Horrible drive home....snow thread

[ladypanther]

So...let me leave work at 4 (originally scheduled for 8)...left Hickory going west...I40 much worse than I expected....but ok if everyone was driving slow...most were.  Then got off my exit to go to highway 18....2 lane highway but lot of traffic on it between Shelby and Morganton. Road was covered...basically packed snow =ice. Major road....did the highway people not read the forecast???????  Had to walk the last 1/2 mile home.

[chknwing]

lol Its always some one elses fault. You realize seeing that forecast goes both ways, right? :)

[Jangler]

I walked today, everyday... But the roads looked pretty good here from what I could see.

[Guest Dark Knight]

It didn't start snowing until this morning. The first roads they clear are in front of all hospitals, fire stations, police stations, schools, etc. Then they will start clearing backwoods roads like Hwy 18.

If you knew in advance the weather was gonna be bad and you drive that far, why did you even leave home would be a better question.

[KSpan]

Took my friend in Atlanta 7 hours to go 9 miles home, no exaggeration.

[cookinbrak]

Do they brine the roads where y'all live? It usually works pretty good, but there's pure ice in front of my house right now.

[mr beauxjangles]

Took my friend in Atlanta 7 hours to go 9 miles home, no exaggeration.

I'm in Atlanta. My mother in law is still in her car. She left work at noon, over nine hours ago. About to give up. Coworker just got home after abandoning her car and walking the last five miles. Thankfully I live one block from my office.

[Guest Dark Knight]

Took my friend in Atlanta 7 hours to go 9 miles home, no exaggeration.

I would've walked home.

[Jangler]

Took my friend in Atlanta 7 hours to go 9 miles home, no exaggeration.

 

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/baby-born-on-i-285-due-to-icy-roadway/nc5ff/

 

 

While snow and ice brought commuters to a halt Tuesday, one baby girl decided she just couldn’t wait.

Her parents were on the way to the hospital, but couldn’t make it fast enough due to treacherous road conditions, according to the Sandy Springs Police Department.

Instead, the baby’s father and a traffic officer helped the mother deliver the baby — inside a car on I-285. The family was near Riverside Drive when the father stopped the car shortly after 5 p.m., according to police.

 

[Guest]

So...let me leave work at 4 (originally scheduled for 8)...left Hickory going west...I40 much worse than I expected....but ok if everyone was driving slow...most were.  Then got off my exit to go to highway 18....2 lane highway but lot of traffic on it between Shelby and Morganton. Road was covered...basically packed snow =ice. Major road....did the highway people not read the forecast???????  Had to walk the last 1/2 mile home.

 

sucks, hope your car is ok tomorrow

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I drove from Albermarle to Concord on the backroads tonight over hills and around curves. It was the scariest drive of my life. It was nothing but snow and ice. I went off the road several times. At one point I was stuck at the top of a hill trying to get around a curve and sliding everywhere and a dude pulled up next to me in a F350 diesel 4X4 and asked if I needed him to pull me. So he pulled me for about a mile. I felt so cool 

[Chimera]

Anyone else's Facebook and twitter full of people snapping pics from behind the wheel?

Full fledged Darwin nominations.

[Rise of The Hive]

Anyone else's Facebook and twitter full of people snapping pics from behind the wheel?

Full fledged Darwin nominations.

 

Yes, very dangerous.

[PandaPancake]

Hope everything turns out ok.

Don't believe the hype about people in areas where snow is common. We have just as many wrecks because Farmer John or Redneck 2.0 think they can go as fast as they want because they have four wheel drive.

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