I would think so since it survives here in Austin TX.; though here it's a root hardy perennial. Incidentally it never flowers here but does so frequently in Tampa Fl. 9b if I remember the zone correctly.

B distachia x C Ti. All of the others had a fair amount of pink and very thick leaves, but all but one of those died. I do still have the one other with quite a bit of pink and very thick leaves, but it's probably going to die since they seem to hate water on the leaves. I also have xBillmea and xNeobergia (probably) from the same grex! I did the B x A distichantha cross both ways and that is easy to identify since they look so much alike. I'm not sure it will be of interest, but I have several of them and they all look better than the parents so far. They have some interesting pink tones and are almost spineless. A small cold tolerant plant might be worthy if the flower is decent. I also used a marmorata type Neo's pollen and I can now just start to see some interesting coloration on 2 that I thought were xBillmea, but now I think they are xNeobegia. Until today I didn't think that the Neo crosss worked, but now that I see some marmorata type color, I can't imagine that it's anything else. Right now, these 2 are my favorites of the grex. I put pollen from 4 different genera onto that Billbergia, and I think 3 of them took! I've enjoyed the guessing game quite a bit. Of course, I have B La Noche x various Neos growing quite well. It's hard to image two deeply hybridized plants from different genera working, but they have. I crossed these both ways too and they are looking real healthy (except for the one pot that was snailed) but they are just green things with no character at this stage. Here is an old pictures at 5 months of some of them. 2 of these are still alive:

Definitely a Burmese, not a reticulated. Reticulated Pythons pattern is more diamond-like, not round blotches like this.

I think it can be dangerous to switch lanes right before or after an intersection. I know I personally am focusing more on what the cars in front or behind me are doing when a light turns yellow then what someone next to me is doing. When I hit the threshold where I can either go through the yellow or stop, my decision depends on what the person in front of me is doing, and how fast/close the person behind me is. You only have a split second to decide, so if someone in the next lane decided they were stopping, while I had decided I was going, and they suddenly came into my lane at a stop, I would probably hit them at a fairly high speed and be at fault. I'm also one of those people who will sit at a green light for a few seconds to make sure everyone stops. I'm still haunted by a video I accidentally watched a few weeks ago where a semi ran a red light in South Africa and killed 22 people who had done nothing wrong except go immediately when it was green. Those in the second row or who hesitated a few seconds were spared. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people fly through the intersection, running the red while I have the green. Maybe it's selfish to wait a few seconds but I'm okay with that considering how many people think red lights are just suggestions!