Snow & Ice

kenmac · Jan 28, 2014

I sure wish you guys & gals that are use to this stuff would keep it. People in the South sure can't drive in this stuff. I guess we've got about 3'' of this white stuff they call snow. Then, after ever one drives on it , it becomes ICE. Then, these southern drivers end up in ditches, vehicles turned over on top of each other Etc, etc,.I even saw this 1 nut in a Fire dept. 4WD Blazer think he was going to conquer this Iced over hill with vehicles stranded on either side of the road. He didn't make it and slid into other vehicles. I have no idea where he was trying to go. He didn't have any emergency lights on . It really pi$$ed the guy in the stranded car off that this FD blazer crushed his car ...Down here, This sort of thing shuts down everything... Anyway, You guys up north of the boarder can have all this stuff you want, Down here

PMA · Jan 28, 2014

Sleeting at my house now. Suppose to get 3 to 5 inches tonight. This has been a cold winter.

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grsthegreat · Jan 28, 2014

kenmac said:
I sure wish you guys & gals that are use to this stuff would keep it. People in the South sure can't drive in this stuff. I guess we've got about 3'' of this white stuff they call snow. Then, after ever one drives on it , it becomes ICE. Then, these southern drivers end up in ditches, vehicles turned over on top of each other Etc, etc,.I even saw this 1 nut in a Fire dept. 4WD Blazer think he was going to conquer this Iced over hill with vehicles stranded on either side of the road. He didn't make it and slid into other vehicles. I have no idea where he was trying to go. He didn't have any emergency lights on . It really pi$$ed the guy in the stranded car off that this FD blazer crushed his car ...Down here, This sort of thing shuts down everything... Anyway, You guys up north of the boarder can have all this stuff you want, Down here

yup/... i look forward to the youtube videos from you Southern drivers after a snowfall...makes for some funny vids.

kenmac · Jan 28, 2014

grsthegreat said:
yup/... i look forward to the youtube videos from you Southern drivers after a snowfall...makes for some funny vids.

Not only do I have to watch out for the idiots that think,,,,, I have a 4WD I can go anywhere ( like the FD guy that flew by me and slid into another stranded car) and do anything to the ones that are so careful that, they will also get you into trouble, just poking along looking at the snow and ice. I got stuck out in this mess and it took me 3 Hrs to get home from a place that, under normal conditions would have taken me about 35 min. I didn't have time to take vids ,I just wanted to get home

Sigarms · Jan 28, 2014

kenmac said:
Not only do I have to watch out for the idiots that think,,,,, I have a 4WD I can go anywhere ( like the FD guy that flew by me and slid into another stranded car) and do anything to the ones that are so careful that, they will also get you into trouble, just poking along looking at the snow and ice. I got stuck out in this mess and it took me 3 Hrs to get home from a place that, under normal conditions would have taken me about 35 min. I didn't have time to take vids ,I just wanted to get home

You should see what happens when cars tap on their breaks in freezing rain on bridges

Seriously, had to pick my wife up in town late this afternoon with the one boy, and it was snowing really good, hard pack snow on some of the roads (20 minute trip turned into 60 minutes). We were explaining in detail to our son in the back exactly what YOU'RE saying as I was driving, yet my wife is from Vermont and myself from Maine:laughing:

Belive it or not, you sould like you would drive good anywhere you live:thumbsup:

Although not a great amount, the snow did do some good tonight. The boys have off tomorrow (at least not because it's too cold LOL) and don't even know it.

deerseeker001 · Jan 28, 2014

We have 50+ inches on ground dont need no more

kenmac · Jan 28, 2014

deerseeker001 said:
We have 50+ inches on ground dont need no more

I can't imagine 50 '' of snow ! What do you do ? do they plow the roads ,etc, does life go on like it's nothing ?? This state would have to call out the armed forces. The weather we got wasn't even suppose to hit us. It was suppose to hit further south of us. The State moved all their equipment ( what little they have) to the area of the State where this storm was to hit. Now, the State can't move any of it back. So, we just wait it out

rmorey · Jan 28, 2014

kenmac said:
I can't imagine 50 '' of snow ! What do you do ? do they plow the roads ,etc, does life go on like it's nothing ?? This state would have to call out the armed forces. The weather we got wasn't even suppose to hit us. It was suppose to hit further south of us. The State moved all their equipment ( what little they have) to the area of the State where this storm was to hit. Now, the State can't move any of it back. So, we just wait it out

Like Ron, we've had over 4' this winter so far. It comes in 4" - 6" intervals. They private snowplow guys are grinning from ear to ear. They've been out every other day!

Our municipality has all kinds of equipment, so roads are plowed clean and sanded within hours of the snowfall ending.

kenmac · Jan 28, 2014

Dumb question. Do the private snow plow guys plow city roads or just private driveways ? If just private drives, it doesn't seem like they would make much $$ unless, there are some very long drive ways

Dutch445 · Jan 28, 2014

it really is amazing that a few inches of snow or sleet can cripple an area like we're seeing down south tonight.
obviously it has a lot to do with the lack of equipment to deal with it, so roads aren't plowed/salted like up north.
but, it really does open the eyes of a lot of people and make them wonder "how the heck do you guys deal with
this stuff all winter long"?????
there are areas in the NE that can get 48-60 inches of Lake Affect snow in a day or two. and, when a major
highway closes due to visibility it makes the news. but, other than that, life goes on. roads get plowed, and
salted, and we persevere. but send 3 or 4 inches down south with no equipment to handle it, and cities get
shut down.
I, for one, am ready for this winter to loosen it's grip. we have had many days with overnite temps below
0, and daytime highs in single digits. Here we will get a shot of snow, then wind, then a warm up, and it all
melts, so snowpack IMBY has been minimal. But, it's cold. I don't remember this many days with temps so
cold for so long in years.
for those of you down south, it'll be over in a day. for the rest of us dealing with the cold, maybe this weekend
we get a little relief, but, i have seen some longer range forecasts calling for another wave of deep cold weather
in Feb. let's hope not!
i leave for Orlando Sunday for work related training.... CAN'T WAIT!!!!!