I put cable chains on my tires today and it makes all the difference in the world, except i've got to drive a fair bit tomorrow on I-5 and it sounds like those things are going to shake the car loose at any speed over 25 mph.
I put cable chains on my tires today and it makes all the difference in the world, except i've got to drive a fair bit tomorrow on I-5 and it sounds like those things are going to shake the car loose at any speed over 25 mph.
Kind of quiet out there.......
Five (5) miles today in the thick of the snow squalls. A little less ice and a little warmer - all to the good.
Saw lots of sledders, a few cross-country skiers, and some very impressive snowmen.
Yeah chains are not intended for high speed driving, they all come with a max speed recommendation, usually 20-30 mph.
Which one of you was featured on King 5 news yesterday running a track workout in the snow at West Seattle Stadium?
seattle prattle wrote:It's really coming down hard now. And i have to do some driving tonight...Are you an Uber/Lyft driver or delivering pizzas?
(Again) Update: It's still cold and snowy in the Midwest, where it's always cold and snowy during the winter. Runners are running as usual.
Snow chains: I've lived half a century in the snowy Midwest and Rocky Mountains, and I've NEVER touched a snow chain, and the last one I saw anyone using was in the mid-1970s. Seattle people are the biggest wussies I think I've ever seen. When the temperature hits 90 you'll all be passing out, right?
Midwest calling wrote:
(Again) Update: It's still cold and snowy in the Midwest, where it's always cold and snowy during the winter. Runners are running as usual.
Snow chains: I've lived half a century in the snowy Midwest and Rocky Mountains, and I've NEVER touched a snow chain, and the last one I saw anyone using was in the mid-1970s. Seattle people are the biggest wussies I think I've ever seen. When the temperature hits 90 you'll all be passing out, right?
Having lived in the Midwest (Illinois), the Rockies (Utah), and Seattle all I can say is Seattle is the most difficult of all those places to drive in when it snows. Why you ask? It's because Seattle has hills all over the place. Short, steep, hills that are all over the city and the surrounding area. Due to the humidity and temperatures right around freezing there is a lot more ice due to the thaw/freeze effect. This makes navigating the streets more difficult as there are sheets of ice that the few snowplows there are can remove the snow but not the ice.
The easiest cities to drive in when it snows are SLC in Utah and Prove/Orem in Utah. The snow is very powdery, which is why the ski resorts are so good, and due to a dry climate there is very little humidity so less ice build up on the roads. Driving in the powder snow is much easier and they don't have hills. Both SLC and Provo/Orem sit in a valley so they are quite flat with gentle rises as you get closer to the mountains.
Been There Drove That wrote:
Midwest calling wrote:
(Again) Update: It's still cold and snowy in the Midwest, where it's always cold and snowy during the winter. Runners are running as usual.
Snow chains: I've lived half a century in the snowy Midwest and Rocky Mountains, and I've NEVER touched a snow chain, and the last one I saw anyone using was in the mid-1970s. Seattle people are the biggest wussies I think I've ever seen. When the temperature hits 90 you'll all be passing out, right?
Having lived in the Midwest (Illinois), the Rockies (Utah), and Seattle all I can say is Seattle is the most difficult of all those places to drive in when it snows. Why you ask? It's because Seattle has hills all over the place. Short, steep, hills that are all over the city and the surrounding area. Due to the humidity and temperatures right around freezing there is a lot more ice due to the thaw/freeze effect. This makes navigating the streets more difficult as there are sheets of ice that the few snowplows there are can remove the snow but not the ice.
The easiest cities to drive in when it snows are SLC in Utah and Prove/Orem in Utah. The snow is very powdery, which is why the ski resorts are so good, and due to a dry climate there is very little humidity so less ice build up on the roads. Driving in the powder snow is much easier and they don't have hills. Both SLC and Provo/Orem sit in a valley so they are quite flat with gentle rises as you get closer to the mountains.
Plus Utah cities have snow removal down to a science. And we do love our salt.
I lived back east for awhile, in a place that’s both humid and rarely gets snow. They had the storm of the century the winter I moved there. Not only was it icy as all get out, the city didn’t have the infrastructure to clear the streets since they usually don’t need it. The place was paralyzed for days.
Seattle Snowmageddon wrote:
seattle prattle wrote:It's really coming down hard now. And i have to do some driving tonight...
Are you an Uber/Lyft driver or delivering pizzas?
Picking up some people who flew in that night. I didn't dare try the drive to airport, so i picked them up from the nearby light rail station instead.
Midwest calling wrote:
(Again) Update: It's still cold and snowy in the Midwest, where it's always cold and snowy during the winter. Runners are running as usual.
Snow chains: I've lived half a century in the snowy Midwest and Rocky Mountains, and I've NEVER touched a snow chain, and the last one I saw anyone using was in the mid-1970s. Seattle people are the biggest wussies I think I've ever seen. When the temperature hits 90 you'll all be passing out, right?
The cable chains were great on the side streets that were packed with snow but a total disaster on the highway, which was bare asphalt. So, i ended up taking them off once i got to work. That was yesterday.
Today i got stuck multiple times getting out of my neighborhood and getting into the parking lot/drives at work, and as i said, today was without the cable chains.
Rockies transplant wrote:
Been There Drove That wrote:
Having lived in the Midwest (Illinois), the Rockies (Utah), and Seattle all I can say is Seattle is the most difficult of all those places to drive in when it snows. Why you ask? It's because Seattle has hills all over the place. Short, steep, hills that are all over the city and the surrounding area. Due to the humidity and temperatures right around freezing there is a lot more ice due to the thaw/freeze effect. This makes navigating the streets more difficult as there are sheets of ice that the few snowplows there are can remove the snow but not the ice.
The easiest cities to drive in when it snows are SLC in Utah and Prove/Orem in Utah. The snow is very powdery, which is why the ski resorts are so good, and due to a dry climate there is very little humidity so less ice build up on the roads. Driving in the powder snow is much easier and they don't have hills. Both SLC and Provo/Orem sit in a valley so they are quite flat with gentle rises as you get closer to the mountains.
Plus Utah cities have snow removal down to a science. And we do love our salt.
I lived back east for awhile, in a place that’s both humid and rarely gets snow. They had the storm of the century the winter I moved there. Not only was it icy as all get out, the city didn’t have the infrastructure to clear the streets since they usually don’t need it. The place was paralyzed for days.
+1 on the snow removal in Utah. They definitely have the equipment and the people to remove snow a lot better than in the greater Seattle area. The main arterial roads are fine now and even some more heavily traveled roads are pretty good. The residential streets in the suburbs are pretty bad still. A lot of bare ice that froze over night.
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