NEITHER SNOW NOR …ICY ROADS? The Spur post office managed to make its parking lot safe for patrons after Winter Storm Fern by Monday morning, Jan. 26, thanks to the efforts of Wes Joplin’s Millitary Mowing, according to postmaster Jason Tanner. The lot was bladed clean with snow piled four feet high on the western edge, and sidewalks were treated with de-icing salt. | TEXAS SPUR
SPUR’SBURLINGTONAVENUE resembled a much-used ski run by Monday, Jan. 26; by late afternoon parts of the street surface had thawed, and shoppers were out and about between Spur Hardward and Lawrence Brothers IGA—and the Lucky Spur boutique. | COURTESY PHOTOS
ICICLE SPEARS may have barred the way for exiting many front doors throughoutTexas Spur Country until late Monday afternoon, after snow accumulations on sun-heated roofs had thawed somewhat Sunday and refrozen overnight. | COURTESY PHOTOS
WITH LOW TEMPS AND PRECIP mainly confined to the weekend Jan. 24–26, 2036, Winter Storm Fern brought slick roads but relatively few other negative impacts to the Texas plains—along with a low in Spur of 3 degrees Monday morning. (The record low for Spur, by the way, is minus 17, according to Internet sources.) | COURTESY PHOTOS
While wintry precipitation exits Texas, freezing temperatures continued through Tuesday over much of the state.
The storm kicked off Friday evening with freezing rain and sleet and temperatures plunged…
