's really quite impressive.

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TommyG663513 posted...

Dude, it is currently -10 degrees where I'm at and it's gonna get down to -20 degrees overnight. You never really acclimate to that lol. You just can't be exposed to cold like that. You're gonna get frostbit.

We get wet and icy snow up here among many other types. I've driven in blizzards all of my life. The snow isn't worse. You guys just suck at driving in that weather. Drive in it all your life and you'll get the feel for snow and ice on the road and when to hit the brakes or gas and not lose control of your vehicle. Seriously just brake early and brake often.

And yeah we definitely have tons of snowplows at the ready and everyone has a snowblower and/or a bunch of snow shovels. I always keep a snow shovel in my car during the winter in case I get stuck.

Snow really isn't that bad. Stop being so dramatic. We just went over this with covid. Clearing super market shelves over this stuff is kind of stupid. So many people hoard like they won't see daylight for a couple months.

All the snow you get could also be entirely melted in a week or so. Snow up here tends to stick around for a while.

Exactly why we suck at it. We haven't done it all our lives cause we dont live in that kind of environment. Texas doesnt have a bunch of snow plows at the ready cause it would be pointless to have them since we dont get snow except on super rare occasions. No one buys snow shovels becaus ewe dont get snow.

This is dangerous and not being over dramatic because we don't have the experience of snow and ice. So obviously it is gonna be more dangerous for us.

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monkmith posted...

southern states have invested shit all in tools to clear streets. if it doesn't get above freezing then neighborhoods and side roads remain impassible, main roads stay treacherous, bridges stay a frozen mess. it shuts whole areas down.

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You guys act like snow removal equipment is a save all to this. Often times that equipment can't keep up with the weather. People still need to deal with this stuff. Extreme snow storms can still take many days or even a week or two for snow removal to catch up.

This topic started with a tweet showing off the hoarding people are up to over this. It is ridiculous. No reason to hoard like that.

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TommyG663513 posted...

Dude, it is currently -10 degrees where I'm at and it's gonna get down to -20 degrees overnight. You never really acclimate to that lol. You just can't be exposed to cold like that. You're gonna get frostbit.

We get wet and icy snow up here among many other types. I've driven in blizzards all of my life. The snow isn't worse. You guys just suck at driving in that weather. Drive in it all your life and you'll get the feel for snow and ice on the road and when to hit the brakes or gas and not lose control of your vehicle. Seriously just brake early and brake often.

And yeah we definitely have tons of snowplows at the ready and everyone has a snowblower and/or a bunch of snow shovels. I always keep a snow shovel in my car during the winter in case I get stuck.

Snow really isn't that bad. Stop being so dramatic. We just went over this with covid. Clearing super market shelves over this stuff is kind of stupid. So many people hoard like they won't see daylight for a couple months.

All the snow you get could also be entirely melted in a week or so. Snow up here tends to stick around for a while.

In North Dakota, I got acclimated to sub zero weather just fine. In fact, when the temperatures would get in the teens finally people would let their windows down and it would cause them to shatter to something. Going from 80 degrees to 20 degrees in a week span is a completely different story dude.

Like I said before, I drove a Nissan Sentra in Minnesota (Moorhead, Minneapolis, Duluth) and North Dakota during storm conditions and was fine. The snow isn't as icy and wet and it's flat af up there. Down here, I have 4wd F-150 and know it is futile to drive when it snows down here because the snow here is icy & sleet and back in TN it was much more hilly than Minnesota by far. Plus, your cities are designed for long harsh winters while in Houston, Texas they care more about a tropical hurricane hitting them then some random once in a year 30 year winter storm.

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BettyWhite posted...

Baltimore was always TERRIBLE at mobilizing salt trucks and plows.

I can only imagine what it's like for a southern state that never sees snow.

And driving around a bunch of people who don't know how to drive in the snow or on ice.

what, you dont like people blaring their horns at you for crawling down the frozen street because they want to treat it like a normal day?

my favorite part is watching jackasses speed past, hit some ice, and spin out. when i was a kid there was this one street where i'd go with some friends each time the snow fell just to watch the jackasses spin out around a gentle curve they insisted on taking to fast.

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TommyG663513 posted...

There's definitely some tricks to it, but ultimately driving in the snow just requires that you slow down. It really is that simple.

Even then, it will be hard for people to adjust to that. The pile up has shown what not having experience can do.

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Still don't know what the fuck people need all this milk for during storms.

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Why is preparing to stay home in inclement weather overreacting? Well because TommyG is a tough guy

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yutterh posted...

Even then, it will be hard for people to adjust to that. The pile up has shown what not having experience can do.

You can learn to drive in snow. Driving on ice you cant lol.

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what are you guys dealing with 3cms, lol

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It really is weird how elitist people who live in places like Minnesota can get when it comes to winter.

I say this as someone who lives even farther north than that. I can absolutely understand Texas isn't equipped to handle what's happening and there's no reason to act like they should be and mock them for not.
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