Newsweek: Texas so cold that trees are exploding
By CFACT Ed |February 5th, 2022|Climate, Weather|2 Comments
Newsweek reports that an “arctic cold front in north Texas lowered temperatures to a point that caused trees to explode, prompting residents to compare the resulting noises to “gunshots.”
“We listened to them all night. Sounds like gunshots going off,” recounted one resident.
Trees exploding from cold is a not unknown phenomenon. Freezing causes sap to expand beyond the capacity of the bark causing the explosion. Watch this tree explode from cold last year:
Texas experienced drastic cold last year which stressed the power grid leading to deaths. The cold has returned this year.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott prepared for this. Abbott tweeted:
https://www.cfact.org/2022/02/05/newsweek-texas-so-cold-that-trees-are-exploding/
