White House Staff, Press Totally Unprepared For Crawford Freeze

Neither the White House staff nor the press traveling with the President were quite prepared for this -- many had packed shorts and short-sleeved shirts in anticipation of a more temperate, Spring-like weather. Some press scrambled to buy sweaters, jackets and blankets. FOX correspondent Mike Emanuel trumpeted the fact he got $75-worth of outerwear on sale for $20.98 at the local Dillards. And ABC's Jessica Yellin stopped on the way to work to get a purple "micro fiber" weatherproof blanket for her workspace in the now-even-colder-than-usual Crawford middle school gym.

"This is ridiculous. I brought only one warm sweater just in case of excessive air conditioning," Yellin said. "Now I'm wearing several outfits at once!"

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