Flooding in Washington

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Prudence

There seems to be this group hallucination that 4 wheel drive makes them impervious to all weather influences and that their stopping distance never varies. It is such a flippin' pain in the arse. It's frustrating that *I* can't drive in snow - not because I'm not sufficiently skilled, but because I'm unwilling to go out there with the yahoos who won't slow the hell down and pay attention. *froths*

Aha! One of my best snow driving memories in VA. My first winter we had a big storm. I was driving, slowly to work because when I called the weather line at the office, we we're still open. The further along I got, the worse the storm and snow became. So I pulled off after 10 miles and called, found the office closed for snow. SO....I turned around and was on Route 29 (2 lane divided highway) and I was moving along, carefully, but not foolishly, then an SUV comes barreling up honking and making rude gestures, so I pull to the right so the clown can pass me and almost get stuck in the snow the plows had pushed to the side of the road. About a mile later the clown is head first in a snowdrfit and poking down in a ditch. As I passed, I admit, I was bad, I waved and beeped the horn and he flipped me the bird. But I did feel like the tortoise and the hare. I, after all, got to the finish line. Bastard, slow down you idiot!