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Lubbock gets snow every winter?!@#?

Sure, maybe a sprinkle or two, and maybe some freezing rain in February, but nothing remotely like Seattle where he's from.

Basically, 2-3 times a year, 5-10 days total of the year there will be some snow/ice on the ground that quickly melts, usually by that afternoon.

Midland/Odessa is abot the same, probably a little warmer and more sheltered from the wind.

Seattle seldom gets snow, and when it does it melts within a day, or two. The only thing I meant about Lubbock and their occasional snow is that they DO get snow which is why my son had an ice scraper in his car (on the dash board, no less, in an unlocked car) which was tempting enough to make some poor Baptist kid in Waco steal it. 'Cause people in Waco don't own ice scrapers! And they needed one for their big snow in 1982!

The main problem in Lubbock that my son encountered was icy roads. He was on the track team and coach used to "pace" them in a jeep and make the distance guys run fartliks (sp?) on an icy hill. That just about did him in. He pulled a muscle and eventually quit the team.