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- silvercamaro
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Okay, folks, let me know. . .
that you've made it through the ice back to your hotel rooms safely.
I completely forgot that my car is parked at Hobby Lobby, as I arranged my ride to OKC at the last minute while Ellie already was approaching Norman. The car can stay there until tomorrow afternoon, or Monday, or whenever the streets start to melt. I have enough food and, more importantly, dog food to manage until I can get somebody to take me across the bridge.
We were NOT supposed to get this much ice so quickly!
I completely forgot that my car is parked at Hobby Lobby, as I arranged my ride to OKC at the last minute while Ellie already was approaching Norman. The car can stay there until tomorrow afternoon, or Monday, or whenever the streets start to melt. I have enough food and, more importantly, dog food to manage until I can get somebody to take me across the bridge.
We were NOT supposed to get this much ice so quickly!
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- SportsFan68
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Re: Okay, folks, let me know. . .
Everyone is safely domiciled for the night.
Here's hoping that the ice that came in so fast leaves that quickly.
Here's hoping that the ice that came in so fast leaves that quickly.
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- silvercamaro
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Re: Okay, folks, let me know. . .
Thanks, Sprots.SportsFan68 wrote:Everyone is safely domiciled for the night.
Here's hoping that the ice that came in so fast leaves that quickly.
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Hope you guys all had fun. Sorry to hear about the ice. Be safe!
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I made it back last night, and based upon careful research of television news, ODOT and MoDOT websites, and actual field observations... I have decided to just stay another day. Will try again tonight to break out of this God-forsaken state that continues to show its love to me year after year....
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Re: Okay, folks, let me know. . .
I'm glad you're all safe.littlebeast13 wrote:I made it back last night, and based upon careful research of television news, ODOT and MoDOT websites, and actual field observations... I have decided to just stay another day. Will try again tonight to break out of this God-forsaken state that continues to show its love to me year after year....
lb13
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We have some weird weather here in Richmond -- it was 70 degrees this afternoon, but will turn cold tonight. Rain in the morning, turning to sleet, then snow (3 to 8 inches) and a low of 10 tomorrow night. Go figure.
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They say sub-ZERO wind chills tonight.littlebeast13 wrote:I made it back last night, and based upon careful research of television news, ODOT and MoDOT websites, and actual field observations... I have decided to just stay another day. Will try again tonight to break out of this God-forsaken state that continues to show its love to me year after year....
lb13
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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You're getting it worse than we will but we're supposed to have freezing rain tomorrow as well.SpacemanSpiff wrote:We have some weird weather here in Richmond -- it was 70 degrees this afternoon, but will turn cold tonight. Rain in the morning, turning to sleet, then snow (3 to 8 inches) and a low of 10 tomorrow night. Go figure.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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Re: Okay, folks, let me know. . .
You're staying at the No Name Inn? That place is infested with rodents and porcidillos. It's $129 a night and not close to anything.littlebeast13 wrote:I made it back last night, and based upon careful research of television news, ODOT and MoDOT websites, and actual field observations... I have decided to just stay another day. Will try again tonight to break out of this God-forsaken state that continues to show its love to me year after year....
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Estonut wrote:You're staying at the No Name Inn? That place is infested with rodents and porcidillos. It's $129 a night and not close to anything.littlebeast13 wrote:I made it back last night, and based upon careful research of television news, ODOT and MoDOT websites, and actual field observations... I have decided to just stay another day. Will try again tonight to break out of this God-forsaken state that continues to show its love to me year after year....
If only an out of towner had warned me about it first....
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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Current photo of I-35E south of Dallas:
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- SportsFan68
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Re: Okay, folks, let me know. . .
Home again, home again, pigladillo pig!
All I had to do was get to El Reno without skidding on that horrific glare ice, a species of danger previously unknown to me.
Well, that's not all I had to do. There was a little snow flurry at approximately the OK-TX state line, but it was nothing, and I do mean nothing, compared to that glare ice.
Then a half hour from Moriarty, some bonehead trucker smashed into the truck in front of him, causing a two-truck pileup (no injuries, MUCH better than last year's multi-truck pileup cause by a poor doggie running out onto the freeway and in which the poor dog unfortunately was killed). Anyway, we crawled along in one lane until we got past the pileup, and THEN it was clear sailing.
The muttlies were so happy to see me; it was very flattering.
GOOD LUCK to everybody else.
All I had to do was get to El Reno without skidding on that horrific glare ice, a species of danger previously unknown to me.
Well, that's not all I had to do. There was a little snow flurry at approximately the OK-TX state line, but it was nothing, and I do mean nothing, compared to that glare ice.
Then a half hour from Moriarty, some bonehead trucker smashed into the truck in front of him, causing a two-truck pileup (no injuries, MUCH better than last year's multi-truck pileup cause by a poor doggie running out onto the freeway and in which the poor dog unfortunately was killed). Anyway, we crawled along in one lane until we got past the pileup, and THEN it was clear sailing.
The muttlies were so happy to see me; it was very flattering.
GOOD LUCK to everybody else.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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You drove there? That's an 11 hour drive.SportsFan68 wrote:Home again, home again, pigladillo pig!
All I had to do was get to El Reno without skidding on that horrific glare ice, a species of danger previously unknown to me.
Well, that's not all I had to do. There was a little snow flurry at approximately the OK-TX state line, but it was nothing, and I do mean nothing, compared to that glare ice.
Then a half hour from Moriarty, some bonehead trucker smashed into the truck in front of him, causing a two-truck pileup (no injuries, MUCH better than last year's multi-truck pileup cause by a poor doggie running out onto the freeway and in which the poor dog unfortunately was killed). Anyway, we crawled along in one lane until we got past the pileup, and THEN it was clear sailing.
The muttlies were so happy to see me; it was very flattering.
GOOD LUCK to everybody else.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.