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Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed
It seems that Dallas has had a lot more snow/ice lately. My ex and family is from there, and I don't ever remember their winters being as harsh as lately.
Our local news station is in Dallas for the Super Bowl...we are hosting it next year, so there are groups of people from Indy down there observing. The newscaster has been reporting your weather and mentioned the troubles they are having on the roads. He said one of the problems clearing your roads is the road crews were using 90% sand to 10% salt mixture, and didn't start coating the roads until after the ice had started to come down. Our crews start coating the roads with salt hours before it starts and continue thru the storm. On a good note, you all will be at 60 degrees this weekend, and we will still be freezing and coated in ice. 
Indy was lucky, we have about 5 inches of sleet...and then about an inch or so of ice. They are glad that it was mostly sleet as the it saved us from losing more power. I have friends without power today, but it is not as wide spread as they first thought it would be.. for that I am thankful. |
You are correct, I believe we have had a record ice and snow this winter, I do hope everything thaws out before the weekend, but it has been a nice break.