I am officially employed by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center http://ttuhsc.edu/. This year, we have had several days of late openings or early closings due to winter weather. Tech has an alert system that delivers this information to your phone, or email. So, when I woke up this morning, planning to take my time to go to work, I checked my phone and found a surprise. Instead of a late start, I learned that TTUHSC was closed in Lubbock. It makes sense. We have officially had 5.4 inches of snow In the last 24 hours. It began last night: driving home from work at 5 PM, the streets were clear, with very limited areas of black ice.
Most of the snow has moved on, but we still have a chance for a light wintry mix overnight and through the weekend. So, I have no plans to go anywhere today. I am hoping things clear up enough over the weekend so I can safely drive to the store to do my regular weekly shopping. My biggest need will be canned cat food. But, no one will starve. I have plenty of other food in the house for the cats, if need be.
But for now, the temperature remains below freezing, and the snow cover persists. Because schools, the county, the universities, and many other places have closed, the traffic is light. Because traffic is light, driving is not clearing the streets. There have been several weather related accidents.
I am using my snow day for various projects. I generally do not like daytime TV, but I will watch some. But mostly, I will do other things.
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