Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: An inch of snow, icy roads unleash 9 hours of traffic chaos across D.C. region [View all]47of74
(18,470 posts)32. I've had drives like that before
I live near Dubuque, Iowa. I used to travel back and forth between there and the Quad Cities for work - about 75 miles. If it got really bad I'd just stay down there but there were a couple times when I thought it'd be fine and I'd get up north a ways and it'd be an adventure getting home. One time I couldn't even see out past the headlights for a few minutes. I somehow still made it home that night.
I remember one time I was driving home the morning after a snowstorm. I got to Maquoketa - which is about the 1/2 way point and there were a whole bunch of vehicles in ditches or overturned. I remember thinking to myself geezus looks like someone bombed a drive in.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
47 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
An inch of snow, icy roads unleash 9 hours of traffic chaos across D.C. region [View all]
brooklynite
Jan 2016
OP
I (think I) know there's a distinction between a parade and a demonstration.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2016
#43
That will be cancelled or postponed. Nothing will happen this weekend in DC.
yeoman6987
Jan 2016
#27
I'm a great snowy road driver and here to say it wasn't the snow, it was the frozen road. Even with
JudyM
Jan 2016
#12
Preach it and AMEN! It's most often the idiots who think their 4 wheel drive means
KittyWampus
Jan 2016
#33
"The government here ... does not have any sort of annual car inspection...."
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2016
#29
Inadequate forecast communication, lack of road crew readiness lead to commuting nightmare.
elleng
Jan 2016
#18
sometimes there's a point where cold rain turns into light snow… and the roads get icy.
KittyWampus
Jan 2016
#34