driving in strong wind

LOL... Yep... Rocklin to ATL to Aurora then back to Rocklin... Heading out we have a choice of routes, having back, not so many :-/

 

This is important. Always pay attention to overall wind direction versus the terrain. It's possible to be driving along sheltered by a cliff only to get slammed hard when you come to a gap in the cliff. A classic example is on I-8 coming eastbound and descending the pass from San Diego toward Yuma, AZ. I came through there at night, a tad windy on the top but not bad at all, then halfway down the descent the road turns north and "WHAM!" I got surprised by a gust of wind broadside that rocked me hard. That gust was coming down a ravine forming a wind tunnel gap about 100 feet wide. Rest of the area was calm, just one place. Bad place, too, if you blow over you go right over the cliff.

 

I saw 4 blown over in a very short stretch on I-39. Two were right at the I-88 I-39 interchange, one north bound and one south bound. I was just coming off I-88 east bound onto I-39 north bound. Then there was another one south bound about a mile up and a few more miles and we had to wait for the 4th one to get turned back up and towed off.

It was pretty treacherous. I finally pulled off (30K lb load) to give my sphincter a chance to recover a bit.

 

i delivered mats there this morning. they said there were 3 jobs that were emegency reconstruct.

where i delivered, didn't look too bad. the houses were still in tact. but the power lines were a mess.

 

Old thread, but found this over in the politics section and it seemed germane

 

Hahahahh ^ driving over 100k miles through wyoming back and fourth i couldnt agree more on that picture.