OMG yay SNOW!!
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Yup. Been getting lots of it tonight. I had to move the Supra like 100 feet, and it could barely get going... It's so cold that when i got done moving it, I couldn't feel my hands. It's -12F.
Two inches in Huntsville, not the five to ten forecast. Supra is nice and cozy in the garage. Wife got irritated when I asked her about getting gas tomorrow. LOL
trucker;1658807 said:
Nope, but I have rescued a driver who wasn't on the road anymore and dropped him off at a hotel in the next town.
we didn't get snow here. Instead, it just rained ice all night. luckily, i got my firewood loaded into the pickup and backed it into the garage as it was just starting. had the fire burning all night 
Snow is news to you guys!?
Wow I am so jealous of where you people must be living. Snow, lots of it and sub -30c temps here since October are generally the normal.
My Supra could leave the garage right now if it wanted to. Due to the huge snow drift blocking the door and the fact I would get no traction.
Trust me the sparkle and shine of snow fades very quickly when it is paired up with kill you dead real fast kinda cold.
Now if I was a kid and we had a snow day from school then I might be all with ya!
Wow I am so jealous of where you people must be living. Snow, lots of it and sub -30c temps here since October are generally the normal.
My Supra could leave the garage right now if it wanted to. Due to the huge snow drift blocking the door and the fact I would get no traction.
Trust me the sparkle and shine of snow fades very quickly when it is paired up with kill you dead real fast kinda cold.
Now if I was a kid and we had a snow day from school then I might be all with ya!
I still feel like I'm in the damn Expedition with Mike fishtailing the hell out if it. Ughdfsggfff.
OMG snow YAY!
OMG snow YAY!
Theresa, that looks awesome
But snow is nothing new to me either. It started going December 1st, and I don't think I've seen anything above 35*F since Thanksgiving (35 being the high, 10-20 being the norm)
But snow is nothing new to me either. It started going December 1st, and I don't think I've seen anything above 35*F since Thanksgiving (35 being the high, 10-20 being the norm)
Pass.
Snow has been on the ground here for at least 2-3 weeks now, and while the majority of it has gotten off the roads, it's still nice and brown/black from all the filth on the roads that gets stuck to the snow. The stuff's only pretty until people get around it...
That, and it was -9*F when I left for work this morning. According to the weather channel, it felt like -34*F. No thanks. When your brakes feel stiff (same with the clutch), it's a little too cold out.
Oh, and for reference:
Snow has been on the ground here for at least 2-3 weeks now, and while the majority of it has gotten off the roads, it's still nice and brown/black from all the filth on the roads that gets stuck to the snow. The stuff's only pretty until people get around it...
That, and it was -9*F when I left for work this morning. According to the weather channel, it felt like -34*F. No thanks. When your brakes feel stiff (same with the clutch), it's a little too cold out.
Oh, and for reference:
LOL - word just came through, our Atlanta office is closed due to the weather. Is a couple inches of snow really National Emergency territory there???
GrimJack;1659017 said:
Generally speaking it's a compound issue.
- Not enough infrastructure to deal with the rare winter weather (plows, salt/sand trucks, manpower).
- Temperature isn't cold enough to keep it snow, so it melts and then refreezes as ice.
- Snow/ice is rare, so people don't invest in snow tires, and many places studded tires are banned (you're not driving on ice without them, I don't care what you have).
I have family in New England and they laugh at us down here...until they were down here for the holidays and witnessed an ice storm first hand. I don't even walk outside in that shit, I bruised a bone falling on that shit before...
What is this "Snow" you guys speak of?
(Old place never got snow but new place @ 500m does I believe)
(Old place never got snow but new place @ 500m does I believe)
White cold stuff that makes a mess when it half melts and turns into slush on black ice.
5-8 inches dropped here in Memphis and Damn near shut the whole city down. We only have a dozen trucks to deal with it, less than half of what is needed. Add a population that can barely drive in sunny and 75* weather...chaos ensues. Not driving my car out there with those fools.
5-8 inches dropped here in Memphis and Damn near shut the whole city down. We only have a dozen trucks to deal with it, less than half of what is needed. Add a population that can barely drive in sunny and 75* weather...chaos ensues. Not driving my car out there with those fools.
I'm one of the few people who seems to actually like driving in the snow, I just love it.
Plus if you hold alt and then type 2, 4, and 8 on the number pad it should put up the degree symbol.
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Plus if you hold alt and then type 2, 4, and 8 on the number pad it should put up the degree symbol.
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° ------ Hey man thanks, thats actually a cool little tip I didn't know. Found the complete list of "special" characters. Kinda neat, will come in handy.