revdrtom

I don't know if hell froze over, too, but it just started snowing in Austin, Texas -- the lightest flakes you've probably ever seen ... as if someone threw some speckles of dust from above, and they're floating down, dancing to the gusts of wind.

Austin never gets snow ... well, rarely. So this is quite a surprise. If the intensity picks up, I imagine the city will declare a state of emergency and shut down. We don't do cold very well down here. A couple of years ago, we had an ice storm of sorts, and it took three days before the university re-opened.

Since I'm originally from the north, I enjoy watching the locals' reaction to such weather, which northerners likely wouldn't blink an eye at. When the weather drops into the 50s here, people break out the scarves, sweatshirts, and jackets. The first weekend I was in Austin ... going back a ways ... temps had dropped to the mid-60s (after several weeks of 80- and 90-degree weather), and a friend of mine had to call AAA for a battery charge. (He had an old battery.) When the tow-truck driver arrived, he attributed the battery's failure to "the cold spell."

Anyway, I'd better start searching for my sled. Enjoy the weekend, everyone.