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TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 10:54 PM Jan 2013

So, snow, freezing rain tonight...

More of the same tomorrow. Then highs near 40 Tuesday and rain. Wednesday the bottom drops out of the temperatures.

Getting to work Wednesday and Thursday is going to be fun. I've always wanted to drive a minivan on a hockey rink.

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So, snow, freezing rain tonight... (Original Post) TheMightyFavog Jan 2013 OP
You have my sympathies... love_katz Jan 2013 #1
Stay safe out there. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #2
I once skated a K-Car from St. Louis to Kansas City. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #3
Freezing rain, ice, sleet, etc. here in northwestern Virginia tonight Flaxbee Jan 2013 #4

love_katz

(2,584 posts)
1. You have my sympathies...
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:02 PM
Jan 2013

driving on ice is NO fun!

As far as traction devices are concerned...nothing really works on ice.

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts)
3. I once skated a K-Car from St. Louis to Kansas City.
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:09 PM
Jan 2013

My brother worked at the airport called us and said if we were going to leave we needed to get started. We got about 25 miles before we hit ice on the road about 1/2 inch thick.

Cars were going every direction but down the road, trucks just stopped where they were. We crept along at about 20 MPH, it took us 6 hours.

Just be thankful you don't have to drive mountain roads. The only time I have ever lost control was in West Virginia when i hit ice on a bridge on a curve. It was dark and my car spun around three times mountain on one side, drop-off on the other. All you think which way will I die, some one else took over the driving at that point, as we hit nothing.

The important thing is take it slow, leave lots of space to stop and always start slowing down early. If you car has ABS, don't pump them.

We are getting freezing rain right now west side of Cleveland.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
4. Freezing rain, ice, sleet, etc. here in northwestern Virginia tonight
Mon Jan 28, 2013, 02:13 AM
Jan 2013

Mid 40s tomorrow, then mid-60s Tuesday and Wednesday with "possibility of severe thunderstorms" on Wednesday. Then back down to 27 with snow by Friday.

Bizarre.

You be careful out there on the ice.

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