Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - About to get cold in East Texas

People in Texas are getting ready for some cold weather on Monday.

This kinda cold is very rare out here.

Sorry guys, I'm gonna have to go with the dark side guys north of the red river. Last summer beat me down with multiple triple digit heat days in the teens. Our heat pumps struggled to keep the house comfortable, bedtime temps near 90 for weeks, our chickens quit laying, the goats really struggled with the unmanageable heat, and I saw more guys bailing hay after dark then ever before. We're comfortable with these low temps after negative temps hit on Feb 19 2021, and we've got plenty of propane for the house, nonfreeze faucets for the critters, and split wood for the shop, to keep things warm. We "should" be able to skate through the next few days.


February 19, 2021.
8" of ice, and the first and only time I'll walk out on the pond.

-9 with -32 windchills here this morning, reasonably chilly, did go down to the farm yest to throw out a little corn for the turkeys, and was surprised to see the pond mostly open water still, just iced in in the coves and low wind areas, water almost white capping from the northwest wind so it might not freeze too fast that way. several trumpeter swans swimming around dipping their heads in the water and preening their feathers like it was 80 degrees.

In South Texas we are looking at the low 20s. It's been 4 years since my water has gotten cold enough to kill my TP. I caught one over 4 lbs last weekend. I hope it gets cold enough to get rid of them. I would love to get back to the 5 minuets my pond is not overpopulated.

Scott, when we left Nate's place, I gifted TJ and Tony my ice rods because I thought I'd never use them again. Who would have thunk it?

Wind is icy and in a hurry

11 here but was colder earlier. One of you guys up North need to come and get your weather back where it belongs

Dave, I want it back, it would warm things up a lot. We were -14.2°F on the thermometer this morning right before sunup, sitting at -8°F now. The only savings grace is that the wind died down to around 5 mph, or we'd all be froze. I have to get my warm clothes on and go check on the fish. I received a notice from the utility company that the power went out an hour ago and just came back on. If the plumbing shoving well water to the fish broke or froze, then they are all dead - I ain't going to mess with liquid water in these temps.

The snow drifts are packed so hard that the dogs can run across the tops of them and not break through the surface.

My wife does silly stuff like open the cabinets around water pipes, leave faucets dripping, etc. I keep telling her the problem would be solved if we just measured winter temperatures in Fahrenheit, then use Celsius during the summer. Great savings on electricity! But does she listen???