People have gone FULL RETARDED
 

Its only 1/8inch of ice and maybe some snow.......:shaking::shaking:

State of emergency
Curfews
limits on grocery's
no School
no work
no driving

#StateOfEmegencyMeansFreeFEMAChecksForEveryone@obma .gov

comon man.. you gotta give some credit... we are to have 1/4 inch ice.. and 3 in snow on top of that.. :)

we are below 1-10:rolleyes:

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Hey man, people in Louisiana can't drive on a freaking sunny day. Keep their arses locked up with this weather!!

I bought a few extra gallons of milk and 20 gallons of gas for my generator.

Can survive off the fire place for heat.

I remember the ice storm in '96 or '97...... Was 8 days with no power and it was not supposed to be that bad.

Mama starts getting on your *** with that baby girl..... You will see lol.

I'm not mad! No work tomorrow and Wednesday!

if Jim Cantore shows up????

You aint kidding bro. Mo Fo's in La cant drive in da rain much less in da ice. That dont stop em from trying though. Alexandria cops are gona be watching stop signs today. When it snowed last wee I swear there was a city cop at every stop sign. They were watching for someone to slide through the intersections. They reminded me of a bunch of buzzards. A bunch of worthless POS' s is what they are to me. They the only kind of pig I dont like.

I can understand Wednesday closures but Tuesday is "full tard". I have a business to run and it's killing me.
As far as the cops. This is when I want them on the roads to help out. Most other days it's just about $$$.

:D

I understand the $$$. We shut our shop today and it hurts. Was planning on being open until we went outside this morning. Dont need to be closed for the day but did it for safety reasons. We have a good bit of ice build up already and its still falling. It was sleeting when I woke up at 2am and its supposed to continue till about 3 this afternoon for us. Sometimes you gota cut your loses and play it safe.
As far as the cops. All they were doing was hoping someone slid past the stop signs so they could write a ticket.

Our road this morning. Thats not snow slush. Its a sheet of ice. Almost busted my azz walking down the driveway. Dang its slick.

Opened this thread thinking it was going to be a thread about people frantically calling to open the weirs or else a 'huge fish kill' was going to happen :spineyes:


Wife's school told them at 8 am yesterday that they were off Tues and Wed. Went yesterday evening to the grocery store just to get the necessities (milk, eggs, BEER) and passed up one because there was not a parking spot:eek: Went to Rouse's and sat in line for 30 minutes. All the cold beer was gone also had to go for the hot cases:rotfl:

That stuff is slick for sure. Up north, they get snow and you can drive on snow. Can't drive on this stuff

Roger that DB. Its a wet sleet. Its wet enough that it forms a solid sheet of white ice after it freezes on the ground. Its very slick.

Put the beer on the back porch and it wont be hot for long. It may freeze if ya dont watch it.lol

Why do people go full retarded in times like this??



Any given day i have enough food in my house to make it 5-7 days easy and could survive at least 2 months if i had to eat everything with out going to store

Betta watch out W. The gubmit dont like preppers.lmao.
Its the same way up here bro. I see people scooping up cases of water and food. Im like REALLY. You should have that on hand at all times.

The main items I saw last night were beer, wine, and whiskey (the necessities):rotfl:

Me too. I don't get it. Then they tell you to fill your gas tanks! Why so you can sit in the driveway and watch it ice over with a full tank of gas?

I filled my tank. Might have to make a run to the beer store.lol.
Worst case scenario happens you will have an extra 20glns of fuel for your generator. Open a fuel line, turn your key on, and jump across the fuel pump relay. Let it fill up you gas cans. If ya doin that then sheet got bad. Real bad.

I wonder how many of these people emptying the shelves actually don't have enough food to las until tomorrow or Thursday. Unbelievable.

I lived in snowy places 20 years of my adult life. Two minor accidents, both on ice rather than snow. Slide off the road into a snowbank on one occasion, and took out a neighbors mailbox on the other. Ice is impossible. I don't even try anymore. One great thing about the Air Force Academy is unless you were mission critical, you had a blank check to take a personal day or work from home if you felt unsafe about the conditions given your specific car and route too and from work.

