Yesterday it snowed in Houston! As a former "Michigander", I found the response to this strange,cold, white stuff very puzzling. For me, it was wonderful, almost magical! For most Houstonians, however, it seemed to create high levels of anxiety...except for the children and the young-at-heart. Children took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience by having snowball fights and building snowmen. So what if the snowman was only 12 inches tall...it was a SNOWMAN!!!!...in HOSTON!!!!
I found it remarkable that one or two inches of snow brought this city to its knees! Schools were closed, government offices closed, stores closed early...I was one of the few that ventured out after 6 pm and found the mall to look more like a ghost town.
I found all of this strange, until I started hearing some of the facts. In the past 15 years, it has only snowed 4 times! The city does not own any snow plows for the streets. The last time it snowed as much as it did yesterday was in 1973.
Another Houston blogger wrote, "It has only snowed on 39 days in the last 113 years in Houston, the largest of which occurred in 1895 with a record 20 inches! Counting those 20 inches there has been less than 50 inches (my math says 44.5) to ever touch the ground in Houston!!"
Today, the snow will exist only in our memories. The forecast says we will be back up to 58 this afternoon...well, it was fun while it lasted!!!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
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WOW what a storm.I wish the temp would turn to 58 here.We would be shocked and Mich could continue to be upper Florida but since it wont happen we'll let Texas enjoys its day of fame.Enjoy the sun and the 58 degrees while we suffer in the deep freeze
Henry
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