N Texas snowmagedden!!!!!

[zanejohnson]

thank GOD i finished this just in time to drive home before it got seriously bad...

my drive home:

by the time i got home: (had to park my truck on top of the hill, no way it could go up that in this) ;

and now, after my nap, it looks like this!

 

[brianmanahan]

lol, that's a light dusting. my road hasn't been snow-free for a month now. you can drive on the stuff if you're not a noob.

a friend of mine just said that her college in TX was canceled due to "dangerously low" temperatures of 34 degrees

 

[HN]

But what's up with the blue snow?

 

[brianmanahan]

by the time i got home: (had to park my truck on top of the hill, no way it could go up that in this)

why couldn't your truck go up the hill?

 

[zanejohnson]

But what's up with the blue snow?

dusk

 

[zanejohnson]

why couldn't your truck go up the hill?

because that's not snow, that's snow with about a 1/2 inch of hard ice on top of it..... Texas


truck is 2wd

 

[OutHouse]

why couldn't your truck go up the hill?

 

[Balt]

But what's up with the blue snow?

It's not blue, it's white, and the house is gold.

 

[brianmanahan]

because that's not snow, that's snow with about a 1/2 inch of hard ice on top of it..... Texas


truck is 2wd

no studded tires?

 

[DesiPower]

I saw ice sickle on the street names on my drive home, I live in south TX

 

[brianmanahan]

I saw ice sickle on the street names on my drive home, I live in south TX

i think you mean "icicle"

 

[darkswordsman17]

But what's up with the blue snow?

What are you talking about? It's white and gold! :sneaky:

 

[zanejohnson]

no studded tires?

i dont think they even sell those in Texas


my stepdad and mom who live less than 10 mins away have a few 4wd vehicles i can borrow if i really need to go anywhere the next few days

 

[IronWing]

i dont think they even sell those in Texas


my stepdad and mom who live less than 10 mins away have a few 4wd vehicles i can borrow if i really need to go anywhere the next few days

Please don't. Remember: 4WD gets you moving, it does nothing to get you stopping.

 

[BoomerD]

Being Tex-ass...they probably also got some of that super-slippery "Southern Ice"

 

[AdamK47]

Too bad for your truck. My CTS4 could get up that kiddie slope easily.

 

[Belegost]

Please don't. Remember: 4WD gets you moving, it does nothing to get you stopping.

As much as that gets said it never seems to stop people from reading 4WD as "Magical snow fighting powers!"

 

[Captante]

4WD is great when things get serious for example in a 1 foot plus snowfall, otherwise all it does is create drastic over-confidence.

 

[RossMAN]

a friend of mine just said that her college in TX was canceled due to "dangerously low" temperatures of 34 degrees

You know the rules, pics of your "friend"?

 

[ViviTheMage]

uhhhhhhhhhhh, what is going on, that is not snowmagedden ...

 

[dougp]

Please don't. Remember: 4WD gets you moving, it does nothing to get you stopping.

I'm sensing we wouldn't be missing much if he did, though.

 

[zanejohnson]

i'll take that advice sirs, thanks very much

good thing i grabbed a bottle of DonQ before it got bad

i'm just gonna stay under these covers in my recliner and watch a bunch of new movies...

 

[zanejohnson]

uhhhhhhhhhhh, what is going on, that is not snowmagedden ...

should have said iceskating rink roads mageddon ermm i guess


like literally, the pics dont do it justice, i drove around a little bit earlier just around my neighborhood (the truck did make it up the hill after all........ (in L) (it's got the L2345 manual tranny)... out on that FM road (the one in the OP.....now, you literally can't even TELL where the road is.... i drove about 1/4 mile down it guessing where the road was by the signs on the sides of the roads sticking up through the ice/snow...


it's BAD.

 

[SparkyJJO]

You have to realize that there are those of us here who are used to dealing with far worse than that for several months straight, hence why people are giving you a hard time

I have 4WD on my SUV and only use it on occasion. I just leave it in 2WD for the most part. I'll kick it on when it gets thick on the roads.

We're due to get another 3-5 inches (or more) on Sunday here, and right now it is -8 outside. No sympathy!

 

[SKORPI0]

OP, that's no snowmageddon. This is.... :hmm: