17 inches of snow for Amarillo; 1,600 without power

[LeftInTX]

Posted: February 25, 2013 - 7:05pm | Updated: February 26, 2013 - 12:21am

By MOLLIE BRYANT AND MATTHEW HUTCHISON
AMARILLO GLOBE-NEWS

A historic blizzard on pace to become the second-snowiest event recorded in Amarillo made travel nearly impossible Monday and left some motorists stranded as emergency crews struggle to reach them, the National Weather Service in Amarillo said.

Wind gusts have averaged between 50 and 60 mph, with hurricane-force gusts of 75 mph recorded at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, the weather service said.

Conditions won’t improve until the storm passes, and the weather service has extended a blizzard warning until 3 a.m. today.

The weather service said a Feb. 25 record of 17 inches of snow has blanketed Amarillo, breaking the previous record of 10 inches recorded in 1903.

http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2013-02-25/17-inches-snow-amarillo-1600-without-power

[seabeyond]

1. Yes. I am doing du on this little stupid ass phone

Hard as hell. But we sure did have a lot of fun with the blizzard. Kids out of school today. Hubby couldn't go to work. Love it. We have our electricity we don't have Internet. Internet is down throughout most of the town. They were expecting a little snow. I didn't even go to the grocery store. We are out of food. Okay not really

[susanr516]

3. Stay warm!

I couldn't believe how bad it got there yesterday. It was so much worse than predicted. I'm in Corpus Christi, lots of wind yesterday, but nothing like it was further north. I think our top wind speed was only 63 mph. Enjoy your "snow day!"

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Wow!

Tell me again - what is this thing people deny called climate change?

Oh yeah and - just Wow! Not what you would expect to read/see for that city.

[frylock]

4. what global climate change derpa derpa derp?!