It is snowing in Houston.

[TheBYUGuy]

I worked from home this morning. By noon, my company (along with several other companies) were sending their employees home. I don't have a problem driving in the snow, but there is no way I'll be on the same road in the ice/snow as the people around here. People were asking me the other day how to drive in the snow. I basically told them, "Stay home so you don't hurt the people who do know how to drive in it."

In the afternoon, we had a couple of inches on the grass, so I went out with Junior and we built a mini snowman (OK, really more of a slushman, but still...). Then we had a snowball fight. Great fun.

I think it's awesome that we've had snow (especially some that actually sticks) in consecutive years. If this is man-made global warming, I hope everyone starts driving a lot more. We need more hydrocarbons, people!

[Pheidippides]

I worked from home this morning. By noon, my company (along with several other companies) were sending their employees home. I don't have a problem driving in the snow, but there is no way I'll be on the same road in the ice/snow as the people around here. People were asking me the other day how to drive in the snow. I basically told them, "Stay home so you don't hurt the people who do know how to drive in it."

In the afternoon, we had a couple of inches on the grass, so I went out with Junior and we built a mini snowman (OK, really more of a slushman, but still...). Then we had a snowball fight. Great fun.

I think it's awesome that we've had snow (especially some that actually sticks) in consecutive years. If this is man-made global warming, I hope everyone starts driving a lot more. We need more hydrocarbons, people!

I swear my firm is the only one that didn't send everybody home today. I didn't mind at all - I had a ton of stuff to do, plus a holiday party anyway - but the tunnels were deserted.

For those of you in cold-weather locations, this would seriously be a major non-event. Nothing even stuck downtown (although I have an inch at my house), and the roads look just fine.

[TheBYUGuy]

For those of you in cold-weather locations, this would seriously be a major non-event. Nothing even stuck downtown (although I have an inch at my house), and the roads look just fine.

I basically agree with this, but don't you dare think I'm not going to jump at the chance to stay home when my boss tells me to stay safe at all costs.

[Moliere]

I basically agree with this, but don't you dare think I'm not going to jump at the chance to stay home when my boss tells me to stay safe at all costs.

Exact same thing happened to me. Yesterday I had a conversation with my boss that went like this:

Boss: What are your plans tomorrow?

Me: I was going to wake up and come into work.

Boss: It's supposed to snow and get real nasty. You might consider taking stuff home tonight in case you want to work from home.

Me: We'll see

Needless to say I took advantage and packed up my things and worked from home today.

Before anyone plows into Houstonians for not driving/working when it's below freezing, keep in mind that not only do we not have the infrastructure (plows, ice, sand, etc.) to handle ice on roads but we also have many, many, many overpasses and bridges (mainly over bayous and canals) that freeze quickly. Shutting down the city for a couple hours or half a day actually makes sense.