Sleets in South Texas
Sleeting in San Antonio, Texas is not something really usual. After almost 8-10years (nobody knows when it happened before) it happened this year and i was happy to be able to witness and enjoy this rare climatic condition in San Antonio.
People used to say "If you dont like the climate in Texas, wait for sometime." Meaning within a short period of time the climate will change drastically in Texas. I sometime tend to think that it is very true. Especially, there have been days when I went to office in the morning seeing sunny sky and when I come back for my lunch (yes, we have the liberty to come home for lunch because our office is right across the street) it would be raining heavily and when I return back home in the evening, the roads will be all dried out. So it is no changing and I won't say it is unpredictable as it is predicted properly here. The Meteorology department in US is so good.
This time it is so different because it was sleeting in South Texas. You can see the picture which I took when it was sleeting. This was early in the morning on Tuesday (01-16-2007) around 10:00am (okay 10:00am is not early in the morning. But what to do? Unfortunately I slept off that day and woke up only at that time.) I enjoyed the sleeting a lot as it was so different and I always wanted to see these kind of different climatic conditions. I really wanted to be in Snow. But unfortunately I have never been in a Snowly condition. Hopefully sometime I will get a chance to be in Snow.
This sleeting continued for more than a day and half and halted everything in South Texas. The best part for me was to work from home. In most of the states where there is snow, people have the liberty to work from home during extreme climates. But since San Antonio is by far a normal place, there were hardly any extreme climates. So we do not have the concept of working from home. But not on this particular day. Actually, I was working from home for two days and it was so different to work from home. I could listen to my music loud and clear and was lying on my bed whenever I felt like and what not. It was so different. I am sure it would become boring if I had to do it many days. But just two days in a year wouldn't hurt.
The staircases were covered with ice. Not just that, the pavements, curbs, cars, apartment roofs, trees, leaves and what not. Virtually everything under the sky was covered with ice.
Especially the car was totally covered with sleet and it was a awesome scene to look at. The water droplets that were frozen as they were dropping from the edges of the car was a beauti. Having seen all these from the window, I thought I should go down the stairs and take some pictures. So, when Jinu went to office (poor thing), I went down stairs with him and took some pictures. The one he took me along with my car and Jinu's car is what you are seeing. I took almost hundred snaps and my camera was doing great. Although I have no idea what will happen to my camera lenses. But I thought it is worth taking these snaps as it is a very rare thing not just in South Texas, but I guess it is not so common in any part of United States.
The next picture that you are seeing is a closeup shot of a bunch of leaves covered with ice. I was wondering what would have happened to us if there is no electricity. It would have been worse isn't it? There were few places in South Texas which were not very much developed and those were the places where there was power shutdown and things like that. It would have been really tough for the people in those areas.
After a lot of photographing (without wearing gloves) I went back to my apartment for a little coffee and some snacks. I even made some Bajji that evening to spice up things. It was a great experience for us all who were here to see all these happening right infront of our eyes. I felt sorry for guys who were here few weeks back and left to India. Guys you sure missed a lot.
It was a great deal clearing the ice off of the car and the stair case. We had to spend considerable amount of time. I made a smart decision to leave the car as such till the sun comes out and as I said earlier, I did not have to wait for a long time. The sun was out the very next day and it warmed up the ground a bit. Comeon, afterall this is Texas anyway.
Two days of great climate, two days of work-from-home, lots of photography, lots and lots of sleet and ice filled the mid January 2007 for me. I was so thankful to all these. Being a software professional, anything different from the normal routine is warmly welcomed and always enjoyed by me.
It's been a while since I blogged although now I can spend sometime towards all these as I am not totally occupied with work. Let me see.... :)
People used to say "If you dont like the climate in Texas, wait for sometime." Meaning within a short period of time the climate will change drastically in Texas. I sometime tend to think that it is very true. Especially, there have been days when I went to office in the morning seeing sunny sky and when I come back for my lunch (yes, we have the liberty to come home for lunch because our office is right across the street) it would be raining heavily and when I return back home in the evening, the roads will be all dried out. So it is no changing and I won't say it is unpredictable as it is predicted properly here. The Meteorology department in US is so good.
This time it is so different because it was sleeting in South Texas. You can see the picture which I took when it was sleeting. This was early in the morning on Tuesday (01-16-2007) around 10:00am (okay 10:00am is not early in the morning. But what to do? Unfortunately I slept off that day and woke up only at that time.) I enjoyed the sleeting a lot as it was so different and I always wanted to see these kind of different climatic conditions. I really wanted to be in Snow. But unfortunately I have never been in a Snowly condition. Hopefully sometime I will get a chance to be in Snow.This sleeting continued for more than a day and half and halted everything in South Texas. The best part for me was to work from home. In most of the states where there is snow, people have the liberty to work from home during extreme climates. But since San Antonio is by far a normal place, there were hardly any extreme climates. So we do not have the concept of working from home. But not on this particular day. Actually, I was working from home for two days and it was so different to work from home. I could listen to my music loud and clear and was lying on my bed whenever I felt like and what not. It was so different. I am sure it would become boring if I had to do it many days. But just two days in a year wouldn't hurt.
The staircases were covered with ice. Not just that, the pavements, curbs, cars, apartment roofs, trees, leaves and what not. Virtually everything under the sky was covered with ice.
Especially the car was totally covered with sleet and it was a awesome scene to look at. The water droplets that were frozen as they were dropping from the edges of the car was a beauti. Having seen all these from the window, I thought I should go down the stairs and take some pictures. So, when Jinu went to office (poor thing), I went down stairs with him and took some pictures. The one he took me along with my car and Jinu's car is what you are seeing. I took almost hundred snaps and my camera was doing great. Although I have no idea what will happen to my camera lenses. But I thought it is worth taking these snaps as it is a very rare thing not just in South Texas, but I guess it is not so common in any part of United States.
The next picture that you are seeing is a closeup shot of a bunch of leaves covered with ice. I was wondering what would have happened to us if there is no electricity. It would have been worse isn't it? There were few places in South Texas which were not very much developed and those were the places where there was power shutdown and things like that. It would have been really tough for the people in those areas.After a lot of photographing (without wearing gloves) I went back to my apartment for a little coffee and some snacks. I even made some Bajji that evening to spice up things. It was a great experience for us all who were here to see all these happening right infront of our eyes. I felt sorry for guys who were here few weeks back and left to India. Guys you sure missed a lot.
It was a great deal clearing the ice off of the car and the stair case. We had to spend considerable amount of time. I made a smart decision to leave the car as such till the sun comes out and as I said earlier, I did not have to wait for a long time. The sun was out the very next day and it warmed up the ground a bit. Comeon, afterall this is Texas anyway.
Two days of great climate, two days of work-from-home, lots of photography, lots and lots of sleet and ice filled the mid January 2007 for me. I was so thankful to all these. Being a software professional, anything different from the normal routine is warmly welcomed and always enjoyed by me.
It's been a while since I blogged although now I can spend sometime towards all these as I am not totally occupied with work. Let me see.... :)
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