Upstate NY usually gets freezing rain then anywhere from inches to feet of snow on top of it. I have driven in all seasons on and off road in both NC and NY. Winter driving in NY is best described to Southern folk like this......"See that there greasy red clay hill all littered with rocks? Make it bigger with a few less rocks and then cover it all up with a foot or two of snow."
Mike On Nov 2, 2012 9:43 PM, "Max Dillon" <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Well, I really don't think it's fair to compare northern Wisconsin drivers > to someone from the NYC/New Jersey area. They would also terrify me in the > snow! Upstate New York, yes, fair comparison, but not The City. My wife > is from The City, I can barely ride with her in dry and sunny weather. > During our last winter visit to Wisconsin, we started a day trip to Copper > Falls during a minor snow fall, after about thirty minutes my wife was so > freaked out about driving in the country on slightly snowy roads that we > turned back. Now she laughs about it, I think it was the combination of > snow and isolated country that spooked her. > > I do agree with your point about ice under the snow, that is a wicked > combo, fortunately rare in Wisconsin. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '95 E300 > '87 300TD > > Tim C <bb...@crone.us> wrote: > > >On Nov 2, 2012 5:33 PM, "Mitch Haley" <mlh > ><m...@voyager.net>@<m...@voyager.net> > >voyager.net <m...@voyager.net>> wrote: > >> > >> Max Dillon wrote: > >>> > >>> Yes, that's quite sobering. Reminds me why I don't drive when it > >snows > >here. > >> > >> > >> My brother hated winter driving in Virginia because the other drivers > >were scary in snow. > > > >In the Cary, NC the people who get stuck in the winter weather are the > >overconfident northerners. Three issues: > >1) We have some serious hills. This especially bothers New York > >City/Jersey expats for some reason. > >2) When it snows, the ground is almost always above freezing, and we > >usually have rain before snow. The base becomes ice as the temperature > >drops if the water isn't moving; in newer cities with marginal drainage > >this means thick ice in random places. When it starts cold and there > >is > >snow it is "normal" (versus Pennsylvania at least) and relatively easy > >to > >navigate, but that is very rare here in the center of the state. > >3) A southern snow plow comes individually wrapped (I think you > >northerners > >call it a "shovel", but for some reason I never saw the point). Salt > >is > >something that we use on our food, and anyway our trucks are built to > >not > >drop stuff everywhere. Thus, real southerners utilize technology to do > >their work from home, while their Boston-hailing bosses wait for the > >tow > >truck in the cold. (BTDT...) > > > >In the last real snow storm there were many stories of folks getting > >half > >way up a hill and then sliding back into a pile of cars and SUVs. No > >doubt > >there are some good YouTubes of it. Cary being Cary remember that half > >the > >people are from north of the Mason-Dixon and the other half are from > >India. > > > >Moral of the story, "physics don' care who you is." > > > >Best, > >Tim > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
