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http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/

Click on the link to see the pictures taken from my house just north of Tulsa.

Ok, I know it isn't anything like you get up north, but you have to remember Oklahoma is considered the south. We just don't have the equipment to deal with this kind of stuff. I've been housebound for two days as it started out with freezing rain and sleet on Wednesday night. By Thursday morning, we had about an inch of ice and sleet on everything. Thursday afternoon the snow started and continued into the early hours of Friday morning.

All the roads are a mess with snow on them and cars and trucks stuck and abandoned on the roads. The turnpikes from Tulsa to Oklahoma City and from Tulsa to Missouri are shut down.

I'll stay home, sit by the fire, and enjoy my unplanned vacation.
:p

I hope we have some snow here at Uni before we all head back home on the 15th.

There are some college rivalries that clearly need to be resolved with some massive snow battles.

Meanwhile here in New Jersey it's been unusually warm. I wore a jacket today and was sweating in the car. Had to roll down the windows. I'm sure my hangover contributed to the sweating, but still, it's December for fuck's sake!

Wuss, toss some weight in the back of your pickup and go driving around as normal.

Oh Yeah!!!! No School Again!!!!!! :D

Meanwhile here in New Jersey it's been unusually warm. I wore a jacket today and was sweating in the car. Had to roll down the windows. I'm sure my hangover contributed to the sweating, but still, it's December for fuck's sake!

Well look forward to the 60+ mile per hour winds later this afternoon. They should help cool you off. :p

It's been snowing all day here too, but we haven't gotten the plows out yet either. It's not enough to bother with at the moment, so we just drive through it.

The snow on the Miata is just what's fallen in the last hour or so since I got back from school.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0617.jpg

I'm southeast of OKC. We drove over to the next little town over to have breakfast because our only cafe is closed. Next town over is only six miles but it took us 30 minutes to get there.
No pie though, their baker hasn't been in in two days.
We have about six inches of snow here. None of our local roads have been plowed or sanded. All these four-wheel drive trucks keep getting on my ass. Surely they can see I'm driving an old Oldsmobile with bad shocks. :(

You probably recommended against saying this, but damn. Oklahoma is wimpy. What's that, 3 inches? I miss my lake effect.



If you want, Michigan can send you a fleet of trucks or something.

All these four-wheel drive trucks keep getting on my ass. Surely they can see I'm driving an old Oldsmobile with bad shocks. :(

I get that too. Surely they see my car weighs about 5 lbs! It's rear wheel drive, too.

All these four-wheel drive trucks keep getting on my ass. Surely they can see I'm driving an old Oldsmobile with bad shocks. :(

Remember? If you have a 4 wheel drive you won't skid and you can stop just as well on ice and snow as you can on dry pavement. :eek:

You probably recommended against saying this, but damn. Oklahoma is wimpy. What's that, 3 inches? I miss my lake effect.

Yeah, but they don't deal with that often. Their towns probably don't have the snow plows and salt trucks to handle the current weather. Plus they're just not used to driving around in it. The people in rear-wheel-drive vehicles over there are well and truly fucked. No snow experience and a car that wants to fishtail are a bad combination.

Remember? If you have a 4 wheel drive you won't skid and you can stop just as well on ice and snow as you can on dry pavement. :eek:

Who said that?

Yeah, but they don't deal with that often. Their towns probably don't have the snow plows and salt trucks to handle the current weather. Plus they're just not used to driving around in it. The people in rear-wheel-drive vehicles over there are well and truly fucked. No snow experience and a car that wants to fishtail are a bad combination.

Yeah I know, and there's probably a bunch of people screwed over by this. I'm just bitter because I probably won't even see that much snow in 4 years. Cumulatively!

You probably recommended against saying this, but damn. Oklahoma is wimpy. What's that, 3 inches? I miss my lake effect.



If you want, Michigan can send you a fleet of trucks or something.

No, it's about 12 to 15 or so inches with an inch or two of sleet and an inch of ice underneah the snow. Remember we hardly ever get snow. We don't have the equipment to deal with it and people don't know how to drive on it.

Who said that?

Every idiot soccer mom who thinks she can drive fast on an icy road because she's got a Nissan Moron-o.

Who said that?

It is common knowledge here in Oklahoma. :D

No, it's about 12 to 15 or so inches with an inch or two of sleet and an inch of ice underneah the snow. Remember we hardly ever get snow. We don't have the equipment to deal with it and people don't know how to drive on it.

