PNW snow and freeizing rain.

[Irulan]

Smilingcat, have you relocated?
Freezing rain is no joke because of the way it is heavy and coats EVERYTHING. It's notorious for bringing down trees and power lines, and trees onto powerlines. We don't get a lot of it but one year we had a November storm that put almost the whole city out for a few days.

[ny biker]

We just had an ice storm here last week. It was minor in my immediate area, but the far north and west suburbs had lots of problems, since the ice there was thick and heavy enough to bring down trees and power lines. I've planned a nice bike ride up in that area, but I think will be a while before I can try it out.

[smilingcat]

Yes we relocated to beautiful Oregon where things are green everywhere. Thin includes the roof and wooden sides of the house. It's a beautiful color of green and seems to spread each year. Even the concrete walkway turns green. How cool is that??

I like green, emerald green. Needless to say, we get ton of rain. It's beautiful. No need for an umbrella. Just stand there and soak all that beauty in

Well I've scattered pea gravel everywhere we walk on our property. I think salt is a big no no. When the snow and ice melts, we'll just sweep up the pea gravel back into its pile.

BTW, did you know that Prius can move like a crab, SIDEWAYS. Never seen it do that before!! Now if I can do that for parallel parking, it'll be cats meow!!

Rather enjoying Icelandia. Portlandia covered in ice.

[GLC1968]

I grew up in places like Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Maine and I was oblivious to the idea of 'freezing rain'. When we first moved to NC, I kept asking "isn't freezing rain just snow (or sleet)? Why don't they call it snow or sleet?". Then I was driving to work one day and it was 29F and pouring rain. How is that possible? Does NC defy the laws of physics? That rain was freezing to my car as I was driving... By the time I got to work (13 miles from home), I couldn't get out of my car as the doors were frozen shut!! That, ladies and gentleman, is freezing rain. It SUCKS.

Now that I live in the PNW - I've had to change my definition of 'bad weather'. People laugh that 4 inches of snow will stop us in our tracks for days. It started to snow here on Thursday. Today (Monday), people are still calling in to work...unable to get out of their neighborhoods. 4 inches of snow with 4 days of temps near freezing or below, with very few plows and with hills everywhere and an awful lot of cars with crappy bald tires and people who don't know how to drive in snow is a recipe for disaster. Personally, I stay off the roads if I can and I'm very comfortable driving in snow (and we own a Subaru).

A friend of mine posted a video of a guy ice skating down the street (literally - on hockey skates!). Crazy!

[OakLeaf]

I know freezing rain. I've lived through it, just barely missed that storm that put what a million people out of power for a week in the dead of winter six-seven years ago? had many others I didn't miss.

GLC, I'm surprised you never had it in MI, we get plenty in OH.

But the video was still funny, geez ... especially knowing the runner wasn't really hurt and had a sense of humor about it ...