Folks in Dallas-Fort Worth have been dealing with cold temperatures for much of the week, and Friday is no different. Texans endured record morning lows on Thursday and could possibly face the coldest February 21st afternoon on record.

Those who will be on the road can check a map of driving conditions at the Texas Department of Transportation website drivetexas.org. Portions of North Texas, including Dallas and Fort Worth, are under an extreme cold warning. A high temperature of 28 degrees is forecast for Wednesday with a low of 14 degrees overnight.

I don’t want to scare you, but if you add up the timelines of nine recently-deceased Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants, they total more than 400 years of service. That’s — wow. That’s institutional knowledge,