Snow, ice and crashes as even Texas and Louisiana shiver under winter's worst

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A woman walks past a frozen fountain in Atlanta on Friday.

By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News

The latest — but certainly not the last — brutal blast of winter weather stretched so far south Friday that even Texas and Louisiana got a taste of the pain.
Ice caused traffic accidents all over Houston, and sleet slicked rooftops outside Austin. Freezing rain was reported in Baton Rouge, and snow fell within 150 miles of the Mexican border. Fort Hood was closed to all but essential military personnel.
Alexandria, La., where it snows roughly once every five years, had an inch on the ground for only the 23rd time on record, said Jonathan Erdman, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel.
Elsewhere, it was bitterly cold. Still.        

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