motomama
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« on: February 01, 2011, 04:03:07 PM » |
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I have never known of this to happen before, but Interstate 70 has been shut down stretching from Kansas City all the way to St. Louis!  This is one heck of a storm here! We have over 11 inches and it is still coming down hard!  |
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R J
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 06:16:52 PM » |
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We have had I-80 shut down twice today, both directions, due to multi semi, cage all in one accident. 1st one no injuries, 2nd one there must have been some as I heard the call for a couple of meat wagons.
Highway Patrol is being very hush hush about both of them.
I heard a rumble that 6 semi's was in the 1st one with 3 cages, and the 2nd one had 4 cages and 4 semi's.
I chased a part for the kid and the I/state was like a skating rink. I got off of it and hit the city streets as soon as I could. My butt was on pins and needles and I'm used to driving in this crap.
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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 06:20:38 PM » |
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Its 9p.m. here and its cranking up pretty good outside! Take Care everyone!!!
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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2011, 06:44:58 PM » |
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I can hear the sleet hitting the housing for the last few hours. Its blowing pretty good as well . Looks like we have had a few inches since 6pm.
Holland Ohio, Northwest Ohio.
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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 08:06:59 PM » |
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Because the ability to drive in adverse weather used to be a sense of pride! Now they dont know what lane to drive in or how the Gov't is going to come save them. Storms like this were common before I could drive (I'm 36 as of Dec.) and I remember the only concern was if we should have bought new wiper blades (for the 10yr old 2wd sedan) at the last stop. Now the AWD SUV just isnt enough... SPOILED ! !  |
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Steve K (IA)
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 08:43:28 PM » |
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It's kind of curious that 9 out of 10 vehicles in the ditch are either AWD or 4WD.  So much for that!  |
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2011, 09:07:43 PM » |
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I have found that 4wd...... just gets ya stuck farther from the road........  doesn't make up for skill or common sense...  Y'all be careful out there!!!! |
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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2011, 10:39:23 PM » |
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Years ago I was down in Texas visiting some friends at Christmas time. They had one of their freezing rain storms and everything was covered in about an inch and a half of ice. I chained up my car and headed out to make some visits. I was the only car on the road that night and had no problem at all. Got some strange looks when I went by some LEO's stuck on the side of the road.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2011, 05:32:36 AM » |
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Cleared 6 inches off the truck this morning @6 AM....nothing plowed - not even the freeway - except a few major streets in town. Fine powder, relatively heavy for as cold as it is...packed by wind, I imagine. Didn't think I was going to make it off my street for a bit there but here I am. No snow days at work for me  meh...no biggy but I sure wish my POS GM 4WD hadn't bit the dust. Y'all are getting hit a bit worse than we are. We'll probably end up with about 8"-14" of beautiful powder up here. All you folks with sleds need to get on up here and spend some money! The local economy needs you. Just don't drive until the main roads are clear....it's a bear out there! |
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2011, 05:46:22 AM » |
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I want to thank my southern friends for taking this one for us. It stayed south of MN, winds and drifts but no snow.
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Willow
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Olathe, KS
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2011, 10:52:34 AM » |
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I want to thank my southern friends for taking this one for us. It stayed south of MN, winds and drifts but no snow. I'd like to say you're welcome, but my integrity and selfish nature prohibit.
We got aver a foot of the fine blowing powder. I'm just not accustomed to that stuff. A whole lot of it is still on the driveway. |
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« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2011, 01:39:49 PM » |
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WELCOME to my world. I drive in this "winter wonderland" all the time. Some poor souls have to ride their bikes year round  , I get to blow snow buffalobill, as in Buffalo NY |
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tybme
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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2011, 10:27:07 AM » |
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I couldn't get out of the driveway yesterday - we had a little over 9 inches but allot of drifts that were 2+ feet deep. My drive is about a city block long and several places the drifting was just to bad to make it through.
Then this morning bitter biter cold: -6 without wind chill. The old truck did not want to turn over but she did it.
It'll be a while before the drive clears enough for me to get the Valk out :-(
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