There’s cold, and then there’s icicles-hanging-from-a-ceiling-fan cold, which is exactly the temperature some unfortunate Texas residents are currently experiencing.
A number of cities across the US have experienced record-low temperatures as a winter storm hit the country this week, resulting in school closures, power cuts and travel cancellations.
Texas is one of the worst-affected states, in part due to the fact such cold weather is so rare. Temperatures in central and southern areas of the state are usually between 20°C (68°F) and 24°C (75°F) in February, but yesterday they dropped to -22°C (-7.6°F).
Such freezing weather can be hard to comprehend, so Texas resident Thomas Black took to Twitter to help give a visual representation of the conditions.
The image, seemingly taken from the hallway of his apartment building in uptown Dallas, showed a ceiling fan with huge icicles hanging from the blades. Along each side of the corridor, more ice could be seen lining the walls.
Alongside the photo, Black wrote, ‘This is how cold it is at my Apartment. As a Texan, yes, I’m certainly not built for this. I don’t even care.’
This is how cold it is at my Apartment.
As a Texan, yes, I'm certainly not built for this. I don't even care. pic.twitter.com/FMt8imglJp
— 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 ☩ (@ThomasBlackGG) February 16, 2021
This is how cold it is at my Apartment.
— 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 ☩ (@ThomasBlackGG) February 16, 2021
As a Texan, yes, I'm certainly not built for this. I don't even care. pic.twitter.com/FMt8imglJp
