It's a nor'easter!

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Freezing rain and black ice are a bitch anywhere but the southern states just don’t do well. They aren’t used to it. And the engineering of that roadway?!?!? I remember a few years back people were stuck on the interstate in Atlanta for 24 hours due to ice a few days after I was down there for a meeting. Even up here, people are clueless to winter driving. I call these post storm days, middle lane days. My driving demeanor changes from aggressive to old lady. People don’t anticipate issues. The road gets plowed to left and right. You sometimes don’t have a full clear lane. But just this morning while I’m being grandma in the middle lane, I have an asshole in the left who insists on riding right next to me! Either blow past me or hang back. I don’t want you right next to me when you lose your lane. I hate people.

I've had so many close calls with head-ons the last two commutes right after a snow storm. I'll have to see if I can dig up some clips from my dash cam. The salt spreader on our state trucks is on the driver side. This means when the plow/salt truck goes up and down the road, the middle of the road closest to the yellow line will melt first. People will drive closer to the center of the road because the POS highway tires on their cars won't get enough traction with the messy roads. This can be really dangerous on the narrow backroads when I come around a corner and some dumbass is most of the way into my lane.

[Sara]

Louisiana is getting ice and snow tomorrow and I have to work. Lord Jesus please protect me from all the southerners on the road who don’t know how to drive in this. Amen

[M_Six]

We're supposed to get a good amount here tomorrow, so I just took the day off. Depending on the timing of the storm, I may be able to hit the driveway several times so I don't end up having to shovel it all in one go.

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Holy shit! Did you guys see the 100 vehicle wreck on I-35 in Ft Worth due to ice? 8 people dead so far, people still stuck in cars. The pictures and videos are chilling. May they rest in peace. What a terrible way to go.

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I just saw this (although happened a little while ago) - terrible! And the design of that road didn't leave a whole lot of options to go to either (well, none) to avoid people.

I was involved in a 96 car pileup a few years ago, but the difference was that we at least had a ditch on the one side that most of us were making liberal use of, which is why there were only 3 people hospitalized I believe, and they only had minor injuries too, nothing serious. Just a completely different outcome than above.

But I still remember seeing people hit that ditch at 50-60 km/h and just steering to try to avoid the rest of the cars in the ditch. Meanwhile, I was stuck in the left lane by the median, praying there were no semi's coming up behind me and otherwise, just relaxing waiting to be hit. Which didn't take long...all of a few seconds, and fortunately it was just another SUV and a few cars behind him...no big trucks fortunately. They all got there before me.

[nyalpine90]

yesterday ice dams on the roof melted, temps reached 50 deg.
right now its 25deg. another snow storm on its way from Thurs to Fri. 4" to 8"

[jsf721]

Getting 4-8 inches of snow today. Turning to rain and freezing overnight. Lovely.

My timberlands are getting a workout that’s for sure. To all you remote workers I’m envious on days like this !

[wdb]

Snowing again here. Never thought I'd say it but I'd rather be here than in San Antonio TX with my son's family right now! They haven't had power for over 36 hours, it's 41 degrees inside the house, irrigation pipes in the yard are bursting. We might have more snow but at least we have power.

[nyalpine90]

Originally Posted by jsf721

Getting 4-8 inches of snow today. Turning to rain and freezing overnight. Lovely.

My timberlands are getting a workout that’s for sure. To all you remote workers I’m envious on days like this !

what part of LI?

[jsf721]

South Shore Nassau.

Originally Posted by nyalpine90

what part of LI?

[Littlebear]

"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Winter"

(circa ~1990?)

[nyalpine90]

Originally Posted by jsf721

South Shore Nassau.

ahh im in Suffolk