What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    80 west is a bit carpy this AM. Little America was fogged in nicely, then the snow on the ground had everyone in a panic. Was seeing trucks chain for mostly bare pavement. WYDOT was out some sanding. Seems east bound was shut down in Evanston for a while.

    Gotta love springtime in Wyoming!!!!!!!!!
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    We don't care what east bound does lol. S is no stranger to snow or icy conditions. If he has to chain he will, but he knows the difference.
     
  4. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    From Little America to SLC, barefoot all the way.
    Should be better now.
     
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  5. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Doesn't spring usually hit WY about June or July?
     
  6. Lepton1

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    I woke up in a panic yesterday evening and almost called dispatch to tell them I would be late. Then I realized it was evening, not morning.
     
  7. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    I turn on the wind layer and warnings layers in the MyRadar app. The red areas are flooding. St. Joseph, KS has a green block, noting flash flooding. More rain is on the way.
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  8. Westbound23

    Westbound23 Road Train Member

    I 80 west Evanston now. Pretty clear
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  9. Blu_Ogre

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    @Lepton1 's captured image reminds me of an exercise I did for myself a decade or so ago......

    Took a map of the US and started drawing red and yellow boxes around areas I did not want to live/Move to.

    Yellow east of the sierras/cascades and north of I70, Red north of I90. Red within 50 miles of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, Yellow at 100 miles. Big red and yellow boxes around tornado alley. I had the map up on the wall of a retail store and customers would ask what was wrong with the Mississippi and other areas that were marked red 25 miles either side and 50 miles for yellow. When I asked if they had ever heard of Flood planes most either blinked ignorantly or laughed and said they had not considered that.

    Once I crossed off Major metro areas and the areas that get too dang hot the habitable spots left were few.
     
  10. lovesthedrive

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    People often say the same thing about Maine.
    This would have been terrific for April first.
     
  11. tramm01

    tramm01 Road Train Member

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    Worked myself ( or I should say we) out of a job today — me an and old timer fulfilled a contract for the boss a couple days ahead of schedule— each got a couple extra benjamin’s for a job well done.
     
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