We got a light snowfall that somehow turned the roads to parking lots. The temps fell below 20F which is the point where salt stops working. It took me two hours to get home when it normally takes twenty minutes. There are people on other roads who -as of an hour ago - had been stuck for four hours. Some were running out of gas, some were wrecking, the law had roads closed... a nightmare.
This sort of thing is normal for snowfall 'off the mountain' but unusual up here. I imagine some of my coworkers in maintenance will be getting a lot of flak over this.
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Maybe they had to warm up the snowplows for this first big dump? Sounds like there wasn't even one passable route available! Take the if you have to go out there again.
I'm jealous! I used to hate snow, living in NC but since visiting Vermont and upstate NY, I've fallen in love with snow.
I miss snow, I want some now so I can test out my nice super Subaru car. Snow is absolutely thrilling when it's falling like crazy and everything is pure whiteness. The only thing I don't like about it is salt and human stupidity, oh and the inevitable melt.
The cold front hits this evening and it is snowing north of us. It snowed in Denver and Garden City KS. So there maybe a chance of us gettting some as well. The low tonight will be 29 degrees and cold-cold for the rest of the week. I hope I don't forget to get the hose off of the outside faucet tonight. I only have one electric water pale at the moment too. Wow, I am so prepared I can't stand it.....
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It snowed here on Sunday night, but turned to rain yesterday and today.
According to the weather forecast we are in for 'organised rain'. WTF? What the hell is disorganised rain and how should we go about getting it organised?