Heat Miser wrote: Anyone wanting another 83 event around here probably wasn't around to witness the extreme devastation that event caused. Not only to homes, but to the marine life in and around the Texas coast for many years after. It's interesting and different, but believe me we don't want another 83.
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Indeed - I was in Tampa in '83 and Dallas in '89. In '89, my grandparents (who lived here in Spring) spent the holidays with us. When they got home, their house was flooded from busted pipes.
Both freezes devastated the citrus crop. In the valley, it killed the fan palms that lined the streets all around the RGV. It had a nickname - something like "valley of the stumps." (there is an old article I need to dig-up and post on this). The photos were pretty sad to see.
Anyway, it changed the landscape in South Texas and Florida for decades. Only just now, we are getting mature fan palms and queen palms around Houston again. I would sure hate to see them get knocked out again. Last year's 19F (at my house) was pretty rough on the queen palms up here, about a 5-10% loss, the worst loss since I moved here in 2005. That was bad enough for me.