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Horrible drive home....snow thread

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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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

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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 

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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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