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2022-02-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Trees are 'exploding' in Texas: Their sap is being frozen by winter storm Landon and branches snap off with sound 'like a gunshot'

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-06 06:09|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Where's Lauren live, Houston?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-06 12:57|| 2022-02-06 12:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Trailing daughter #2 reports no exploding trees in her Dallas suburb or the sound of gunshots, just major tree limbs crashing down because coated with ice. She says it’s just that Texans are unaccustomed to up 1/2” of ice, and so are misinterpreting the situation.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-06 13:20|| 2022-02-06 13:20|| Front Page Top

#3 it’s just that [recent] Texans are unaccustomed to up 1/2” of ice

It’s Impossible To Forget These 5 Horrific Winter Storms That Have Gone Down In Texas History

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-06 13:28|| 2022-02-06 13:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like a California transplant.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-06 13:33|| 2022-02-06 13:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, no. It's the ice coating cracking, falling off etc. Branches may snap from the weight of ice, but they're not popping like frozen water pipes.

I always liked the aftermath of a little freezing rain, so long as I don't have to drive anywhere.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-02-06 13:42|| 2022-02-06 13:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Solar Minimum Approaching | A Mini Ice Age?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-06 13:55|| 2022-02-06 13:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I love this fact biased speculative conspiracy stuff.

Grand Solar Minimum 101: The Future Looks Cold

The Grand Solar Minimum will last until 2070

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-06 14:00|| 2022-02-06 14:00|| Front Page Top

#8 It's the ice coating cracking, falling off etc

NOT the traditional resource for branchwater.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-06 14:00|| 2022-02-06 14:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Last year's 'worst ever' freeze in North Texas at 139 hours below freezing was compared to other long-term events on the teevee news last night. Last year's freeze was tied for fifth place.

Worst ever (recorded) was in December, 1983 with 295 hours below freezing - just over twelve days!

Footnote: One hour before last February's 139-hour freeze, the temperature was 33 degrees. For 93 hours prior, it was sub-freezing. So last February, there was 232 hours below freezing, with a one hour break. DFW Freeze Summary

Posted by Bobby 2022-02-06 14:22|| 2022-02-06 14:22|| Front Page Top

#10 This could hinder Superbowl practice for the Cowboys...oh. Wait...

nevermind

Posted by Frank G 2022-02-06 15:09|| 2022-02-06 15:09|| Front Page Top

#11 But it would restrict them to indoor felonies.

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-06 15:14|| 2022-02-06 15:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Last year's 'worst ever' freeze in North Texas at 139 hours below freezing

I remember that a few years back we had 183 consecutive days below freezing in our area.

Of course we (and our trees) are used to that, Texas isn't.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-02-06 17:20|| 2022-02-06 17:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Your solar minimum article is dated 2018 - four years ago. Sorry bubba, try again in seven years.

Posted by KBK 2022-02-06 19:35|| 2022-02-06 19:35|| Front Page Top

#14 The last sunspot cycle (24) was unusually weak. Cycle 25 has started like gangbusters, but someone has pointed out that 24 started the same way. Time will tell...

Valentina Zharkova is a player in this space. Interesting character. Kinda like your Russian babushka, if babushka was a solar physicist.

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-06 20:43|| 2022-02-06 20:43|| Front Page Top

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