Winter Rest
I lived through five Chicago winters. They lasted from October to May some years. With outrageous -40 degree wind chill temperatures. Businesses stayed open, snow plows and salt trucks were on the streets 24 hours a day. I was a teacher then and each morning, I spent 30 minutes digging my car out of the snow bank and driving to school. I have lived in Austin now for 11 years. Our winters have been one to two months long and rarely do we get temperatures below 15 degrees. Unti