Rewind·Posted on Feb 17, 202132 Pictures That Show Just How Freezing Cold It Is In Texas Right NowThis is happening in TEXAS.by by Matt StoperaBuzzFeed Staff, by Dave StoperaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Texas is currently experiencing some of the coldest weather it has seen in decades and the pictures coming out from the state show how bad things are. The state, the people, and the infrastructure just aren't set up for it. 1. The highways are full of snow: TxDOT Austin @TxDOTAustin Don’t walk on the highway. It is too dangerous. Drivers could lose control and hit you. #ATXtraffic #txdotwx 05:16 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @TxDOTAustin 2. Icicles are hanging from ceiling fans: 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 ☩ @ThomasBlackGG 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. 12:48 AM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ThomasBlackGG 3. It's so cold that people's faucets are frozen: michaelbrom @michaelbrom Stay safe y'all Frozen faucet at my rental 😧😬❄️ #drip #frozenpipes #houwx #houstonfreeze #houstonpoweroutage #houstonweather 04:07 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @michaelbrom 4. Pools have literally turned into skating rinks: liberalpropaganda @CRTCHP My sister’s pool in Dallas is completely frozen over! 02:51 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @CRTCHP 5. Hot tubs too: A. Money @amalaz95 Can confirm my hot tub is frozen. 02:23 PM - 15 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @amalaz95 6. People's toilets are freezing: Ms. Young Professional @MsYoungProfess Y’all ever seen frozen toilet water 10:06 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @MsYoungProfess 7. Frozen toilets! molls! DM IF UNF @gldencherry_ hey from me and my LITERAL FROZEN TOILET 07:49 AM - 15 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @gldencherry_ 8. I never thought I'd see the day: Going to the restroom in Texas today. (Real pic from a house in Dallas) from funny 9. Dish soap is freezing: 🪐 val @valsatuo @ThomasBlackGG @_Gabriela_97 My dish soap in the back is frozen solid too... 🙃 do u see how my faucet is literally coming out of place? 03:11 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @valsatuo 10. Olive oil is freezing: Sean Hightower @goodlawyernac The olive oil froze inside my house @ERCOT_ISO. The “temporary controlled rolling” blackout has been 38 hours so far. 08:11 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @goodlawyernac 11. That's a frozen fish tank: 12. And that's a frozen playground: 🌸Beau @PastureSociety @ThomasBlackGG @ULupae Sympathies from Houston. It's terrible here 09:37 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @PastureSociety 13. Dog bowls are freezing too: UnEdumacatedJo @UnedumacatedJo My dog’s water bowl inside my kitchen lit up with a flashlight. No rolling blackouts. Zero electrons since 2am last night, almost 24hrs. Frozen pipes. Houston Texas. Why not in the federal grid? Why so underprepared #ERCOT #texaspoweroutage #TexasFreeze 05:47 AM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @UnedumacatedJo 14. Same with bathtubs used to store water: Brandon Friedman @BFriedmanDC Water stored in the bathtub froze solid last night. That's how it's going in Dallas. 02:53 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @BFriedmanDC 15. This isn't normal! diana✨ @xdianarose please appreciate this photo of my dad standing on top of our frozen pool in dallas, measuring the thickness of the ice with a tape measure 😂 #DallasWeather #dfw 01:36 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @xdianarose 16. It's so cold that laptops are poppin' open: Matthew Williams @WilliamsMS9 This is how cold it is in Texas right now. My laptop split. Can anything be done? @Apple @tim_cook 02:46 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @WilliamsMS9 17. Highways are unusable: Daniel Gotera @DTGoteraKHOU This was Houston, Texas on February 15, 2021. Unreal. 03:45 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @DTGoteraKHOU 18. Water fountains are freezing: Northaven Trail @NorthavenTrail This is the water fountain at Pensive. It appears the misters on the fountain have frozen. @CityOfDallas @DallasParkRec have been notified. Thanks to a few of you for reporting this! 12:46 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @NorthavenTrail 19. Beaches have snow: Kevin Lighty - WCIA 3 Chief Meteorologist @KevinLighty Oh, you know just your normal snow on the beach in Galveston, Texas. 06:56 PM - 15 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @KevinLighty 20. And car washes have turned into modern art pieces: Guess I’ll wait till next week from texas 21. It's not good! ⚖️ 💛I HONOR VETERANS @veterans_i Damn never thought about this. 🤔 Pro tip compliments of my neighbors: if your water is shut off or pipes are frozen, fill your bath tub with snow and use the water for your toilets 🚽 To all my northern friends, don’t judge us. We are learning the hard way 😂 05:59 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @veterans_i 22. I mean, there's ice all over the cacti! 23. People fortunate to have homes in the first place are camping out in their living rooms: Sarah Asch 🦇 @sarahradinasch It is 43 degrees inside my apartment and it’s looking like I might not have power until tomorrow. I’m losing about a degree every hour or two inside. Luckily I have an all-season tent that (kinda) fits in my living room where I plan to sleep so this is where we’re at #TexasFreeze 11:14 PM - 15 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @sarahradinasch 24. This person's hallway is basically a skating rink: 25. Other people are waking up to their pipes bursting: legal tender 💵 @BreeSunshinee_ apartment ceiling caves in due to ice / snow in dallas, texas 03:45 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @BreeSunshinee_ 26. Here's an indoor waterfall caused by a pipe burst in Denton, Texas: Anas Alhajji @anasalhajji Shocking! 😱 Turn up the volume! Pipes busted from freezing. (Denton, Texas) Please, If you are in Texas and you have not done so, let a couple of faucets drip until the freeze is over! #TexasFreeze #Texas #Denton 05:48 AM - 15 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @anasalhajji 27. And here's an outdoor balcony waterfall in Dallas: Clay10® 🔎🏡 @djordxc A Camden Property in the Victory Park/Uptown Dallas area. People aren’t just “crying” about snowfall. Pipes are literally bursting in residential buildings around the metroplex, causing property damage to hundreds of residents! 11:46 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @djordxc 28. The videos are truly surreal: Mr. Wolf @mole_cola Dallas. Texas -- FROZEN 03:55 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @mole_cola 29. But at the end of the day, Texans are doing everything they can. J L P @juanitaproctor What do Texans wait in line to purchase when everything’s frozen over? 09:31 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @juanitaproctor 30. People are helping each other in any way they can. TK JoeCrush @JoeCrush5 I just skid off the road into some icy mud because of the black ice, and in less than a minute, two different trucks stopped and helped me get my car out of the mud. Texans really the best people, I love it here. 11:53 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @JoeCrush5 31. And even if they don't have salt, they have grits. stimptown 😎🏳️🌈💛💚 @stimptown @briangaar In San Antonio here. We had nothing else on hand, so we poured grits on our frozen slippery stairs to get traction. It worked. 😎 03:45 AM - 15 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @stimptown 32. Stay safe out there!