When you do start to drive in this weather, keep several things in mind.

I do constant slow speed brake application checks to determine how slick the snow is and if there is any ice under the snow. When the snow is dirty from the snow plows that sand, traction is good. If you see other cars in the ditch look at the slope of the road the goes to the shoulder of the road, hill, or there is the possablity of ice. Note Some idiots just like to park there, they call it free parking....

I drive with a couple of large bags of kitty litter in my magnum for weight and instant traction, when sprinkled on the road. note only for light duty traction problems. Works well when the parking lot at Safeway has not been plowed and the snow has been packed down to a slick glissening white ice. I get the unsented type unless of course your vehicle needs the pine tree scenters.

keep a blanket and several candles etc, when I am out of the city winter driving.


The svt stays parked as it is not a snow queen.

 

wow! Ice storms are very dangerouse. They can do A LOT of damage, but the way the ice looks built up on the branches over there, looks like ur gonna have some major tree limps and trees coming down a lone with power lines huh?

 

I hate the ice storms when we get them, which thankfully isn't very often. They do look nice until you see all the damage they do. The trees will start dropping limbs and power lines will fall when it gets bad enough. The sound of constant cracking and breaking will be deafening in the quiet of the storm.

When you lose power in a snow or ice storm, you'll be thankful of the fireplace for heat and light. Better get some food that can be toasted on an open fire.

 

About 12 years ago there was a severe ice storm in Quebec. 4 plus inchs of ice. Not only did trees and power line come down but with the increased load the large power line towers, toppled. There were communiteis with out power for weeks. It was a huge disaster with federal aid.

 

Naw, defiantly to smart to be retarded.
Inexperience is just that, lack of experience, now you are experiencing something new.





Yea but you'd be surprised how many people do it ALL the time.


It's not as bad as it has you by the looks of it.
I think it all went north of me. Parts of Jefferson City are with out power at the moment. *Wifes Aunt just called to let us know they have lost power."

Which brings up something, you might not have thought of. Make sure you have a cheap corded phone handy. Most cordless phones don't work with out power. (I have seen some cordless phones that have a battery in the base and will work for a couple of hours with out power.) When there is a mass outage, the cell towers sometimes either lose power too or they are overloaded with users, either way your cell is almost useless.

 

A lot of the cell service companies in a disaster cut the general public out of their net work as to provide emergency service to those who have the axcess codes.

 

Well, it's not total inexperience. I lived in snow growing up as a kid and during my first year of college back east (before I returned home to sunny So. Cal.) But during those times I have lived in snow, it was just that . . . snow . . . no ice storms. So the ice storm part is new.

Already have one. Back home, always had one corded phone because of earthquakes. A big quake that would put out the power and cordless phones don't work and cell lines either don't work or are so clogged up as to be useless. Corded phones would always have power (as it comes thru the phone line) and although usually jammed, you could eventually get thru.

As for driving and such . . . I drove in the snow while in college for a short time but the roads were always maintained so well it wasn't an issue and never left town during that year anyway. I have no intention of taking my car out in this unless I ABSOLUTELY have to.

Thanks all for the suggestions and kind thoughts of safety.

And now, it's time to watch the Giants game (already in progress)

ETA: Damn it . . . I still get Los Angeles networks and Fox LA is showing the Dallas game, not the Giants. Damn it!!!!

 

Just woke up, but I can look out the window and see the trees sagging.

 

I love it...K is discovering the elements.

nice.

:santa:

 

thats why you move to florida

 

what is this snow and ice stuff you guys are talking about? are you talking about people putting ice, like the ice in your drink, on your trees and steps?







hahaha i love arizona, the only natural disaster we get is that in the summer the entire state turns into a big oven

 

Well, the trees are beyond sagging here, they are all breaking apart.

Scary thing is I've got one that has a good size branch sagging onto one of the electrical wires going off the pole into the house.

This ought to be interesting.

I went outside to look around (and take pix) and about every 60 seconds you'd hear a crackling, tearing sound . . . like the dubbed sound of a tree being felled in the movies . . . except it's large parts of the trees around here breaking off. It's a pretty amazing sound. I just hope it doesn't take down my power line going to the house.

I'm so screwed.

:santa:

 

Which begs the question, if a tree limb falls on Kobi, does it make a sound?

 

If you lose the power line feeding directly into the house it will be one of the lowest priorities to be fixed.

The good new is there will be plenty of wood to burn in your fire place after the storm.

 

Lee brings up a good point. If/when that tree takes out your line, you're way down on the bottom of the list of priorities of the electric company. Hey, remember how you were talking about that generator you saw at Lowe's the other day?