Posted on 02/11/2010 2:35:15 PM PST by highimpact
4:00 p.m. UPDATE -- The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties, effective from midnight tonight to 6 p.m. Friday.
A winter storm warning means "significant amounts of snow, ice and sleet" are expected, making travel "very hazardous or impossible."
Santa Rosa schools are closed Friday, along with all University of West Florida locations. Okaloosa and Walton schools are still planning to be open as usual on Friday.
Walton County and counties to the east are not under the winter storm warning.
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We’re heading down Orlando way next week. We’ll pack our parkas.
I’m here in Mobile and we’ve been getting sleet off and on for the last several hours.....supposed to get 1-3” of snow by mid-morning Friday....yuk!
Woo hoo!!! Time to get out the shovel.
Have you ever been through a 1” snow storm in the South?
Hilarious and dangerous at the same time. First, you have drivers that are barely used to paved roads. Next, you have bald tires because the roads are rarely slick. Finally, many of the drivers have never driven slick roads.
In one of these rare events I saw a vehicle approach a slight incline and get stuck in the icy rim of a sewer lid because his tires were bald.
Bumper cars heaven.
I will be down there next week as well. Looks like highs in the low 50s and lows in the low 30s. Maybe not a whole lot of imporvement from Ohio except for the snow.
Our kids (10 & 12) haven’t seen snow in at least 3-4 years, so I’m excited for them. I could care less if I ever see another snowflake...I lived in the northern Rockies for 29 years. We moved here precisely because of the weather. I guess a little snow flurry once every 15-20 years isn’t anything to complain about, considering half the country is buried in the stuff right now.
“Have you ever been through a 1” snow storm in the South?”
Nope. I’ve been here for about 7 years, and it’s never snowed during that time. I remember one evening a few years ago the streets iced up, and there were reports of 100’s of accidents. If it does snow tomorrow, I’m not putting myself on the road with a bunch of idiots who have no idea how to handle slick conditions.
Snow in the Atlanta area tomorrow. It’s predicted more accumulation south of the city.
I don’t how they manage to end up in the ditch even on straight-aways!
Oh the fun! But we loved South Carolina while we were there!
I literally learned to drive in the snow. I took my driver’s test on snow-covered roads. If you know what you’re doing, you know the limitations of what your vehicle can and can’t do based on the conditions. I don’t hold it against people who have never learned the proper way to control a vehicle on slick roads...they have to learn somehow. Spinning out at 20mph and landing in a ditch is a great lesson to learn, as long as nobody gets hurt, plus it’s fun to watch. I might drive over to the highway and park my car in a safe place just to watch the circus.
My snow driving training began in my 30’s, and I’m still sure that if I’m out, there’s a ditch with my name on it!
I hate it when Global Warming gets in the way of a three-day weekend!
I put 400lbs in the back of my truck so I can try to make it to work tomorrow at 5AM. Wish me luck! Jackson, Ms. predicting up to 6” of SNOW and I have two bridges to cross!!! AL GORE,,, where are you??????
I had a crash course in snow driving when I was caught in a storm in Vail Pass 10 yrs ago if Feb. I learned that if you have to use the brakes, your going to fast!!
I was born and raised in the Florida Panhandle. There are plenty of people up North who know little about Winter driving.
When I lived in Kansas, several locals told me 4wd was no advantage on ice. Never having driven on ice, I assumed they were right.
One day heading West out of Wichita, I noticed all the traffic on the interstate was creeping along at 15mph due to solid ice.
After a few miles, traffic thinned out and I had not noticed any real problem so I sped up to around 25. Finally remembering what my friends had told me, I took the truck out of 4wd. Maybe 5 seconds later the truck began to slide. This kept up until I put it back into 4wd. The sliding stopped tho I did keep the speed down.
BTW, having driven on muddy dirt roads all my life, I noticed driving on icy roads was very similar and I subconsciously corrected the same way.
Here a trick that I have always used when it snows, I deflate the tires to about 20psi. I find it works well enough to get me home especially if I don’t try to drive fast.
If it does snow I will be used my 4x4 with the tires properly deflated for extra grip.
..but when we did, the buses would arrive in record time to take us home (I'm talking flurries)...but the roads would ice quickly & we aren't use to it.
“I put 400lbs in the back of my truck so I can try to make it to work tomorrow at 5AM. Wish me luck!”
Good luck! If your truck is 4wd, the extra weight won’t help you, but it could hurt you. It’s just more weight to try to stop (extra inertia). If you have 2wd, then the added weight will help provide some traction to accelerate, but it’s still going to take you longer to stop. Either way, please drive carefully and watch out for idiots!
“There are plenty of people up North who know little about Winter driving.”
Believe me, I know. They were the people who always managed to slide into me while I was waiting at a red light. It happened to me 3 consecutive winters. Twice at the same intersection.
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