JA! I got it! Thank you. I was totally unaware of the differences between Michigan and the south. I was completely certain that the entirety of america has 5 months of winter. I could have sworn they all had hundreds of plows and tons upon tons of salt, and had no inkling it could be any other way. All your persistent efforts have enlightened me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now shut up.


Like I said, I'm bitter.

No, it's about 12 to 15 or so inches with an inch or two of sleet and an inch of ice underneah the snow. Remember we hardly ever get snow. We don't have the equipment to deal with it and people don't know how to drive on it.I'm a little further south than you are. It only looks to be about 6 inches here. Plenty of ice under it, though. And in these tiny rural towns, they figure you're out of luck with them doing anything about the roads. They're barely drivable under normal circumstances. That's why my shocks are shot.

JA! I got it! Thank you. I was totally unaware of the differences between Michigan and the south. I was completely certain that the entirety of america has 5 months of winter. I could have sworn they all had hundreds of plows and tons upon tons of salt, and had no inkling it could be any other way. All your persistent efforts have enlightened me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now shut up.


Like I said, I'm bitter.

What, isn't it snowing downstate? It's snowing up here in Mount Pleasant.

I'm a little further south than you are. It only looks to be about 6 inches here. Plenty of ice under it, though. And in these tiny rural towns, they figure you're out of luck with them doing anything about the roads. They're barely drivable under normal circumstances. That's why my shocks are shot.

I am from a small town too

But Minnesota

But to be honest as much as you think we are prepared for snow the plows never made it within a mile of my place in the first two days after a snow. Ever

No worries it will have melt half be driven off the road by the day after the snow

Who said that?

Every jackass with a 4-wheel drive.

pics of my kids playing in the snow

there was a drift about as tall as my 3 year old, but they had attacked it before I could get back out with my camera.

darn kids.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c389/Smunkee/snow12-01-06011.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c389/Smunkee/snow12-01-06002.jpg

Yeah, but they don't deal with that often. Their towns probably don't have the snow plows and salt trucks to handle the current weather. Plus they're just not used to driving around in it.

yeah. now i want to know what these northern idaho/eastern washington fuckers' excuse is. they appear to just dump a bit of gravel on the major roads and call it a day.

salt, motherfuckers. salt.

Every jackass with a 4-wheel drive.

Pff, good. Then we get to watch them careen into trees. Or what ever it is you guys down south have next to the roads. Cacti or something?

What, isn't it snowing downstate? It's snowing up here in Mount Pleasant.

Nah, I moved to Luxembourg in August, but never made one of those "I'm moving!" threads. I also can't be arsed to change my location.

pics of my kids playing in the snow

there was a drift about as tall as my 3 year old, but they had attacked it before I could get back out with my camera.

darn kids.
*snippage for cute-age*

AHH!!! The cuteness is blinding!!

AHH!!! The cuteness is blinding!!

MY EYES!!!11!1

Pff, good. Then we get to watch them careen into trees. Or what ever it is you guys down south have next to the roads. Cacti or something?
We have a few cacti around here. Mainly scrub oak and juniper, though. And cows. Too many damn cows.

Nah, I moved to Luxembourg in August, but never made one of those "I'm moving!" threads. I also can't be arsed to change my location.

At least you moved somewhere that doesn't suck. I'm going to France in February, but it'll only be for four months.

yeah. now i want to know what these northern idaho/eastern washington fuckers' excuse is. they appear to just dump a bit of gravel on the major roads and call it a day.

salt, motherfuckers. salt.

Salt and sand don't work when the temperature is below 24 degrees F and it is sleeting so hard it covers up the salt and sand. Besides, they only have enough equipment for the major roads, and we had blizzard conditions last night. :(

Pff, good. Then we get to watch them careen into trees. Or what ever it is you guys down south have next to the roads. Cacti or something?

Trees. Cacti is our west.

I'm going to France in February, but it'll only be for four months.

That's three months and 29 days to long. :D Go to Spain instead, it's more better. :p

That's three months and 29 days to long. :D Go to Spain instead, it's more better. :p

Nah, I'm going to France to work on my degree (which is a BA in French, of all things). I did spend about a week in Barcelona once. It was really nice, but I'm quite fond of France.

It's funny when I tell people that, and then tell them that I used to be in the military. That usually confuses them, but when I tell them I was in Iraq and I like France it almost kills them :p

Nah, I'm going to France to work on my degree (which is a BA in French, of all things). I did spend about a week in Barcelona once. It was really nice, but I'm quite fond of France.

