Snow day!

North Texas is covered in snow today.  When I was in college, people from anywhere other than Texas would always laugh when it snowed because not only were classes canceled, the entire city closed down.  They always said it was because Texans didn't know how to drive in the snow.  What they never seemed to understand was that most Texas cities were simply not equipped to deal with the snow.  There are no snow plows here, and I heard somewhere that there is one salt truck for the entire DFW metroplex (I have no idea if this is accurate).  What that means is if it does snow, we have no way of preparing for it or getting rid of it.  Now why wouldn't a city have snow equipment available?  Because it snows once a year (maybe).  I think the taxpayers would be pretty upset if the city spent a ton of money on snow removal equipment for one inch of snow a year.  So that means we stay home where it's nice and warm and wait for it to warm up outside.  Things should be back to normal tomorrow.