West texas tonight 2/2/11 low is going to be -2f/-19C I doubt if the robustas are going to live through this cold spell. Only 9f/-13C for a high. This is to dam cold, this is a bunch of :pottytrain5:

My neighbors called tonight to tell me that the weather in AZ is way to cold. They said it got down to 13f/-10C and was only 30f/-1C at noon. He said they have never seen it this cold in Feb. The end is ahhh coming. :offtheair:

I hope he's wrong. :confused1:

Oh man, Aaron, me too! 😯
How many years have your neighbors lived there?

Sure hope the next ice age isn't starting at 33 N, Arizona. :blah5:

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_17274935

I hope to find pics later this year and see how the palms look if they are there at all. 🙁

They got snow too, didn't they?
Then there's a good cover on the palms.
Chin up!

Barb

Oh man, Aaron, me too! 😯
How many years have your neighbors lived there?

Sure hope the next ice age isn't starting at 33 N, Arizona. :blah5:

I think they have been in that spot for 15 years or longer, but they have been in the area for a long time. 😀

They got snow too, didn't they?
Then there's a good cover on the palms.
Chin up!

Barb

:occasion5:

Not that it makes us feel any better, but Alaska has records too.
An interesting read:

http://www.sitnews.us/0111News/012711/012711_ak_science.html :verycold:

Yikes.

Aaron holy crap that`s cold for being that far south. I`m with you the W. robustas are likely toast. Older W. filifera might have a chance. Isn`t global warming nice?

John

Aaron holy crap that`s cold for being that far south. I`m with you the W. robustas are likely toast. Older W. filifera might have a chance. Isn`t global warming nice?

John

My place in Arizona had a low last night of 3F/-16C. This is 8 degs colder than the old all time low of 11F/-11C and yesterday they broken a record low also. This made my normaly zone 8b property into a zone 7a. 😡

It will interesting to see what lives and what died. Robustas grow so fast that they will be back in 10-20 years, but the saguaros in the area I am so worried about. What also sucks is they might look ok for years, and then rot later. 🙁 A breif cold spell is one thing, but 2-3 nights and below freezing days cant do any good.
GW is BS!

Absolutely wicked, brutal cold. There will, indeed, be some real damage in many zone-pushing type places where elaborate protection schemes, seen on PN, are less prevalent. Good example, Albuquerque, NM-next two nights will be -22c...-8f!!! :lickice: Many marginal plants will be toast in this once in, perhaps decades, event.

And you were probably wearing shorts yesterday, Duncan!
First chinook of 2011?

Barb

Hi Barb 😀 !

Second Chinook, but I was in Southern California when the first one came. So sad to have missed it 😆 ! I've got some nice palm/yucca pictures from down there. Also, I uncovered my y.rostrata today. I'm very pleased with how it looks. I'll have to get some pictures up when I get a chance. Man, can't believe the cold in the States!

Duncan

Looking forward to seeing your new pics Duncan, and glad to hear your rostrata looks good.

It was probably colder in s.ca than the chinook you missed in Calgary 😐

We have friends in San Diego, who report days are lovely, "but cool at night".
Other friends in Mexico report "man, it's cold".

Barb

Absolutely wicked, brutal cold. There will, indeed, be some real damage in many zone-pushing type places where elaborate protection schemes, seen on PN, are less prevalent. Good example, Albuquerque, NM-next two nights will be -22c...-8f!!! :lickice: Many marginal plants will be toast in this once in, perhaps decades, event.

This is going to give us an idea what can be zone pushed or not. Also will be a good place for very hardy seeds (SE-AZ, NM, West Texas) if anything lives. 😯