Got to play the traditional Saskatchewan game of "where the hell do you think the road is" earlier today
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Got to play the traditional Saskatchewan game of "where the hell do you think the road is" earlier today
@sundogplanets I am a California kid - even worse, a southern California kid. I never saw falling snow until I was 20 years old.
It took me a while to realize that when driving on frozen water that something was different.
(My wife is from Minnesota and she has a different perspective on frozen water.)
We have property in New Hampshire so I have since learned things like freezing rain is more than simply very cold water, that when the 37F alarm goes off in the car it is time to slow way down and pay serious attention", and that one can sink a ship in the depths of those seemingly innocuous salty-water puddles on the streets of downtown Montreal. (And don't get me started about when we were very stupid and tried to do some XC skiing at -37F [actual] in Jackson Hole.)
On the other hand, our California Sierra Nevada in winter does instruct one about extremely deep snow - as much as 800 inches of it - and avalanches.
Got to play the traditional Saskatchewan game of "where the hell do you think the road is" earlier today
@sundogplanets lol, In Upstate New York there used to be a road that in certain conditions we had remember how the road twisted and where to avoid the ditch. Fittingly called "Freeze Road"
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Roads?
We don't need no stinkin' roads.
Just wheelie bins.
@sundogplanets lived most of my life in Wisconsin shoveling, and driving in its long snowy winters. I know the feeling.
@sundogplanets There should be a name for the latitude line where you go from ‘large investments in road clearing equipment’ to ‘snow driving is a requirement to live here’
@sundogplanets Good thing it was recycling day to show you where the road is!
@sundogplanets a slightly different game, but the recent Seattle rains have had me playing “Where do you think your lane is” on several highways, particularly around some road construction with constantly shifting lanes.
@sundogplanets Also being played in Ireland, especially around the coasts today. We have a big storm #StormBram and high tide with storm surge. Plenty of roads underwater: some walls down, and houses/businesses inundated.
In West Texas, we don't waste much time worrying where the road is. Even on a hot, sunny afternoon, it's no biggie if our jacked-up main-battle pickups wander through flower beds, mail boxes, kiddie pools, chicken coops, whatever. Yee-haw!!! It's just a matter of your philosophy of life. 😉
@sundogplanets hereabouts, in the fall they put colored sticks just outside the tarmac so one (especially the snowplow drivers) can see where the road is... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneezeichen
@sundogplanets this is my worst nightmare
@sundogplanets these conditions are why I'm fascinated by self driving on the prairies. Good luck to anyone trying to build it or those brave enough to ride out there.
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Viennetta roads: all the layers and mess, none of the ice cream and chocolate 🤗
@sundogplanets yes, we just had about 8 cm, switched to rain, and now is going to around -10 overnight with high winds. Expecting an icy mess in the morning. :S
It makes for interesting sledding conditions.
Depending on slope, good for avalanche condtions too.
Nope, nothing like it. I agree on the desirableness of it, too.
@sundogplanets 👀 minus 27 on Friday is definitely not too hot 😯 keep warm fren
This crappy weather is going to make me do something drastic, like flee to Vancouver!
Well, shit.
@sundogplanets 😢🌧We in Gaza are praying that it doesn't rain. Because of the difficult circumstances we are going through 💔
@sundogplanets the atmospheric river is from the Philippines and stretches all the way here
@sundogplanets Visiting Vancouver right now. Can confirm it's very wet.
@sundogplanets As someone born and raised in the lower mainland, welcome to the wet coast.
Stunning day here in NZ.
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