PDF “Please relay to Edward Southerland what a great job he did on the original article, On a Silent Night. It seems absolutely possible that this could have been an actual event. The idea of a community coming together for a trainload of soldiers passing through is completely believable. And I am glad that Mr. Southerland gave the short story an ending that was uplifting.”
Raylene Carstens
Denison
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Every region of the country seems to take a perverse pride in its own brand of nasty weather. “If you don’t like the weather in (Texas, Georgia, Maine, Wyoming—you fill in the blank) just come back tomorrow.” People love to boast of their triumph over adversity. “Why, it was so cold, the firemen just turned on the hose and then shinnied down the icicle that was formed.” It also is axiomatic that however bad it is now, it was worse back when. “Hot? Why back in the summer of (insert preferred year here), it was so hot that folks were baking cakes on the screened-in porch.”
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North Texas Regional Airport, TX
Last Updated on Feb 3 2012, 7:55 pm CST
Weather by NOAA
Current Conditions: Light Rain
Temp: 59°F
Wind: SW at 6mph
Humidity: 100%
Windchill: 58°F
