We really lucked out in my area. We have about .6" of ice on wires and trees. Not quite enough to cause the wide spread power outages that many are getting. Most of the precipitation came as sleet. Cleaning vehicles is like an archaeological dig: .25" ice, 1.5" sleet, .35" ice, 1.5" snow on top. Areas 15 miles to the south have much more ice damage; 50 miles north blizzard conditions. I hate winter!

BBQ is back on my friends

2" on the ground and coming down hard. The commute was awful. I had a Ford Explorer blow by me at about 60 while myself and everyone else was doing about 35-40, about 3 minutes later I had to stop as the same Explorer on its' side with the guy crawling out of the sunroof. dummy....

The laws of physics apply to everyone. The "safer" they keep building cars, the stupider most drivers get. I guess it's a wash... :-/

2" on the ground and coming down hard. The commute was awful. I had a Ford Explorer blow by me at about 60 while myself and everyone else was doing about 35-40, about 3 minutes later I had to stop as the same Explorer on its' side with the guy crawling out of the sunroof. dummy....

Oh man, I love that. I keep moving in the snow, but I have a 4x4 pickup - much different than a heavy SUV. All the 4wd in an SUV does is get you up your driveway. Ford Exploders are the worst offenders, too, LOL.

I'd rather have the SUV actually, pickups are too light in the rear to get good traction. I feel like I shouldn't have to put the car in 4x4 just to back down the driveway without spinning the wheels because of a little snow or ice, and in my mom's Explorer I don't. Can't say the same for either of my dad's pickups ('98 f-150 and 2011 Silverado). That said, I'll take my AWD Subaru in the snow over any of them.

Just keep a ton of snow in the back to weigh it down. Helps me out.

I don't have those issues with my Sierra. Maybe its the tires? More weight = greater stopping distance.

Same here. My old Sierra didn't have any problems in the snow.

@slonezp  Ok, now which snow drift is the beer under?  That looks crazy there!

2" on the ground and coming down hard. The commute was awful. I had a Ford Explorer blow by me at about 60 while myself and everyone else was doing about 35-40, about 3 minutes later I had to stop as the same Explorer on its' side with the guy crawling out of the sunroof. dummy....

Oh man, I love that. I keep moving in the snow, but I have a 4x4 pickup - much different than a heavy SUV. All the 4wd in an SUV does is get you up your driveway. Ford Exploders are the worst offenders, too, LOL.

I'd rather have the SUV actually, pickups are too light in the rear to get good traction. I feel like I shouldn't have to put the car in 4x4 just to back down the driveway without spinning the wheels because of a little snow or ice, and in my mom's Explorer I don't. Can't say the same for either of my dad's pickups ('98 f-150 and 2011 Silverado). That said, I'll take my AWD Subaru in the snow over any of them.

Just keep a ton of snow in the back to weigh it down. Helps me out.

I don't have those issues with my Sierra. Maybe its the tires? More weight = greater stopping distance.

Could be the tires I suppose, or it could be our driveway. it has a slight hump to it, and the only time the trucks spin the tires is starting out in reverse on ice or packed snow going uphill over the hump. Not really that big of a deal, and they both do fine once I'm actually on the road even in poor conditions. Still the point remains that I've only had this happen in the pickups, never in the Explorer.

For once a big winter storm actually missed us in MN.   ;D   Only a few inches of snow fell, bringing us to a little over 60" this winter in St. Cloud.

Hopefully nobody here had to deal with the Lake Shore Drive fiasco in Chicago.

 

I did! 

Of course it was in August, at around 5pm, and there wasn't any snow,  but the average speed was exactly the same!   That has to be the worst street in America.   >

Shoulda heard the police scanner when we got it all.  It was going nuts! 8-)

I used to work in and around Chicago for a few days every couple of  months. If I had to drive in Chicago every day, I would drive off a pier into the lake-if traffic would allow. ?

No where near the worst street in America, not even in Chicago.

But it is one of the most Beautiful roads to drive when traffic is not a factor

3 hrs yesterday to dig out of drifts up to 5 feet high.

And for what? So I can got to work today?

Yuchhh. Should have stayed in bed. One of my wife's friends was stuck on L.S.D. and spent the night at a local hospital. Living close to work does have it's advantages.