[Hot Tabasco]

I'm in S.E. Michigan.....On Christmas eve we get a bad snow storm and I had to go to my niece's house, about 25 miles away. M'59 has 4 lanes eastbound and 4 lanes westbound. Plows weren't out yet so M-59 was all snow covered. My traffic was doing about 25 MPH. After a quarter mile down 59, the eastbound side had a half dozen spin outs with numerous police cars on site. Traffic was at a total stand still and backed up as far as you could see.

I got about 3 miles down the highway when I called it quits and got off the freeway and headed home via surface streets........

Having spent a lifetime of winters here in Michigan, I'm smart enough to know when to drive 25 or stay off the roads.......

[KC Burke]

I spent about ten days at Christmas up in your area going between two kids south of Grand Rapids. Three storms but every third hour another lake-effect band — wow.

Sure glad I retired in the Phoenix vallery.

[Sa-teef]

"....Having spent a lifetime of winters here in Michigan, I'm smart enough to know when to drive 25 or stay off the roads......"

Well said. I've spent over 40 years driving in the Upper Midwest ...northern Minnesota and Wisconsin... and sometimes the best decision is to stay home.

If you are already out there in the thick of it, slow down and drive within the limits of visibility and road conditions, realizing that you have to maintain greater separation to maneuver and brake when roads are snow or ice covered.

There is no meeting or party worth putting your life needlessly in danger.