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I think it was "03 when there was a prediction of afternoon snow flurries in the metro Nashville area. It started snowing about noon or noon thirty and by 1:30 there was about 2 or 3 inches of snow on the ground. They called an emergency cancilation of the schools so alot of folks left work early to get their crumb crunchers.

Biggest mess I ever saw...We had three service trucks on the road that day and lost one to a wreck.

So now if ole Leland says snow flurrys today..No School...

Snowbird is very happy...((;O)

In that particular snow storm, I was trapped on an elevator with an electrician for over an hour! It was at a building that was under construction but was nearly finished. the Elevator tech had just left and the motherboard in for the elevator fried. We were trapped on the top floor so opening the top hatch got us nowhere. We were screaming for help but construction workers were running saws on the first floor (only two floors) and no one could hear us. The snow had started about the time we got on the elevator. The other workers knocked off early for fear of being stranded by the snow and the sit just got quieter and quieter. Cell phone calls to my office were to no avail because they had all gone home early as well. Through an elaborate series of phone calls, I was able to get someone at the main office of the construction company and the contacted the Superintendent. The Elevator tech had already left for the day and was very reluctant to return. After a very long wait we were rescued and when we emerged from the elevator we were shocked at the blanket of deep snow that had not been predicted.

Have you noticed that the station that predicts the most severe weather, gets the ratings? If everyone else is predicting one inch and one station is predicting three, everyone watches THAT channel. It’s a ratings scam.

Snow I can handle. Ice is another thing one of which I will not even attempt again in any vehicle. Not even the K-5 unless its life and death. I got caught in an ice storm in Knoxville I think in 1983. I tried to drive home from Knoxville headed north and put the car in the ditch doing so. I was about two miles from home when that happened.

Second worse winter storm I drove through was in a rig headed south in early 1985 from Chicago to Knoxville. It was snowing so hard I couldn’t pull over and the snow was as high as the bumper on the Freightliner on the road. All Rest Areas and parking lots from Indy on down were done filled. You do not stop on the shoulder during a snow storm anywhere north of Lexington as the drifts can bury the truck even an 18 wheeler.

I drove all night through it till I got to the Tennessee Kentucky line at Jellico. My driving partner woke up and said OK I’ll drive now. I told him sit down and hold on. I knew that mountain like the back of my hand. We were on the steep but short side. About the time we got to the top it was sleet and an easy trip on in to the house.