[VFB] Bad, Bad Weather

[Jimmy D. Moore]

Ice storm last night. All the live oaks are drooping like weeping 
willows.  Power off and on. 27 degrees right now.  More freezing rain 
and much lower temps forcast for this evening. This wouldn't bother most 
of you guys and gals in the frozen north.  You know how to deal with it, 
but most of us down here in Central to Lower Texas, don't have a clue. 
1 inch of snow puts a halt to all traffic.  Schools close. Then there's 
the ice, which is a killer.  We only have an ice storm about every 10 
years, thank the Lord.   However, the sun, what little of it is coming 
through the clouds, has a solar effect on the dark asphalt streets. 
They've all melted, and are dry. Forecast is for more of the same 
through tomorrow, with Snow showers on Wednesday.

The saving grace for us is that this is MLK Day and most businesses and 
all schools, colleges around us are closed.  Can't go fishing, can't 
play golf, so, it looks like TV, reading a Tony Hillerman tribal police 
novel and tying some flies.  Could be worse.

JD