If you had heard the Houston news on Thursday night, you might have had the urge to go to the store and stock up on everything. I confess I wondered if anything would even be left on the shelf. You would have been advised to cover your pipes and plants, bring your pets in, and get ready for a blast of winter weather. Some schools even cancelled school on Thursday night based on the predictions.
Now growing up in the Panhandle, I do remember snow days, breaking ice for animals, and sledding on icy streets behind my Dad's pickup. I don't remember ever covering up the pipes, and it seemed the animals survived the cold. It had to be a pretty major snow for school to be called off.
Well, we did have snow. It actually snowed and sleeted in Magnolia for most of the school day. students were excited, and teachers took them outside to play, despite the cold. After all, many of them had never seen snow. We saw pictures on the news and online of places farther south where the snow actually began accumulating. We, however, never saw even a dusting of white. It melted just as quickly as it fell. And that is the story of the Great Snowstorm of 2009.
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