For the last several days the local news outlets have been spending the majority of their newscasts talking about the storm forecast for last night and today. The US Weather Service has been warning of a major winter event.
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY
Urgent - Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
413 AM CST Fri Jan 24 2014
, Winter Storm Warning In Effect For Southeast Texas,
A Cold Air Mass Coupled With A Weak Upper Level Disturbance Has
Produced Periods Of Snow North Of A Brenham To Livingston Line.
South Of This Line Periods Of Rain, Freezing Rain And Sleet Were
The Dominant Precipitation Type. The Disturbance Will Exit The
Region This Morning And Precipitation Will Come To An End Between 7 Am And 10 AM. The Winter Storm Warning Could Be Replaced With
A Winter Weather Advisory Later This Morning.
Local TV stations started their morning newscasts an hour early with “Storm Team” reporters out in the predawn darkness desperately trying to find something to talk about. Reporters drove 70 miles north to Huntsville to be able to actually show wind-blown snow flying through the air.
Most local schools are closed today, people are being urged to stay home and enjoy a three-day weekend, and a few high overpasses on freeway interchanges did have to be closed due to icing.
Here at the Boggy Thicket, we have almost an eighth of an inch of ice on the barbeque grill.
Winter storms down here are dangerous. Anyone north of Dallas who saw the local coverage here could hurt themselves laughing.
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