On February 1, 2023, the city of Austin was hit again with a powerful ice storm. It was not as severe as the February 2021 Snowmaggedon, but the ice accumulation caused significant damage throughout the city. In our old home, we had several tree branches break, but no other damage occurred to us. These are three photos I captured during that day. What is worth noting here is that I did not perform any editing on these color photos except for noise removal and some sharpening. The colorless images are natural monochromes.
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Leanne Cole
They look amazing Egidio, I only found out what an ice storm was about 10 years ago. We don’t get them.
Egidio Leitao
It’s more common in central Texas than we care for. The Austin area does not get much snow, but we do get a lot of freezing rain and occasional ice. Thanks for your feedback.
Rebecca Cuningham
Great captures. Very beautiful. Austin is lovely and treacherous during an ice storm. I remember the many car pile ups that happened each icy day.
Egidio Leitao
Thanks, Rebecca. That continues every time there’s ice on the streets. Texans normally do not know how to drive in those conditions.
Rebecca Cuningham
I would forget that when we lived there. Evan would recommend I not drive even though I grew up with winter conditions, because the Texans would drive too fast and skid into ditches and each other.
Amy
These winter colorless image are stunning!! I heard about the hale in Austin. Hope your area was okay.
Egidio Leitao
Thanks so much, Amy. We’ve been having some severe weather the last couple of months. Here at the house, we had one instance of golf-sized hail, but, luckily, no damage. In central Austin, a couple of weeks ago, there was much bigger hail and damage.
Anne Sandler
Great captures Egidio!
Egidio Leitao
Thank you, Anne.
margaret21
Marvellous. Very atmospheric shots.
Egidio Leitao
Thanks, Margaret.
Toonsarah
Beautiful icicles – not something you see to often in Texas I suspect?
Egidio Leitao
Sarah, it seldom gets that bad. Luckily, that year was the last bad winter weather we had. It’s gotten to freezing temps and icy roads, but mostly overnight only. Thanks.