Worst Snow You Survived

Aunt Marg said:
LOL!

As a young child my dad always put on full-on winter tires on the car every fall, and my husband has done the same. The all-season version will suffice, though in our climate you won't get anywhere near the performance, traction, or safety out of an all-season tire as you will a true quality dedicated winter tire.

I gather with the newer vehicles that are all-wheel drive, a set of quality all-season tires would work satisfactory.
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Do they still use chains up your way?
 

Mighty big blizzards in Montana and even Colorado, worse than Alaska, but the one I WAS OUT IN FOR SEVERAL HOURS was unbelievably in California! Big Bear! My Forerunner was stuck in a snow berm half on the highway. I was out there with a flashlight because my truck battery was dead, trying to keep cars from running into me.
When i finally got it dug out, I went in my cabin, looked in the mirror and (this was FUNNY) the hair on my head was sticking out like I'd just been electicuted! I laughed so hard! My hair was all icicles!
But I got a bad case of pnomonia from it for several weeks, so, it turned out to be not so funny in the long run!
 
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Aunt Marg said:
The West Coast (Canada) is a perfect example for a case in favour of, that, and driving lessons in the snow
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Yeah, Oregon's Hwy 97 (mp250-210) is a death sentence in winter
Two lanes
Horrific
Semis on their sides about every mile or two
Spring Creek hill gets interesting
When we lived up there, I never took the ol' Wrangler outa 4WD
In a blizzard, ya don't quite know where the road is, let alone yer lane
Got caught in a couple
Damn near tore the driver's seat cover off with my sphincter
Trip check became my bible
 
I would say that the winter my mother died was the worst.
Before every one jumps to thinking she died in snow storm,, my parents were in Florida.

I had horses to care for ,, carrying water in knee high or deeper snow was a chore.
We had chickens to care for also.
Our oldest son took care of them.

Today am waiting for it to snow,, been counting snow flakes which melt on hitting the ground.
 
Gary O' said:
Yeah, Oregon's Hwy 97 (mp250-210) is a death sentence in winter
Two lanes
Horrific
Semis on their sides about every mile or two
Spring Creek hill gets interesting
When we lived up there, I never took the ol' Wrangler outa 4WD
In a blizzard, ya don't quite know where the road is, let alone yer lane
Got caught in a couple
Damn near tore the driver's seat cover off with my sphincter
Trip check became my bible
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ROFLMAO, about you nearly tearing the seat-cover off with your tightly cinching sphincter!

We've made a few trips like that as well, but with age we've smartened up some, so no more. LOL!

The ironic part to all of this, it never fails, the roads can be absolutely treacherous, yet some maniac will come along as pass you like it's a hot summer day, and then people wonder why the obituary column is longer in December and January.
 
I cannot forget my worst snowstorm. It was Thanksgiving 1950. The National Guard had to come to our rescue in NE Ohio.
We got 25 FEET snowdrifts. It affected a large area.

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/cleveland/thanksgiving-1950-cle/

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We lived in the country, and a trip to the grocery store with my Grandpa ended up with us in a ditch. Couldn't figure out where the road was in the blinding snow, I remember I was scared that they wouldn't find us.
70 years ago, and I still remember it well.
 
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Aunt Marg said:
The ironic part to all of this, it never fails, the roads can be absolutely treacherous, yet some maniac will come along as pass you like it's a hot summer day, and then people wonder why the obituary column is longer in December and January.
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Ohhhh, yeeeahhh...they're out there
Hell, I've had semis pass me
Then, a bit down the hwy, I pass them....seeins how they were in the ditch an all
 
We were visiting our friend who lived about 10 miles from us. Somewhere around mid-morning it started to snow. No big deal as being in Vermont in the winter, we were used to traveling in snowy weather. We stayed and visited until somewhere around 4 pm when we decided that with the wind picking up, we'd better head for home. The old 57 was loaded for winter travel. (Sandpaper snow tires, blankets, shovel, some water, and snacks). The roads were getting dicey and the wind was drifting snow across the road in spots, and causing white outs, but still we kept going. Then we came to the giant Lyman's farm hill where you had to get a run in order to make it up the other side.Went flying down the hill and snow was pushing over the hood of the car. Made it about halfway up the other side the slid into the ditch and was stuck tight. Since we were only about 2 miles from home, we left the car and started walking. The wind was howling, and the snow was up to our knee's, but we were committed. About a mile from home, we could hardly walk and we were freezing. I began to fear that we might just perish out here as it was a full blown blizzard now. Up ahead, I saw a light on in the only neighbor we had so we went there and pounded on the door. George took one look at us, and rushed us into the room next to the wood stove and he stoked it up until the pipe turned cherry red. I have never shivered so much in my life as the warmth got to us. Meanwhile, Like I saw in Gaer's post, my wife's hair was stuck straight out and I actually broke off some of it.
That's our story of the blizzard of 78. :(
 
