I was surprised to hear that they had ice down in Texas. My next thought was they are not familiar with it so it's not surprising something like this happened.
I hear that so often from people who live in areas prone to ice and snow. Every now and then, one of them gets caught in an ice storm down here and they change their tune to "you can't drive on that stuff."
Black ice is black ice. You never see it but it gets you just the same.
People scoff at DFW for closing down with 2 inches of snow. Most of the time it's ice accumulation, not snow. That's impassable. With rare exception it's gone in one or two days so it's cheaper and easier to just shut down.
We're due to get 3-8 inches of snow (depending on which forecast you watch) Sunday and Monday, Temps in the single digits. We'll see how it shakes out.
