Reporting snow.

Minrott · Post by **Minrott** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:45 pm

-2f here last night. Goooooo WI!

Maeya · Post by **Maeya** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:52 pm

Martrae wrote:If you wanna watch something funny, check out GA drivers when they get the rare snowfall down there.

It makes me cry.

Though a good rain makes the roads shut down too.

Darcler · Post by **Darcler** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:04 pm

Maeya wrote:
Martrae wrote:If you wanna watch something funny, check out GA drivers when they get the rare snowfall down there.

It makes me cry.

Though a good rain makes the roads shut down too.

Same is said of Texas.

I've also seen people freak out and go to the store to buy bread, water and gas when the temps dip below 40.

Post by **Lyion** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:06 pm

Yeah, but there's a huge diffence between an Atlanta drizzle and a Texas storm.

Darcler · Post by **Darcler** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:11 pm

So, I'm driving down George Bush Tollway to get home it is starts sprinkling. Light, like I didnt *really* have to turn my wipers on. It gets a little harder, to the point where I had to turn them on high, on the first setting, not a big rain, still pretty good visability. People are driving 40. FOURTY.

But yeah, the big storms during the day make me drive real slow, if not exit and park in a parking lot till I can see the front of my car again.

Jennay · Post by **Jennay** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:11 pm

Oh people in Michigan drive like they've got Parkinsons. It's always funny when we're having blizzard-like conditions and taking it easy when some ass in a decked out truck or SUV speeds past you doing 50.... then later you see his lights in the ditch or pulled over by the cops.

Jimmy Durante · Post by **Jimmy Durante** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:43 pm

Jennay wrote:It's always funny when we're having blizzard-like conditions and taking it easy when some ass in a decked out truck or SUV speeds past you doing 50.... then later you see his lights in the ditch or pulled over by the cops.

That happens quite a bit here as well. Apparently, too many still hang on to the myth that 4WD/AWD makes you some sort of vehicular messiah. Meanwhile I primarily drive my RWD sedan with decent snows with no issues :dunno:

Tuggan · Post by **Tuggan** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:27 pm

Jennay wrote:Oh people in Michigan drive like they've got Parkinsons. It's always funny when we're having blizzard-like conditions and taking it easy when some ass in a decked out truck or SUV speeds past you doing 50.... then later you see his lights in the ditch or pulled over by the cops.

haha, i love michigan drivers in the winter.

brinstar · Post by **brinstar** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:27 pm

arlos wrote:do people somehow suddenly lose all ability to drive on snow when they haven't seen it for 6 months?

yes, holy shit

i've asked myself that every winter since i first got my license

tuesday morning there was a half inch of wet snow on the ground, and the roads were wet. not icy, not snowy. JUST WET. people were driving 20 mph!

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:44 pm

38 here in Houston, there is typically a 3 year cycle on snow here....

it snowed last Christmas Eve, people just about shit themselves.... while getting in accidents driving 70 mph on icy interstates....