I get nervous for the southern states that aren't conditioned to cold weather. </3
If you get another freeze warning, turn your faucet on and let water drip. It prevents freezing and as annoying as the sound is, it helps.

@Koah:
Funny thing about that, my cat is obsessed with water. So leaving the faucets to drip at night has had her so hyper focused that she hasn't been pestering me in my sleep as much this week :vanora_xd:
(she's still a kitten, always wants to play)
That has been real nice lmao

@Totalanimefan:
Yeah, I'm glad we didn't try it yesterday. Cause my job didn't actually close, for some reason, even though the rest of the city did (we are obv not "essential" workers, and even then no one should be out in that!) but my manager offered me to stay in so I said YUP

Today we were to be back to normal hours, running like "normal" even though the ice has not gone away at all, if anything its more solid today. Texas doesn't salt the roads here or anything, probably dont have any equipment on hand for this. So it lingers.
I tried going to work while forgetting this detail, and had a good ol panic attack (partner was driving thank goodness), turned around and gave up. So... at home day 2. The city is extra closed today but my job is extra open. Why? DONT KNOW! lol

@Q t e a p o n:
Oh boy, stay safe there! I know canada is bound to be more prepared than texas, but still!
By the forecast it should let up after today. The sun just came out too, so maybe it'll get a little warmer than predicted! I hope the rest of the state is doing ok though, I'm certainly not in the worst area

@Totalanimefan:
Thats probably what it is, honestly. I was appalled by it at first, but my mom talked me down and explained how these things work and how very expensive it is to get the equipment to spread the salts. And they dont have a long shelf life or soemthing, so its like millions of dollars the city would pour out for something "just in case". Because this weather is unusual and all, there's no reason they would've had it before last year.

I think I've played enough age of empires to understand how balancing resources works and it can take a long time to work up to a concept. XD

But yeah, it was a pretty bad one. I dont think my partner has seen me have a panic attack before, and there's nowhere to pull over or turn around on these roads (poor design, and pullover spots are just ice af) so I kinda feel bad for making him worry but he kept me safe! Haha my darn driving phobia just gave a big ass kick today! I'm fine though