Snow Day with Daddy

The thing about snow and extremely cold temps in a place like El Paso is that they shut down as much of the city as they can because of the obvious - snow & ice can be dangerous but also because of the not quite as obvious - when temps drop that low, even people who suffer thru the 30-50 degree temps with no heat NEED heat when temps hover around ZERO (Farenheit...).  As this is a largely electric heat area - the system in effect says WHAT THE ..... JUST HAPPENED.  Several stations failed - and the backups couldn't get started because natural gas pressure was too low.  The Army takes heed and has been closed, shut off all un-needed electricty and shut down all but a couple of shoppettes yesterday so that electricity could be used to power homes.  We were lucky - we didn't lose power.  This provided an extra day for Daddy to go play in the snow.  Mommy is still not a fan - and took some pics.  15 minutes later, Nick had had enough and came inside too. He is definitely my kid - Jake would stay until appendages fell off, I'm quite certain.  The snow suits we ordered for the mountains should be here tomorrow.  so much for planning...