squatting dog said:
We were visiting our friend who lived about 10 miles from us. Somewhere around mid-morning it started to snow. No big deal as being in Vermont in the winter, we were used to traveling in snowy weather. We stayed and visited until somewhere around 4 pm when we decided that with the wind picking up, we'd better head for home. The old 57 was loaded for winter travel. (Sandpaper snow tires, blankets, shovel, some water, and snacks). The roads were getting dicey and the wind was drifting snow across the road in spots, and causing white outs, but still we kept going. Then we came to the giant Lyman's farm hill where you had to get a run in order to make it up the other side.Went flying down the hill and snow was pushing over the hood of the car. Made it about halfway up the other side the slid into the ditch and was stuck tight. Since we were only about 2 miles from home, we left the car and started walking. The wind was howling, and the snow was up to our knee's, but we were committed. About a mile from home, we could hardly walk and we were freezing. I began to fear that we might just perish out here as it was a full blown blizzard now. Up ahead, I saw a light on in the only neighbor we had so we went there and pounded on the door. George took one look at us, and rushed us into the room next to the wood stove and he stoked it up until the pipe turned cherry red. I have never shivered so much in my life as the warmth got to us. Meanwhile, Like I saw in Gaer's post, my wife's hair was stuck straight out and I actually broke off some of it.
That's our story of the blizzard of 78. :(
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ROFLMAO!

The mental image of your wife's hair breaking from the cold is my laugh of the day! :)
 
Damaged Goods said:
Actually, there were two blizzards within a week. Pres. Obama called it "Snowmageddon." My little town totaled 50"; normal for the entire winter is 22" Took the farmer with his huge front-end loader four days of trying until he finally broke thru and got to the top of the hill.

We've had several single storms in the 20-25" range but nothing like this.

https://weather.com/safety/winter/n...owmageddon-snowstorms-washington-dc-baltimore
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Wish I had a 'front-end-loader' or even a snow blower
It took me the better part of a week to shovel out to our trail that connects to the highway.
Thus after 20 years in Alaska and 14 years living in this remote off-grid cabin
I left the following spring because I accepted the fact that
I was no longer able to shovel all that snow by hand.

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It was around 1988/89, I think. The kids and I had been living in a cabin my uncle owned in Chester, CA, for just a few months. We were merrily watching a heavy snowfall through our window, eating popcorn, strategizing how to build the biggest snowman on the planet when my uncle burst through the front door and said "I'd say you got about 20 minutes to grab this shovel and clear off this roof or your kids are gonna be eating that popcorn with the damn thing layin' right on top of them!" I don't think I ever moved so fast. This snowfall was so bad it derailed a train not too far from the town and stranded the passengers for a whole night.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Let me change this to the worst winter storm. It was about 15 years ago. We had this freaky weather. It was warmer in the sky than on land. And it rained, and continued raining for several days. The problem was that ice began to amass on the trees. Soon each branch had a good two inch coating of ice. The trees couldn't handle all that weight, so the limbs just snapped off. If you went outside, it was like hearing guns go off. Limbs were falling all over the place. The power went off for five days. Tree limbs littered the roads, they were totally unpassable, plus a 1 or 4 ton limb could fall anytime, And you couldn't go anywhere. I just couldn't believe that a huge thick tree trunk could bend so that the top of the tree was touching the ground. Also, the power wasn't just out in my tiny section, but from parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. While it was raining, we had temps like -5 at night. We did have shelters to go to keep warm, but they wouldn't take pets. I had three cats. So I stayed home trying to heat the place with a gas stove and candles. I live in the sticks with a well, without electricity to the pump, I didn't have water., but I do have a lot of pine trees.
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I believe that was the one that occurred on Halloween, Fuzzy. It came out of the blue and dumped a ton of snow and ice on us. Power was out for days and it was a mess all around. Wires and trees down everywhere.
 
