winter in AUSTIN.. I love it... (Houston, Dallas: 2014, school closings, closing)

[lighthouse2000]

I just came back from my third trip to Austin this year, I know people are complaining about the winter in Austin, but coming from an area where winters are way colder and a lot of snow, this is a piece of cake!!

I am amused when I see schools closed when there are some freezing temperatures for a couple of days when I compare where we live, we have 90 days or more in a row with freezing temperature and some heavy snows! although we are having an unusual nice February and March, averaging 50 during the day and 30-35 though the night, I just got back from Austin, and tomorrow we have snow in the forecast... so I will miss Austin!

I love the fact that may be 30 degrees for couple of nights in Austin but then it goes to 60 or so! I love it!!

Let's see what would happen when I come back and move late summer.. I may not love those five months of 100 degrees, yet, I will have a swimming pool to go through my suffering, but the winter time will make it for...

:-) Love Austin!

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[Trainwreck20]

I am amused when I see schools closed when there are some freezing temperatures for a couple of days

Just to be accurate, though, I have never seen the schools closed due to low temperatures. I have gone to school when it was 9 degrees, I think, when I lived in Georgetown many years ago.

[lighthouse2000]

School closings and delays | Austin News & Weather | Austin Texas, Round Rock, TX | kxan.com

http://www.statesman.com/weblogs/wea...losures-delay/

[Trainwreck20]

You mean the delays due to ICE, not cold weather or snow?

[lighthouse2000]

Right, we have here ice roads very often...and the schools don't close except if we have a blizzard

[Trainwreck20]

Not disagreeing, just clarifying that it wasn't due solely to cold weather.

[lighthouse2000]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Not disagreeing, just clarifying that it wasn't due solely to cold weather.

Agree

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by lighthouse2000

Right, we have here ice roads very often...and the schools don't close except if we have a blizzard

Schools will always close or be delayed if there is significant ice on roads (in all the major cities in Texas), for 3-4 different reasons.

It's a pain.....but it's a safety issue for our kids because of our lack of "below freezing" infrastructure.

Not nearly as "amusing" as putting beans in chili.....to most of us.

[centralaustinite]

yes, yes, the winter is wonderful. I moved here after spending several years in the upper midwest, so I know the delight of flowers blooming in December and "cold" being lows in the 40s -- and by that measure, this was a harsh winter, among the coldest and longest I have known after 20+ years in Austin.

But wait until your first October after a full Austin summer (one that starts in May). We used to gasp at the sight of people in sweaters and hoodies on the sidelines of televised football game, come, look! They are wearing sweaters! Or when you peel a sweat-drenched toddler out of a Halloween costume because they were trick-or-tricking in 80 degree weather! You can learn to love it, sure. But there is often a real adjustment for folks accustomed to the traditional 4 seasons.

[lighthouse2000]

I think we will be ready, also Austin have so many others things to offer and for us it is a new start in a place with great schools, hot steamy weather for 5 months, and not extreme weather the rest of the time, friendly people, great business climate, heavy traffic (although we don't have to commute) music, great barbecue and food in general, and we have already some good friends living there plus close enough to some great cities like Dallas, Houston and San Antonio..

It was a great decision to choose between San Diego and Austin as our destination, I will only miss San Diego weather all year around, and the beaches, but Austin schools, cost of living, lower crime, entrepreneurship and friendliness won our heart

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

yes, yes, the winter is wonderful. I moved here after spending several years in the upper midwest, so I know the delight of flowers blooming in December and "cold" being lows in the 40s -- and by that measure, this was a harsh winter, among the coldest and longest I have known after 20+ years in Austin.

But wait until your first October after a full Austin summer (one that starts in May). We used to gasp at the sight of people in sweaters and hoodies on the sidelines of televised football game, come, look! They are wearing sweaters! Or when you peel a sweat-drenched toddler out of a Halloween costume because they were trick-or-tricking in 80 degree weather! You can learn to love it, sure. But there is often a real adjustment for folks accustomed to the traditional 4 seasons.