Reply #23: Every time we get ice in Central Texas

[Longhorn]

everything shuts down, of course, but there are always people who have moved here from northern locales who laugh at us and tell us we don't know how to drive, we're overreacting, etc. My view has always been that ice is ice, no matter where it occurs and no matter how experienced you are with it. It brings down trees and branches, which bring down power lines. It coats the roads and bridges and sidewalks. Since it doesn't happen here that often, we don't spend a lot of tax dollars on sand trucks and "ice melt," whatever that is! ;)

So while I regret that people have died in this storm and others are stranded and cold, it's a reminder that ice storms affect the inhabitants wherever they occur!

Stay warm and safe! :hi: