somewhere....probably up north 

Yipee! 

It sure is....brrrrrrr. 

yep watching the cameras from the warmth of my cozy chair! Hope everyone on the streets make it to their destinations tonight.

Stay home if you can! Husband is waking up earlier to make sure the bridges getting out of here will be safe. They will deice the major roads but I can guarantee you they will NOT deice the WLH bridge or the 2 on northpark.

Black ice you can't see.. looks like a wet roadway. Please be careful everyone. 

A lifelong resident of Houston is the authority on snow and winter weather. Amazing. 

Black ice you can't see.. looks like a wet roadway. Please be careful everyone.


Yep, the black ice is what is very dangerous. I am hoping they call off school. I know I would not want my child on a school bus tomorrow morning. 

Having been raised in Northern Minnesota this weather is nothing. At least we learned to drive sensibly on ice and snow....not like some Houstonians. 

Having been raised in Northern Minnesota this weather is nothing. At least we learned to drive sensibly on ice and snow....not like some Houstonians.

Amen to that. This is a mild winter day to many. 

They will deice the major roads but I can guarantee you they will NOT deice the WLH bridge or the 2 on northpark.

Black ice you can't see.. looks like a wet roadway. Please be careful everyone. 



Hubby says this is exactly right! Seems you can be a lifelong resident of Houston and still know this! Honestly people, you don't have to live in every state to know about bad weather. Are you really that dense? 

I'm pretty sure people from Houston, will know less about driving in snow and on black ice, than someone who actually lived in a state with real winter who experienced it regularly.

Just sayin'....

How do they "deice" the roads here, Angie? 

Another Minnesotan here but I still don't want to test my driving on slick roads. Saw two cars in the ditch before 5:30 tonight...separate incidents and it wasn't even freezing yet. Hope peeps slow down. Be careful KU'ers. 

You can "know" all about how to drive in the snow and ice by reading about it online and spouting it off on a message board. But, until you have actually done it, you know nothing. 

This is nothing. I can't believe they're closing schools and so many are freaking out. 

How do they "deice" the roads here, Angie? 

lulz 

I'm pretty sure people from Houston, will know less about driving in snow and on black ice, than someone who actually lived in a state with real winter who experienced it regularly.



Not necessarily, different people have different life experience. Hubby was a long haul truck driver and had to drive in all types of weather, in almost every state, still lived here the whole time.

Being a lifelong Houston resident has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not you know about driving in bad conditions. 

Not necessarily, different people have different life experience. Hubby was a long haul truck driver and had to drive in all types of weather, in almost every state, still lived here the whole time.

Being a lifelong Houston resident has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not you know about driving in bad conditions.



OH YES It DOES.Houston is a mild winter location, trust me on that. And your idea here of rough weather is a cake walk to folks living north and east! 

Not necessarily, different people have different life experience. Hubby was a long haul truck driver and had to drive in all types of weather, in almost every state, still lived here the whole time.

Being a lifelong Houston resident has no bearing whatsoever on whether or not you know about driving in bad conditions. 


Of course it does because the majority are not truckers thus not experienced in it. Period.

That's why there are so many accidents already before it's even gotten icy.

You can talk all you want about black ice but there's been none out there simply because it's not freezing yet. Simple science, people. 

Hubby was a long haul truck driver and had to drive in all types of weather, in almost every state,


yep being a daughter of a trucker and then becoming a trucking manager for 16 years yes you learn. You have to know what to do and what to tell your drivers. Plus most our family lives up north and on vacations to see them we drive we dont fly. I have driven through several blizzards through colorado and tennessee.

Just because I am a Houstonian doesn't mean I never leave the city. 

In 2009 with the ice and snow they didn't deice the wlh bridge and most of us got stuck in kingwood. I just wanted to know if they sanded or put the deice agent on it today before the rain? 

In 2009 with the ice and snow they didn't deice the wlh bridge and most of us got stuck in kingwood. I just wanted to know if they sanded or put the deice agent on it today before the rain? 



Shut up Angie! You couldn't possibly know anything about it since you have always lived here! lol 

very true- special tires, different products to treat icy roads, and other drivers who have no clue on how to drive, even in the rain- losing control of your car on an icy road is terrifying- 

I just wanted to know if they sanded or put the deice agent on it today before the rain? 


No. The City of Houston is counting on your husband to do it in the morning. 

Shut up Angie! You couldn't possibly know anything about it since you have always lived here! lol 


ahh dern guess i will just go back to being an almost 50 year old hermit that never leaves the safety of the internet! 

I can't think of a single road in Houston that would qualify for sanding or salting. There's nothing steep enough here for it. You don't put sand or salt on every single road surface - too many roads. You just put them on steep hills or sharp turns. Maaaaybe a couple of Beltway 8 flyover ramps would qualify. Maybe.

But, do go on and tell me how living in Houston your whole life proves me wrong. 

oh wait what about the ship channel bridge? Or the beltway bridge over 59??? Wow guess those aren't tall enough? 

or what about 225 which is nothing but an elevated freeway? hmmm Fred hartman bridge in Baytown? Or the causeway bridge into Galveston? Or 59 which is more that 60% elevated.

Guess our mayor just wasted tax money putting the deicing trucks out all day yesterday then? 

wait I forgot about 45 downtown, which is nothing but a huge bridge 

Why is everyone so rude to you for Angiekaye.....cause you actually have a lot of knowledge? hahah people can not just be nice lol so funny. 

its not just climbing or descending where ice plays a dangerous role. DUH! you can be on a total flat road and still spin out of control. 

Why is everyone so rude to you for Angiekaye.....cause you actually have a lot of knowledge? hahah people can not just be nice lol so funny. 


thats the question of the year:) 

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! THE ROADS ARE ICY!!!!!!!! 

A road being elevated or being a bridge is not necessarily dangerous in icy road conditions. It's being steep and/or curvy. And by steep I don't mean a 15 foot rise above elevation. The dangerous roads are the roads that would cause a car to spin out even if going 10 or 15 mph, or to go off the road even if driven in a safe and prudent manner.

But I guess a flat, straight road is dangerous if icy when you are going 85 mph, so that would qualify any stretch of Houston freeway when native Houstonians drive in icy weather.

Ok, yeah maybe the ship channel bridge would qualify. I forgot about that one since I don't go that way often.

But little bridges over greenbelts in Kingwood are not inherently dangerous in icy conditions, as long as the drivers are driving prudently for the given conditions. 

I'm at our place in Galveston right now, and it is snowing! It's tripping the dog out! 

oh, come on- it isn't snowing in Galveston- you're messin' with us- 

acid is illegal 

It could be....… 

but it prolly isn't....LMAO!! 

ts not just climbing or descending where ice plays a dangerous role. DUH! you can be on a total flat road and still spin out of control. 


Yeah, if you're a Texan clueless about how to drive with some flurries and a freeze. 

Yeah, if you're a Texan


So your are saying all of Texas? What about Abilene or Lubbock where they get snow every year? Or El Paso where it snows in the mountains? hmmmmm ok guess all Texans are idiots. ya'll get funnier by the minute.

The problem here is that no one cares to slow down. Be they native Texans or Northerners. 

And last I checked Discount Tire doesn't sell many snow tires down here!