(The Center Square) – Texas averted a massive power outage over the weekend as an arctic blast swept through the state, bringing subfreezing temperatures and inches of snow in some regions. Not all heeded law enforcement warnings to stay off roads, including those using their vehicles in makeshift sledding on streets and in stadium parking lots.
As the storm moved in, many regions experienced torrential downpours and lightning storms caused sleet and ice. Later, snow fell over the ice, then rain and ice again, causing dangerous driving conditions, The Center Square reported.
Most Texans rarely experience snow in their neighborhoods. As snow fell in north Texas and the Panhandle, videos were posted on online of people driving vehicles towing one or more people with a rope as they slid across snow-covered streets. Some were on pieces of cardboard, others on skis, sleds, snowboards or wooden pallets…