Flench, I was doing some shooting training in Texas in the DFW area, back when that ice storm hit in 1994, it was very late winter here in Canada, 2nd week of Feb if I recall, and it was my first trip to Texas that I was old enough to remember. The first week was perfect weather for outdoor shooting, when that ice storm hit...I still have a picture of my rental van, we had to break into it..as in break ice, and then we could roll down the windows and literally knock out the ice covering them still once we got in one door. I'd just come from driving on snow/ice so it didn't seem all that bad on the road at first, but that was a mistake, and it was soon like being on 4 hockey pucks instead of tires. The people in the area were very, very kind, our hotel helped us out, as did the airlines - local restaurants were great too.