Here are the 7 lights from last night.

Little did we suspect we’d wake up to this!  What the–?!  Yes, down here in the South.  Before xmas–or at all.  And it’s still coming down in huge flakes.  Structures aren’t built for snow weight down here.  I can imagine the panic on the highways!  They’ll probably shut down the whole state.

It turns out this is a powerful winter storm heading across the southwest and southeast, causing heavy flooding in Texas and unusual snowfall and states of emergency in our area.

Misu took one baffled look, and immediately ran to the highest, warmest place she could find, on top of my printer up on the file cabinet.  There she perched, like a gargoyle in a snowstorm.  Even she’s not used to this crazy white stuff.

I don’t envy my son coming home to a scene like this, after being in a tropical paradise for two weeks.  He’s probably safer up in the air at the moment than down here.  He’s going to have more than jet lag to contend with!  Hopefully he won’t get stranded by delays and cancellations, but as long as he’s safe, I’m happy.