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Rockin’Irish said:
Having grown up in the Chicagoland/NW IN region but transplanted to the south (lived here in ‘Bama for most of my life now), it is pretty interesting to watch the panic forming here when likely snow/ice is predicted. The run on milk/bread can be crazy with shelves literally empties for might be 1 or 2 days at home. I love to drive in the snow and one of my vehicles is a 4WD lifted truck with some performance enhancements (like I said, I live in ‘Bama…..). Getting out when the snow has covered the roads is wild to watch how others have no clue on how to navigate in the white stuff and shouldn’t be out at all. The roads here are also hilly and curvy, much different than what I learned driving on so keeping your head on a swivel is a must. There is zero snow removal equipment so you have to wait for it to melt off which usually doesn’t take too long. I will not be going to the grocery store Friday, Saturday or Sunday……..
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Yeah, it's different in the South when it snows. Most people don't see it often enough to become proficient at driving in it. You can't justify millions in snow removal equipment you'll only use once every year or two. You just stay home and wait for it to melt in a day or two. The run on bread, eggs, and milk always struck me as odd and pointless. When I moved to the great frozen north 16 years ago after 50 years in the South, I had no problem driving in the snow & ice. It's just physics and common sense. I'm shocked every winter at how many people who grew up here can't drive in it.
 
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Bishop2b5 said:
Yeah, it's different in the South when it snows. Most people don't see it often enough to become proficient at driving in it. You can't justify millions in snow removal equipment you'll only use once every year or two. You just stay home and wait for it to melt in a day or two. The run on bread, eggs, and milk always struck me as odd and pointless. When I moved to the great frozen north 16 years ago after 50 years in the South, I had no problem driving in the snow & ice. It's just physics and common sense. I'm shocked every winter at how many people who grew up here can't drive in it.
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There is definitely an art to driving in the snow properly…….as we can all agree, there are plenty of poor drivers on the road even in the absence of snow. Fortunately for me, my father used to take me to a large open parking lot when it snowed and just let me go wild with doughuts, skidding, hard braking, quick turns, etc. which laid the groundwork on how to respond when the car lost traction. When I took my driving test, there was a good foot of snow on the ground and I had to parallel park between a large snowbank and another car. Having studded snow tires didn’t hurt either……..especially if there was some ice under the snow.
 
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Rockin’Irish said:
There is definitely an art to driving in the snow properly…….as we can all agree, there are plenty of poor drivers on the road even in the absence of snow. Fortunately for me, my father used to take me to a large open parking lot when it snowed and just let me go wild with doughuts, skidding, hard braking, quick turns, etc. which laid the groundwork on how to respond when the car lost traction. When I took my driving test, there was a good foot of snow on the ground and I had to parallel park between a large snowbank and another car. Having studded snow tires didn’t hurt either……..especially if there was some ice under the snow.
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I did the same with my stepdaughter a few times years ago in her school parking lot when it snowed. I'll be doing the same with my youngest soon. There's no substitute for that experience and learning how to feel a vehicle getting loose, how to recover, how it acts on snow or ice, and etc.
 
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NDVirginia19 said:
I don't even mind the cold up here in CT, it's the damn wind that kills you. Northern version of "It's not the heat, it's the humidity"
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Yup, the wind is what'll get ya. Coldest game we ever did was actually the Spring game in '13. Biting cold wind, fans were ducking into Legends and any other open buildings to get inside for just a bit. My brother tapped out at halftime, I stuck around, but it was definitely the coldest game we attended and we did the '09 Syracuse game, '17 FSU, and some snow games.
 
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5 more inches last night. I'm over this shit. There's no reason for me to live in this climate anymore. I'm not married, I don't have kids (that I know of yet) I rent only, what's holding me back? 😞
 
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Bishop2b5 said:
Yeah, it's different in the South when it snows. Most people don't see it often enough to become proficient at driving in it. You can't justify millions in snow removal equipment you'll only use once every year or two. You just stay home and wait for it to melt in a day or two. The run on bread, eggs, and milk always struck me as odd and pointless. When I moved to the great frozen north 16 years ago after 50 years in the South, I had no problem driving in the snow & ice. It's just physics and common sense. I'm shocked every winter at how many people who grew up here can't drive in it.
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Agree. unless you live in a rural area, most cities will have the streets passable in a day or two at the worst, so it's not like you won't be able to get to the store for a week or more.
 
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The concept of not knowing how to drive in snow is perplexing to me. How could anyone not know? It’s not like us in the north were ever sat down and taught… Winter just came and we kept driving.

What’s really to learn? You only go as fast as the conditions and grip will allow… you take turns slower. All common sense things. I guess pumping the brakes if you get into a bad slide trying to stop?
 
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There’s a feel to driving in the snow. It’s different for people who grew up riding with their parents and a southern lady being dropped in the middle of a blizzard.

