Ice, ice, baby!

[OakLeaf]

Makbike hasn't been posting much lately, but anyone know if she's okay? Western Kentucky got hit pretty hard too.

You Missouri/Arkansas ladies be careful.

[Crankin]

Well, the mess you guys had yesterday is now in New England. It's snowing, but is supposed to end up in sleety rain, maybe ice north of here. I live just on the edge of the area that might get ice. Thankfully, I don't have classes today, because Lesley University is the only one in greater Boston that didn't cancel classes! I think, probably because the Cambridge schools are open and they follow their lead.
I hope the rain/ice doesn't ruin the snow because I am planning to x country ski on Friday and Saturday.
Stay warm, everyone.

[Aggie_Ama]

UGH!! They didn't close schools and DH made it in okay so I thought it would be fine. But the roads I take had several ice spots and it was a stressful drive in. My car is front wheel drive and I shock myself by being a very capable driver on icy roads. Made it to work tired but in one piece. Saw two trucks (the pickup kind) fishtail and spin in front of me. A car in a ditch with a perplexed tow truck driver trying to figure out how to remove it. About 6 smaller town fire trucks running to and fro. A five car pile up that shut down the entrance to the toll road, probably for the best since it would be icy anyway. Another minor fender bender and one nasty multi car pile up for good measure before getting safely to the office. It should warm up and thaw before the afternoon.

Lesson learned, if the schools immediately west are delayed I am working from home. Too RISKY! Stay safe out there ladies.

[sfa]

We didn't get much of the mess here in Maryland--just a couple of inches of snow, then a layer of ice on top of that overnight. Enough to close the schools today but not to close work, unfortunately! My poor dog fell down the stairs this morning when he went out for his morning romp. He scrambled/slid/fell down the stairs, regained his feet at the bottom but couldn't get any traction on the ground to let him move around so I had to go out in my bathrobe and socks and help him back in. Poor little guy--he was so confused!

Sarah

[Tuckervill]

My power has been out since yesterday morning, all the trees in my back yard are decimated, a tree pierced my neighbor's roof, one pierced my son's trampoline, and I don't expect to get a shower before Friday.

blah. Here's a picture of my back yard. That's the trampoline under there...somewhere...

[Mr. Bloom]

11 inches to 13 inches over night. I hate snow.

But, on Facebook, I sent a joking message to a riding buddy:



Me: Today at 5:28am
Wanna go for a ride? I'm guessing traffic will be lighter than usual...

Friend's Response: Today at 6:50am
Ha! Strangely enough, I saw some bike tracks in the snow by my office. They were followed by a big patch of mashed down snow that resembled a human on a bicycle...

[Tuckervill]

LOL!

I get excited when I see a bucket truck. They climbed the pole outside my house last night at about 8:15 and at 8:36 the power came on. I keep reaching for the light switches and pulling my hand back, reminding myself that it won't work! But then, it does! It's amazing how quickly you can condition yourself one way or another.

And it was WARM in bed last night! One blanket! yippee!

Karen

[Selkie]

UGH!! .... But the roads I take had several ice spots and it was a stressful drive in. My car is front wheel drive and I shock myself by being a very capable driver on icy roads.

On ice, it doesn't matter if you have AWD, FWD, 4 wheel drive. Nothing -- except maybe chains on your tires -- will help.

[Aggie_Ama]

On ice, it doesn't matter if you have AWD, FWD, 4 wheel drive. Nothing -- except maybe chains on your tires -- will help.

All we get here are patches so front wheel is better when accelerating. Same thing in wet weather IMO. I own both and am much more comfortable in the front wheel drive than rear wheel drive on wet roads. I have spun a rear wheel drive car completely around and it scared the crap out of me. Most wrecks I saw were trucks. It is 70 today.

[Selkie]

All we get here are patches so front wheel is better when accelerating. Same thing in wet weather IMO. I own both and am much more comfortable in the front wheel drive than rear wheel drive on wet roads. I have spun a rear wheel drive car completely around and it scared the crap out of me. Most wrecks I saw were trucks. It is 70 today.

I must have misunderstood. I thought you were talking about icy roads, not wet roads.

An ice patch is easy to avoid, which is lucky for you. As I said, there nothing, except tire chains or maybe true snow tires w/studs like we used in Western Penna, that work on ice.

[Aggie_Ama]

Oh no, I meant ice but patches and some wet. Texas is almost like a grab bag. The people around here are stoopid too. That morning I am accelerating slowly on bridges, they in big trucks accelerate fast and proceed to show everyone behind them "Hey there is some ice here". I just find front wheel drive when accelerated slowly will manuever over ice better than rear wheel drive. Still rather stay home. I don't think we can get chains in Texas.