Snowpocalypse 2008

[batskeets]

Driving in snow like yesterday? Holy crap. NEVER. AGAIN.

I got up at 9:30am to open the studio for a renter, and lost traction 3 times on the way over there. I realize that, although I do know *how* to drive in snow, I have not actually done so hardly at all. I had it down much better on the return trip, but it was really tension-inducing.

The benefit event I was supposed to shoot yesterday evening got cancelled as of Noonish, so I packed everything up in a rush and headed for Eugene, in the hopes of getting out of the snow while it was still light outside.

I drove with chains on until Woodburn, creeping along I-5 at a whopping 25-30mph. I was sleepy and couldn't find a freakin' Starbuck's that was open, so things were pretty on-edge until I finally saw the snow change to rain on the south side of Salem. I'm *really* relieved that all I have to deal with down here is rain.

On the plus side, my fingerless gloves stood up to the whole process of putting the tire chains on, so I think the pattern is pretty solid! Booyah. :)

Dad also seems confident that the pass will be okay, but I'm keeping an eye on things.

Comments

[mathsnerd]

Drive safe, be careful!

[threeleet.livejournal.com]

I was driving from my dad's back to my mom's (300mi) in the winter in Wisconsin back in high school or so... It was only snowing lightly, so the wind from all the cars on the interstate was keeping the roads mostly clear, but when I went to the exit lane to stop for gas halfway, there was a thin enough layer of snow on that lane that when I tried to slow down & turn, neither of them worked- ended up driving right through one of the exit sign posts. Good thing they're designed to break away, or my car (and most likely I) would've been a lot worse off. As it was, I could still drive the rest of the way, w/ only a smashed-in fender & a small dent in the radiator.

[junsiew.livejournal.com]

yikes, be careful!