A Weather Update

NEARLY ALL OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE LAYER OF ICE FROM EARLIER FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN IS STILL UNDERNEATH THE SNOW. MOST ROADWAYS ARE STILL ICED OVER AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ABOVE FREEZING BY 11 AM TO NOON ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KERRVILLE TO SAN MARCOS TO LA GRANGE. AREAS NORTH OF THIS LINE WILL BE SLOWER TO WARM...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON TO 1 PM. THE ICY ROADWAYS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. DO NOT DRIVE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

If the cities in the above weather update sound unfamiliar, they should.  The update is not for our area, but for Travis County, Texas.  That's right folks, Texas.

My son called this morning from Austin to say that while he might make it out of Austin this morning, it is not likely he would get out of Dallas, so the airline said they would rebook him for next weekend.  Another visit home bites the dust for now.  While we were on the phone, his employer called to say that all of their local buildings were closed for the day.  

Several years ago when I was visiting San Antonio, they had an ice storm.  Everything closed including the roads.  This morning on The Weather Channel, they showed a lone police car patrolling the closed freeways there. 

The next time I visited the City the temps were above 100 degrees every day.  A bar of soap and I could have showered outside.

Maybe we can't fool Mother Nature, but she sure is playing some nasty pranks on all of us.  Maybe she didn't like what those global warming forecasters were saying either.