Travel is limited to Extreme Emergencies ONLY! 1/26/14

[ghuns]

I got stuck on the way to work this AM. First time in my life. I drive an Audi A4, so it has AWD and is generally a snow beast, but the snow was deep enough on either side I couldn't open the doors.


Somebody had went through my road with a truck and I followed his tracks for 3/4 mile, with snow coming up over the hood. 1st gear, traction control off, 6K RPM, feeling pretty proud of myself when I come to some guy in a 4X4 Chevy. He was stuck, half on half off the road with no 4 ways on, in near whiteout conditions. Had to slam on the brakes and stop.

I rocked it back and forth until I had about a 10 foot stretch I could move in, crawled out the window and kicked down the mound of snow in between the tracks I had been following for several feet. Used my long handled snow scraper to dig out around my door(note to self, put a shovel in the trunk) and to get some of the snow out from under the front end. Got back in and made a bonzai run for it. Wind was out of the west, so my north/south road was bad. Made it to the first east/west road and turned. My 1/2 hour drive to work still took over an hour, even after I got unstuck.

I don't know what color St Joe/Elkhart counties are, but out in the rural parts, it's BAD.

 

[northtownship]

St Joe is orange, Elkhart is red.
The north/south roads in northern Marshall county (Red) suck.
I usually take back roads to work instead of US 6 in the winter. Not a chance today.
Get there then they cancel day shift. City folks have no idea what it's like out in the sticks.

 

[wtfd661]

Posting where would be useful because it isn't where I am (southern Indiana).

Jasper Co. blowing snow causing white out conditions and several cars are already in ditches.

It's been blowing like a b*tch for the last few hours.

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[HeadlessRoland]

Jasper Co. blowing snow causing white out conditions and several cars are already in ditches.

It's been blowing like a b*tch for the last few hours.

Whee!

 

[Bigtanker]

This is like gounghog day. Wake up, shovel my plowed in and drifted driveway, go to work and drive around on snow covered, icy roads, Stand out into the cold several times a night. Then I go home, go to bed and do the same freaking thing again. Day after day after day after freaking day!

 

[chef larry]

How does a person know when the warning is lifted?

 

[CathyInBlue]

White County is in condition red.

Does that make you all pinko? HAHAHAHA! I slay me.

 

[mom45]

How does a person know when the warning is lifted?

They update the map as things change. INDOT has lots of stuff on Face book with constant updates as well. I know some don't like Facebook but I really like the weather information that is shared there.

 

[ghuns]

St Joe Co has implemented a double, super-duper, snow emergency until 6PM Tuesday. They will refrain from passing out $2500 tickets until after 7PM tonight so the peasants who are out and about can make it back home.

I'm surprised we don't get more of these. $2500 a ticket should be a serious money maker for the county.

 

[sig-guy]

How does a person know when the warning is lifted?

If your on a computer, click the link in the first post.

Check to see if your county police department has an emergency alert system in place. If so, you can normally add your phone number to the call list via on-line (or simply give it to them while asking). Then you'll not only know of extreme weather conditions, but your get info on major accidents that have the local roads closed.

They will call at the beginning and end of the alerts. I like it, cause no matter where I am, I get the info without going to look for it.

 

[Leo]

I used to hate winter until I bought a snowmobile.

When I lived up north I figured I would make the most of it and I bought a couple new sleds. I even bought one of those snow mobile kidde trailers so the Mrs. could drag the kids around. My job required mandatory overtime for emergencies. For the next FIVE years there was record low snowfall, and when there was some snow, I was required to work. When I sold the sleds 6 years after I bought them, they probably did not have 15 hours on them. I spent more time getting them ready for storage and getting them ready for winter, than I did riding. No one wants to pay anything for 6 year old sleds, so I took a big loss.

The next year I had a different job and it snowed all winter. Bad timing on my part.

 

[sig-guy]

You have my luck.