I feel for you guys down there... we're a long ways from "growing stuff"... but I frost seed pasture and cover crops every spring... drilling on seed through an inch or two of snow is my PREFERRED method....... so seeing how ya'll come out with your oats is interesting to me. Up here, we'd never expect any oat crop to survive temps as low as single digits. Keep the pics coming as you recover.
I'm wanting to figure out what various species will "keep their green" best going into hard cold winter weather for winter stockpile grazing, so this experience is helpful to learning that, even if it is painful.