We had a dusting of snow today here in Columbia, Missouri. You know what happened before I can even tell you. It packed, iced, and it was carnage. Unfrikkin' believable. Traffic backed up on city streets for MILES. Took my wife an hour and a half to drive three miles.
I know we've had this discussion before, but WHAT THE HELL HAPPENS TO PEOPLE'S BRAINS WHEN IT SNOWS?
We had that dusting here in NW AR too, with the same results. The first snow of the winter, no one remembers how to drive.
I think it goes well beyond the 1st snow,also its not that they forget how to drive-they never knew in the 1st place.
Springfield, MO was the same. Granted, I found a few spots of ice hiding under the dusting of snow, but my wife and I seem to be the only ones with winter tires. Traffic was a mess.
My wintersports have been on the WRX for 3 days, and the temperature keeps going UP (it was 65 today!!)...
hey, I'm in Columbia too! It was ridiculous here today. There were tons people in the ditch. So many idiots
Around here they can't drive in the rain. If it snows, the roads close as well as everything else.
Yep. I remember the Great Chucktown Blizzard of nought- 10...
We had 16 inches of snow the day before Halloween. Gone now though.
My wife is in Kansas City visiting her family and texted me to say they had snow...I felt a little bit bad telling her that it was 70 degrees here in VA Beach!
Gee, roads are clear, 80 degrees and clear. Only thing we have to worry about are the snowbirds. I95 was closed for an hour because of an accident earlier, though. No snow involved, just stupidity.
60 degrees and perfect here in Gainesville, FL.
I'm sure that everyone loves when we Sunshine Staters chime in.
It's still 57 degrees right now in Maryland. It rained all day though.
Dr. Hess wrote: We had that dusting here in NW AR too, with the same results. The first snow of the winter, no one remembers how to drive.
Hess, you're in AR? Cool. Please let me come wrench with you sometime. Please? Did I say please? Got about 2" at my house in Little Rock overnight.
We got flurries this morning in Central MS. Didn't have a chance to stick, mind you.
stroker wrote: We had a dusting of snow today here in Columbia, Missouri. You know what happened before I can even tell you. It packed, iced, and it was carnage. Unfrikkin' believable. Traffic backed up on city streets for MILES. Took my wife an hour and a half to drive three miles. I know we've had this discussion before, but WHAT THE HELL HAPPENS TO PEOPLE'S BRAINS WHEN IT SNOWS?
As your neighbor to the east, in happy to inform you that I had no problem getting into St Louis at 0530. We got a small dusting, but not enough to really cause that problem. Guess I'll be putting up the Christmas lights when I get home.
It's no longer "snow" to me. We're expecting flurries and a potential accumulation of "chaos" tomorrow morning.
Naturally, I have to be to work at 8:15 after dropping off the girls at daycare.
Berkley.
Not much snow here, 35 degrees and sunny today so I went for a hour ride on the motorcycle.
Let it be known that when combined with my trusty steed the Astro and it's half worn Cooper ATRs, I am the god of snow driving.
Pics or it didn't happen (yea I know you already posted pics)
EvanB wrote: Pics or it didn't happen (yea I know you already posted pics)
Those are sissy snow pictures. This weekend it goes to Colorado. I'll take a picture of it balls-deep in some snow banks.
I'm waiting
we don't have that problem north of the mason dixon line. "up north" just about everyone knows what to do in the snow/freezing rain/slush.
EricM wrote: we don't have that problem north of the mason dixon line. "up north" just about everyone knows what to do in the snow/freezing rain/slush after the first snow of the year.
Fixed that for you. The first snow of the year is still carnage here in Michigan. See the problem is you have three types of drivers. 1. The "average" driver, the one who realizes this has happened before, slows down about 5 mph, leaves a little extra space and goes about their business. 2. The panic driver, the one immediately slows to 10 mph on the highway at the sight of a wafting snow flake. 3. The "I've got 4X4" driver, who, for reasons I don't understand, drives 10 mph faster when it snows. Demographically, this driver is, BTW, an odd combination of latte-sipping soccer moms and the "That thing got a Hemi?" guy(s). The combination of types 2 and 3 is carnage on the first snow, which often engulfs innocent type 1 drivers. After the first snow, everything kind of settles down into a gray, salt-encrusted routine.
Here in Green Bay, we've had snow already but since then we've had some rain. Now, again, it's getting cold enough to freeze (11°F this morning) and the county is a spraying a de-icing solution down. Yah, salt on the roads without all the hassels of snow!
And kazoospec is prettry spot on with his 3 types of drivers.
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