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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Railsplitter, post: 12297692, member: 341066&quot;]Ugh... fog is bad enough, but factor in icy roads and the danger exponentially increases.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Xsetra, on a related note, I was riding out a blizzard in Depew (Buffalo), NY, after picking up a load of Reader&#039;s Digest Magazines bound for Texas... I asked the manager of that facility if I could park in the outer lot overnight to ride out the storm, and he agreed, no problem. The blizzard was just starting to howl, lake effect and all that $h!t, so it was the smart choice to shut down right there on the property. The manager told me to park over by a line of wagons, so I rolled over and backed into a slot.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thing was, I had no &quot;winterfront&quot; over my grille, and that howling freezing wind was coming right through that grille... I watched in disbelief as the water temp gauge dropped to 150* F and lower, I could actually see the needle dropping, lol. So I pulled out and flipped a b!tch and nosed into the slot, putting the ### end of the trailer into the eye of the wind, and the temp gauge needle steadily rose back to its normal position... crazy, but that&#039;s what it means to have no winterfront for protection in Buffalo, NY, during a freakin&#039; blizzard.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The good news was that I had all kinds of provisions aboard the truck, and gallons of drinking water as usual, plus there was a bar across the street, though I had to walk several hundred yards to the gate and then back to the bar, since the chain-link fence was at least 15&#039; tall. I stepped down from the truck, turned into the wind, and that wind cut through me like a knife... I climbed back aboard, threw on some extra layers of clothing and a watch cap, then made my way to the bar, which was nice &amp; warm. Left my truck on high idle with the heater on, and I drank enough &quot;antifreeze&quot; in the bar to make it back to the rig, no worries. Hell of a blizzard though...&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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