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 |  Subject: LOL, 'Ice Friday' makes for bizarre, frigid images in Texas  Fri Dec 06, 2013 6:24 pm | |
| It has been dubbed "Ice Friday," the result of a frigid bout of weather that hit usually sunny north Texas before moving east.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm and ice warnings for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee. It said the storm was marked by "bitterly cold Arctic air."
  
Snow, sleet and freezing rain will continue throughout Friday across the southern plains and lower Mississippi River Valley before tapering off. From the Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, wintry precipitation is expected into the night and is expected to continue through the weekend across much of the country.
The storm is forecast to reach the East Coast over the weekend, stretching from Atlanta to New York.
In the Dallas-Forth Worth region, the bad weather has prompted flight cancellations, highway closures, power outages, snow days for schools and businesses -- and a whole bunch of freaky photos.
Below are several snapshots of the ice posted on Twitter by Texans unfamiliar with the cold weather:
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- Here in North Texas it's cold! What's the weather like where you are? Go ahead...make me jealous! #wintersstorm #ice pic.twitter.com/SgJrNNrcFY
— Lucky Monkey Books (@LuckyMonkeyBks) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- OMG look how it is outside! It's not snow it's just ice.. Why is Texas so weird ?? pic.twitter.com/V8U4XcWP6F
— BEAU BE MY 2/5 (@Queenouix) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Hey look. Window down. Ice stays. pic.twitter.com/kxk3swzLGV
— Jeff Cavanaugh (@JC1053) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- This HUGE tree was a casualty of overnight ice, on campus at SMU in Dallas pic.twitter.com/viowXZJtF4
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- ice day in texas ¿¿¿¿¿¿ pic.twitter.com/P3ODVe0ljC
— SoMo Seduction (@SoMoSeduction) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Ice storm in Texas! & yes! You could say I'm a photographer¿¿¿¿¿ pic.twitter.com/UubrzrcUY2
— AnneMarie Spiker (@spikeyyyA) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- The whip looking soOo... Icy! #SLEET #ICE #SNOW # DALLAS #TEXAS #DECEMBER #2013 pic.twitter.com/EQuWGuIova
— NIZO [knee-zoe] (@DaBeatRockerz) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- “@NBCDFW: Watch: North Texans having fun in the snow http://t.co/5LUP205ZcM #dfwwx pic.twitter.com/JmBUAruIzl” Is it my turn yet ?! ¿¿¿¿
— M¿.Crayola ¿ (@Th3BuKkak3) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- @DanHenryFox4 @wfaaweather @CBS11Larry Look what I found in my backyard! The end is near! pic.twitter.com/vCSe4HtpdI
— Jamie Kelly (@JamieSportsTalk) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Ice, Ice baby. Tree roping a new sport in Dallas; thousands are down taking the power with it. pic.twitter.com/UTX11f55I7
— Kate Delaney (@realradiotalk) December 6, 2013
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- An uncharacteristic sight in Central Texas: ice on the side view mirror. pic.twitter.com/JajZyzPukv
— Chuck DeVore (@chuckdevore) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Just gonna #chill at the Dallas airport because as you can see it's Ice Force One out there. #frifotos pic.twitter.com/ULhSSn8Onp
— Katie Jackson (@LazyJKatie) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- #Dallas ice, ice baby pic.twitter.com/mkK9q64J9Y
— DJ (@dougie427) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Big ice storm overnight in Dallas. Found these ice-covered branches in our backyard. pic.twitter.com/lklMhaQT3C
— Ray Pritchard (@raypritchard) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- @Dallas_Observer #Icepocalypse forces doggy inmate to play in 1/16 inch deep ice. Absolutely ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/LWDJjgNTzX
— Diane Michelle (@DianeMichelle2L) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Dart Bus stuck on ice outside our building Dallas #icemageddon2 pic.twitter.com/MxVNUUwDPk
— D Lambertz (@dlambertz) December 6, 2013 - Quote :
- Typical Texas kid fascinated by the ice pic.twitter.com/dcvInKlss1
— Baylee Mozjesik (@baykayM) December 6, 2013 http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-ice-friday-winter-storm-20131206,0,1856809.story
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