We've always kept a 50 lb bag of rice, 20+ gallons of water, some shelves full of canned goods, a couple propane tanks, and a stack of firewood on hand for winter storms. Our plan in hurricane country is similar, with a bit more water. Either way, I think it is generally a good idea to have enough on hand to batten down the hatches and hunker down for 10 days while order is restored and the shelves get restocked. A couple bottles of wine and some board games are a good ideas also, as well as a way to receive radio and charge a couple of cell phones without the grid.

To have to go out and buy groceries once an event is forecast is unprepared.

This,

This really is the thing that all the "northerner's making fun of southerner's" when there is a little snow dont tell you. When a layer of ice goes down first they dont do ANYTHING up north either.

I am amazed at some of the foolish accidents you see down here just because people are not used to it. One little slick spot of ice on a bridge can buy you a one way ticket up to the sky. It is not worth it.

I do feel sorry for business owners (particularly small business owners) who are gonna have a financial impact from this..... But... people's lives must come before making a few bucks.

You cannot drive safely when it's below freezing and there is a layer of ice on the road. The only exception to this is if the salt trucks have been running..... i don't see to many of them round these parts.

Be safe everyone... enjoy the down time.... eat up the old food in your pantry that needs to get eaten up.... and talk a little smack on the internet...

That's what snow days are for!

X2. After we got up this morning and saw the conditions we decided to not open the shop today. Not worth risking anyone getting hurt.
When I was a volunteer firefighter we had a night of weather like this and it was wreck after wreck all night long. Had to crawl inside an upside down blazer. It was in a ditch and had a foot of water flowing through it. On my back in that crap at 3:30 in the morning. *** were they thinking when they decided to go for a ride?

I always got a quick laugh at how many people with big ole 4wd were the one's getting in trouble. 4wd dont help you on ice.

The only drive systems i ever saw that could get you through this stuff fairly reliably (if you drove slow) were the one's of the type in the Oldsmobile bravada smarttrak systems. (basically was a limited slip diff both front and back) and with added snow chains. They were the preferred drive types that we would use as a company vehicle when there was inclement weather up north.

Heaven help you if you hit a sheet of black ice going over 20 mph and touched your brakes.

I want to see everyone out on the roads today and, tomorrow! This is the collision industry's dream! Don't want anyone hurt, just bang up a few cars is all! LOL!

Lmao. Not sure if thats a genious advertising move or not.lol. Business is gona pick up for you after the next two days.

Farmers pray for rain in the growing season...We pray for snow and, ice in the winter...Hail in the spring...Rain during rush hour...:rotfl:

That said, PLEASE exercise caution if you do have to be out! We fix cars but, we can't fix people!:work:

I can remember in my early years of marriage, there were several times that I didn't have enough food in my house to go 7 days plus but I kept working hard and eventually developed a nice life for my family.

It's easy to say someone should have this or have that but I have been there and struggled to make ends meet and never took any subsidies.

I've lived in a house that no matter what you did in this type of weather you could never keep it warm which made for a higher energy bill.

I'm glad all you guys are loaded with money but I pray for the less fortunate during weather like this....because I know the struggles they have endured.

Well said. Please be sure to check on your neighbors, especially the elderly in this weather. If they need nothing at all, knowing you care enough to look in on them will warm their hearts!;)

You know you live in a rich country when most of the poor people are fat. Many of the (really) poor people on earth get most of their calories from a local grain and most of their protein from beans or fish.

I think that most poor Americans could easily have an extra 50 lb bag of rice on hand and plenty of extra water, and probably some dry beans or canned fish or game too. Most of our water is in gallon milk jugs that are carefully cleaned, filled from the tap, and preserved with 8 drops of bleach.

Like most things, those with greater earnings can likely be more comfortable if they prepare for emergencies, but I don't think a 50 lb bag of rice is cost prohibitive, even for most poor Americans. Adults might lose a bit of weight weathering a 10 day emergency on three cups of rice per day, but a lot of the world survives on fewer calories, and one 50 lb bag of rice will feed a family of four for 10 days providing three cups of rice per person each day.

Who eats extra long grain rice though? lol


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I disagree with 4x4 not making a difference.

