BA is leaving out the two scourges of Texas Winter. The first is the ice storm. Temperature is high enough that you get rain instead of snow, but low enough that it is freezing. Temperature starts dropping as rain falls. Rain turns to sleet and freezes where it hits the ground. In the worst case scenario, you end up with everything coated in a light layer of ice. EVERYTHING. Roads, houses, trees, cars, garbage cans... everything. Temperature floats around the high 20s for a few days, and everyone forgets how to drive.
That last bit is true of any change in Texas. Heavy rain? Flooding, houses get damaged, a few people drown, and everyone forgets how to drive. Hurricane? Flooding on the coastline, power outages, the National Guard gets called in, heavy rains, and everyone forgets how to drive. Tornado? High winds, high possibility of localized property damage, hail storms, and everyone forgets how to drive.
The second scourge is, believe it or not, grass fires. Some years, Texas is so dry that we have had grass fires in the winter. Property damage, closed roads, a few deaths, and everyone forgets... well you get the idea.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
That last bit is true of any change in Texas. Heavy rain? Flooding, houses get damaged, a few people drown, and everyone forgets how to drive. Hurricane? Flooding on the coastline, power outages, the National Guard gets called in, heavy rains, and everyone forgets how to drive. Tornado? High winds, high possibility of localized property damage, hail storms, and everyone forgets how to drive.
The second scourge is, believe it or not, grass fires. Some years, Texas is so dry that we have had grass fires in the winter. Property damage, closed roads, a few deaths, and everyone forgets... well you get the idea.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."