IT began on the morning of Valentine's Day when her car, with a three-year-old among three people on-board, fell into a ditch as a deadly snowstorm began to take shape in Texas. The next few days then became progressively worse for Jamaican-born nurse Leonie Hall-James who now calls Houston home. Power and water outages plus a carbon monoxide poisoning scare are among her most vivid memories of the ordeal.