The problem is people with 4x4 have an increased confidence level, and increase there speeds while decreasing their alertness.

Zambonies are 4x4 for a reason. I drove from Houston last Friday in and out of 4x4 over bridges to test the control, and felt a noticeable difference. I've also lived in the northeast, and drove cross country quite a bit in icy conditions - I'll take 4x4 any day.

In a controlled environment while maintaining identical safe driving practices, the 4x4 will perform better than rear wheel only in my experience.




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The large trucks we run are a liability to my drivers and others on the road. For the safety of my employees, others on the road, and customer locations we chose to shut down. Secondly I do not want to gamble on an employee's life coming to and from work. We doubled up yesterday to prepare for a two day closure. It is safe and smart thinking to minimize risk

Didn't say that it doesn't help... just said that i get a laugh from folks who think that 4x4 is a cure-all for driving on ice.

with that said.. the majority of 4x4 systems on trucks are actually 2wd ie. front right and left rear have power... only when you have a full limited slip differential system do you really have something close to 4x4.

none of it really helps on ice without something to grip into the ice... (stud tires or chains) but you can make do in an emergency... just keep it SLOW SLOW... (i wouldn't cross a bridge doing over 20mph today for anything)

this is soooo us lol

I agree. 4x4 can benefit if exercised with due care rather than increased confidence. There is NO decrease in stopping distance with a 4x4 and NO increase in safe driving speed. There are conditions when a 4x4 can get through when a 2WD cannot. The keys are to drive slow, maintain good distances between vehicles, and not underestimate stopping distances relative to visibility and road conditions. In some ways, the ability for a 4WD to drive slowly up inclines is very important when compared with the need of a 2WD to maintain speed and momentum not to get stuck going up an incline. It also helps a great deal to know the limitations of a given vehicle with and without tire chains. The advantage gained in adding tire chains to a 4WD is incredible and hard for a person who has never used them to understand.

But success in a 4WD depends on care and experience. Louisiana drivers are particularly poor with regards to spacing between vehicles, moderating speed to account for visibility and road conditions, and due care in signaling, lane changes, passing, and anticipating what may be happening in front of the vehicle.

This made me bust out laughing. Just imagining it in my head. I've been off too long. This weather needs to ease up. Lol

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Most beautiful thing about that is they have an option. Sorry for your bad luck smalls.

Don't think to highly of a 4wd in snow / ice guys. I can tell you that a front wheel drive vehicle with a limited slip differential more often than not does better on snow / ice than a 4wd. Having the engine weight right above the drive wheels and having both the drive wheels providing power helps very very much. The low center of gravity for a FWD vehicle also means that if you do lose control and spin you are less likely to flip.

Order of driving preferance for me in sleet / ice conditions is thus. from worst to best

1) rear wheel drive truck/car. (FORGET IT, Dont even think about leaving your driveway)
2) 4 wd truck / suv or FWD vehicle (standard 4wd not limited slip diff's) (Better)
3) Front wheel drive vehicle with limited slip diff (pretty good)
4) 4wd vehicle with limited slip / full time awd systems (best)

But as everyone is saying, slow speeds, extra distances for breaking, you can do okay in most any vehicle...

I managed car rental operations as a regional manager for Hertz and Alamo over 15 years in the Northeast. I have seen a lot when it comes to dealing with driving in the snow. And i sure talked to one heck of a lot of guys like Southern 151 during times like this. You always knew when snow / ice was in the weather report when you talked to your body shop guys.. they had grins from ear to ear.

Finally made an appearance after being made a duck!! Next week huhh?? LMAO

Your a joke ^^^

I have a special dance just for such occasions!:rotfl: So far though, we've only had junk towed in. The coming days will hopefully shed some brighter light on the industry though!

The funny part is when I was halfway back to the house I realized how much an idiot I am. 75 yard walk down the driveway in the sleet just to take a damn picture. Yep im an idiot.lol

It is pretty funny....I got a day off out of it you won't hear me complaining. Got a pot of venison meatball stew cooking and chilling out.

Lol

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I bet you do.. :)

What kind of labor rates does the industry charge down there for mech / body / paint?