We are poised

 here in Central Texas, and forecast ( for all that's worth) to end the month of January with a winter storm bringing the possibility of icy roads! Our gov shipped himself to Marthas Vineyard with another bus load of migrants so he wont be here when all the power goes out! At 10.30 am on the 30th,we are still at 32 degrees, no rain, but 92% humidity, which is sufficient- believe me,  to create enough ice on roads to send hundreds of jacked up 4WD pickups flying into each other ! Thanks to Elon there are enough Teslas on the road bursting into flames from overheating batteries there will quite a lot of the "ice" melted! Unless of course the owners stay at home to plug their cars into houses to keep it warm when power grid fails! 

We have two fireplaces, which burn wood or banned books, and a gas cooktop- like God intended, no electricity needed! So we should be fine! Still plenty of covid food left so theres no need to go to supermarket which I'm sure had bare shelves by 8pm last night!

All this being said our prayers go out to those who will genuinely suffer because of this weather. Texas has huge budget surpluses (33 bn). Like so many things in this country, it just makes no sense.