The White Death Approacheth

[TraderJake]

Cincinnati overreacts to snow. For a city that is north of the Mason-Dixon line (just barely), we certainly act as though we are located in the Deep South in regards to dealing with snow. Perhaps it is because the metropolis straddles the Mason-Dixon line, but if there is even a threat of snow, people freak out. There was one instance in 2004 that was especially terrible, where it took 2 and a half hours to make it the 12 miles to my house, thanks to a nice little snow storm that happened to hit at rush hour. It would have been worse had I had to travel south on the major thoroughfare through the city (I-75), driving on that road would have taken 5-6 hours to commute anywhere of importance. Today they are predicting a clipper snow of DEATH to hit the city fairly soon, and the city certainly has their panties in a wad. Certainly I am anticipating when I leave school in 2  and a half hours that it will be the commute home from hell. I can't wait.

So, what are your white death horror stories? Ever get stuck in the commute from hell? Perhaps you were snowed in? How does your city react to snow? (Clearly, some cities don't get snow, we're aware of that, no need to tell us) One thing is for certain though, the commute for the Black Perl and I will certainly suck this afternoon. THE WHITE DEATH APPROACHETH!

[Hydrobond]

^It's the hills. 

[NES_Rules]

It's weird around here, some people will drive 30 mph under the speed limit if there is a little bit of snow and others just seem to not notice if there is 2 feet of snow on the road.  Basically, they are just idiots. 
I did stuck i my driveway twice this year.  My damn 1 wheel drive S-10 with tires that have barely any tread.  New tires as too damn expensive. 

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

At the end of fall quarter after an ungodly early finals exam we got like that half inch to an inch of snow and the world went insane. The highways were a mess and I literally SAW three accidents happen as I took the backroads home.

But I always suggest the backroads unless there's so much snow that aforementioned roads are completely covered.

I'm just glad I don't have to go out today, although I should get some gas...if I had woken up before two maybe I could have done so.

[James]

I saw some snow once. It melted by mid day.

[Zimbacca]

You wanna see people overreact to snow you should see people in the Portland/Vancouver area.  They see one snow flake and everything comes to a screeching halt.

[JWKobayashi]

Last January (2006) I took my wife to Chicago for the day for her birthday.  We went to the heart of downtown, which is normally about a 75 - 90 minute drive from our house.  Everything on the way in was just fine.

Unfortunately, it started snowing like a bitch on the way home.  It took us over 4 hours to get home on I-90.   We couldn't see very far in front of the car.

All in all, I hate snow.

[AndyC]

It's supposed to snow in England on Thursday, I can hardly wait for the three snow flakes.

You guys should be greatful for the snow. It's always f'ing freezing over here but never snows properly and when it does it usually goes by the time you've finished work.

[OatBob]

I used to live in Illinois where they were somewhat reasonable about snow.  Especially in the country, where they would close school more often because of drifing snow.  Alas, I'm somehow stuck here in Minnesota where they might consider a 2-hour delay in the event of two feet of snow.  What really sucks is that the jet stream started moved south as I moved north so the past five years, they've been getting more snow (and some nasty ice storms) than we have up here.

[Ando]

It's supposed to snow in England on Thursday, I can hardly wait for the three snow flakes.

You guys should be greatful for the snow. It's always f'ing freezing over here but never snows properly and when it does it usually goes by the time you've finished work.

QFT

What's worse is when we're travelling between states. Never fails: we get to one state, only to immediately get a call from the other saying "It's snowing here! Actual, real SNOW!!" Argh.

[James]

It's supposed to snow in England on Thursday, I can hardly wait for the three snow flakes.

You guys should be greatful for the snow. It's always f'ing freezing over here but never snows properly and when it does it usually goes by the time you've finished work.

It's -0.8C here. Maybe we will get some snow down south. We got some a couple of weeks ago.

[JWKobayashi]

It's supposed to snow in England on Thursday, I can hardly wait for the three snow flakes.

You guys should be greatful for the snow. It's always f'ing freezing over here but never snows properly and when it does it usually goes by the time you've finished work.

I'd gladly trade our snow for just being cold.  In the past two weeks here, the temp has been hovering around -5 F, with wind chills around -25 F. That, and we got 6 inches of snow yesterday.

Snow is no fun to shovel, no fun to drive in, and no fun to be outside in. It looks nice for the first day or two, and then turns into a gray mess.

[NES_Rules]

It's supposed to snow in England on Thursday, I can hardly wait for the three snow flakes.

You guys should be greatful for the snow. It's always f'ing freezing over here but never snows properly and when it does it usually goes by the time you've finished work.

I'd gladly trade our snow for just being cold.  In the past two weeks here, the temp has been hovering around -5 F, with wind chills around -25 F. That, and we got 6 inches of snow yesterday.

Snow is no fun to shovel, no fun to drive in, and no fun to be outside in. It looks nice for the first day or two, and then turns into a gray mess.

I disagree with the "no fun to drive in" part.  You just need a pick-up truck and an empty parking lot.  Now that is damn fun. 

[JWKobayashi]

True, too true.

I guess I should rephrase:

Not too bad to drive in if you pay attention, but it sucks when idiots on the road are acting like it is a sunny day in the middle of July and still turn corners at 40 MPH.

[James]

We've got about four inches of snow here and it's still falling. The most I've seen in this town was about two inches.

We're having trouble getting the cars up the drive, even after shovelling the snow. Maybe I could use it as an excuse to not go to work.