Slick out be careful

[DoggyDaddy]

Its bad down here too Doggy. Stay home.

Southport road bridge over white river was closed until they could get salt on it. I was on Mendenhall and went to slow down to turn and just keeeeeeept going. I didnt need to turn there anyway. LOL

I was going to stay there and do a thing, but grabbed the parts and took them home to work on it before roads got any worse.

I'm not going anywhere. I just posted in another thread that I was still getting good traction on the laminate, linoleum and carpet.

 

[gregr]

Just drive home to the east side of Indy from Noblesville and saw several crashes and a pick up in the ditch. I noticed on 465 south of Pendleton Pike to Shadeland had some salt down. Once off the interstate it was pretty much a solid sheet of ice.
Wish I could just stay in the rest of the evening but I have to go out and pick my son up from work in about an hour. That should be fun too

yeah, sounds like you have no choice but to go out. Be safe!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just drive home to the east side of Indy from Noblesville and saw several crashes and a pick up in the ditch. I noticed on 465 south of Pendleton Pike to Shadeland had some salt down. Once off the interstate it was pretty much a solid sheet of ice.
Wish I could just stay in the rest of the evening but I have to go out and pick my son up from work in about an hour. That should be fun too

Stay safe out there!

 

[gregr]

Stay safe out there!

I have a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, and the 4-wheel drive works flawlessly, but man, nothing works with ice. Ice scares me...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I have a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, and the 4-wheel drive works flawlessly, but man, nothing works with ice. Ice scares me...

Exactly! But some with 4WD vehicles seem to think it makes them invincible. I've got an old beater 97 Ram 4x4 and it's nice for snow, but no better than my little Hyundai for ice.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Nothing raises the pucker-factor from 0-100 like black ice in a curve with rear wheel drive.

 

[jwamplerusa]

I'm old. Sometimes you just have to throw them away.

Cut and flush, it's the only way to be sure!

Glad you're ok. I was surprised to find things slick in Westfield and Zionsville. Driveway was slick enough to be difficult to get up.

 

[jsx1043]

If anyone was curious about how well Marion County prepared for and responded to the (apparently "surprise," because no one knew they were coming, except the NWS, meteorologists, and emergency management personnel) freezing conditions...

DPW wasn't called to salt the roads until 6:45 PM, we ran out of fire apparatus and ambulances at 7:29 PM, and street officers were no longer being dispatched to property damage crashes at around 8:15 PM.

I was on the phone to IFD dispatch to request a medic three times and never got an answer.

 

[flatlander]

If anyone was curious about how well Marion County prepared for and responded to the (apparently "surprise," because no one knew they were coming, except the NWS, meteorologists, and emergency management personnel) freezing conditions...

DPW wasn't called to salt the roads until 6:45 PM, we ran out of fire apparatus and ambulances at 7:29 PM, and street officers were no longer being dispatched to property damage crashes at around 8:15 PM.

I was on the phone to IFD dispatch to request a medic three times and never got an answer.

Wonder if Mayor Hogs**t will be coming out to brag on TV tomorrow

 

[BigRed]

Wonder if Mayor Hogs**t will be coming out to brag on TV tomorrow

Maybe....if he's not in rehab.

That mother ******* ***hole can **** himself straight to ****.

 

[Bigtanker]

I made it from just north of South Bend to Pierceton, IN (US 30 & SR 13) ok. Slow going and the roads were salted. I was supposed to go to North Manchester for some 200 proof corn but I decided not to.

The South Bend area doesn't see too bad yet. I'll see when I get back. 74 more miles at about 35-40 in an empty tanker. Yay.

From the way down.

 

[indyblue]

Stay safe out there y'all!

This 'tweener weather can be the worst time to be on the roads.

 

[thunderchicken]

If anyone was curious about how well Marion County prepared for and responded to the (apparently "surprise," because no one knew they were coming, except the NWS, meteorologists, and emergency management personnel) freezing conditions...

DPW wasn't called to salt the roads until 6:45 PM, we ran out of fire apparatus and ambulances at 7:29 PM, and street officers were no longer being dispatched to property damage crashes at around 8:15 PM.

I was on the phone to IFD dispatch to request a medic three times and never got an answer.

Awesome isn't it lol
Nothing like the city to get caught with their pants down. I'm sure we will have a few wrecked IMPD cars when the garage opens back up tomorrow night.
Never even heard talk of any standby going into the weekend

 

[jsx1043]

Because the city failed to ameliorate the conditions ahead of time, and IFD/IEMS staffing was put into additional strain by overscheduling and taking apparatus out of service for all of the events downtown, one of my guys had to transport a patient with a severe injury to the nearest hospital in his squad car. No other options existed at the time.

If anyone thinks that the city is anywhere prepared for a significant emergency event, they are sadly out of touch with reality.

And I even work in emergency management.

 

[thunderchicken]

Found out my aunt took a wild ride this evening. I guess it was a 6 or 7 car pile up and somehow she ended up upside down. Car's totalled
She may have a broken arm and a scratch on her head but no other injuries so that's a blessing

 

[El Conquistador]

Found out my aunt took a wild ride this evening. I guess it was a 6 or 7 car pile up and somehow she ended up upside down. Car's totalled
She may have a broken arm and a scratch on her head but no other injuries so that's a blessing

That sucks, glad she is ok considering

 

[thunderchicken]

Because the city failed to ameliorate the conditions ahead of time, and IFD/IEMS staffing was put into additional strain by overscheduling and taking apparatus out of service for all of the events downtown, one of my guys had to transport a patient with a severe injury to the nearest hospital in his squad car. No other options existed at the time.

If anyone thinks that the city is anywhere prepared for a significant emergency event, they are sadly out of touch with reality.

And I even work in emergency management.

Oh I am crystal clear on that. The problems definitely start at the top

 

[Denny347]

IMPD will NOT be responding to vehicle crashes where there are no injuries and both are drivable. Also, AutoReturn (contract company for IMPD tows) is 60 or so tows behind. My son was supposed to be driving back down to IU for the spring semester at 6pm, NO WAY I was letting him out for that. Tomorrow should be better.

 

[d.kaufman]

Ice has doubled here in just the past hour. Went to feed the outdoor cats and they were slipping and sliding coming to eat. Was pretty amusing actually

 

[Cameramonkey]

I think I'll give the city a pass this time. Every forecast I saw said we were not in the zone. At least until 5 or so when we suddenly WERE in the zone and everyone started saying "hey, its freezing out there..."

I'll save my ire for when everyone says "its gonna be bad" and Hogsett's team drops the ball anyway.