Former Rare Staff
For many Texans, finding an ice scraper in this unusually harsh winter has been quite the feat. Clearly, many didn’t think they would need such devices in the southern state.
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This is what we were having to deal with this morning at the @KVUE studios in North Austin. I didn’t think I’d need an ice scraper when I moved to Texas a few years ago! 😜 #KVUE #atxwx #txwx pic.twitter.com/1jcQl4W7xj
— Pattrik Perez (@PattrikPerez) January 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/210Ellis/status/953366625239158787
Good luck finding an ice scraper, I went to 3 stores yesterday and had no luck
— Samantha (@Sampagnemami) January 16, 2018
But winter has come, and people need to use their cars.
This is where the creative solutions kicked in.
Texans have flocked to social media to show off which plastic items they’ve repurposed to get the frost off their vehicles.
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
https://twitter.com/LissaGreene13/status/953297342677086208
https://twitter.com/Get_a_Cloo/status/952580023088828417
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
— leftyluvs_99 (@leftygurl07) January 16, 2018
Impromptu ice scraper failed. RIP @FlyingSaucerATX card. pic.twitter.com/1fUBicGMta
— Andrew Schwab (@andrewlschwab) January 16, 2018
Sitting here watching snaps of ppl in Texas scraping ice off their windshields with a spatula like pic.twitter.com/wOzCXHToQo
— 𝕞𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕪 (@_HotTamale_) January 16, 2018
One driver used handy ingredients around the house to defrost her car.
https://twitter.com/Da_Real_AG_/status/953349371801882624
Even J.J. Watt found himself in a predicament, using what appeared to be a key chain to clear his windshield.
.@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
He later clarified that he used a gift card.
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
No matter how you choose to get ice off of their cars, make sure to avoid this idiotic mistake of dumping hot water on the windshield.
Easier to dump COOL water on the windshield after you've started warming up your vehicle with the window defroster
— Laurie Lichnerowicz (@LaurieLich) January 16, 2018
PSA: to de-ice your car windshield pour COLD water over it
— LeepsTheKeeps 🦋 (@LeeperTheKeeper) January 16, 2018
DONT THROW HOT WATER ON YOUR WINDSHIELD TO GET I️CE OFF IT WILL CRACK !!!
— Unicorn 🦄 (@Ashloooooo) January 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sabrinaaa_18/status/953361585267007488
@JJWatt what about 1/3 cup water to 2/3 cup alcohol in spray bottle as a de-icer ???
— Kyle Lambdin (@kyleRok) January 16, 2018
(H/T Twitter)
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