Actually, was referring to something somewhat... louder. And a lot less civilized. Well, if you don't know what it was, I guess you fail at geography in Europe, then.
Dunno, seems to me that riots might be newsworthy.
Unless riots have become so common in Europe that they're not newsworthy any more.
The difference between the Dallas area and the Houston area is the ice didn't arrive until last night/today (it was fine on my trip home last night, around 8PM). We had temperatures below freezing for much of the day earlier in the week, but it was dry. A cold, dry road isn't a problem. It's when the road is not only cold, but with a layer of ice, that it becomes a problem, and Houston hasn't had that. We've just had the one day of ice, and it's supposed to warm up again tomorrow. This "one day of ice" is something that may not be experienced every year, but a year with ice certainly isn't uncommon. I haven't commented on the DFW area, just the Houston area. The title of this thread does directly reference Houston, after all.What Chaos is saying I think is that these ice storms are rarely to the caliber of the one that we are currently seeing. I cannot attest the situation in Houston, but having lived in Texas all 17 years of my life, and my mother having lived in Texas all her life as well, neither of us have seen a freeze of this magnitude or length, at least in the metroplex area.
The difference between the Dallas area and the Houston area is the ice didn't arrive until last night/today (it was fine on my trip home last night, around 8PM). We had temperatures below freezing for much of the day earlier in the week, but it was dry. A cold, dry road isn't a problem. It's when the road is not only cold, but with a layer of ice, that it becomes a problem, and Houston hasn't had that. We've just had the one day of ice, and it's supposed to warm up again tomorrow. This "one day of ice" is something that may not be experienced every year, but a year with ice certainly isn't uncommon. I haven't commented on the DFW area, just the Houston area. The title of this thread does directly reference Houston, after all.
Um, wut? I wasn't trying to accuse you of anything. I was just providing information for people who may not know.
Ha! One of my friends who moved from here to California mentioned this as a problem where she lives, too.Try living in Arizona where driving in rain is a very rare thing.
Ha! One of my friends who moved from here to California mentioned this as a problem where she lives, too.
Even wikipedia knows snow or ice events in Houston in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. It's no Canada, but no "doesn't happen" either. You always tell me how bad my knowledge of the US / Texas / geography / whatever is, yet you as a local appear to know even less about your own beloved state of Texas
I'm pretty "bleh" about the whole "California suxxors" thing, but Californian drivers do not know what rain is.
As soon as they see drops on the windshield, they slow to about 2/3 of the speed limit (most traffic is doing five to ten over). That's not really a problem - our roads see water so infrequently that it kinda makes them a bit slick when it does rain.
So over a 17 year period wikipedia told you we have 8 snow or ice events here in Houston. Thanks for proving how uncommon it is.
interchanging flying bridges that can ice up ABOVE 32 degrees due to the mysterious properties of bridges)