No bad weather only bad clothing. lol. You acclimatize to the weather. I never go anywhere without blankets, first aid kit, extra clothing. Haven't needed it but would sure suck to need it and not have. Like those people trapped, news said 300-400 vehicles (est)For those of you who live in really cold climates how do you handle it?
Wow Sampson, did you get lucky! Or smart. Or both lol.
Because he's cRaZy!Why wasn't he using the shoulder of the road?
Why wasn't he using the shoulder of the road?
You are made of tougher stuff than I am. Maybe its my Greek blood but I love summer and function well in the heat. Cold winter weather kills me. I already know if I'm going to be homeless ill need to go farther south. I can't imagine having months and months of winter and constant snow. Raleigh made the news when we were crippled by 1 inch of snow. This really happens here. Many of those cars stayed on Glenwood avenue for days till the snow melted and I got stuck at the hospital for 4 days. At least we got some good memes out of the situation. This must look absurd to you guys from up north.No bad weather only bad clothing. lol. You acclimatize to the weather. I never go anywhere without blankets, first aid kit, extra clothing. Haven't needed it but would sure suck to need it and not have. Like those people trapped, news said 300-400 vehicles (est)
I've made a study of it. I've lived in the extremes - San Diego; Denver; Buffalo, Houston.At least we got some good memes out of the situation. This must look absurd to you guys from up north.
I think what's absurd is people know the roads are bad and drive them anyways. I remember driving into Vancouver, 4x4, studded winter tires, weight in the back, doing 60kmh on icy roads and the cars with summer tires flying past me doing 100. I really want to move to the coast, what snow they do get is gone by lunch.This must look absurd to you guys from up north.
To be fair to us locals we do not get snow on the roads most of the time. We get ice. If you don't have a vehicle that can handle ice you are in trouble.I think what's absurd is people know the roads are bad and drive them anyways. I remember driving into Vancouver, 4x4, studded winter tires, weight in the back, doing 60kmh on icy roads and the cars with summer tires flying past me doing 100. I really want to move to the coast, what snow they do get is gone by lunch.
Yup, that warm snow compacts into ice in a second. When it's -30 it's not slippery at all.To be fair to us locals we do not get snow on the roads most of the time. We get ice. If you don't have a vehicle that can handle ices you are in trouble.
I was duck hunting -- walking through flooded land toward some high ground. It was below freezing, but the knee-deep water had not yet frozen. I was about 1/2 mile from my car when I did not notice there was no grass above the water just ahead of me!^^^^ Wow, that guy is cRaZy! Literally.
He could so easily ride straight into deep and moving water without any warning. Then get swept away to drown.
Hang tight Brio!Woweee have we got weather in BC
Relentless rain in BC causes flooding and road chaos (PHOTOS) | News
100's of vehicles trapped between rock slides, multiple swept into rivers and some buried in mud slides. Every single road from the coast to the interior is shut down. Houses floating down flooding rivers. Wild. My brother went through yesterday on his way S hoping to take the Duffy since every other route was closed, then they had a mudslide and it's closed too!
The only way to get to Vancouver would be to go to Bella Coola and catch a ferry to N Van Isl. But that may not be a good idea as extreme winds are hitting the coast and ferries may shut down.
1981-82?My first job out of college was in Houston. First winter there they got 1/4 inch of snow and closed the freeways. I was in utter disbelief.
Try door dash.Well the grocery stores here are completely cleaned out and it's been two days.
We're pretty rustic here. I keep a saddle in the trunk so if I get a flat or break down I just catch a nag from a field and keep traveling. We call it a Cariboo spare.Try door dash.
Whatever happened too Bezos and his delivery helicopters?
I went to Houston in 1972, so it would have been the winter of 72-73. But this gives a chance for another story. Sometime way back in the last century I was on a business trip in Atlanta when there was ice on the roads. In every place I saw where there was a hill, there was a group of cars stuck at the bottom, with the drivers having no clue how to drive on the ice.1981-82?
I was there for that. As I noted above.
We're pretty rustic here. I keep a saddle in the trunk so if I get a flat or break down I just catch a nag from a field and keep traveling. We call it a Cariboo spare.
Damn you are impressive !!!We're pretty rustic here. I keep a saddle in the trunk so if I get a flat or break down I just catch a nag from a field and keep traveling. We call it a Cariboo spare.
I spent some winter months in Georgia. One thing I found was Georgians don't do heavy snow and or ice well. I notice many folks down there drive "BALD EAGLE" tires. Smooth as a baby's Butt, some until the plies are showing through. Even the big cities have no Snow Trucks and few salt/chemical spreaders for ice. Augusta used road graders in heavy snow conditions.I went to Houston in 1972, so it would have been the winter of 72-73. But this gives a chance for another story. Sometime way back in the last century I was on a business trip in Atlanta when there was ice on the roads. In every place I saw where there was a hill, there was a group of cars stuck at the bottom, with the drivers having no clue how to drive on the ice.
LOL that's a joke Avalon.Damn you are impressive !!!
With a newer and much bigger bridge?This is the Trans Canada Hwy, how do you fix that!?
Piece o' cake -- Trail bike. We useta hope to find sumpin' like the pic above so's we could run it.LOL that's a joke Avalon.
Things are getting tight here though, not much left in the grocery stores and gas stations will be out soon.
This is the Trans Canada Hwy, how do you fix that!?
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Great big RL-gauge set.Piece o' cake -- Trail bike. We useta hope to find sumpin' like the pic above so's we could run it.
PS: That's a model train set, right?
Holy crap. That's one big wipe out. Is there an alternate route? Doubt a train is going over those tracks.LOL that's a joke Avalon.
Things are getting tight here though, not much left in the grocery stores and gas stations will be out soon.
This is the Trans Canada Hwy, how do you fix that!?
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Yupp, it is going to take a while to get things back to normal around here, that is for sure. There are still no roads open to get supplies in or out although helicopters have been flying in and out continuously bringing in meds and airlifting people out of the worst areas.Things are getting tight here though, not much left in the grocery stores and gas stations will be out soon.
This is the Trans Canada Hwy, how do you fix that!?