They’ve been out treating the past week, but it’s never enough. We usually have transitions from rain to sleet to snow, so most pre-treatments get washed away anyway.
People from outside the state have to realize that the DFW metroplex is larger than Chicago and it simply doesn’t make economic sense to maintain hundreds or thousands of trucks and depots for de-icer for the couple of ice events we get yearly. The flip side is, those of us that live here need to chill out a bit and exercise more caution.
I don’t leave the house when it gets icy. I made the mistake a couple times. I used to work for a company housed at Texas Motor Speedway, I live near North Tarrant Parkway. Took 3 hours to get home.
The weather people I follow have been talking icy conditions occurring last night through this morning, not people don’t pay attention.