My worst winter storm on a personal level was in 1947 right 2 after Christmas. It had begun sometime during the night and it was a first class blizzard straight out of the northwest. I was a sophomore in high school. My mother wanted a few things from the store which was almost a mile away. I could not dissuade her, she insisted that I go. Luckily, I was able to follow a plow all the way up town and got what she needed. However, coming home was a different story. The road was already snowed under and about 2 blocks from my house, I was sorely tempted to lie down in that snow and go to sleep. Of course I had learned at an early age, never to do this. I finally made it home with the snow up to my chest by then. I tore into my mother like no tomorrow. By then, my dad had just gotten home from his office which closed and he told her plain and simple that he'd have her charged with child abuse if she ever pulled that again. By the next morning, the snow was up to our two story roof. I forgot how many inches, but it was big time.
 
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A SOUTHERNER MOVES UP NORTH


Dec 8 5:00 pm - it's starting to snow. The first of the season and
the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot
buttered rums and sat by the picture window watching the soft flakes
drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was
beautiful!

Dec 9 We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering
the landscape. What a fantastic site. Every tree and shrub covered with a
beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years
and loved it. I shoveled both our drive and sidewalk. Later, a city
snowplow came along and accidentally covered our drive with compacted
snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and
shoveled our drive again.

Dec 10 It snowed an additional 6 inches last night and the
temperature has dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs from the trees and
shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled again.
Shortly after, the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of
the snow is now brownish-gray.

Dec 11 It warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which
soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires
for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. $145 to a chiropractor but nothing broken. More snow and ice expected.

Dec 12 Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4X4 in order to
get her to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway and did considerable amount
of damage to the right rear quarter panel. Had another 8 inches of that
white sh!t last night. Both vehicles covered with salt and crud. More
shoveling in store for me today. That *&@!#*# snowplow came by twice
today.

Dec 13 2 degrees outside. More *&@!*# snow. Not a tree or shrub on
my property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the night.
Tried to keep from freezing to death with a kerosene heater which
tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put the
flames out but suffered second degree burns on my hands and lost most of
my eyelashes and eyebrows. Car slid on ice on the way to the emergency
room and was totalled!!

Dec 14 GD *%@*# white sh!t keeps on coming down. Have to
put on all the clothes we own just to get to the &$@*# mailbox. If
I ever catch the S.O.B. that drives the snowplow, I'll chew
open his chest and rip his heart out. I think he hides around the
corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then comes down the
street about 60 MPH and buries our drive again. Power still off.
Toilet froze and part of the roof has started to cave in.

Dec 15 Six gd more &%#*@% inches of %$*@# snow and *%@#$! sleet
and *&#$@* ice and god knows what other kind of white *^$@#* sh!t fell
last night. I wounded the &%#@*%' snowplow a$$hole with an ice axe but
he got away. Wife left me. The car won't start. I think I'm going
snow-blind. I can't move my toes. More &^@#*% snow expected tonight.
I'm moving back to Texas!!!
 
not for sure for sure what year it was... sometime in early-middle 90s. Philly area across the WWB in NJ. now when the forecast is for more than a dusting to an inch or so... it's made to sound like we're all gonna DIE!!! TFTC (the french toast club) commandeers aisles of supermarket for emergency meetings. all the eggs/bread/milk disappear.

we got something like 40"... at least hip deep. i lived on a small circle...7 houses. even my neighbors trust/rusty Ford pick-up couldn't begin to tackle that much snow. so we were all snowed in. but we were prepared... nobody had 6 gallons of milk, 6 dozen eggs or 6 loaves of bread. we all had the "essentials"... adult beverages, making for pizza, etc.

the "boys with their toys" (rarely used snow blowers) had ever speck of snow of every inch of sidewalks and driveways... withing a few hours of the last flake. then all we could do was wait till township truck/plow came thru. we joked about being modern day Donner Party.

i think there may be some kind of snow "event" in our area for Wednesday/Thursday. LET IT SNOW!!!
 
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