Freezing temperatures destroys three-quarters of California's $1 billion citrus crop

There is a wise saying - "When life gives you lemons make lemonaide". But what to do when life takes AWAY your lemons AND oranges AND limes.

I would say when life takes away your lemons drink booze but you can't even make a decent daiquirí, or screw driver. And when you toss some tuquila down when do you bite on? A tomato? Pardon me whilst I make a bloody mary.

"Freezing temperatures destroyed up to three-quarters of California's $1 billion citrus crop, according to the state's agriculture secretary.

"This is one of those freezes that, unfortunately, we'll all remember," said A.G. Kawamura, secretary of California's Department of Food and Agriculture.

Even as one storm completes its destructive wave — cutting into Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observances across the country Monday — residents throughout southwestern Texas are bracing for another storm system that will bring more ice, sleet and snow.

"Mother Nature is trying to equal things out," said National Weather Service forecaster Michael Eckert, referring to warm temperatures that blanketed the country before the storm hit.

Eckert said the latest storm, expected to slam Texas late Monday and move through the state today, could bring up to 6 inches of snow in higher elevations while lashing lower elevations with sleet and freezing rain.

Highway patrol troopers were deployed to South Texas. School districts began announcing closures.