Little things like taking your foot off the gas and not breaking. Counter steering to see far sideways you can get your truck without going in the ditch.
It doesn’t come natural to everyone.
 
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Even in the north, it feels like everyone drives their vehicles based only on the visual appearance of the road as opposed to the feel of the road.

Plenty of times I've driven on roads that appear clear, but I can feel my vehicle being loose as there is obviously some layer of ice. People flying by me on the Interstate as I clench the steering wheel.

Conversely, you got a small layer of freshly fallen snow on the road and everyone slows to 40 mph. If I don't get sense of slickness driving in the snow, I'm driving significantly faster than that.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
There’s a feel to driving in the snow. It’s different for people who grew up riding with their parents and a southern lady being dropped in the middle of a blizzard.

Little things like taking your foot off the gas and not breaking. Counter steering to see far sideways you can get your truck without going in the ditch.
It doesn’t come natural to everyone.
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Keeping your foot off the brake is the biggest thing. It's also the hardest for many because the instinct is to brake to avoid an accident.
 
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This coming snow storm here Sunday into Monday are the kind I live for. As a teacher, I'll get a virtual day Monday so that's cool. But also, I just really enjoy the quiet beauty of these storms.

My wife, on the other hand is less than pleased. She works in OT at the local hospital and has to make it to work no matter the weather. Of course, her parents live 5 minutes from the hospital (as opposed to our 15-20 minutes, but up and down a rough grade that always gets shutdown/has accidents). She's stayed down there for many storms before in an abundance of caution, but for some reason she is giving me a lot of pushback about me wanting her to be safe and stay down there. Rational thought is out the window boys, and so please pray for me when I inevitably tell my wife "I told you so," and there's a memorial service and funeral in my honor.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
There’s a feel to driving in the snow. It’s different for people who grew up riding with their parents and a southern lady being dropped in the middle of a blizzard.

Little things like taking your foot off the gas and not breaking. Counter steering to see far sideways you can get your truck without going in the ditch.
It doesn’t come natural to everyone.
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Can confirm, my fiancée joined me at Thanksgiving this past year and was treated to her first snowstorm. She was prepared to look at snow but not ride in a car during the storm. She was completely unprepared for the sensation of losing a little traction on the road, even as a passenger.
 
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LOL - already cut back the forecast from 20" to about 10" - but an inch of wintery mix on top/mixed in is the real problem. Temps in the low to mid 20s and freezing rain would get ugly. Still don't believe the reports though. They are all guessing while leaning toward Armageddon for clicks and ratings. Doesn't help that going ten miles north or south will have dramatically different results making it hard to figure out.
 
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I'm about over it- well over 15" in the past 3 days. 9" last 24 hours and it hasn't stopped snowing today at my house (Grand Rapids, MI area). Now it's going to get cold (0 is the high tomorrow)

I'm on snow day duty again - my wife couldn't get the van out of the neighborhood this morning or back up the inclines in either direction to get home, it's "parked" about a block down in front of the neighbors - our side roads haven't been touched by a plow yet. Only 1 4WD is killing us for the first time here.
 
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zelezo vlk said:
Can confirm, my fiancée joined me at Thanksgiving this past year and was treated to her first snowstorm. She was prepared to look at snow but not ride in a car during the storm. She was completely unprepared for the sensation of losing a little traction on the road, even as a passenger.
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Is the snow and your imaginary fiancée in the room with us now??
 
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GowerND11 said:
This coming snow storm here Sunday into Monday are the kind I live for. As a teacher, I'll get a virtual day Monday so that's cool. But also, I just really enjoy the quiet beauty of these storms.

My wife, on the other hand is less than pleased. She works in OT at the local hospital and has to make it to work no matter the weather. Of course, her parents live 5 minutes from the hospital (as opposed to our 15-20 minutes, but up and down a rough grade that always gets shutdown/has accidents). She's stayed down there for many storms before in an abundance of caution, but for some reason she is giving me a lot of pushback about me wanting her to be safe and stay down there. Rational thought is out the window boys, and so please pray for me when I inevitably tell my wife "I told you so," and there's a memorial service and funeral in my honor.
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Tread carefully.
 
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We live in in Lancaster County, PA. My wife and I are both teachers, but in different districts. Her district told them to prepare for 3 Flexible Instruction Days 👀

Nothing from my district, yet. But, I am out in the afternoon tomorrow so I prepped my PM classes for at least 2 FID days.
 
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I wish we got more snow here. The problem this weekend in MD is going to be the wind chills. -3 is cold and I like cold weather.
 
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thekid33 said:
We live in in Lancaster County, PA. My wife and I are both teachers, but in different districts. Her district told them to prepare for 3 Flexible Instruction Days 👀

Nothing from my district, yet. But, I am out in the afternoon tomorrow so I prepped my PM classes for at least 2 FID days.
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OOO which districts? I'm in Schuylkill County, went to Millersville, and student taught at Solanco
 
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