Snow More

Got about five inches of snow in my part of Dallas today. This photo is part of my backyard. I stepped outside my back yard, with my purple flannel jammies on this morning and snapped. A cat thought he wanted to go outside. The thought didn't last long.

Snow. Dallas. It does happen. Just not much. Sure we had that 12 inch snow fall in Feb '11. It was gone in about 3 days. This week of ice and snow has been different. There has been no meltdown. We've been in the teens and 20's since Tuesday. Dallas is not this cold this long. And to top it all off..

The Super Bowl is here. This weather is not suppose to happen. Not for something this big. Last weekend it was 75 degrees all weekend. I got Starbucks frappucinos because it was so warm. Not this go round. Today more sour milk was poured more on the Super Bowl. Six people were injured when melting ice chunks fell from Cowboy Stadium's roof and tore thru a tent being set up for the game. They were workers on the tent. All went to the hospital, one is may be critical.

Tonight a concert starring Prince was on, then off, then on--and off for good. Folks had shown up at the venue not knowing. They paid at least $1500 a ticket for this charity event. The real story from the event planner couldn't fund the event to Prince was a no-show hasn't been said yet.

OK, for as far as my day. My workplace closed the office today due to the weather. I was shocked. With the ice we had earlier this week and the skeleton crew that did show up--the building did not close. This morning, I called our bad weather hot line on a lark. Heck, I was ready to get out of bed. "CLOSED".

Let's just the say my day looked so much better under my quilts and the cats snugged so my circulation was cut off.

Snow. More scheduled for Sunday.

I'm just sure Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboy who paraded and fought for the Super Bowl to come here, wished he could get a do-over...

First Feb Chill

Dallas-Ft Worth had an "Artic Blast" come thru last night. Rain first, then sleet then snow. The city, right now, rivals any sheet of ice anywhere. There are just 60 sand trucks in Dallas to work the ice. In Ft Worth--which is 30 miles to the west, used all theirs and await another shipment. On top of that, this wintry mix shows up during Super Bowl week. Our normal highs are to be 50's-60's.

I did get up to shower and get ready for work. Here in Dallas, every local TV station does extra duty to tell you about the storm and conditions. I could hear 'treacherous' just so many times. They always say to not go if you don't have to. Yea. Yea. Yea. I'm from Iowa. We just GO in snow and ice.

Well, turns out the Dallas-Ft Worth school districts closed. That NEVER happens. Some smaller districts announced closing last night. Then the City of Dallas closed. I looked at the screen more attentive. The shots were of ice covered high ways and byways. My company was open and said just be careful on our way in. I thought of the parking lot. It would be nothing less than an ice rink.

I called my boss at 6:10 AM and left a message. I wouldn't be in by my usual time, however I did plan to go in about noon. I didn't. It wasn't until 12:30 did I see a car even go down my street. As of right now--it's 9:15 PM, schools, included DFW schools are closed for tomorrow.

Am I going in on Wednesday? I plan too. We'll see how the roads are in the morning. The weather people say this is the coldest we've been in 15 years. I got cats and quilts to get me thru!

Yea, I'm from Iowa, but when the temp is below zero windchill, it doesn't matter where you live!

Stay tuned.