Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You know, looking at those pictures and reading what you said, I'm thinking living in the deep South really isn't all that bad.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that you 'get used to it' but if you live with it, it's not as bad to deal with. It's all the other morons out there that make the driving treacherous. And, here in Colorado at least, it will be shitty for a few days and then it will all be gone because it will start warming up and the sun will be out and melt everything. It's actually shocking just how fast all the snow here melts away. Some of it is probably the altitude, and plus the fact that it never gets REALLY cold like other parts of the country. In places like northern New England and upper Minnesota and Wisconsin and places like that, the snow would be around a LONG time. Here, in less than a week you won't even be able to tell we had a bad blizzard.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'm also lucky because I grew up in Vermont and learned how to drive in that state. Winter isn't a novelty there like it seems to be here. In Colorado, a good share of the snow is contained by the mountains and we don't see nearly as much snow in Denver as people think. A lot of people here, even the younger natives, never have to deal with this kind of weather and they are the ones that make driving dangerous.

You either have the California transplant driving a 4WD SUV that they think makes them invincible (you won't believe just how many 4WD SUV's you see off the road in bad weather here), or you have the transplant from some warmer weather state driving their little car going 10 mph down the middle of the interstate with their 4 ways on. They are the ones that are almost more dangerous than the ones speeding in bad weather.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[Goofy]

Theres a moose, loose, aboot this hoose!!

[RBP]

You know, looking at those pictures and reading what you said, I'm thinking living in the deep South really isn't all that bad.

Lance doesn't have to nail his windows shut and evacuate every year.

[DemonGeminiX]

I don't either.

[Muddy]

I was seeing on Drudge the 100 mph winds and all that jazz, Lance.. Man, what a storm..!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I was seeing on Drudge the 100 mph winds and all that jazz, Lance.. Man, what a storm..!

Definitely not the biggest storm I've seen here in terms of snowfall (back in 2003 we got almost 3 feet all at once from one snowstorm) but as far as intense kinda storms, this was the worst I've seen in the 25+ years of living here.

[Muddy]

Definitely not the biggest storm I've seen here in terms of snowfall (back in 2003 we got almost 3 feet all at once from one snowstorm) but as far as intense kinda storms, this was the worst I've seen in the 25+ years of living here.

I knew you needed to go home and get that stew going...!

[Hal-9000]

I'm also lucky because I grew up in Vermont and learned how to drive in that state. Winter isn't a novelty there like it seems to be here. In Colorado, a good share of the snow is contained by the mountains and we don't see nearly as much snow in Denver as people think. A lot of people here, even the younger natives, never have to deal with this kind of weather and they are the ones that make driving dangerous.

You either have the California transplant driving a 4WD SUV that they think makes them invincible (you won't believe just how many 4WD SUV's you see off the road in bad weather here), or you have the transplant from some warmer weather state driving their little car going 10 mph down the middle of the interstate with their 4 ways on. They are the ones that are almost more dangerous than the ones speeding in bad weather.

I'm fine as long as I can see a little bit of road and not two feet of snow. Like you mentioned Lance, the pics don't do it justice when it's storming and you can't see. I don't think some people realize you can get stuck in your vehicle when you're inside a city. Sure you have a phone but imagine roads are being shut down. How does a tow truck get to you? We had a bad storm in between here and Edmonton. The highway is a straight shot north for 180 miles. Storm hit, vehicles all over the road and no one could get to them. Some people parked there with their cars running for over three hours before plows and safety vehicles could get them out.

The news shots of your storm reminded me of it. I hit the ditch once driving in a white out blizzard just west of our city. I was about three miles from home and large truck and trailer blew past me going the other way, all of a sudden I'm driving on a lower part of the road Luckily a guy in a SUV with a winch pulled me out. He said he watched my little car 'get blown off the road'.

Happy to hear you made it and hope that crap melts soon

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Supposed to stay below freezing and overcast today, but the sun will be out tomorrow and the temps will be above freezing as far ahead as they are predicting, so this will all be a faded memory in a few days

[Muddy]

Supposed to stay below freezing and overcast today, but the sun will be out tomorrow and the temps will be above freezing as far ahead as they are predicting, so this will all be a faded memory in a few days

Are you at work today?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Are you at work today?

Of course.

[Muddy]

You're better than me.. I search for days to miss work..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No excuse not to be here really. The roads were in surprisingly good shape this morning, at least the highway was. And it will only get better as the day goes along. I can see the interstate out my window and traffic is flowing completely normally right now.