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wa8yxm
Aug 20, 2016Explorer III
3 Bits of advice
First: Most northern states give major priority to FREEWAYS so they should be clear unless it is actually snowing.
Second: Watch the weather reports and
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/index.php
Next: If the going gets white and scary.. STOP, first possible location it is safe to do so.
Finally once off the freeway SLOW DOWN, And be very careful going over hills for you do not know what is on the other side.
True story.. Drove my class A straight into a blizzard.. Followed my own advice, above, Found a rest area, By the time I'd walked 20 yards my footsteps were already filled in in the snow... Had dinner in the diner,, Breakfast in same diner.. Watched news about all the cars lining the ditches both sides of the Freeway... Went back to traveling,, Freeways plowed and clear and dry already.. Ditches exactly as the news described them car, after car, after car, starting about half a mile from where I pulled off to wait out the storm.
I lived in Southern MI,, Very used to snow... And I pulled off and parked.
First: Most northern states give major priority to FREEWAYS so they should be clear unless it is actually snowing.
Second: Watch the weather reports and
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/index.php
Next: If the going gets white and scary.. STOP, first possible location it is safe to do so.
Finally once off the freeway SLOW DOWN, And be very careful going over hills for you do not know what is on the other side.
True story.. Drove my class A straight into a blizzard.. Followed my own advice, above, Found a rest area, By the time I'd walked 20 yards my footsteps were already filled in in the snow... Had dinner in the diner,, Breakfast in same diner.. Watched news about all the cars lining the ditches both sides of the Freeway... Went back to traveling,, Freeways plowed and clear and dry already.. Ditches exactly as the news described them car, after car, after car, starting about half a mile from where I pulled off to wait out the storm.
I lived in Southern MI,, Very used to snow... And I pulled off and parked.
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