Scary Snow!

[Detective D]

This was from the local news channel. I got a kick out of it. It has the full list further down the page.

Highways 29, 41 named among 'most-feared' winter drives in US

Two highways that run through Northeast Wisconsin are named in a survey identifying the "most-feared road to drive in winter" in the U.S.

fox11online.com

As a life long Wisconsinite, I find all of this amusing. Note the poll was done by a Florida dealership lol.
Of note, WI state highway 35. LOL, how bad is it that it makes the list where it does. No one lives in the midwest compared to the east coast. And in particular, besides right across the river from the twin cities in MN, no one lives on the west side of the state, even by WI standards. Eau Claire and La Cross are the only cities of note.
Anyway, I live like 20 minutes south of highway 29 so I was especially amused by that. I am on that highway at least once a month if not more often and run it's entire length either going east to GB or all the way west to Eau Claire when I visit family(or go to GB)
I always get a kick out of the fear. I grew up in this, I could probably ride a motorcycle into town in a foot of snow. On the flip side, that fear is why they pour an oceans worth of salt on the roads and destroy every vehicle in the region. I often wish they would just let the out of towners go in the ditch and save my vehicles instead, but we are too far past that nowdays.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I agree with the salt deal, too much. You guys have a lot of flat out there, yeah I know there are some hills. We don't have huge mountains but you are either going up, down, or around a curve in western PA. Usually going down a hill there is a stop at the bottom of a T intersection which stopping in bad weather is the trick.
Snow doesn't scare me it's all the other people on the road.
As a owner operator truck driver I stay home when it snows. Not worth bending something or a $500-1000 bill just to get pulled back out on the clear pavement. You young truck drivers have at it, smash your bosses truck all up, I'll do your loads when the weather clears.

 

[F4R/T]

I used to be the one pulling them out$$$ Chain up if needed , take it easy , don’t let her freeze up and keep those fluids full! Plenty of clothes , and a good winter front, also airbrake antifreeze !

 

[Detective D]

I agree with the salt deal, too much. You guys have a lot of flat out there, yeah I know there are some hills. We don't have huge mountains but you are either going up, down, or around a curve in western PA. Usually going down a hill there is a stop at the bottom of a T intersection which stopping in bad weather is the trick.
Snow doesn't scare me it's all the other people on the road.
As a owner operator truck driver I stay home when it snows. Not worth bending something or a $500-1000 bill just to get pulled back out on the clear pavement. You young truck drivers have at it, smash your bosses truck all up, I'll do your loads when the weather clears.

Yeah if you draw a line from Green Bay to Iowa, most of that is pretty flat, with some exceptions. No mountains in WI, Wausau is a big elevation change but it is a gradual thing over miles and miles on both sides. That flat area is also where most of the population is in the State, that south east corner.
Direct west of GB, there are some pretty steep hill areas, but WI has done an admirable job with highway routing and construction. 29 mentioned in the article they did a lot of carve out work and made the hills very very mild. Funny thing is, most of the accidents are further west on 29 out where it is a lot more flat across 2 counties. More prone to freezing rain and sleet, IMO in that area, further from the river and further from the big lakes.
Still WI has days in July where it is 95+ with a dew point in the 80's, and in winter we see 20 below and wind chills 40-50 below for a week or two. Its the time in between why people like it here Makes for interesting weather, no doubt. Snow and ice is part of living here, life has to move!

 

[70bigblockdodge]

You guys get more snow than we do.

 

[T2R9]

We are about to get 3-6 inches here in SC, I look forward to watching the mayhem!

 

[WileE]

Oooh.... by the title I thought you meant

 

[3sloppydogs]

I hate snow

 

[70bigblockdodge]

We were supposed to get nothing on Sunday, of course that changed. Then 1-3" Sunday during the day. Now Monday at 3:30 am go out to start the truck and unplug it there is another 3" on the road and driveway, previously shoveled and the state ran through last night about 7 pm.
Back to bed

 

[moparedtn]

I hate snow

Amen. I've told the story on here about a nightmare storm back in my northern VA days, where I witnessed
someone decapitated right in front of me on I-95.
That event changed my life; in fact, if I never saw snow again, it'd suit me fine.

 

[3sloppydogs]

Wow
a couple things
The snow we get is wetter and heavier usually and more slippery.
There are way to many cars around here as you know and the people are in a hurry and can't drive.
The the local news gets them all spun up so they have to go out and buy milk, eggs and toilet paper. The idiots will buy out the stores. I don't get it