Snowing in Dallas
Not Biking. Snowing.
I’ve lived in Dallas virtually my entire life, and I have never seen anything like this snowstorm we had starting on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. The storm also resulted in the longest electricity outage that I have ever personally suffered: approximately 36 hours. It was awful.
Here are some photos from my yard in the Casa Linda area of E. Dallas:
Note well the 1977 Ford F-100 pickup truck…..and yes, that is in fact a gondola from the old State Fair of Texas ride…….
Cute, huh? I built that fence if I don’t mind saying so…….
Seriously now, ya’ll.
Lovely!
My mid-sized approximately 40 year old hackberry that fell out into my street: good riddance to you Sir! I will replace you with a lovely pecan.
Thank you for your shade, Mr. Tree!
-Hubbard
We had a hackbarry taken out of our back yard last year, and I’m glad we did. It would have fallen on our power lines and the house without a doubt during this storm. We lost half of a beautiful crape myrtle back there anyway.
I lost several significant limbs from my live oaks. We have had several people drop by offering to trim the trees for hefty prices too. If you own a chainsaw and a ladder these are lucrative times in Dallas!
I have too many hackberries, so good riddance. If I had not gone out at dusk on Thursday and dawn on Friday with a long rake and taken a lot of snow and weight off of some of my trees, I would have lost plenty of them.
-Hubbard