Every now and then people do stupid things. I wanted to prove I was no exception to the rule so I thought I would share stupid. We got some snow here in the lovely Cleveland, Ohio suburbs last night. My truck has nice window guards but behold the laws of physics. My two front truck windows were down maybe, absolutely maybe 1/2 inch if that. Keep in mind the truck has those nice window guards. It is amazing how hard wind and we had plenty of wind, can push snow.

Talking to my daughter this morning on the phone and as I look out the front window my truck looks sort of funny, like something is not right with the picture.



That was after I knocked the snow off the hood but even before that it was apparent. While people were shoveling their walks I literally shoveled out my truck.



I've had it drying out for a few hours. I figure around May or June it should be fine.

Ron

 

We're only humans... Today I drove 1.5hrs to do an inspection and to put out some rat traps. Guess what was left behind? Yup, the rat traps...

 

You fared better than me. This Saturday, while waiting in line in a busy parking lot as cars jockey around, someone backed right into my driver side door. Ouch!
Car is now in the shop being repaired. We get a spanking new SUV AWD to drive around in the meantime.

 

That sucks. At least you still have the car. People here were just leaving them on the road last night.

http://www.kgw.com/traffic/traffic-nightmare-snow-causes-epically-nasty-commute/370382921

 

You fared better than me. This Saturday, while waiting in line in a busy parking lot as cars jockey around, someone backed right into my driver side door. Ouch!
Car is now in the shop being repaired. We get a spanking new SUV AWD to drive around in the meantime.

That hurts. On the bright side at least it wasn't your fault. I never would have dreamed the wind could push that much snow that hard.

Ron

 

That sucks. At least you still have the car. People here were just leaving them on the road last night.

http://www.kgw.com/traffic/traffic-nightmare-snow-causes-epically-nasty-commute/370382921

They do that here too. That includes on major Interstate Highways.

Ron

 

They do that here too. That includes on major Interstate Highways.

Ron

I think we are still in the running for the best stupid snow driver award. This classic was from 2007.

 

So, car insurance - is it expensive...?

 

I think we are still in the running for the best stupid snow driver award. This classic was from 2007.

Bumper cars.


Just what the hell was that first driver doing? It looked like he had his foot on the gas the whole time.

 

Though it's not a snow story, I've had a similar experience.

We were on vacation with our young children. Climbing up a mountain to get to our hotel, one of them became carsick. So after unloading the kids and luggage, I took off to a local store to get cleaning supplies. After cleaning the car, I went to bed. We were just above the desert, the air was dry and I left the windows open to let the car dry out.

I woke up the next morning to find that I had parked next to a lawn sprinkler. There must have been two inches of water in the car!

 

The video was funny. Last week we had a 50 vehicle pileup here on I-90 which included about 20 tractor trailers. There is a stretch of I-90 which is hopeless when the snow comes right off Lake Erie. Not to be outdone Erie PA managed a 75 car pileup on the same I-90 in PA.

Djsfantasi, that is funny. Betting it wasn't funny at the time. Uh sprinklers.

Ron

 

Every now and then people do stupid things. I wanted to prove I was no exception to the rule so I thought I would share stupid. We got some snow here in the lovely Cleveland, Ohio suburbs last night. My truck has nice window guards but behold the laws of physics. My two front truck windows were down maybe, absolutely maybe 1/2 inch if that. Keep in mind the truck has those nice window guards. It is amazing how hard wind and we had plenty of wind, can push snow.

Talking to my daughter this morning on the phone and as I look out the front window my truck looks sort of funny, like something is not right with the picture.

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That was after I knocked the snow off the hood but even before that it was apparent. While people were shoveling their walks I literally shoveled out my truck.

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I've had it drying out for a few hours. I figure around May or June it should be fine.

Ron

That may fog the windows for a while!

 

That may fog the windows for a while!

Yeah, ran windows down a little with the heat (front and rear) maxed out trying to cook out some of the moisture. Hell this gave all my friends a good laugh. Oh yeah as if a snow globe truck were not bad enough my boots had the soles come off. I had those Timberland Gor-Tex boots about 25 years. The rubber soles literally dry rotted away. Damn, I am going to miss those boots.

Ron

 

I would pack the car with Desiccant Bags to absorb the residual moisture. You might have to bake them out several times to remove most of the moisture.

 

Oh yeah as if a snow globe truck were not bad enough my boots had the soles come off. I had those Timberland Gor-Tex boots about 25 years. The rubber soles literally dry rotted away. Damn, I am going to miss those boots.
Ron

That happens to everything down here with the temperature and the lack of humidity (most of the time). It seems really hard on screwdriver handles. Give it a good twist and you have a handful of plastic dust.

 

I would pack the car with Desiccant Bags to absorb the residual moisture. You might have to bake them out several times to remove most of the moisture.

Actually I have plenty of desiccant bags because I use them in my gun safe. Then too about now in NE Ohio the humidity in the house is the least of my problems. Fortunately the truck has leather seats so I was able to get most of the snow out while it was still in solid form. Nice thing about being retired is time is something I have plenty of. Tomorrow I'll go shopping for a new pair of boots.

Ron

 

It looks like the ice we saw a week ago is on the other side of the country. Stay safe guys.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/12/17/at-least-40-cars-one-tanker-involved-in-i-95-crash/

 

It looks like the ice we saw a week ago is on the other side of the country. Stay safe guys.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/12/17/at-least-40-cars-one-tanker-involved-in-i-95-crash/

We had about 0.25 to 0.5" of rain this morning that all turned to ice on contact with very cold ground from a few days of low temps. Ice should melt by 2 or 3pm today - expecting 50-degrees F this afternoon. Weird day. The fog is already rolling in.

 

About 37 F with a drizzle rain right now. Some of the ground cover is melting at least till it gets cold and everything freezes yet again.

Ron