Anyone out there in the snow?

[mimitabby]

yeah, we have a golf park on beacon hill which is perfect for days like this.

[Susan126]

Are we ready for round two? On kiro tv tonight Andy Wappler was saying that there is another system off shore that will pass through Wednesday night Thursday morning bringing at least another 6 inches of snow!

[KnottedYet]

NOOOOOOOO! I've got a meeting at U.W. tomorrow from 6pm to 8pm!

[salsabike]

They're saying it won't get inland until after midnight, Knot, so you should be fine.

[salsabike]

Oops. This morning, they're saying snow is more likely to arrive earlier tonight, 7-10 pm, so take care, girls.

[KnottedYet]

My meeting got cancelled, and it's starting to snow again here.

Think I'll grab a book and go cuddle up.

[mimitabby]

a coworker of mine had to go to the dentist monday. the dentist is in bellevue, his home is in Everett (25 or 30 miles at the most). It took him 8 hours to get home. he sat and didn't move for 5 hours. His wife could not find any info from the news or the online Seattle traffic website until 10 minutes before his car started to move. An articulated bus had jack knifed and blocked all lanes.. for 5 hours..

unfortunately, this is not an unusual seattle snowstorm story.
(we're talking about 2 or 3 inches here!)

[salsabike]

"Grab a book and cuddle up"---yeah yeah!

It's 3:55 and looking bleak out there. I'm in the basement after having the construction guys air-compressing and sawing and banging over my head earlier in the day. Finally got stir crazy and went for a walk, being careful not to fall on my ***, since I'm still so thrilled that the broken toe is pretty much healed. Worrying about whether Mr. Salsa will make it home tonight from Bremerton. Going to...grab a book and cuddle up.

In Albany NY, where I grew up, such stories as Mimi's would never happen. But I know it doesn't make good financial sense for Seattle to have a gazillion plows and tons of rock salt for the occasional winter storm. Just glad we're all home and safe...

[Eden]

Unfortunately what they do out here can make it worse too - my husband works over in Issaquah. He said they had a plow out and did Lake Sammamish road, but they didn't drop the blade all of the way down in order to not scrape off the bot-dots (turtles - whatever you like to call them) and reflectors off of the road. What this accomplishes is packing down the snow into a nice hard sheet of ice....

That can be OK when the roads are flat and straight. In Rochester NY where I went to college they only plowed the main streets to the pavement to save on plow blades and left an inch or two of hard pack on all of the side streets, but that city had like one hill in the whole thing, plus they spread salt, which I think the hubby is correct in his thinking that it would never be allowed out here because the run off might damage salmon runs. Don't tell I used some on my sidewalk after spending an hour chipping most of the ice off yesterday.

The hubby rode his bike both ways yesterday and said it was OK for the most part. I took the Marin out, but I chose a baaaaad time of the day. The sun was out and melting a nice sheet of water over all of the ice on the roads here. It was so slick I didn't even make it 2 blocks before falling over so I just headed home. Today the hubby drove, but he packed the bike into the car just in case traffic gets too crazy he figures he'll still be able to get home.

[Kathi]

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Dakay- Be glad most people refuse to drive. I will say I'm amazed and pleased how quickly the road crew got out and plowed/sanded last night. I'd be curious to see how they cope in the moutainous areas of Colorado at times like this.


Sounds like a typical day in the mountains! Yesterday, (it was snowing) we left the condo at 9,700 ft, drove down to 9,100 ft and up to Copper mtn at 9,600 ft. We skied in about 8" of snow. Chains were required on commerical vehicles but not cars. The roads were snow covered but passable. I-70 has been closed 3 times already this winter but it is usually due to blizzard type conditions.

We just had our 4th snowstorm this winter in Denver. There was about 6-10" but very few school closings or delays. Yes, there were traffic delays and accident but most people take a day like this in stride. For example, I just heard on the news that the roads are icy in Denver tonight but employees are getting off work and heading to the malls!

However, I used to live in Cincinnati. If a flake of snow was predicted there were huge lines in the grocery store, schools closed for a couple of inches and everyone thought it was the end of the world!

[salsabike]

However, I used to live in Cincinnati. If a flake of snow was predicted there were huge lines in the grocery store, schools closed for a couple of inches and everyone thought it was the end of the world!

Bingo. That would be Seattle. I used to make fun of it until I realized that here, two inches really can be a disaster for the reasons we described above.

If I could say one thing to the people here who didn't have to learn to drive in snow, it would be:

Less is more, guys. Less is more. Less brakes. Less acceleration. Less, um...closeness to the cars around you (okay, had to reach for that last one).

[East Hill]

Enough of snow! We have learned our lessons until the next time it snows, so back to bikes.

I took the Nishiki Pro out today to see if I had glued on my tyres correctly:



I am just about to get started. I don't yet have on helmet or gloves here. Don't worry, I put them on before I took off.

Unfortunately I got down to my favourite trail and found out that even though the roads are only icy in spots, the trail was not negotiable. But my tyres stayed on and I had a great ride (all three miles of it).

East Hill