Man, the Weather on the I-5 in Oregon is bad

Kerouactivist

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My dad is stuck in his Car on the I-5 North of Roseburg, Freezing rain came down like mad, his says many cars ditched or wrecked going down a hil backwards...

He managed to get his car pulled off on the side of the road.... though
 

OdiN

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Tire Cables FTW

BTW I was up in NorCal almost to oregon on the 5 earlier this year and went through some nasty rains that just dump water...luckily no stupid drivers around me that don't know how to handle a car in rain. Nobody where I live would have survived...they just can't drive in rain.
 

DaWhim

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would be fun driving in there. Am I the only one like driving in the bad weather?
 

cavemanmoron

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Originally posted by: DaWhim
would be fun driving in there. Am I the only one like driving in the bad weather?

:heart:

I have to salt the parking lots,and roads at my work,
when we have crappy weather. Ugh.

We had snow.and freezing rain Friday.

My side street is almost a skating rink,and part of my back yard IS.
{Not large enough to play hockey on.}
 

RossMAN

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We're supposed to have freezing rain tonight, as long as we don't lose power I'll be ok.
 

RossMAN

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Fsckkkkkkkkk freezing rain in Portland now, well at least ice pellets.
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: swtethan
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fsckkkkkkkkk freezing rain in Portland now, well at least ice pellets.

yeah i had to walk the dog out there, NOT FUN

About 10 minutes after posting that, the sleet started falling. Now it's snowing and very windy.

26 deg F currently.
 

MrsHoneybee

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: swtethan
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Fsckkkkkkkkk freezing rain in Portland now, well at least ice pellets.

yeah i had to walk the dog out there, NOT FUN

About 10 minutes after posting that, the sleet started falling. Now it's snowing and very windy.

26 deg F currently.
It's so nice to see the snow but I'm just glad we haven't lost power.
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: goku
Originally posted by: DaWhim
would be fun driving in there. Am I the only one like driving in the bad weather?

I thought I was too, the only one until I read this post! :p :)

same!

FWD 4 cylinder, no snow chains, studded tires or even AWD!
 

conehead433

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I experienced a similar situation on 5 near Mt. Shasta years ago. Driving in the ice and snow sucks.
 

CrackRabbit

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:( This sucks, I am now stuck in my hotel room :(
Stupid weather...
Edit: they just announced on the radio that most of the freeways in Portland are now closed.
:( Good thing I got most of the errands i needed ran done today before it started.
 

Vic

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Yep, ugly today. I got about 1" of dry snow on the ground at my house, and now it's freezing rain on top of it. Cold wouldn't be so bad except for that damn bone-chilling 30mph east wind straight out of the gorge we've had the last few days.