2fcknfst

Yes, for Vancouver, it was enough to bring the city to a standstill...

ottodawg

I was stationed in Washington state for a while back in the 80's, I remember the "city to a standstill" thing when they got a little bit of snow. You were definitely taking your life in your hands by being out on the road.

2fcknfst

Oh yeah... it is remarkable. I've piloted all kinds of equipment through some fairly fantastic weather and it never ceases to amaze me how poorly some people lose it with just a sprinkle of snow - now freezing rain, that's an entirely different beast.

Coming home from Calgary once, heading west, and rolling into Canmore, the road gave off a 'sheen' I had never seen before - almost a matte finish - curious, I pulled over (it was night), got out of the truck and promptly fell to the asphalt... the rain had built up about 3/4" of ice, perfectly layered, all the way through Banff and on to Lake Louise - it was slippery as hell, but adjusting the speed to road conditions made it reasonable to drive on. Once into Field it was pretty much gone. Neat effect though.

ottodawg

Yeah, ice storms are a whole other thing. We had a few when living in Memphis, being from CO I'd never seen one before. We don't really get them here. I had a similar experience in Kansas. It was a sunny day and the wind was blowing snow onto the highway, were it melted and promptly re-froze. It was glass. I was driving a CJ-7 an promptly began spinning down the highway. Ended up facing the wrong direction with a semi coming at us sideways. Luckily his missed up and ended up in the median. That was probably the most terrifying drive of my driving years..

pfbz

Or...

RadarP3C

Need to switch out those side markers for clear.

2fcknfst

Yes, please, that's awesome!

ottodawg

Now that I'd drive in the winter!! Even with the orange markers,.

abiazis

Grocery store and gym run today

.2PDK

Are you referring to the weather or taxes?

Nemic

Washed before the rains arrived.

2fcknfst

Both.

2fcknfst

It is amazingly green there. Pity the rain is coming...

Nemic

It's green because of the rain

2fcknfst

We get rain like that here, almost constantly, but you are most certainly greener.