[luckystarmom]

I grew up in Dallas, and one year in the early 80’s, the temperature did not get above freezing for 3 weeks. White Rock Lake was frozen and people were ice skating on it.

My mom still lives in Dallas, and I don’t think she’s been In a winter as bad as that one.

A couple of years ago they had a bad ice storm and my parents were without electricity for almost a week. We never personally lost electricity when I was growing up. I think that was the worst winter for my parents.

[crusty old prospector]

I remember that cold spell as Lake Lewisville also froze over and people (morons) were driving cars on it. The stock tanks around where I grew up froze over almost every year in the 1970’s and we used to play hockey on them with frozen cow patties and brooms. I was also in the Houston area in 1989 when the all-time record low of 6 degrees occurred. Everyone's cheap water pipes in the attic froze and burst.