Freezing temps down in the south...

[CM1995]

Wife and drove back from Biloxi, MS today after spending a weekend on the Gulf of America. No snow or ice on I-59 or I-20 from Meridian, MS all the way home. We stayed right below the freeze line.

Normally 20/59 from Meridian to Birmingham is packed with traffic probably 60/40 18 wheelers/4 wheelers. Today it was eerily void of truck traffic. Must be really messed up on 20 farther west.

Passed a few trucks with ice/snow all over them and even had to dodge hunks of that frozen stuff on the interstate that had fallen off. Glad to be home.

 

[LCA078]

Wife and drove back from Biloxi, MS today after spending a weekend on the Gulf of America. No snow or ice on I-59 or I-20 from Meridian, MS all the way home. We stayed right below the freeze line.

Normally 20/59 from Meridian to Birmingham is packed with traffic probably 60/40 18 wheelers/4 wheelers. Today it was eerily void of truck traffic. Must be really messed up on 20 farther west.

Passed a few trucks with ice/snow all over them and even had to dodge hunks of that frozen stuff on the interstate that had fallen off. Glad to be home.

That just brought back some old memories. In 1996, I was stationed at Ft Rucker which is in the south-eastern corner of Alabama, about 30 miles north of IH-10 in the Florida panhandle. Right as we were getting ready to take our standard 2 weeks off for Christmas/New Years break, a big cold front like this one came down and laid down an obligatory 4-6" of snow with a smattering of ice here/there, just to try and stop us from getting home for the holidays. I, and a handful of fellow Texan classmates stationed with me, jumped in my Bronco and headed west on IH10. Like CM1995 said, it was odd that the freeways were empty and the biggest hazard was dodging the random chunks of ice that fell off the semi's. It was even more odd that we saw snow on IH10 in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and into Texas. It wasn't much snow but enough to make the smart ones to stay off the highways...unlike us knuckleheads.

 

[CM1995]

That just brought back some old memories. In 1996, I was stationed at Ft Rucker which is in the south-eastern corner of Alabama, about 30 miles north of IH-10 in the Florida panhandle. Right as we were getting ready to take our standard 2 weeks off for Christmas/New Years break, a big cold front like this one came down and laid down an obligatory 4-6" of snow with a smattering of ice here/there, just to try and stop us from getting home for the holidays. I, and a handful of fellow Texan classmates stationed with me, jumped in my Bronco and headed west on IH10. Like CM1995 said, it was odd that the freeways were empty and the biggest hazard was dodging the random chunks of ice that fell off the semi's. It was even more odd that we saw snow on IH10 in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and into Texas. It wasn't much snow but enough to make the smart ones to stay off the highways...unlike us knuckleheads.

Ahh Mother Rucker.. Had a friend of mine that went to flight school there.

That storm hit AL pretty hard. 3' of snow in Birmingham.

 

[LCA078]

Mother Rucker. Only Army aviation folks and Alabama locals know 'Mother Rucker'. I didn't realize that storm was that bad to drop that much snow up in the northside. I'm sure that put a damper on folks going to Circle K for a pack of smokes for a bit...

 

[bcguide]

I worked in Norman Wells for a month one winter and got talking with the girl the drove the crummy.
She said that they didn't close the schools down until the temp dropped to -52 and they had to walk to school.

 

[stinky64]

I worked in Norman Wells for a month one winter and got talking with the girl the drove the crummy.
She said that they didn't close the schools down until the temp dropped to -52 and they had to walk to school.

Uphill both ways no doubt.

 

[Coaldust]

I feel funny driving the Crosstrek, but I tell you what, with a fresh set of Bridgestone Blizzaks, these Subarus stick to the road under any circumstance. Even Southern Ice. I have no doubt about it getting me to any pride festival.

 

[smifwal]

I have no doubt about it getting me to any pride festival

Based on some of your most recent posts (I haven't been here long) I am digging your sense of humor. It reminds me of how I get around my not so sensitive service friends.

 

[cuttin edge]

I feel funny driving the Crosstrek, but I tell you what, with a fresh set of Bridgestone Blizzaks, these Subarus stick to the road under any circumstance. Even Southern Ice. I have no doubt about it getting me to any pride festival.

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[DDoug]

They do have fire, there's something to worry about.

I thought it was a good thing, in this case at least.
Road is getting de-iced, stranded people are getting warmed up.
Win-Win.....

 

[KSSS]

Don't believe it ad Subaru is a lesbian car

Subaru.....It's the number one car as voted on by hairdressers and carpet XXXXXX all over America. You guys in the deep south have more snow on the roads than we do up here right now. This has been the easiest Winter in a lifetime up here.

