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Description Series: South Texas Ice Storm of '07
Date: January 17, 2007

Mother Nature is one of my favorite artists - She never runs out of fresh ideas and is a constant inspiration with her ever changing display of beauty - from the awesome sunsets to the wonderful array of plants and animals to the very elements that are as beautiful and life giving as they are potentially deadly. Her pallet flows with color and her gallery is available to all who take the time to appreciate it's grandeur.

South Texas was pounded with a rare Artic Blast this week which left a blanket of an inch or more of ice on everything. Some areas just north of me were a bit drier and had a nice little snow. We had only sleet / freezing rain and lots of ice.


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wolphie [2007-01-29 05:31:23 +0000 UTC]

Mother Nature certainly never ceases to amaze me.. Never thought Id see these kind of images from your neck o the woods Thats a fair amount of freeze ya got down there!

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GD-litenin In reply to wolphie [2007-01-29 13:22:35 +0000 UTC]

That's for sure . . . I normally have to go a few hundred miles north to get that cold . . . lol

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wolphie In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-29 13:43:06 +0000 UTC]

lol... Im a few hundred miles north right now, in WV, got a nice amount of snow coverage

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GD-litenin In reply to wolphie [2007-01-29 14:13:53 +0000 UTC]

Got Skis lol That's the only way I can enjoy that stuff . . . then it's a blast!!!

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wolphie In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-30 02:19:38 +0000 UTC]

I *can* ski, have since I was little... Might have to rent, I didnt have room for my gear, got the photography rig stuffed into my truck Oh well, I know where the better rentals are, so no cheapass gear

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GD-litenin In reply to wolphie [2007-01-30 06:56:35 +0000 UTC]

lol yeah I'm with ya there. I wish I could go often enough to justify getting my own gear . . . maybe someday? At least I figured out a way to get some good rentals - like you mentioned - so that makes it a lot better in it's self. Enjoy and don't freeze up there

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wolphie In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-30 13:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Yea, Im doing my best not to freeze, lol

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GD-litenin In reply to wolphie [2007-01-30 14:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Keep plenty of anti-freeze handy Kahalua & Coffee works pretty good :coffee:

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wolphie In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-31 04:46:11 +0000 UTC]

Yes, personal antifreeze is good Personally prefer tea.. like a nice Tazo Chai Latte

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GD-litenin In reply to wolphie [2007-01-31 05:09:20 +0000 UTC]

indeed Cheers!

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wolphie In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-31 07:39:57 +0000 UTC]

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GD-litenin In reply to wolphie [2007-01-31 13:54:02 +0000 UTC]

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THEDOC4 [2007-01-23 15:42:22 +0000 UTC]

Excellent!!!! and i thought it was cold over here.

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GD-litenin In reply to THEDOC4 [2007-01-23 16:11:49 +0000 UTC]

lol yeah well . . . we got a healthy taste of it here too

Thanks

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eyesofhumor [2007-01-23 06:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Sweet!

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GD-litenin In reply to eyesofhumor [2007-01-23 13:33:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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eyesofhumor In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-23 15:26:07 +0000 UTC]

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Splashie [2007-01-22 14:50:05 +0000 UTC]

These ice blasts always leave such a different landscape after they've passed...I'm glad you took pictures! I remember ice storms like these when I was younger and lived in Germany, but haven't seen any in recent years...cool shot!

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GD-litenin In reply to Splashie [2007-01-22 15:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks . . . yeah they sure change the looks of things . . . We don't get these often, so I had to take advantage while it was look'n so cool out there

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Splashie In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-22 20:37:24 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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Ellygator [2007-01-21 15:00:01 +0000 UTC]

That's simply astounding!

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GD-litenin In reply to Ellygator [2007-01-21 15:28:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

I thought that was pretty wild look'n too . . . I probably should have taken a lot more photos that day than I did . . . I think I ended up with about 100 in all, but still should have gotten more. It was so pretty that day and such a rare occasion for around here.

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Goodbye-kitty975 [2007-01-20 21:51:35 +0000 UTC]

amazing texture.

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GD-litenin In reply to Goodbye-kitty975 [2007-01-20 23:04:05 +0000 UTC]

Pretty wild huh? (especially for around here)

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zeldis [2007-01-20 17:30:54 +0000 UTC]

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GD-litenin In reply to zeldis [2007-01-20 18:32:42 +0000 UTC]

lol

Thank you kindly for the on this one

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dreamweaver69 [2007-01-20 17:27:34 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful love the ice pictures but I see you really did get pounded
Jeep

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GD-litenin In reply to dreamweaver69 [2007-01-20 18:57:22 +0000 UTC]

Yes'sir that we did . . . like a popsicle around here for a few days . . . what I call *hybernat'n weather*

Thanks Wiz

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