I never experienced extreme temperature changes, happening fast, til I moved to Texas.
I arrived in the Lone Star State late in the previous century, in the month of December. I arrived at my new abode in a drenching downpour, with the temperature seeming balmy, in the upper 70s.
About a week after my Texas arrival I ventured to the Fort Worth Stockyards, around noon, for lunch at the now long gone Riscky Rita's. My first experience with an all you can eat Mexican buffet. I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt on that visit to the Stockyards, because the temperature seemed HOT to me.
At that point in time I was not yet paying attention to the Texas weather forecast, so, I did not know that a cold front was predicted to blow in, that day. The big blow began whilst I was pigging out at Riscky Rita's.
Upon exiting Riscky Rita's I was shocked to be struck by a strong wind, with the air chilled to what felt below freezing.
I made a run for my vehicle and high tailed it back to my abode in Haslet, a little burg at the far north end of Fort Worth.
That night an Ice Storm struck. My first time experiencing this type weather phenomenon. By morning the outer world was coated with a thick covering of ice, making any form of mobility, walking, biking, driving, difficult.
We did not know what to do, water system-wise, with the temperature nearing zero. We did not know how to shut off the water to the barn, or the pool, figuring such should be done to prevent freezing pipes. Eventually, with the help of the next door neighbor, we figured it out.
No ice is predicted to arrive with the incoming cold front. The rain predicted for this morning has not materialized.
Winter is only a couple weeks old and I am already ready for it to end and segue into Spring...
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