It's funny when I tell people that, and then tell them that I used to be in the military. That usually confuses them, but when I tell them I was in Iraq and I like France it almost kills them :p

Enjoy France, do well in you studies, and thank you for your service. :fluffle:

Salt and sand don't work when the temperature is below 24 degrees F and it is sleeting so hard it covers up the salt and sand. Besides, they only have enough equipment for the major roads, and we had blizzard conditions last night. :(

Why does sand have a temperature barrier?

That being said they still put it down here even when it is below zero. Salt may not be able to lower the freezing point of water below 24 degrees F but that does not mean it is not effective in AIR temp's below 24 F

Roads are black, soon as tires move away some of the white stuff and expose it the rest of the road quickly follows

I saw this on the news. Oklahoma and snow do not mix though Okahoma does get some snow every year.

uh.....the snow is melting and my Jeep just slid out of the drive into the street....

not cool.

uh.....the snow is melting and my Jeep just slid out of the drive into the street....

not cool.LOL
Sorry. Just a really funny picture.

LOL
Sorry. Just a really funny picture.

I laughed too, and I'm a terrible person for it.

We need pictures!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/

Click on the link to see the pictures taken from my house just north of Tulsa.

Ok, I know it isn't anything like you get up north, but you have to remember Oklahoma is considered the south. We just don't have the equipment to deal with this kind of stuff. I've been housebound for two days as it started out with freezing rain and sleet on Wednesday night. By Thursday morning, we had about an inch of ice and sleet on everything. Thursday afternoon the snow started and continued into the early hours of Friday morning.

All the roads are a mess with snow on them and cars and trucks stuck and abandoned on the roads. The turnpikes from Tulsa to Oklahoma City and from Tulsa to Missouri are shut down.

I'll stay home, sit by the fire, and enjoy my unplanned vacation.
:p

LOL. "The Great Snow Storm"... that's a below normal snowfall up here.

If the roads are frozen over, poor some gravel on em! Good ol' Northern ingenuity.

Also... abandoned vehicles? What? Up here, your vehicle isn't stuck until you can no longer see the sun in the snow.

uh.....the snow is melting and my Jeep just slid out of the drive into the street....

not cool.

At what angle is your drive that your jeep slides out with only a tad bit of snow melt?

At what angle is your drive that your jeep slides out with only a tad bit of snow melt?

under the snow, there is about 5 inches of ice, very slippery ice, and hubby didn't put on the break, and he was unable to get all the way to the flat part of the driveway so he was on the incline.

he scratched my Jeep *cries*

under the snow, there is about 5 inches of ice, very slippery ice, and hubby didn't put on the break, and he was unable to get all the way to the flat part of the driveway so he was on the incline.

he scratched my Jeep *cries*

...

I think I'm going to die of laughter here... can't... hold... back...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! and a LOL! to boot.

Sorry, smunks, but when there is ice like that, you really need to put on the break.

Also, for future reference, I have found that in my many experiences when driving up a steep iced incline, in a car that has no place driving up an incline et al, the best way to do so is to get a "running start" of about 40 miles an hour. Just pray to god you'll have enough traction to stop. :p

...

I think I'm going to die of laughter here... can't... hold... back...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! and a LOL! to boot.

Sorry, smunks, but when there is ice like that, you really need to put on the break.

Also, for future reference, I have found that in my many experiences when driving up a steep iced incline, in a car that has no place driving up an incline et al, the best way to do so is to get a "running start" of about 40 miles an hour. Just pray to god you'll have enough traction to stop. :p
last night when I drove it, I parked it in the street, and put the break on anyway, just in case.

sometimes I think boys are idiots........trying to put it in the drive?! what was he thinking?

oh, and yeah, I am glad he didn't try your idea, he would have ended up crashing through the garage.

under the snow, there is about 5 inches of ice, very slippery ice, and hubby didn't put on the break, and he was unable to get all the way to the flat part of the driveway so he was on the incline.

he scratched my Jeep *cries*Who'd have thought I'd be thankful for my lumpy hole filled gravel drive.

Truly sorry about your Jeep. We all know you love it. But we know sweet li'l Smunkee won't hurt Mr. Smunkee on their anniversary.

Who'd have thought I'd be thankful for my lumpy hole filled gravel drive.

Truly sorry about your Jeep. We all know you love it. But we know sweet li'l Smunkee won't hurt Mr. Smunkee on their anniversary.

