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Family Tree
By Signe Wilkinson
B.C.
By Mastroianni and Hart
Working Daze
By John Zakour and Scott Roberts
Wizard of Id
By Parker and Hart
Strange Brew
By John Deering
Rose is Rose
By Don Wimmer and Pat Brady
Ripley's Believe It or Not
By John Graziano
Pearls Before Swine
By Stephan Pastis
Overboard
By Chip Dunham
Over the Hedge
By T Lewis and Michael Fry
Monty
By Jim Meddick
Lola
By Todd Clark
In the Bleachers
By Ben Zaehringer
The Grizzwells
By Bill Schorr
Get Fuzzy
By Darby Conley
Garfield
By Jim Davis
Frazz
By Jef Mallett
The Flying McCoys
By Glenn McCoy and Gary McCoy
Close to Home
By John McPherson
Cleats
By Bill Hinds
Calvin and Hobbes
By Bill Watterson
The Born Loser
By Art and Chip Sansom
Breaking Cat News
By Georgia Dunn
Here in San Antonio we go thru extreme heat more than cold. I live in a rural area in a 100+ year old farmhouse. Indoor plumbing was added. When we heard this storm was coming, we reinsulated all the pipes on the outside and took the necessary precautions inside. Had no problems. While I do agree with your temperature assessments, You have to understand that southern Texas does not have below freezing temps for several hours. We may go to below for 2-5 hours at a time, once in a while, but not for 7 days as we just went thru. Once in a lifetime event.
We have more problems with foundations cracking in the high temps in the summer. Most homeowners have soaker houses around the foundations. So you see, we deal with a different problem than you do up North.