It's melted, but now we've had heavy fog for 2 days. That's the problem: cities in Texas don't often have much notice about the icy weather. It's always some Blue Norther blowing in on the spur of the moment, so it's not often they can anticipate it. Hence, no pre-treatment of the roads.
What's more, they really can't justify keeping snow equipment and salt solution on hand since we supposed live in a 'temperate' climate.
Couple of Januarys ago, I was in Austin for the governor's ball and entire city shut down. They had to send out for reinforcements from Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Our return flights were cancelled as the airport shut down. DH and I sat staring out the window and at each other, twiddling our thumbs until he decided the walls were closing in on him. So we rented a car and he gingerly drove us back to Dallas.
I slept the whole way so as not to clench my teeth! Like nearly always, that ice storm wasn't even in the forecast, yet came crashing down like a ton of bricks out of nowhere.
