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Texas Ice Storm


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I woke up this morning to a quarter inch of ice on my car, roof, and of course on the palms.  It's over now.  It never dropped below 30F, it just hovered around 30-32 for 2 days.  2 degrees higher and it would have been all rain.  I spent 15 to 20 minutes banging ice off the cars, and knocking ice off palms.

House and car looking like an ice cube

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Washys looking sad

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queen looking sad

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Jim, thanks for the pics.  Not sure how those palms will look 60 days from now, but if it didn't drop below 30, we might all be pleasantly surpised.  I've never seen S. romanzoffianum coated in freezing rain before!  I hate freezing rain.  Anyway, I'm sure the mature Sabals and Washies will endure this crap, but little guys don't have the girth of their larger neighbors and thus their growing point has less insulation.

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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Yeah, the sabals and washys not a problem, they'll recover fine, almost immediately.  Syagrus, I suspect will recover too with spring weather.  They all look sad now, although the ice is melting.

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At least it's over. I hope our cold is over too.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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