The Storm of the Century

I remember that storm. I wish I didn't. Iwas headed south on I 65 through Tenn. and its just starting to snow, temp about 34 Degrees. The further south I go the worse it gets. When I hit the Ala. line theres 6 inches of snow on the ground and we all know how good Ala is about snow removal. God put it there, he'll take it away eventually. I was pulling an empty dry bulk trailer. The only thing lighter than those are skateboards. It takes an hour to go 15 miles so its time to get off and park. I got off at the Athens exit and parked behind a McDonalds to wait out the storm. Im in an old R model Mack with no sleeper {1 stack mack with a window in the back}. When it quit snowing there was 12 inches of snow, I thought. Turned out it was 3 inches of snow on top of 9 inches of frozen slush. I try to get a road report on the CB and nobody is talking. I tird to call the highway patrol, their phones are out. Dispatch says use your own judgement. Its about 90 miles to Birmingham from here so I think i'll just go slow and see how it is. That had to be the worst 10 hr trip I ever made. Anything over 10 mph and you broke traction. Deep ruts that slid you all over the road. Abandoned cars were like an obstacle course, and no where to get off and park again. When I finally got to Birmingham it looked like one of those science fiction movies where they show the freeway after a nuclear war. Wrecked abandoned cars everywhere, and no people. I went west on I 20/59 and by the time I got to the Petro between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa the road went from almost impassable to dry in 5 miles. I started driving a truck in the early 1970's and that was the worst I've been in.