A drone photo shows the snow/ice coverage that blanketed Murphy and brought activities to a halt. Courtesy City of Murphy
Residents of Earth’s circumpolar region — the Inuit in Greenland and Canada, the Aleut in Alaska and the Yupik in eastern Siberia — have dozens of words for snow. But for North Texans, there was one name for the winter storm that swept through Jan. 23-25: Fern.
Forecasters had warned for days that a winter storm would arrive over the weekend, giving residents time to winterize, gas up cars and stock up on groceries. The warnings led to temporarily empty shelves at some retailers and, in a few cases, arguments between customers in the aisles…