There was a special on it up here in Ohio and I got duped into watching it at 2 in the morning.

What exactly do you recall that made it so harsh?

I'm talking about the people who lived I-20 northward during that time.

Yep.. I was 1.

Hadn't even been conceived yet.

I was still just a fetus during it.

That was the most snow I every remember getting in Texas, at my house.

I remember the blizzard of '83 in Jersey...26 inches....made for some great snow forts

I remember, although I was in central texas. The only time I remember snow really accumulating...

Waco had like 15 days or so below freezing. Lots of slushy roads...trees fell on utility lines, generally a big mess here.

does anyone remember the Houston Blizzard of 04? man we got like an inch of snow. luckily i had evacuated to warmer and safer weather

The winter of '79
was so cold and lonely I found a good woman she took me inside
And I swear to God I really tried
And that was a close one

haha great handle

(sensei)

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LOL Sensei.

We got a foot of snow at the house. San Antonio had roughly 18 inches and numerous roofs collapsed from the weight of the snow.

We kids sure loved missing school though...biggest snowman I've ever built.

Yes! We had 7-8 inches in Longview. It was awesome.

Hell, last winter it snowed in Alice, TX.... thats pretty much Mexico.

winter of 83. remarkably I remember it well.

The first time the Red River froze solid in over 100 years.

Yes, I remember.

Jan. 11, 1983. If you grow up in South Texas and see snow, you remember it like it was the day a war started. That's how rare real snow is down there.

A foot and a half of snow at my parent's farm (I was 12) west of San Antonio. It had a coat of ice on top, so you could walk (or at least 12 year old me could) on top of it.

The freeze busted our windmill and the water gushed out the top. Then it froze again, turning said windmill into a giant ice sculpture.

I got out the camera and my sister, who was 18, put on her bikini and did some funny poses on the diving board of the pool, as if she were about to jump in.

18 inches of snow in south texas???

Those people probably thought the world was going to end.

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HORRIBLE WINTER!!! Made me realize to never ever consider moving north of the Red River! In Dallas, it was just awful! It actually started right after Christmas 1982 and went into late January 1983... there was a 30 day stretch in Dallas where the temperature (including the high) never got above freezing.... pipes were bursting everywhere, we had two or three awful ice storms....! White Rock Lake in Dallas froze over and there were people ice skating and even a few idiots driving cars on the frozen lake..... just horrible!

I remember it. The big tank on the land behind our house froze solid and we were able to go and walk around on it. That's the only time it has ever happened in my lifetime.

Everybody knows the winter of 1983 was just an expirement by the government on controlling the weather.

Had a grand ol' time in the Hill Country that year. Most snow I have ever seen in Texas.

I remember driving back to College Station was really difficult and it took me a long time.

You are all a bunch of puzzies.

I think some of you are confusing the winters.

January 1985 was when San Antonio received 10-15" of snow.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx/html/attach/jan/snow85.htm

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx/html/attach/jan/snowtable.htm#Aus

The winter before, Dec '83, was bone-chillingly cold in South Texas at Christmas. The temps (in S.A.) stayed below freezing for about 4-6 days straight.

Speedbird, you may be right. 1985 is right, now that I think of it. But I do remember it was Jan. 11 for some reason.

By the way, for all you global warming skeptics out there, I would simply point out that Santa Anna's Army marching from the Rio Grande Valley to the Alamo in Jan. 1836 got caught in a blizzard.

I think you are right... 1985. Thinking of it, I was too old and my brother was too old for it to be '83.

I can remember getting over a week off from school in the Panhandle because of all the snow. The snow drift actually went over part of our house and we had a kick ass snow fort.

wasn't in north TX, but we got like 8" in north LA...killed the palm trees in our yard...

I was 13. Dad bought me a radio flyer sled. There was a littel hill by our house that led to many crashes into the frozen creek. Good times.