It snowed!

[Alram]

All of my patients canceled and I didn't have to go to work; that was nice.

Back in December I got 5 feet of snow in a 3-day span and I never missed a day of work. I don't know whether to salute you or give you the finger.

The snow itself is not a problem down here. As you can see from the photos it is certainly not deep. But on the roads it turns into ice, and makes driving hazardous. Nobody here has snow tires or chains. And I live and work out in the country where there is no subway system or such; everyone goes everywhere by car. Put all those factors together, and everyone stays home.

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I forgot to add that there are also many official road closures. Here is are excerpts from a news article about it.

Snow causes various closures, issues
Section of Interstate 35 closed


AUSTIN (KXAN) - It started with sleet and turned into snow, and now crews have closed Interstate 35 from San Marcos to San Antonio as of 3:30 a.m. Friday.

Closed or impassable roads in San Marcos area

* RR12 to Wimberley from city limits of San marcos is slow
* Southbound I-35 is slow at MM 204
* Most roads west of I-35 in San Marcos difficult to travel

I-35 in both directions from Austin to San Marcos has reopened, but there are numerous accidents in the horribly icy conditions. I-35 in both directions south of New Braunfels to Loop 1604 -- which wraps around San Antonio -- is still closed, but officials said they are in the process of getting some lanes reopened.
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The snowy conditions have caused accidents in the area that killed two people.

Drivers reported Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard being extremely slick, even though crews have treated the road.

A Mustang and a pickup truck were artfully trying to get themselves out of a stall on the onramp at MLK and I-35 northbound. The pickup truck driver tried pouring his morning drink to melt the snow around the mustang and even tried to pile snow underneath the car tire and cut some grass from the side of the road to try to use that as traction.

A Highway Emergency Response Operation officials and police finally arrived to guide both of the vehicles out of the snag, finally pushing the front car, the Mustang, with the police vehicle to pull him out of the icy mess after the it's tires couldn't gain any traction and kept spinning.

More than 100 traffic accidents were reported in Hays County overnight.

full story here