Snow pain / myLot

Centralia, Washington

November 24, 2015 4:16pm CST

Snow in the night. Whoopie if I were A. a kid and B. an owner of a helicopter. I am neither. I had to take hubby to the doc for his follow up from the hospital visit and then he needed to go to work. I talked out loud and did not scream as I steered our little car first down the snow covered driveway- not sliding into the fence and horse pasture near by. Then bumped up onto the scary road. Unhappy drivers followed me as I cruised up to twenty miles an hour. I continued to voice my angst and averted my eyes from the deep dtiches. I did see the deputy with his ton of flashing lights as he assisted a little truck and driver from a ditch. My hope right now is that when I drive back to get my hubby tonight the roads will be melted clear. Wish me luck!

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

24 Nov 15

I do wish you luck - driving in snow is no fun at all.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

24 Nov 15

@sallypup It sounds like you have good reason

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57894)

• Centralia, Washington

24 Nov 15

Thanks @jaboUK. I feel so whiny.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57894)

• Centralia, Washington

25 Nov 15

@jaboUK There's about a 5 mile stretch that has open fields on both sides of the road. There's no protection from snow or wind there.

paigea

@paigea (35702)

• Canada

26 Nov 15

I hope your roads don't give you too much trouble this winter. Some days I think gravel roads are better.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57894)

• Centralia, Washington

26 Nov 15

@paigea I kind of wish we had gravel here, too.

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Marlina

@marlina (154166)

• Canada

26 Nov 15

No fun driving in the snow or icy roads.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205775)

• Walnut Creek, California

24 Nov 15

Hope you made it to your destination. Did things melt off during the day?

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57894)

• Centralia, Washington

24 Nov 15

@thehorse: its not winter yet! It looks like things are melted. I may drive in to get hubby a bit early so that at least one way will still have day light.

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57894)

• Centralia, Washington

25 Nov 15

@the horse: I'm done driving for today. Roads were bare tonight though we have a cold, nasty wind blowing.

Canadian Archer

@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)

• Canada

26 Nov 15

Our roads they're deadly in the winter even when plowed:/...the problem is the blades clear over the ditches and...in some cases that's a 20 foot drop:/...like, it's hard to see where the edge of the road is and where the drop begins. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a dividing line in the road to give some indication but...there isn't. Sometimes even the plows have ended up in the drop:/

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57894)

• Centralia, Washington

26 Nov 15

@hebrewgreekstudies I am shivering as I read this. What a mess. What part of Canada are you in?