If you think it's bad in the air....trying driving around here on the ground.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081211/NEWS/81211006&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
Wife called from New Orleans this morning reporting snow downtown.
Tomorrow should be much better, if not a bit nippy.
If you think it's bad in the air....trying driving around here on the ground.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081211/NEWS/81211006&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
Wife called from New Orleans this morning reporting snow downtown.
Tomorrow should be much better, if not a bit nippy.
Mppph... *chuckle* I always get a kick out of these stories. If we stayed home in that crap, I'd be housebound until about May.
Here's a shot in front of my sister's house southeast of Houston last night:
Nice that you find this amusing.
I was expecting a guffaw from someone that doesn't live here. This area can't afford to own and maintain the equipment needed to address road conditions that occur so infrequently. I could probably thrown in few youtube videos of wx related vehicles incidents from other areas of the country if I was so inclined to provide evidence that stupid drivers can be found anywhere.
Steve,
I agree. Most stupid drivers live in Chicago.
Nice that you find this amusing.
I was expecting a guffaw from someone that doesn't live here. This area can't afford to own and maintain the equipment needed to address road conditions that occur so infrequently. I could probably thrown in few youtube videos of wx related vehicles incidents from other areas of the country if I was so inclined to provide evidence that stupid drivers can be found anywhere.
It's all about resource management and risk aversion.
In Nebraska--the snow is more rare and less severe. But there is a major lack of snow removal capacity. It this were Minnesota MnDOT would have all this crap cleaned up by now--but the roads around here are still marginal.
I've never let a snow storm stop me from driving. Stupid? Probably..but I've driven through enough crap that I can generally find my way through about any storm.
The scariest snow storm I ever drove through was on I-35 between Albert Lea, MN and Des Moines, IA. Wide open area--wind causes major whiteout. They had the interstate closed but I was already on it so I just kept driving. That said, I questioned my decision half way through Iowa when I heard on the radio that tow trucks were not allowed and if you got stuck it'd take 8 hours for the national guard to rescue you. Nothing like losing your traction and having the wind push you sideways from one land into the other. You just hope the wind quits before you go off the edge. I remember counting the number of cars I saw go in the ditch. I quit counting after about 40. Everyone gets in a pack and sometimes you'll see an entire pack of cars in front of you start spinning and off they go.
A certain Rev. will be along shortly to tell you that unless you live in Chi-town you can't possible know how stupid the drivers are.