Snow in North Mexico

Businesses are closed, schools are closed, people making mad dashes to the local boutiques (such as Wal-Mart) to find scrapers all because it started to snow...er...ice crystal.

I guess we from the Arctic regions take it for granted, but people down here are freaking out. There are people everywhere with their cameras (I fit right in) taking pictures of this white stuff falling from the heavens. It really isn't snow, but that is like telling kids there is no Santa Claus.

I have seen people with hoses, buckets, newspapers, and scrapers all trying to get this frozen substance off their vehicles. I talked to my neighbor and he says he can't remember the last time it snowed in Del Rio...of course he was probably high, so there might be a reason he doesn't remember. However, this picture is just wrong.

Well, I am not going to complain for the extra day off. The only bad thing is everything else is closed. The streets are not slick, but no locals are not chancing it. I thought everyone was stopped for a fire truck or funeral procession, but then I took a closer look and found that the wheels were slightly turning and people were actually braving the "wet" roads. I just wanted to let everyone know the latest from North Mexico. See ya!