It which it was supposed to snow 3-6 inches last night. And it totally did.
There were about 4 inches of snow on my jeep when I went out to sweep it off and start it up this morning. I had to put it in 4WD to get from the farm to the blacktop.
I got stuck for awhile behind a tiny little rollerskate of a car with street slicks and Tennessee plates. The guy was getting absolutely zero traction; I could see his tires spinning. He was going about 15 mph.
I got stuck for awhile behind a plow truck, too.
And it’s still snowing!
SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY… TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY EARLY EVENING TO THE WEST AND LATER IN THE EVENING TO THE EAST. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER… LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO GENESEO COULD SEE ISOLATED 7 INCH AMOUNTS.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
My windshield kept icing up so I had to pull over three times to snap the blades. The jeep was being bitchy about going in and out of 4WD. Half the people on the road were going so slow they were practically driving backwards, and the other half wanted to drive over the speed limit. It’s seriously amazing that more people don’t off themselves driving in this weather. The conditions are bad enough; the other drivers are a damn hazzard. (I drive like an 80 year old woman, but at least I don’t go 15 in a 65 with my lights off when it’s snowing and visibility is low.)
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grrr. nothing, NOTHING irritates me more than when its snowing and blowing everywhere and cars are driving with THEIR HEADLIGHTS OFF. idiots!
I hate snow. I hate driving. I hate driving in the snow. We’re supposed to get something like 4-6 inches of snow/ice starting tonight. Yucko von Blucko.
Far out! Let’s all get drunk!
Snow? What’s that?
Doesn’t flashing your headlights at dummies that don’t have theirs on work in Iowa?
Shite-ful weather… the one thing I DESPISE is shoveling and my driveway is quite long. I shoveled this morning; I shoveled this afternoon; I shall shovel tonight. To top it off, my friends/neighbors are in HAWAII right now, and I’m watching (and shoveling) their place. Yep, it may be purdy to look at, but it’s a pain in the fucking neck.
I’m all for getting drunk. And it’ll happen via Mark and Victor’s *well-stocked* liquor cabinet. (Not to mention that I made off with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie last night… oh yeah, livin’ large…)
Still no snow here.
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I’m from Colorado. I’m used to driving in snow. I’d even say I’m good at it. But… I live in Missouri right now. The people here are IDIOTS. We got less than 3 inches of snow this morning and people had no idea what to do – schools were closed, work was closed, my commute took an hour becuase people were going 20 mph or getting into accidents. AHH!
Here in Toledo, the snow’s coming through right this moment. By the time I get up tomorrow to go to work, there’s supposed to be four to six inches of snow… But, if the local news is to be believed (scoff), the road crews will be working all night to clear the streets.
I know for a *fact* that they won’t get to my end of the neighborhood and plow my street. We’re the last house on a dead end. 😐
Jim, yes. But that doesn’t work if their headlights are actually on, but invisible, because the driver was too stupid to scrape the ice off them. I nearly got hit by one of those on Thursday–I almost turned left in front of him before I saw the faint glow of the lights under several inches of snow & ice.
I’ve thought about jumping out of my car at a stoplight and going over to knock the damn ice off others’ headlights. That is the type of completely insane thought that occurs to you only under the insanity-producing conditions so perfectly described in this post.
Darlin, you win Most Hateful Commute. I would rather deal with my buddy from the Nation of Islam.