Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Cabin fever was a big driver to get out.  We really didn't need the groceries, 
we really needed to get out of the house.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
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'95 E300
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

I haven’t ventured out, nowhere to go for any particular reason. Reading on the 
FB about all the dumbassery on this Island makes me wonder about arrested 
evolution of our species. And there has been little or no effort by The 
Authorities to clean the roads so whatever has(n’t) melted is freezing on the 
roads again, and there are lots of massive oak trees right upon the road that 
have not moved much in a coupla hundred years whether a dumbass had FOUR WHEEL 
DRIVE!!! or not. There has been a huge number of crashes and rolls and 
ditchings. My road looked fairly dry this afternoon but there were still spots 
of ice under the trees where the sun couldn’t shine. I’m sure those will catch 
a few. 

Southern drivers!!!

--R
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> On Jan 4, 2018, at 9:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort.
> More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here.  Made a snow
> man!  Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er
> done.
> 
> Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27 with
> strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll get.
> High is predicted to be 38.  Ice is melting off the trees and bushes.
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[clay monroe via Mercedes]

#2 boy has his license.  To get it, he had to rack up two winters of driving, 
as well as the standard hours of supervised road time in ANC.  While he was 
here visiting, it snowed 12/25, and roads were interesting.  Nothing like 
Alaska, but down here the roads are full of idiots.  I asked if he wanted to 
take a few spins in the muck.  He did not, and has not bothered to practice his 
uncontrolled situation skills.


clay 

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> On Jan 5, 2018, at 3:51 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> My theory works!  On the second full day after the snow-pocalypse, either
> Darwin or common sense or human learning had prevailed; the bad drivers had
> all crashed and were out of the game, or got scared and stayed home, _OR_
> the bad drivers learned and became better drivers.
> 
> Yesterday we actually drove around twice, a grocery run at lunch time and
> another grocery / movie run in the evening.  No incapable drivers were
> encountered.  Daytime the roads were pretty decent with lots of wet and
> then icy slushy places that were shaded, but after dark the roads were
> REALLY bad with black ice all over the place.  I tried to coax SWMBO into
> taking the driver's seat in an empty parking lot so she could practice up
> on her winter driving skills but she declined, that is now my job.
> 
> Today we made another run at lunch time, more drivers out and about
> compared to yesterday and a few made me nervous but we made it home
> unscathed and with clean underwear.  The drivers that really made me shake
> my head would find themselves on a long icy patch, so they would apply
> their brakes and lose traction / control.  I followed one driver (at a safe
> distance) that did it twice.
> 
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

My theory works!  On the second full day after the snow-pocalypse, either
Darwin or common sense or human learning had prevailed; the bad drivers had
all crashed and were out of the game, or got scared and stayed home, _OR_
the bad drivers learned and became better drivers.

Yesterday we actually drove around twice, a grocery run at lunch time and
another grocery / movie run in the evening.  No incapable drivers were
encountered.  Daytime the roads were pretty decent with lots of wet and
then icy slushy places that were shaded, but after dark the roads were
REALLY bad with black ice all over the place.  I tried to coax SWMBO into
taking the driver's seat in an empty parking lot so she could practice up
on her winter driving skills but she declined, that is now my job.

Today we made another run at lunch time, more drivers out and about
compared to yesterday and a few made me nervous but we made it home
unscathed and with clean underwear.  The drivers that really made me shake
my head would find themselves on a long icy patch, so they would apply
their brakes and lose traction / control.  I followed one driver (at a safe
distance) that did it twice.

-
Max
Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

If it helps I can send SC victims each a jar of pepper jelly to help them
cope with the disaster.  I'm out of toilet paper and milk.

