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From: Waleska, GA
... it really doesn't matter if you get 1/2" of ICE or 12" of ice...you can't drive on it... I challange any of you Northern snow lovers to come down here in our hills and hollows and handle it... you can't even walk on it much less drive.
...it's a totally different animal we're riding down here... come on down and show us how to do it...
...it's a totally different animal we're riding down here... come on down and show us how to do it...
I agree, this is totally different down here. As for Southern drivers, the guy that got me to the bottom of my mountain was a Southerner.
Johnny's Pizza in Woodstock, GA brought in and fed students free pizza from my wife's school bus who were stranded. They probably won't get the same press that the Chick-fill-a guy did.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnn...23672847643681
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From: northwest MT
Up here we have these things called STUDS in our winter tires.......little spikes basically. Go anywhere on ice. Also the school busses and delivery trucks run tire chains. If you can't drive on ice, you don't go anywhere.
We got 8" of new snow today and still coming down...
We got 8" of new snow today and still coming down...
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From: Waleska, GA
This is how I drive my Dually in the woods and hills!
Ken Block goes flat out in his Rally Fiesta on ice during Sno*Drift testing - YouTube
Ken Block goes flat out in his Rally Fiesta on ice during Sno*Drift testing - YouTube
Now if he can do that on these (non)rolling parking lots around here, I'll be even more impressed.
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From: Northshore, MN
The irony in my two pics compared to GA, is not the fact we got a lot of snow (42" in only the first big storm of the season), but the temps haven't gotten above 20 in 2 months, and have mostly hovered below 0, and overnights are mostly in the -15 to -25 range. That means this white stuff doesn't melt. At least not until May, normally. So the stress of an icestorm for a handful of days can be tough
, but the 9 months of Winter can be really tough, especially without a heated garage, and everything is out back about 50 yards away buried, lol.
Yeah, the mental ward is Northeastern MN, way up.
And I'd take snow over ice/sleet any day of the week
, but the 9 months of Winter can be really tough, especially without a heated garage, and everything is out back about 50 yards away buried, lol.
Yeah, the mental ward is Northeastern MN, way up.
And I'd take snow over ice/sleet any day of the week
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From: Waleska, GA
The irony in my two pics compared to GA, is not the fact we got a lot of snow (42" in only the first big storm of the season), but the temps haven't gotten above 20 in 2 months, and have mostly hovered below 0, and overnights are mostly in the -15 to -25 range. That means this white stuff doesn't melt. At least not until May, normally. So the stress of an icestorm for a handful of days can be tough
, but the 9 months of Winter can be really tough, especially without a heated garage, and everything is out back about 50 yards away buried, lol.
Yeah, the mental ward is Northeastern MN, way up.
And I'd take snow over ice/sleet any day of the week
, but the 9 months of Winter can be really tough, especially without a heated garage, and everything is out back about 50 yards away buried, lol.
Yeah, the mental ward is Northeastern MN, way up.
And I'd take snow over ice/sleet any day of the week
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From: Colorado Springs /Mesa AZ
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From: Waleska, GA
Actually, this is better than the current strategy of waiting until it warms up.
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I'm getting off topic but I thought this was cool.
After watching that video, I clicked on the video below. The really cool thing about this video is seeing how the co driver works. In the snow video, I was wondering about what was on the guys notebook.
That is some serious skill for the co driver. Previously under appreciated by me.
It keep some relevant comment here; Driving on ice sucks.
Back in 1999 I was driving my wife to the hospital to have our son. Very slick nasty roads and driving in a Volvo 240 wagon. My mother in law was driving in her car in front of us. She could see that lightweight back end going every which way. It was a planned C section, but for some reason my wife's water broke on the drive.
After watching that video, I clicked on the video below. The really cool thing about this video is seeing how the co driver works. In the snow video, I was wondering about what was on the guys notebook.
That is some serious skill for the co driver. Previously under appreciated by me.
It keep some relevant comment here; Driving on ice sucks.
Back in 1999 I was driving my wife to the hospital to have our son. Very slick nasty roads and driving in a Volvo 240 wagon. My mother in law was driving in her car in front of us. She could see that lightweight back end going every which way. It was a planned C section, but for some reason my wife's water broke on the drive.