Weather

Winter Storm Warning continues…we’re hearing reports of a number of vehicles across East Texas that are sliding off streets and highways…BE CAREFUL!!

Here’s the latest list we have on closures and delayed starts. 

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Due to freezing temperatures and rain, there's a sheet of ice on many roads, streets, bridges and overpasses in and around Lufkin and Nacogdoches, a number of schools and other agencies are closed today.  If there is any good news in this, it's that there probably won't be any rolling power blackouts today. ERCOT - the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas - is, however, urging people to set their thermostats as low as they can to conserve power.

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A second day of controlled blackouts may not be necessary, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said early Thursday because “immediate concerns for the possibility of rotating outages this morning are reduced

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Winter advisory warning for East Texas:

Bitter cold temperatures plunged into Texas and the Deep South on Thursday as a massive winter storm exited the United States for the Canadian Maritimes.

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It's reported that the world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, did NOT see his shadow when he was dragged out of his hole this morning in that small Pennsylvania town. Legend says that means we're going to have an early spring.

Have you ever wondered why Americans make such a big deal out of Groundhog Day?  Where did that come from?

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If the snow is expected to continue heading towards Dallas, there may not be a Super Bowl on Sunday; at least, not in Dallas.

CNN reports the latest information about the snowstorm hitting more than 30 states today.

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New Yorker Peter Helfer had more than the usual winter woes when the combination of a leaking water pipe and frigid temperatures left his vehicle encased in a frozen block of ice.

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This is when I truly appreciate living in Texas, and not on the East Coast...

A quick-hitting storm is supposed to be hitting the East Coast and parts of the South such as Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi on Wednesday. Perhaps this will be a repeat of what the Northeastern part of the U.S. received in late December/early January?

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