A few weeks into 2018 and the weather has been…unpredictable. Example: It snowed and sleeted all over Texas this week. This rarely happens and left many residents baffled on how to combat their suddenly frozen windshields.
Somehow, this is the second time it’s snowed in Texas in the past few months, with rare reports of snowfalls in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. And because it almost never snows or freezing rains in Texas, many locals found themselves without the proper tools to deal with the weather conditions. That meant no snow tires, no snow shovels, and no ice scrapers for their cars.
So how did these Texans remove the ice and snow from their cars before driving to work and school? They got creative, in ways both brilliant and idiotic. Before you ask, yes, some people threw hot water on their frozen windshields and cracked them.
Anyways here are the nine creative ways Texans dealt with the snow and icy conditions.
Brooms
What Texans use as an ice scraper when they definitely don't have one https://t.co/0ABouD3vlg pic.twitter.com/qMMf2DsoZQ
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) January 16, 2018
Kitchen Spatulas
lmaoo my dad didn’t pack his ice scraper when we moved to Texas… peep the spatula pic.twitter.com/hnQVEOveDW
— 🚺🐉 (@rachnochillll) January 16, 2018
— leftyluvs_99 (@leftygurl07) January 16, 2018
…and BBQ spatulas
In Texas, we may not all have ice scrapers, but we sure have BBQ spatulas. Send your winter weather videos and photos here: https://t.co/1pinxadQYi pic.twitter.com/Mzk6OjFOCB
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) January 16, 2018
Gift Cards (featuring JJ Watt!)
.@JJWatt is just like all of us today – we don’t know how to scrape ice off cars. 🚘 Is that a 🔑 chain, JJ? 😂https://t.co/IOfR2Y9SFE pic.twitter.com/7eBV9YjPFq
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) January 16, 2018
Woah woah woah, my parents sent me out to scrape the windshield almost everyday when I was a kid! Anyone from WI is an old pro at this. Just never had to do it without a scraper before, so the bucee’s gift card got called into action today. Not nearly as effective FYI. https://t.co/L02vpvLq7X
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) January 16, 2018
Tamale Spreaders
Okay, this might be the most Texas of all the makeshift ice scrapers we've seen–a tamale spreader! Send us your videos here>>>https://t.co/1pinxadQYi pic.twitter.com/ASaRRHHwwV
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) January 16, 2018
Frisbees
https://twitter.com/LissaGreene13/status/953297342677086208
Sadly, An Entire Bottle Of Tito’s Vodka
This morning I poured an entire bottle of titos vodka on my windshield to unfreeze it 10 minutes before work. It worked like a charm but hurt my heart so much.
— AG (@Da_Real_AG_) January 16, 2018
Coat Hangers
https://twitter.com/Get_a_Cloo/status/952580023088828417
Kayak Paddles
I used a kayak paddle as an ice scraper this morning. If you live in Austin and drive to work. What did you use? If answer is ice scraper, well, good for you.
— Mose Buchele (@MoseBuchele) January 3, 2018
