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I laugh at the title. It was bad but wasn’t that bad. It started snowing around 9:30 am that morning and when it hit the roadways it immediately turned to ice. Local school districts in the area started closing and the mass exodus commenced. This cause major traffic jams with the roadways began to ice over it meant that many motorists decided to leave their vehicles in the middle of the streets. Many of the people that left early to go get their kids from school soon returned because they couldn’t make it to the main road. Over 1500 people were stranded at our place of business that night and nearly 100 the following night as well.
They let me go to attempt to get home at 4:30 pm. With all my medications at home along with my CPAP I had to at least make an attempt at it. It normally takes 45 minutes to make the trip but on this night it took a little longer. It alone took me 45 minutes to get to the main road and another 30 minutes to get to the interstate. Three hours later I made it as far as I could with the roads conditions deteriorating. The temps had dropped down to 19 degrees before I made it to the bottom of this long hill. This is where I had to park my truck and hike the remaining three miles to get home. All in all it only took me nearly four hours to make the trek home. I was one of the lucky ones. There were many that had to stay in their vehicles for over 24 hours.
From now on, if there is a mention of snow in the forecast, I will stay in the warmth of my home. I do not ever want to go through that again.
Life Goes On!!
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That is a gorgeous photo!
I’m at an age where I tend to stay home if it snows more than usual for this area. It’s simply not worth getting stuck at work (been there, done that) or getting stuck on a road somewhere (fortunately managed to avoid that). Best just to stay in and stay warm.
Our area is just not prepared to handle snow of any depth nor can we drive in snow and ice, and I include myself in this.
No one can drive on ice. I don’t care where you live. Not even all-wheel-drive is 100% on ice. Lots of drivers in this area tend to forget that and then wind up in a ditch somewhere.
I know during this storm I was worried about my wife getting home. Boy was I wrong. I had forgotten that she was born in Jamestown and drove in that mess for years. I was worried for nothing.
And I bet she laughed at the other drivers all the way home. When I lived in DC, they had an ice storm with just a few inches of snow. Lots of people car-pooled, and after the storm hit, those of us from the northern climes had to take over driving the cars of those from the southern climes just so we could all get home. My own car pool driver actually just pulled off to the side and told us in the back seat that we could drive, or we could all just sit there until the storm stopped. Two of us were from Western New York, and the other WNY girl was a more experienced driver all around so she got us home. I thought it was kind of fun, but then I was only 19 so what did I know!
Leave it to the pros. lol
I live in the South. When we have a light snow it causes everything to shut down. We have no snow plows. Your picture is awesome.
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Thanks for the compliment. Living in the south can be a hardship when it comes to snow. We’re just not prepared for it.