 

[Coaldust]

We are getting slammed this afternoon. AST says there are 100 stuck or wrecked vehicles between ANC and Eagle River on the Glenn Highway and it’s closed outbound. The Seward Highway is closed between ANC and Girdwood.

The weather isn’t that bad. It’s because the AK DOT & PF have no equip operators or mechanics. Everything is broken, can’t get parts and nobody wants to plow snow.

Look at the openings,….

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[cuttin edge]

We are getting slammed this afternoon. AST says there are 100 stuck or wrecked vehicles between ANC and Eagle River on the Glenn Highway and it’s closed outbound. The Seward Highway is closed between ANC and Girdwood.

The weather isn’t that bad. It’s because the AK DOT & PF have no equip operators or mechanics. Everything is broken, can’t get parts and nobody wants to plow snow.

Look at the openings,….

Job Openings - LIUNA Public Employees Local 71

Title Jobs - All Open Positions

local71.com

Bosses son is like 19 or 20. I was at the shop fueling up. Went out at 3am on a saturday. Im ready to go home. Hes sitting back. Shades on tunes cranked, and starts plowing the shop yard. His father comes in from plowing. Thanks me for coming in. Looks at him going. Says to me. Do you remember when plowing was still fun, and you would stay on a Saturday to plow the shop? He says he can stay. Im going the f home

 

[smifwal]

Bosses son is like 19 or 20. I was at the shop fueling up. Went out at 3am on a saturday. Im ready to go home. Hes sitting back. Shades on tunes cranked, and starts plowing the shop yard. His father comes in from plowing. Thanks me for coming in. Looks at him going. Says to me. Do you remember when plowing was still fun, and you would stay on a Saturday to plow the shop? He says he can stay. Im going the f home

It is like running equipment, you can't wait til you get to play on a machine then it goes from fun to work and getting beat to **** all day, well not all day, you what I mean but I still never want to be the shovel guy full time again

 

[reganj]

The weather north of jackson ms had a lot of freezing precipitation breaking many branches of trees including taking down many power lines and poles.
The weather is much better but it SUCKS not having power or water since Sunday morning at 0300 and probably will not have power until Friday if then.
Running a generator and have water stored. Got my first shower tonight at a friends house, last shower was Saturday night.
Makes me appreciate the luxuries we have in this life.

 

[Coaldust]

 

[Coaldust]

 

[colson04]

I have seen more cars spin out in front of me in the last 10 days than I've ever seen in my life do it. I've just been driving locally, but it seems half the people forgot to SLOW DOWN in the winter. Had a gal yesterday try to pass me while I slowed down for the truck in front of me to make a left turn. She came to a skidding halt beside me, screaming and slamming her steering wheel. Then got back behind me and tailgated me like I was towing her all the way to the farms driveway. Later, I went to NAPA to order a replacement block heater cord. Before I walked in to NAPA, I heard sirens going off from the Police and Fire Department across the street. I leave there to find the intersection I had just driven through closed with a bad T-bone wreck. Driver slid straight through the stop sign.



Visibility was pretty crappy yesterday. High winds with fluffy snow caused a lot of drifting and white out conditions. I hauled 2 loads of cattle to the sale barn and the usualy 40 minute trip was about 70 minutes yesterday. I'm ready for March and warmer weather.

 

[cuttin edge]

I plow a small apartment on my route. It's pretty much a converted house so only 3 apartments. I plow a Dairy Queen across the street, so they know they will be next
. There is what I assume is a Nigerian couple and a guy from India or Pakistan. The Nigerian comes out dressed as if he is going on a polar expedition. Other guy not so much but heavily dressed. They move, I clean their spots, then a local girl probably in her 20s come out in shorts t shirt and slippers

 

[LCA078]

Coaldust talking about the Subaru rings true with us too. On that first day of that 2021 Texas storm, I had to head to the hardware store to grab a few parts to plug the frozen pipe we had so I could turn the water back on. No problem- I have (at that time) my 2001 F350 Powerstroke Crew Cab 4x4 with upsized Cooper All Terrains and Ranch Hand replacements, front and back. I get on the road, going slow to be safe but still sloshing all over the place in a 9k tare truck, and all the little compact SUVs with AWD are zipping by me like it's nothing. Anyway, I get my parts and head home. About 1/4 mile from the house, my trucks dies and fails to start. I'm guessing ice crystals clogged up something (cause I never needed fuel additive ever before!) so I trudge home with parts in hand. Afterwards I used my wife's Volvo XC90 with the 2.0L to do the driving....man what a difference it made...even without snow tires! I felt like a go cart on the road passing up all the apartment cowboys in their jacked up 4x4's sloshing sideways!

I got respect for the light AWD vs heavy 4x4...