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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Fun stuff today.  Wake up to more snow.  

 

I changed my oil this morning and i went driving to warm the engine up.  First intersection i came to i went sliding abs kicked in and i stopped.  Kinda scary.  Put it in auto 4wd and never slid again

 

Hey Lane did you hear about the roads in chicago they closed today?  Every major road in the chicagoland and northwest indiana area had at least 1 accident

Zane Senior Enthusiast

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We're supposed to get that snow in NH tomorrow.

Last night we got about 8 inches, and when i woke up this morning, the Avalanche really did look like and Avalanche....  :)

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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we didnt get much snow at all just a dusting but under it is all ice

CMNTMXR81 Senior Enthusiast

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Ryan,

 

This is absurd!  I realize March is a turning point so you tend to have questionable weather but it's generally going from bad to good.  So far it's gone from winter to, well, winter!  :)

 

Yea out west by me, the Elgin-O'Hare had an accident by Irving Park Rd..  Route 83 around 290 had a rollover semi accident, 90 had another, etc, etc.

 

Seems as though everyone else besides myself is gearing up for spring but obviously mother nature isn't doing the same!

 

According to Michelle Leigh on Fox (hubba, hubba) we are due for some possible accumulating snow next week too!     :angry:

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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guess waxing my truck last wk was a bad idea

 

:)

CMNTMXR81 Senior Enthusiast

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Zane, my sister is out in Maine, she is pissed because yesterday they got the same snow as you and all the sudden her 4x4 system in the Sonoma decided to take a crap on her.  :)

Zane Senior Enthusiast

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Zane, my sister is out in Maine, she is pissed because yesterday they got the same snow as you and all the sudden her 4x4 system in the Sonoma decided to take a crap on her.  :)

ouch...  :D

firecadet613 Enthusiast

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Well the first intersection I came to had three accidents that had pulled off to the side of the road, none looked to bad.  I saw a Focus going the opposite direction...sideways...  Had a Camry all most run into my trailer hitch, almost gave me a heart attack!!!  Jon you know why that would happen.

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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I told you joe, they see that freshly painted trailer hitch and they automatically go for it.  Just like birds at a car wash :)

 

 

I woke up this morning and went upstairs to get some breakfast and upon seeing the white stuff on the ground I muttered WTF.  Not too bad driving into work, everyone seems to learn how to drive by the end of the season.  I almost slid into a fence post when I pulled into the parking lot at work.  The back entrance to work is horrible, all shady and ice covered during the winter, but it beats weaving between everyone trying to pull in and out.

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I know you guys don'w want to hear this but, it was 86 here yesterday and it looks like it's going to be the same today.  Supposed to change and get colder this weekend.

siume99 Enthusiast

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We got snow this morning.  My friends at work mentioned they saw quite a few cars (mustangs) in the ditch.  One was some 20ft off the road next to a fence........no tire tracks.   :)

 

I didn't notice a slick spot anywhere.   ???

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

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At noon today it was blue sky and 50 degrees.  At 2:00 it was white-out conditions.  It's going down to about 12 degrees tonight.

 

The migratory birds have all returned and the Maple trees have buds.  They are in for a "collddd" night!!!

sincityZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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It is about 80 or so here already, which means in about a month we will be breaking a hundred  :angry: Stupid desert.  But I am kinda glad that I don't have ice to contend with, otherwise all that cold weather sounds nice, I am already sweating too much just from steping outside. :)

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