+- +-

Advertisement

Accommodation Options
With everything there is to see and do in and around Big Bend National Park, the area has become one of the most cherished family-friendly vacation destinations in Texas. Lodging options are abundant, ranging from rustic to luxurious. Whether your family would prefer a campground, an authentic Texas ranch, a resort hotel or a vacation rental, you're sure to find it here. There are also plenty of timeshare resales and vacation homes for sale, for those interested in becoming an avid Bender!

Copyright Notice
All photographs and content posted by members are to be considered copyrighted by their respective owners and may not be used for any purposes, commercial or otherwise, without permission.
« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Snowing in Alpine  (Read 2496 times)  Share 

Offline SHANEA

  • Javelena
  • Golden Eagle
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 9916
  • Javelina
    • NPS BIG BEND!
Snowing in Alpine
« on: March 03, 2008, 05:33:13 PM »
A friend just emailed me,

Quote
Snowing in Alpine.
Winds about 45 mph sustained at PJ.
Current temp 36 degrees.
Predicted temperatures tonight 24 - 32 degrees.
We just THOUGHT it was getting warm out here.
Predicted high tomorrow 78 degrees. How about a 50 degree temperature
spread???
That's weather in Big Bend.  That's why people sometimes die of
exposure.
Logged

oldfatman

  • Guest
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2008, 07:12:49 PM »
I am all too often amazed at the fools I meet who consider the precautions on this site and the NPS  sites to be just so much CYA liability BS instead of real.  I have no idea how they live long enough to reproduce.  Those type of temp swings will hurt you real bad if you have not prepared. I am too well known as Mr. Double Redundant on safety and precautions.
Logged

Offline homerboy2u

  • The Chipewa Cris tribe,Canada:
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 4949
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2008, 08:16:23 PM »
Wel AMEN for that OFM.... :eusa_clap:, you will never suffer from what the other idiots roaming this world do.
Logged
Stay thirsty, my friends.

Offline westtex

  • Black Bear
  • *
  • Posts: 281
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2008, 08:26:57 PM »
It snowed off and on through the early afternoon, at times it was heavy but it never stuck to the ground in Alpine.  The funny thing is that it wasn't that cold and you could just stand outside in a light jacket and watch the snow going crazy, at times the sun was even out and the flurries would shrink for a few minutes until it was overcast again.  It was very interesting. 
Logged
resist much, obey little

Offline homerboy2u

  • The Chipewa Cris tribe,Canada:
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 4949
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2008, 09:11:19 PM »
Any pictures of this?
Logged
Stay thirsty, my friends.

Offline bdann

  • Creosote
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 1818
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2008, 09:27:43 PM »
snowing in Rowlett too...don't think it will stick.
Logged
WATER, It does a body good.

Offline westtex

  • Black Bear
  • *
  • Posts: 281
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2008, 10:04:33 PM »
no pictures, I was at school all day camera-less
Logged
resist much, obey little

Offline RichardM

  • Admin
  • Global Moderator
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 5446
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2008, 10:05:49 PM »
Quote from: westtex on March 03, 2008, 10:04:33 PM
no pictures, I was at school all day camera-less
I thought cell phones with cameras were mandatory for today's students...
Logged

Offline westtex

  • Black Bear
  • *
  • Posts: 281
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2008, 10:11:26 PM »
no lo tengo
Logged
resist much, obey little

Offline SHANEA

  • Javelena
  • Golden Eagle
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 9916
  • Javelina
    • NPS BIG BEND!
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2008, 10:23:51 PM »
Quote from: oldfatman on March 03, 2008, 07:12:49 PM
I have no idea how they live long enough to reproduce.

 :rolling:

Fortunately, the worst of the worst don't live long enough to reproduce.
Logged

Offline presidio

  • Soaptree Yucca
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 2488
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2008, 11:06:54 PM »
Quote from: SHANEA on March 03, 2008, 10:23:51 PM
Quote from: oldfatman on March 03, 2008, 07:12:49 PM
I have no idea how they live long enough to reproduce.

 :rolling:

Fortunately, the worst of the worst don't live long enough to reproduce.

You need to get out more often, there's more than you realize.  :willynilly:
Logged
_____________
<  presidio  >
_____________
Wendell (Garret Dillahunt): It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff?
Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones): If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.
--No Country for Old Men (2007)

Offline SHANEA

  • Javelena
  • Golden Eagle
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 9916
  • Javelina
    • NPS BIG BEND!
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2008, 12:27:07 AM »
Quote from: presidio on March 03, 2008, 11:06:54 PM
You need to get out more often, there's more than you realize.  :willynilly:

There is a reason, and a very good reason, that I live in little utopia behind the Pine Curtain in East Texas.  Sure, we got a few village idiots running around, but not in the great numbers in the whore of the large Texas cities.  Of course, there is one small Texas town that is missing their village idiot, and they want him back...   :icon_wink:
Logged

Offline xseption

  • Do it in Big Bend!
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 774
  • BiBe is the BEST!
    • My Gallery
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2008, 10:16:07 AM »
Quote from: SHANEA on March 04, 2008, 12:27:07 AM

   Sure, we got a few village idiots running around, but not in the great numbers in the whore of the large Texas cities. :icon_wink:


Not sure what to make of this comment, but it still seems accurate ...

=:)

PS it snowed here in DFW for a while, but not much stuck to the ground
Logged
Life is NOT fair, but it is still GOOD!

Offline presidio

  • Soaptree Yucca
  • Mountain Lion
  • *
  • Posts: 2488
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2008, 10:29:50 AM »
Quote from: xseption on March 04, 2008, 10:16:07 AM
Quote from: SHANEA on March 04, 2008, 12:27:07 AM

   Sure, we got a few village idiots running around, but not in the great numbers in the whore of the large Texas cities. :icon_wink:


Not sure what to make of this comment, but it still seems accurate ...

It's a typo, or Freudian slip.
Logged
_____________
<  presidio  >
_____________
Wendell (Garret Dillahunt): It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff?
Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones): If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.
--No Country for Old Men (2007)

Offline mountaindocdanny

  • Diamondback
  • *
  • Posts: 260
    • http://griffisfamilyoutdoors.blogspot.com
Re: Snowing in Alpine
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2008, 10:31:34 AM »
We ended up with some two foot drifts up here in the panhandle. Everything but the drifts have melted now.
Logged
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Advertisement
Looking to plan an adventurous trip at the Big Bend National Park but have a distracting timeshare on the brain? Free yourself from the stress of trying to sell timeshares or cancel timeshares. The professionals at Transfer America will have you enjoying the entire Big Bend Region in Texas before you know it.

Advertisement