No ice scrapers? Texans use Frisbees, tamale spreaders to clean windshields after winter blast

After a snowstorm hit Texas on January 16, Texans used "alternative" ice scrapers, like Frisbees and tamale scrapers, to rid ice from their windshields.

TEXAS -- What do you do when ice and snow cover your windshield? If you live in Texas, you might not have an ice scraper handy.

So when a winter blast blanketed thousands of windshields across the state with ice on January 16, Texans needed to get creative.
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Some used everyday household items, like Frisbees, spatulas and levels, to scrape ice off their windshield. Less conventional tools, like a tamale spreader and a machete, proved to work as well.

One man, however, completely destroyed a gift card in his attempt.
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He could use a lesson from football star J.J. Watt, who seemed to be making progress with a Buc-ee's gift card, though he said it wasn't nearly as effective as an ice scraper:

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