Cold weather, Ice, Snow

[slow99]

I spend a lot of time every winter in Pittsburgh/SW Pennsylvania. It's much easier to drive on up there b/c they have the equipment to deal with it. The problem is, TX DOT goes and allocates shitloads of capital to it and then we don't have a significant event for another 3 years.

"Zomg!!! Can you believe those idiots spent millions of dollars on that!?!"

Of course, they're doing a cost benefit analysis internally to make the decision, but the public reaction would be exactly this.

[Trip McNeely]

I spend a lot of time every winter in Pittsburgh/SW Pennsylvania. It's much easier to drive on up there b/c they have the equipment to deal with it. The problem is, TX DOT goes and allocates shitloads of capital to it and then we don't have a significant event for another 3 years.

"Zomg!!! Can you believe those idiots spent million of dollars on that!?!"

Of course, they're doing a cost benefit analysis internally to make the decision, but the public reaction would be exactly this.

There it is.

[slow99]

There it is.

We already had the real-life comparison/analysis 2 years ago during the Super Bowl. All those Pittsburgh and Wisconsin visitors couldn't navigate this shit to save their lives. They were all calling us with, "Where the fuck are the salt trucks and plows?"

[Trip McNeely]

lol. Yeah well I was slip sliding on my way to work this morning because the road crews decided to sleep in. Then I read this article: http://www.wtae.com/news/local/inves...l/-/index.html

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Wasn't 2010 the year we got a foot of snow? That was crazy as shit.

Yep, got stuck in a field trying to help a guy out. Worn road tires on a 4x4 jeep + a foot of snow = fail.

[crapstang]

Our drive and road is still completely iced over. It took me 20 minutes to get my Mercedes 40ft to the other side of the circle drive, in order to hopefully get to school tomorrow in a timely manner. RWD with an open diff. should be interesting...

[Tyrone Biggums]

Like a dumbshit, I decided to take the PGBT this morning from 20 to 183. What a fucking mess. Those assholes at the NTTA haven't done shit to that whole stretch other than piss some sand around. The trip this morning was worse than my trip home down 360 and 20 on Friday afternoon. People pay to drive that shit and their toll roads are the worst shape of anything out there right now. Shame on me for thinking those fucking crooks would have their shit together.

[CJ]

Like a dumbshit, I decided to take the PGBT this morning from 20 to 183. What a fucking mess. Those assholes at the NTTA haven't done shit to that whole stretch other than piss some sand around. The trip this morning was worse than my trip home down 360 and 20 on Friday afternoon. People pay to drive that shit and their toll roads are the worst shape of anything out there right now. Shame on me for thinking those fucking crooks would have their shit together.

I took 161 north from 20 to lower tarrant and it wasn't too bad at all, much better than 360.

[SS Junk]

My pretty winter picture

[Tyrone Biggums]

I took 161 north from 20 to lower tarrant and it wasn't too bad at all, much better than 360.

From 30 north, it was a crawl. If 360 is that bad, I'll be sure to stay off of it for a while. I haven't been on it since Friday. 360 north of 183 and 20 from 287 to 360 is scraped clean, though. Ice built up on the sides as high as they could get it. I expected a toll road to have already seen the same treatment or better.

[Jose]

Went to work today for the first time in a week (I normally work from home but try and make it into the office a couple of days a week). Decided to wait until the sun came out and the morning rush hour traffic had died down. Left the house at 9am and traffic was still backed up on Loop 12 trying to cross over the Trinity bridge. The bridge was pretty clear but traffic was still slow. Must have been at least a 2 mile backup from Singleton to Irving Blvd. Saw plenty of ice stacked up on the sides of the highway at least 3 feet high going down 114 to. Can't wait for the ice to finally melt.

[90GT50]

Wasn't 2010 the year we got a foot of snow? That was crazy as shit.

Yep.

This was taken around midnight if I remember right.

[Mike]

You think he’s still worried about tough driving conditions?

[soap]

Lets talk about the cold weather heading our way

Hey. You’re back. When did you escape from prison?

[Jose]

Hey. You’re back. When did you escape from prison?

LOL! Did you see how old this thread is?