Small city, BIG ammenities! That is Hidalgo, Texas. The City of Hidalgo is located on lands settled by Spanish -colonizer Jose de Escandon in 1749, as an adjunct to the new settlement of Reynosa, both part of colonial Spain until 1821. The desert settlement was mainly involved with cattle grazing for some 150 years.
When something changes phase from solid to liquid, or from liquid to gas, it takes energy to break the intermolecular interactions. These interactions between the water molecules are what make it solid. When you have ice, these interactions are strongest, which is why ice is hard.
Phase Diagram of a Pure Substance. Notice the triple point of the substance. At temperatures and pressures below those of the triple point, a phase change between the solid and gas phases can take place. For some substances, such as carbon and arsenic, sublimation is much easier than evaporation.