Texas Weather: A Deadly Mix of Cold Fronts And Extreme Heat
The weather in Texas is always unpredictable, and sometimes deadly. All December long, kids were wearing jackets to school in the morning and walking home with them around their waists.
Now the actual cold part of winter in Texas is here with the jackets being replaced by coats, which are sometimes even staying on in the house. We are at nature's whim, but people from Northern states in the U.S. think we are a little soft.
I would ask any of them to come on down and enjoy Dallas at 111 degrees in August and 0 degrees during a black ice storm in January. There just isn't much you can do except melt or freeze.
Winter In Texas Is Different Because Of The Extreme Heat Of Summer
According to MySanAntoinio a National Weather Service meteorologist recently went viral showing off his automatic hurricane-ready home. It shows that in Texas, your house has to withstand so many weather situations, sometimes within days of each other:
- Floods
- Tornados
- Hurricanes
- 110+ Degree Heat
- -20+ Degree Cold
- Blackouts During Extreme Weather
Take It Easy On Texans About The Weather Until You've Lived It
We aren't soft in Texas, the climate is just coming at us hard-core. Houses over 50 years old are not built to take on any of these conditions.
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We get very few days of "Perfect" 72-degree weather in most parts of the state. When we do they are glorious and we all flock to outside activities and soak up that free vitamin D.
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Hopefully, you can use some of this as ammo to clap back at those online trolls from out of state.
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