Stuck on I20 EB 14 hours, still sitting.
So much for not getting snow in Birmingham,AL. We got 2" of snow and it shut down the roads. Major accidents everywheres. ,Been stuck on I20 since 2:30pm yesterday with no sign of us moving. Someon...
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Handbasket wrote:georgelesley wrote:
.... But even we do not like the "greasy" snow that falls with temps in the 20's. Give me the snow that falls when the temp is 0 or below anytime.
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Thank you, sir! That is exactly what many folks from up north just don't understand. Here in the southern mountains, we not only have that kind of freezy skid stuff to deal with, we also have hills, blind curves, and heavily shaded spots to complicate matters.
I had a rather prolonged...errr, 'discussion' with a northerner on the B forum a few years ago... he'd 'never been stuck' in the winter in a RWD B van without chains, and thought all my suggested preparations absurd. Of course, he apparently lived in the Canadian flatlands.
Jim, "Manure occureth."
Don't give us too much credit my friend. Summers up here are short, but apparently long enough for many locals to forget how to drive in snow. The first snow of the season always brings a rash of accidents as we relearn how to deal with it.