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Just spoke to neighbors with a nice big truck, they went out yesterday and
> drove around, said it was pretty terrible and think it will be same
> today.   We're planning a short trip to the grocery store in a little bit,
> but if the roads are too slippery and appear to be full of drivers with no
> clue how to drive in winter weather, I think we'll abort early and head
> back home.  I'm not worried at all about my driving ability, its the other
> guys and gals that present the biggest risk.
>
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
>
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > My road is an inch of solid ice which makes it nice and quiet out here
> > with only the occasional dumbass trying to go somewhere on it.  We only
> got
> > maybe 2-3" of various versions of frozen water, it is all ice underneath
> > the snow.  It is quite beautiful today even though I hate it now.  Not
> sure
> > warming up is going to help anything, it will probably just melt the
> stuff
> > so it can freeze more later.  Neither the state nor the County appear to
> > own any kind of removal equipment though the bridges are open now, barely
> > passable.  I am not sure why the smarter folks can't go commandeer the
> big
> > scoop loader sitting at the foot of one bridge where they are widening
> the
> > road, and get a few loads of the fill sand they have laid up there, but
> > what do I know...  Although yesterday a guy driving a big grader ran it
> off
> > the road and got stuck in the ditch, apparently he was on his way to the
> > other bridge to clean it or something.
> >
> > Welcome to the South!
> >
> > --FT
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/18 9:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
> >
> >> We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort.
> >> More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here.  Made a snow
> >> man!  Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er
> >> done.
> >>
> >> Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27
> with
> >> strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll
> get.
> >> High is predicted to be 38.  Ice is melting off the trees and bushes.
> >> -
> >> Max
> >> Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Just spoke to neighbors with a nice big truck, they went out yesterday and
drove around, said it was pretty terrible and think it will be same
today.   We're planning a short trip to the grocery store in a little bit,
but if the roads are too slippery and appear to be full of drivers with no
clue how to drive in winter weather, I think we'll abort early and head
back home.  I'm not worried at all about my driving ability, its the other
guys and gals that present the biggest risk.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> My road is an inch of solid ice which makes it nice and quiet out here
> with only the occasional dumbass trying to go somewhere on it.  We only got
> maybe 2-3" of various versions of frozen water, it is all ice underneath
> the snow.  It is quite beautiful today even though I hate it now.  Not sure
> warming up is going to help anything, it will probably just melt the stuff
> so it can freeze more later.  Neither the state nor the County appear to
> own any kind of removal equipment though the bridges are open now, barely
> passable.  I am not sure why the smarter folks can't go commandeer the big
> scoop loader sitting at the foot of one bridge where they are widening the
> road, and get a few loads of the fill sand they have laid up there, but
> what do I know...  Although yesterday a guy driving a big grader ran it off
> the road and got stuck in the ditch, apparently he was on his way to the
> other bridge to clean it or something.
>
> Welcome to the South!
>
> --FT
>
>
>
> On 1/4/18 9:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort.
>> More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here.  Made a snow
>> man!  Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er
>> done.
>>
>> Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27 with
>> strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll get.
>> High is predicted to be 38.  Ice is melting off the trees and bushes.
>> -
>> Max
>> Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

My road is an inch of solid ice which makes it nice and quiet out here 
with only the occasional dumbass trying to go somewhere on it.  We only 
got maybe 2-3" of various versions of frozen water, it is all ice 
underneath the snow.  It is quite beautiful today even though I hate it 
now.  Not sure warming up is going to help anything, it will probably 
just melt the stuff so it can freeze more later.  Neither the state nor 
the County appear to own any kind of removal equipment though the 
bridges are open now, barely passable.  I am not sure why the smarter 
folks can't go commandeer the big scoop loader sitting at the foot of 
one bridge where they are widening the road, and get a few loads of the 
fill sand they have laid up there, but what do I know...  Although 
yesterday a guy driving a big grader ran it off the road and got stuck 
in the ditch, apparently he was on his way to the other bridge to clean 
it or something.


Welcome to the South!

--FT


On 1/4/18 9:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:

We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort.
More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here.  Made a snow
man!  Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er
done.

Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27 with
strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll get.
High is predicted to be 38.  Ice is melting off the trees and bushes.
-
Max
Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Welcome to the real world!   At least you were home and could stay put.  
Good job making the schneemann!  I bet SWMBette liked that!


The worst one I got caught in was in 2010 I think.  It was much worse 
than predicted.  I was only about 100 miles from home when I gave up the 
first night in near whiteout conditions.  From there I made it about 30 
miles at mid day the naxt day, but the whiteout was so severe that I 
holed up rather than driving off the road and freezing to death or 
getting hit from behind by a semi.  I had a semi go roaring by me at 
about 50 when I could not see it or hear it until it was beside me 
passing.   It took me two days to travel the last 100 miles.  Every 
other time I had managed to keep going, even if it was only 20-25 mph.  
But those days the wind was fierce, and it was in the neighborhood of 0, 
so the whiteout was very dangerous!



Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
January 4, 2018 at 8:47 AM
We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort.
More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here. Made a snow
man! Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er
done.

Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27 with
strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll get.
High is predicted to be 38. Ice is melting off the trees and bushes.
-
Max
Charleston SC


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[MBZ] OT Winter Mess Charleston

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort.
More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here.  Made a snow
man!  Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er
done.

Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27 with
strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll get.
High is predicted to be 38.  Ice is melting off the trees and bushes.
-
Max
Charleston SC
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