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Topic: Have you ever been in really bad weather?
sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 11/25/10 08:37 PM
I was caught in a really bad snow storm a few years ago, that when I got out of work and started driving home was just horrible. I called my Mom an hour after I left work and she was like "oh thank God, you made it home..." I replied "HOME?????? I haven't even made it three miles from my job yet!!!!" I had to get home because my young teenage girls were there. The ride usually takes me 45 minutes, that day took me almost six hours. yes, either last winter or the year before I had a somewhat similar experience - they let us off early to beat the traffic but problem was the city hadn't plowed yet. And apparently a lot of people had gone home early cuz thre was a TON of traffic. Took me a little over an hour to drive what notmally took 10 minutes - partly cuz I had to take a long way around to avoid this really bad highway bridge in our area

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 11/25/10 08:46 PM
probably the worst tho was many years ago - 20+ at least - my now EX husband & I were driving to New York State - upstate - through the snowbelt region south of Buffalo at Christmas time...in a blizzard. A real blizzard, not a snow storm When I mentioned possibly getting OFF of the highway, my ex said "no, the cops might not let us get back on." Apparently he heard that Rt 90 had been closed on the radio & I hadn't noticed. We had a 3 year old and an infant in the backseat, and it was pitch dark. Next thing my ex said was, "stick your head out the window to make sure we're still on the road." I complied of course, but also commented to no effect that there was probably a GOOD REASON why the highway was closed and we weren't supposed to be on there. (By this time it was late, and no, I could NOT see the edge lines on the highway-or much else besides snow). As I recall he told one of my brother's in law that I had been nagging him on the trip DAMM STRAIGHT SUCKA...well, guess we're exes for a reason

krupa Joined Thu 07/03/08 Posts: 18651	Thu 11/25/10 08:54 PM
Had guests visit from North Carolina staying at a hotel off of I-20. After the first night, they came out of thier room in the morning and discovered that a passing tornado sucked all the bricks off of that side of the hotel. didnt just knock brick loose....there was no brick to be seen.......just gone. They went back inside and packed thier s**t and bailed. never did come back.

RoamingOrator Joined Fri 07/20/07 Posts: 4943	Thu 11/25/10 08:58 PM
Oh I don't know, I was in an ice storm that threw a layer of ice about two inches deep around everything. Brought down trees onto the house and power lines, temps below zero (Farinheight) and no power or water for 14 days. The upside was I had plenty of ice to melt down to make water. I don't know if that counts or not.

Tuckfard Joined Tue 10/26/10 Posts: 354	Thu 11/25/10 10:33 PM
In 2004 three hurricanes came thru here in a couple weeks time. Hurricanes are cool to observe, but the aftermath is kinda like long divison. No power = No fun.

Cheer_up Joined Tue 11/02/10 Posts: 3269	Sun 11/28/10 10:00 PM
probably the worst tho was many years ago - 20+ at least - my now EX husband & I were driving to New York State - upstate - through the snowbelt region south of Buffalo at Christmas time...in a blizzard. A real blizzard, not a snow storm When I mentioned possibly getting OFF of the highway, my ex said "no, the cops might not let us get back on." Apparently he heard that Rt 90 had been closed on the radio & I hadn't noticed. We had a 3 year old and an infant in the backseat, and it was pitch dark. Next thing my ex said was, "stick your head out the window to make sure we're still on the road." I complied of course, but also commented to no effect that there was probably a GOOD REASON why the highway was closed and we weren't supposed to be on there. (By this time it was late, and no, I could NOT see the edge lines on the highway-or much else besides snow). As I recall he told one of my brother's in law that I had been nagging him on the trip DAMM STRAIGHT SUCKA...well, guess we're exes for a reason Well i been in a few bad blizzards too when in a car its crazy your right sooooooo hard to see any lines on the road i remember 1 time a car was heading strait for us we had to turn to the right fast and cat almost spun in a dich was crazy lol thanks:) cheers

Troublebug Joined Sat 09/11/10 Posts: 10912	Sun 11/28/10 10:24 PM
Hell I grew up in Florida. Lots of Huricanes,(some reallally bad ones)but I guess you get used to it.I guess its like living in California and living with Earthquakes.

Troytheboytoy Joined Fri 11/26/10 Posts: 495	Sun 11/28/10 10:27 PM
Ice Storm 98 Power was out across the N East coast for weeks in some places In January thats not a good thing especially when it's f*&$%ing cold!!

chelsea466 Joined Tue 05/11/10 Posts: 5078	Sun 11/28/10 10:39 PM
I have been through a tornado before.

Troytheboytoy Joined Fri 11/26/10 Posts: 495	Sun 11/28/10 10:40 PM
I have been through a tornado before. Was that the one from last year, I heard it was crazy!!?!

bhernandez Joined Sun 03/21/10 Posts: 14901	Sun 11/28/10 10:41 PM
no such thing as "bad" weather.

Cheer_up Joined Tue 11/02/10 Posts: 3269	Thu 12/09/10 08:44 PM
no such thing as "bad" weather. lollllll is weather good all the time haha its freezing here now like -15 and wind chill -25 i need to get warmed up got a thermo blanket or something warm ?

TheShadow Joined Sun 08/13/06 Posts: 14218	Thu 12/09/10 09:37 PM
You tell me I was driving to work one time and my water pump froze up. But at this time I didn't know that. So I go to get the antifreeze to check if it needs some. I have two bottles. I grab one and open up the radiator cap and start to pour. Hm, nothing is coming out? I look and realize that one was water and it was solid as a block. Does that conceder bad weather?

Cheer_up Joined Tue 11/02/10 Posts: 3269	Thu 12/09/10 09:45 PM
You tell me I was driving to work one time and my water pump froze up. But at this time I didn't know that. So I go to get the antifreeze to check if it needs some. I have two bottles. I grab one and open up the radiator cap and start to pour. Hm, nothing is coming out? I look and realize that one was water and it was solid as a block. Does that conceder bad weather? well thats crazy i was in my buddys car his anti freeze froze too i kind of laughed cause it says on the bottle good till -40 and it was around -28 so we hand to warm it up and throw hot water on windows yes bad weather bad cold weather lolllllllll

Margie52 Joined Fri 03/19/10 Posts: 76	Fri 12/10/10 04:32 AM
Being an ex-trucker, I have been through every type of weather realizing it or not during it! A few times calling my family, saying good-bye!!!

Mikey117 Joined Mon 11/20/06 Posts: 23736	Fri 12/10/10 05:51 AM
3 tornados and countless Blizards to where it was impossible to go anywhere if and when the electricity goes out!! But on the farm we had a woodburner and was always stocked up on wood so we had heat, light and something to cook on!! U just have to be prepared for anything in Nebr.!!

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Fri 12/10/10 06:01 AM
I've been through hurricanes and blizzards.

Cheer_up Joined Tue 11/02/10 Posts: 3269	Fri 12/10/10 02:28 PM
WOWWWWWWW it seems so many been through huricanes i been through a tornado but never a huricane well in a plane i got the tail end of 1 that was scary i hate blizzards cause if car stalls not to much you can do and if you can't see in front of you it would drive you crazy cheers by the way thanks all for your comments hope you all have a great weekend

Sneaksintoyourheart Joined Fri 10/16/09 Posts: 19261	Fri 12/10/10 03:02 PM
Lets see I been through the blizzard of 78 a few more blizzards after that a few hurricanes an ice storm a big rain storm think the worst was the blizzard of 78 for us new englanders

Dan99 Joined Sat 08/23/08 Posts: 14941	Fri 12/10/10 03:08 PM
I am English. There was once this time we had some really bad drizzle.