I promise, he is safe..........for now.

maybe though it gives my Jeep more street cred? I mean a Jeep without a scratch starts to look suspicious right?

Also, for future reference, I have found that in my many experiences when driving up a steep iced incline, in a car that has no place driving up an incline et al, the best way to do so is to get a "running start" of about 40 miles an hour. Just pray to god you'll have enough traction to stop. :p

That's pretty much how I got out of my driveway today. We don't have a ton of snow, but my Miata isn't very big, so that little bit of snow was still an obstacle.

maybe though it gives my Jeep more street cred? I mean a Jeep without a scratch starts to look suspicious right?

I suppose that makes sense. When I go to Grand Rapids and see those pristine, waxed, and Armor-All'd Jeeps I want to go up to the drive and slap the hell out of them.

I'm seriously beginning to regret having the planet earth as my saviour these days. :mad:

The snow should be up here in fucking Minnesota, but there's not a damn snowflake in fucking sight up here! :mp5:

I suppose that makes sense. When I go to Grand Rapids and see those pristine, waxed, and Armor-All'd Jeeps I want to go up to the drive and slap the hell out of them.

yeah, my Jeep came to me dead, broken, old, and dinted, I fixed the easy stuff, then did the body work to make it "presentable" and painted it, and had just started to rebuild the entire freaking thing, and now my shiney new paint (read 5 year old paint) is blech.......so, I paint again.

it's still old.......

I'm seriously beginning to regret having the planet earth as my saviour these days. :mad:

The snow should be up here in fucking Minnesota, but there's not a damn snowflake in fucking sight up here! :mp5:

It finally snowed in my part of Minnesota...

Less than an inch! WOO-HOO, let's get the snowmobiles!

:/

Is the snow migrating south this winter, or what? Did it feeling the need to have to vacation in the south?

last night when I drove it, I parked it in the street, and put the break on anyway, just in case.

sometimes I think boys are idiots........trying to put it in the drive?! what was he thinking?

oh, and yeah, I am glad he didn't try your idea, he would have ended up crashing through the garage.

Well, that's half the fun, Smunkee.

You haven't lived until you have stopped less than inch from the garage after flooring it a drive. It's great fun.

Of course, if you don't time it right, you'll start spinning out of control/crash through the garage/start moving backwards... but that's the other half of the fun.

what happened to the good old days when minnesota got like, 6 FEET of snow, instead of 6 fucking CENTIMETERS?! :headbang:

what happened to the good old days when minnesota got like, 6 FEET of snow, instead of 6 fucking CENTIMETERS?! :headbang:Blame the metric system.

what happened to the good old days when minnesota got like, 6 FEET of snow, instead of 6 fucking CENTIMETERS?! :headbang:

GLOBAL WARMING!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Seriously, though, I have no idea. I remember head deep snow as a child, now we're lucky if it reach my ankles.

Blame the metric system.
*blank look* that's not what i meant. :mad:
GLOBAL WARMING!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Seriously, though, I have no idea. I remember head deep snow as a child, now we're lucky if it reach my ankles.
I know :(

Blame the metric system.

Little known fact-

6 cm=6ft.

I suppose that makes sense. When I go to Grand Rapids and see those pristine, waxed, and Armor-All'd Jeeps I want to go up to the drive and slap the hell out of them.

You want to slap the car?

GLOBAL WARMING!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Seriously, though, I have no idea. I remember head deep snow as a child, now we're lucky if it reach my ankles.

When you were a child head deep was what ankle deep is to an adult. :D

This is what I do in my free time, now the Oklahoma is forzen over...

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v612/Wubboux/?action=view&current=Video1.flv

Cheers,

From Seminole, Oklahoma

Geez, lots of Minnesotans on here. I grew up in Eden Prairie...funny.

You want to slap the car?

Good catch.

Snow BBQ (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/?action=view&current=IMG_0499.jpg) Celtlund, I really think you should, that would be awesome!

uh.....the snow is melting and my Jeep just slid out of the drive into the street....

not cool.

Sorry, that's just sad. :)

Is the snow migrating south this winter, or what? Did it feeling the need to have to vacation in the south?

Dear Minnesotan;

It's not here. We in Mississippi haven't seen the snow. Sorry!


Sincerly
Just Cold in Mississippi

here in Poland, its still no snow.

Holy sheist! We like, 8 inches in southern Iowa, but were I live all we got was pretty much just heavy frost.

I want snow. :(