[EnderWiggin1970]

Best advice I have for inexperienced southerners in such conditions is, given the opportunity, pick out the nearest empty parking lot (such as a school or church not in session), drive VERY gingerly to it, and then practicing driving around where you can lose control and go sliding around without too much risk of damage until you get the hang of what you can and cannot get away with.

Same goes for youth in the north who didn't get a chance during driver training to drive on snow/ice. Always kind of amazed me that we went through driver training in the summer, they gave us our licenses, and then we were left to our own judgment when winter rolled around. Fortunately the intersection I slid through promptly after the first snowfall at age 16 was empty.

[WoofDog123]

this is good advice.

my town is basically shut down, and will be partially so tomorrow I expect. it is just as well aside from lack of functioning economy for 2-3 days - i can only imagine traffic incidents.

i have spent time often enough up north just enough to have some clock time on this type stuff (basic reactions are there, would need a mild refresher assuming proper tires etc), but there isn’t the right infrastructure here to do decent clearing on roads, no one else may know what they are doing, and my vehicle is most definitely not set up for it.

I think I am home all day tomorrow.