Unless they are from upstate New Hampshire. If so you may want to consider borrowing a helmet and going along for the ride.
Posted on 01/12/2022 10:59:48 AM PST by RaceBannon
being an old yankee, this is a tip for those who are going to experience this storm and do not live in areas where they always get snow
I also live in the country on 12 acres. My driveway is only about 150’ long and it is paved.
However, my house is about 35’ in elevation above the road. The slope of the driveway grade is about 20%. The house was built in 1972. Today a driveway can not be more than an 8% grade.
When you get almost to the top of the grade there is a 90 degree turn that you need to slow down for.
On the inside of that turn I have a Rubbermaid trash can that I keep rock salt in.
Going up the hill I have two 55 gallon drums I keep sand in to throw on the hill. FYI, the plastic barrels came from the local car wash. They give them away. They get the soap in them.
I also have a Massey Ferguson 1735 cab tractor to plow snow.
Unless they are from upstate New Hampshire. If so you may want to consider borrowing a helmet and going along for the ride.
If it has recently rained and the temperature is likely to go below freezing, I always drive with my window open a little. When I stop hearing the wet-pavement tire hiss, I know the road has frozen. At night, I also watch the light below streetlamps. The reflection takes on a sort of mottled look when ice forms.
If you start spinning on the ice steer in the direction of the spin.
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UNLESS you have front wheel drive, wherein you steer in the opposite direction.
Many years ago, the staff of Car & Driver magazine would hold races on frozen lakes. There was only one class: rented Chevettes.
These guys seem to bring their dirt sprint cars - complete with wings, and the usual late model stockers.
Remember the motorcycle ice racing you used to see on Wide World of Sports, with the big spikes on the tires? Looked like fun if you didn’t get run over.
“My plan is to drive for the Florida coast tomorrow AM. And go to a music festival.”
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A great plan indeed! Which festival are you going to? Hubby and I haven’t been to one in two years but need to get back in the habit of doing so. So many were canceled in 2020 and 2021, we quit trying to make plans to do so.
Fire wood on porch. Check! Veggie soup all planned (with southern cornbread). Check. Plans for grandchildren to spend the day on Sunday. Check. Snacks for said grandchildren. Check.
What else do I need?
We do not drive when there is ice because it is foolish to do so. We do not get enough of the stuff to warrant the cost of snow plows or de-icing equipment in our small county, so everyone just stays at home. All business and schools close and people stock up on foods that do not require cooking since the power usually goes out due to trees falling on power lines. We eat previously made soup which can just sit on the wood stove and stay warm, or sandwiches and chips, while we wait for it to melt in the next day or so and the power to be restored. And, we play with the kids and keep a kettle of hot water on wood stove to make hot chocolate.
In a few days, it will be in the 60s, so it is just a matter of a bit of inconvenience. Just roll with it.
The forecast on Weather Underground says we’re going to get about rain Saturday start about midnight maybe ending about 2 in the morning and then it’s going to turn to snow with an accumulation of 5 in 28 in here in the Greenville area.
Flavored syrups for the snow cones oh yeah and you need to buy some cones at the grocery store and if you can get the the really good ones at Marble Slab Creamery if they can sell you the Combs themselves
The difference between northerners and southerners is that northerners think spinning into the median is normal. They just get out and walk home to wait for the next day to call the tow truck. After every storm the medians are full of cars.
It's a skill that can be learned. I've done quite a bit of it in the past 50+ years of driving.
The brown spirits of your choice to keep you warm. Brandy is always good. Irish coffee with Bushmills too.
What storm?
Don’t eat yellow snow.
We do have a lot of fun with them, don’t we?
AND, some of them have a lot of fun with us!
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