Here comes the snow (and ice)

[Malaki86]

I'm at home in northern WV now. Ice is supposed to start sometime after 4pm followed by snow in the morning. Should be fun when I'm supposed to leave tomorrow sometime after 8am or so with the load going to Wheeling. I just wonder where they'll send me next, especially since this storm seems to be hitting everywhere.

[golfhobo]

I'm watching it, too! My "butthead" load comes out of Champaign, IL. They could get up to 2 FEET!

[Malaki86]

Was looking through the Weather Channel site. St. Louis is calling for 1" of ice, 3-4" of sleet and up to 2' of snow. I think the only thing missing is sulphur falling from Satan himself.

[golfhobo]

knee-jerk comment from a Republican about Al Gore and global warming being a hoax in..... 3....2....1....

[Mr. Ford95]

F this incoming storm. The weather folks are throwing a hissy about it around here and all we might see is a tiny bit of rain. They missed the one last Wednesday night badly, we ended up with ice under the snow. They kept saying not to worry, we might see 3-4 inches of snow, unfortunately they forgot about the inch of rain we had all day long. It turned the first bit of snow to a slush which quickly froze and became an inch of ice underneath the other 5 inches of snow.

Good luck to anyone who is going to take this storm on, stay safe.

[Malaki86]

I was parked in Hagerstown the day the last one came in. Once it started snowing - WOW. Just walking across the parking lot of the AC & T put about 1/2" of snow on me. I had to go to Baltimore the next morning to drop my load. I-70 was backed up from the US-40 exit of I-70 in Hagerstown to the rest area just west of Frederick. Luckily US-40 was moving good though. Baltimore definitely got hammered in that storm. There were cars abandoned everywhere on I-70 and I-695.

[Mr. Ford95]

Wasn't just Baltimore Mal. Took the wife nearly 7 hours to get home that night from Dulles Airport, a distance of only 62 miles. Abandoned cars all over the place, people stuck or wiping out from the "wet ice" that they weren't aware of. At one point she sat for 3 hours and moved a whole 20 feet because the road was blocked with stuck cars. How about Towson University's men's basketball team getting stuck. They were trying to get to George Mason for a basketball game the same night, left at 3 pm, didn't get to Fairfax until nearly midnight. They had to come out of Baltimore and across the DC Beltway. Suffice to say, they missed the game.

[Orangetxguy]

F this incoming storm. The weather folks are throwing a hissy about it around here and all we might see is a tiny bit of rain. They missed the one last Wednesday night badly, we ended up with ice under the snow. They kept saying not to worry, we might see 3-4 inches of snow, unfortunately they forgot about the inch of rain we had all day long. It turned the first bit of snow to a slush which quickly froze and became an inch of ice underneath the other 5 inches of snow.

Good luck to anyone who is going to take this storm on, stay safe.

Not gonna take the storm on...but i am loading early am for Johnstown NY out of Memphis. I will do what I can do....and hopefully make an on time delivery at 6am Thursday. If not.......pay me delay please.

[Malaki86]

Gotta take off in an hour or so. It looks like I-70 is the southern edge of the ice/rain mix, at least west to around Cambridge (I-77). Spoke to dispatch in Indianapolis this morning and they said it's horrible there - 1.5-2" of ice. I hope they send me south. Florida definitely looks good right about now. My luck they'll give me something that goes to Buffalo.

[GMAN]

What a bunch of wussie's. You aren't going to let a couple of inches of ice or a foot or two of snow stop you are you?! Suck it up, drivers. You are professionals!!

[RostyC]

What a bunch of wussie's. You aren't going to let a couple of inches of ice or a foot or two of snow stop you are you?! Suck it up, drivers. You are professionals!!

Yeah, what he said! What a bunch of wussies!

Are you home too G?

[Snowman7]

Yeah it was a little rough last night in the Buckeye. Ice buildup was so thick my drivers side wiper snapped off.

[repete]

knee-jerk comment from a Republican about Al Gore and global warming being a hoax in..... 3....2....1....

Thank god for global warming , can you amagine how cold it would be wiht out it? Better late than never!


I just got the call from my dispatch, I'm shut down! AW SHUCKS and I'm at home what will I ever do?

[GMAN]

Yeah, what he said! What a bunch of wussies!

Are you home too G?

Yep!! My wife has been in the hospital for about a week. She just got home today. Were it not for that, I would probably be stuck in the middle of this stuff. I plan on hanging out for at least a couple of days with her. I may not get out until the first of next week.

[GMAN]

Thank god for global warming , can you amagine how cold it would be wiht out it? Better late than never!


I just got the call from my dispatch, I'm shut down! AW SHUCKS and I'm at home what will I ever do?

You need to call up your dispatcher and demand that they allow you to run. Tell him that you are a professional and demand to be treated as such! Tell him that you refuse to be shut down at home. Demand that he allow you to go to a truck stop and then shut down.

[repete]

You need to call up your dispatcher and demand that they allow you to run. Tell him that you are a professional and demand to be treated as such! Tell him that you refuse to be shut down at home. Demand that he allow you to go to a truck stop and then shut down.

GMAN, hope your wife's ok. A week at home with you she'll be ready to either go back to the hospital or kick you out on the road!
Yeah, Ill be sure to do that...next time! I'm havin fun here at home, I cleaned my gun room earlier and just loaded up 500 .45acp . Now I'm going to see whats on tv on a week night!

[Malaki86]

Fun day - damn... Delivered in Wheeling, then deadheaded to Lima. Just northwest of Marysville it started icing up the truck. Got to Lima to pick up my trailer and ran into problems. I couldn't see where the edge of the parking lot was and dropped a steer off of it - maybe 6-7" drop. Took a towtruck to get me out. So, after I swapped trailers, I drove 1/2 mile and parked for the night. I just hope I can sleep - the snow/ice/sleet is LOUD hitting the truck.

[GMAN]

GMAN, hope your wife's ok. A week at home with you she'll be ready to either go back to the hospital or kick you out on the road!
Yeah, Ill be sure to do that...next time! I'm havin fun here at home, I cleaned my gun room earlier and just loaded up 500 .45acp . Now I'm going to see whats on tv on a week night!

I appreciate it, repete. It has been a bit tough for her the last couple of months. She has had 10 hospital visits since the first week in December. Hopefully, this will be the last time for quite a while. You are probably right about her kicking me out.

I have been doing some taxes and getting paperwork filed while I have been off with her. At least I accomplished something.

[GMAN]

Fun day - damn... Delivered in Wheeling, then deadheaded to Lima. Just northwest of Marysville it started icing up the truck. Got to Lima to pick up my trailer and ran into problems. I couldn't see where the edge of the parking lot was and dropped a steer off of it - maybe 6-7" drop. Took a towtruck to get me out. So, after I swapped trailers, I drove 1/2 mile and parked for the night. I just hope I can sleep - the snow/ice/sleet is LOUD hitting the truck.

Suck it up, Malaki. Real drivers don't need to see the road. They are ONE with the asphalt. They feel the road without having to see it.

Seriously, I am glad that you are off the road. Your truck may pick up a couple thousand pounds of ice before this is over.

[Midnight Flyer]

I appreciate it, repete. It has been a bit tough for her the last couple of months. She has had 10 hospital visits since the first week in December. Hopefully, this will be the last time for quite a while. You are probably right about her kicking me out.

I have been doing some taxes and getting paperwork filed while I have been off with her. At least I accomplished something.

Gman, you and your wife are in my prayers tonight. Here is west central Arkansas it's COLD!! We didn't get that much snow and just a little sleet but northwest Arkansas got socked pretty hard.