Snow, Ice And Crashes As Even Texas And Louisiana Shiver Under Winter's Worst
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News
The latest — but certainly not the last — brutal blast of winter weather stretched so far south Friday that even Texas and Louisiana got a taste of the pain.
Ice caused traffic accidents all over Houston, and sleet slicked rooftops outside Austin. Freezing rain was reported in Baton Rouge, and snow fell within 150 miles of the Mexican border. Fort Hood was closed to all but essential military personnel.
Alexandria, La., where it snows roughly once every five years, had an inch on the ground for only the 23rd time on record, said Jonathan Erdman, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel.
Elsewhere, it was bitterly cold. Still.
Single-digit temperatures stretched as far south as the Carolinas, and it was 0 degrees as people drove to work in central Kentucky. Burlington, Vt., woke up to 9 below, and Chicago was 11 below. Wind chills in the Great Lakes approached 30 below.
Not only will there be no relief in the days ahead, but it’s going to get worse. Repeated surges of arctic air this weekend and early next week will rival the conditions of the infamous polar vortex of earlier this month, forecasters said.
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