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[CTom]

So understand this, I grew up in New Orleans and when y'all got hit with the snow and ice like now I just went in a different direction. Nothing but Respect here for how Y'all can live and especially Drive in that mess. Stay Warm!

Trust me, there's no shortage of idiot drivers here in Minnesota. Every fall we get a little fluff overnight in late October or early November, and by fluff I mean less than an inch and a half, and the following morning the sheriffs depts and highway patrols are busy fetching these high velocity fools out of ditches lasting all day. With all the 4 wheel drives and all wheel drives on the road the people think they're invincible in the snow or on slick surfaces and all those wheels moving under power only blow the driver's support system all to heck once that vehicle begins to lose traction or begins to slip and they take the ditch dive deep enough they cannot drive out. And this is on flat land. Hills and curves just compound the poor driving.

I've lived here my whole life and drove commercial truck for a good many of those years and I have never been stuck or in a ditch, but then I respect what the weather hands us and change to more defensive driving when snow or ice cover the roads and I am for certain not going to be the first one to cut a track on that stuff. Everyone's in such a fuming hurry today and figures the type of drive in the vehicle they have will handle anything mother nature tosses their way. I honestly think that drivers between 18 and fifty should have to take and pass two exams before they can drive in the winter EVERY year. First to understand that THEY are responsible for proper driving technique, not the vehicle. Second, if they cannot change their own flat tire, they cannot drive until they know how to and can.

[crappie carp81]

Feels like-3 and not getting much warmer anytime soon , "expecting " a foot of snow here in south eastern Ohio

[CrappiePappy]

Pappy's homestead is looking at 6-15" of snow over the weekend ... below freezing daytime temps until next month ... and the possibility of sleet/ice along with the snow.

And I'ma tell ya'll what ... that dang rodent sees his shadow next month, I'll personally bust a cap in ALL his KY cousins that I can find.

[MN Fisher]

Minus 26 below this morning, wind chill of -48 last night. Planning a fishing outing on Wednesday with a few guys, mostly fishing outside doing some hole hopping. Hopefully it warms up by then.

[Jamesdean]

Morning everyone...currently 6* with a wind chill of -9* Light dry snow with approx. 1 inch on the ground, and 7" to 13" over the week-end. Supposed to stay around for several days. Just hope this trailer park does something with the streets like last year. Been here almost 8 years now and last year was the first year they cleaned them. Living on this slight hill is not fun in the winter...fresh snow equals some traction, packed snow equals ICE and no traction...

[J White]

So far so good here. But they are still forecasting two and three quarters of an inch ice today. Hope they miss that!


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[Central Minn]

My bride and I and the 2 dogs are packing and going out to the wheel house now, not a overnighter though…I can only not fish for so long and 2 weeks and 1 day is to long it’s -13

[Jamesdean]

My bride and I and the 2 dogs are packing and going out to the wheel house now, not a overnighter though…I can only not fish for so long and 2 weeks and 1 day is to long it’s -13

Every where I can access has ice. to thick to just fish, and to thin for me to venture out on...

[jjue1979]

The precipitation hasn’t started here and probably won’t for another couple of hours. We actually won’t be below freezing until tomorrow, and I’m expecting to have to drive my wife to work on icy roads the next two days. I’m expecting our two US vehicle assembly plants and our power train plant to be shut down 1-2 days, and schools will likely be closed for a couple of days.

We normally don’t have snow-covered roads like we had 5 years ago—we just go straight to ice. From the times that I’d travel up north for training or test vehicle reviews, I learned that the municipalities up north get more snow that is drivable and have the resources to prep the roads to keep them more drivable—snow tires also help. Down here, a set of snow tires for my truck would nearly dry rot in my garage before I’d get a chance to use them a second time.

[Jamesdean]

We get some amount of snow/ ice every year. I grew up out west in the desert. Learned to try and guide a big heavy truck in winter in Southern Germany, only a couple hours from the Swiss Alps. It's not my ability that scares me,, it's the lack of others who drive in this stuff like it's a summers day that scares the be-geezers out of me...Stay warm, stay safe ya-all!!!