A Snow Day

I was at work. It began icing, at about 3:00 AM. I was out, at work. In the Rodeo. As I watched, the ice was piling up outside, and on the Rodeo. I ended up leaving work because of the amount of ice. #IstandwithIsrael

I work Wednesday nights. I expected that it was going to snow, because that is what people were saying. Unlike last year, the snow did not catch us by surprise this time. Texas was prepared, and I was able to make good decisions about what to do in the snow.

At 3:00 AM it began to ice over. At first it was just a cold rain. But it turned into ice. I could see the ice visibly piling up on the road. At about 4:30 I went to QT and bought a coffee. It was my first time driving on the ice in the Rodeo.

I had never driven the Rodeo on ice before. The Rodeo is rear-wheel drive, so it began to slip and slide a bit as I went to QT. At first I couldn’t do anything about it, except to make sure and turn the Rodeo away from any objects that it might hit. I made it to QT, and got a coffee. “A coffee will keep me warm”, I thought. I went ahead and drove back to work.

I continued to watch as the ice fell. I suddenly realized, that the roads would be essentially frozen by the time work was done. So, I decided that I would go ahead and leave work. At about 5:30 AM I left work. First I did my tour around the building to make sure things were in order. Then, I went and headed out to the main road, Belt Line Road, which intersects with Pioneer Parkway. I decided to stay off the Interstate.

As I drove along the way home, I stayed off the Interstate. The Rodeo kept slipping and sliding. I realized that what was happening, is that the front tires would lose traction, but the rear tires were getting traction. So, I thought, “Maybe my RPMs are to high”. It was tough to do, but I figured out that I could actually accelerate very slowly. That allowed the rear wheel drive to gain traction, and not be pushing the front so that it would skid on the ice.

Finally, at about 6:00 AM, I made it home. I remember my alarm going off at that time. I did not want to leave work. But I also did not want to be driving in the ice. That was my first, and only time driving on the ice, I suspect.

Now, I’ve talked some about the snow and ice. How it impacted me, and I am sure it impacted others too. The electricity was off here at the house, very briefly this morning.

I stand with Israel. That is the hash tag I shared this time. Standing with Israel is a very personal thing to me. When I was growing up, I studied World War II. I tried to neglect the Holocaust. But my Mom, an ardent Israel supporter herself, taught and my brother about the Holocaust against the Jews. There was more than one Holocaust against the Jews. But for the sake of History, the one known as “The Holocaust” was carried out during World War II, and was a National Socialist campaign against the Jewish people. Unfortunately, many Germans either supported the Holocaust, or did not help the victims. So, Germany gets blamed for the Holocaust. One of the books we read was The Hiding Place about Corrie Tenboom from Holland. Her, and her family, hid Jews from the Nazis, and were ardent supporters of Israel. Well, one night the fact that Corrie’s family was hiding Jews as discovered, and the Nazis came and took Corrie and her family away to a prison camp. Corrie’s sister died in the camp. By a miracle, as Corrie Tenboom said in a radio program recently, she was released from the prison where she was held at.

It was a harrowing tale, and one cannot hear it without it generating sympathy for Israel. Sadly, high within our government, anti-Semitic forces are gathering once more, to propagate the Second Jewish Holocaust. They do this, by opposing Israel. Trump was a real friend of Israel, he recognized Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, rather than Tel Aviv, for instance. All that against Israel, is just propaganda. I have never been to Israel, but this does not stop me from supporting Israel. Long Live Israel. God bless the USA! When you understand that the Jews are the most persecuted people on earth, you to will come to understand the importance of Israel. The Jewish state is all that stands between the Jews and the Second Holocaust against the Jewish people.

Well, anyways, I am sorry about my rant. Actually, I am not sorry at all. Long live Israel. God bless the USA!