I wub my new POS one. (Well, not really POS. It's in great condition, but it's nickel AND it's a student flute, unlike my other purty one) It plays really well.
I've always thought it would be much colder up there in the winter.
Course, the Dalllas thing was during an ice/rainstorm.
And no, we never get SNOW down here. It's too humid and the ground is too hot. We got snow once (Christmas Eve, 2003. 4th grade) and it didn't stay on the ground, but it was still really cool.