Don't worry 'bout me, I'm good! I'm stuck in a motel until this ice nonsense thaws. It took me just under 3 hours to drive across town (what's normally 40 min) on glare ice after the ice/sleet storm, and I figured it made more sense to *stay* here closer to work until the DRAMA eased off a bit. The WiFi sucks... feels like dialup.
I hadda leave Dallas 'cos the power went down when the ice hit. I woke Friday to a freezing house, with *no* ETA from Oncor on when the power would be up. Yeah, well, thanks but NOT happening! The newer areas of town have buried power lines, but all of the older areas are power lines on poles, and the iced trees were taking lines down ALL around town.
Finding a hotel/motel was... less than fun. With 1000 canceled flights at DFW on Friday, EVERY single place within 5 miles of the airport was sold out. I kept driving North of the airport until I wound up in the Flower Mound / Lewisville area and found a somewhat habitable place. The roads still suck badly, but I can crawl at <20mph and get to work in 20 minutes from here.
By Tuesday/Wednesday the roads ought to be passable again and I'll head back home to Dallas. My neighbors texted me that the power is on at home, so I'm just waiting until this LOVELY ice goes away. Ice belongs in a drink, not on the freeways!