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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy
In Houston yesterday, the weather was supposed to be really bad. They advised everybody to stay home saying the rain and freezing conditions would create ice on the roads. Most people headed the warnings. A lot of businesses were closed. Classes were cancelled at all school districts in the area. I went to my bank yesterday and they were even closed.
I braved the treacherous conditions and headed into work. These pictures taken outside my parking garage at work and show the extent of the icy conditions...
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Boy, I thought the people in Washington, D.C. were 'Weather Pussies' (my own expression). It looks like Houston and Atlanta have supplanted the people here in that category.
What a difference from Massachusetts. We would go to work even if snow was predicted. You would come out after work and find 6-7 inches of snow on your car. You would clean it off, get moving and still make it home in a reasonable amount of time. At one point I was commuting 53 miles each way and we would have decent snow storms and it would only take 2 hours instead of the normal 1 hour to get home. You would get out on the highway and everyone would be moving along at a steady pace and get where they were going. Very few knuckleheads who thought four wheel drive was four wheel stop.