[Phoneemer]

This is a picture of US Hwy #2 between Minot and Williston after about a two inch snowfall. A lot of rednecks from the south who've never seen snow and have no idea how to drive on it. The oil patch is rocking, and vehicles are rolling- I'm told it's like a war zone out there!

With all of the oil workers in this part of the state (many who have never driven in snow!) they are already seeing a huge number of accidents with the minimal snowfall!

So if you are planning any trips anywhere where oil development is high I would definitely recommend giving yourself additional times due to the weather, terrible roads AND un-seasoned drivers!

[pouslytut]

That's worth a big screen:

[Wxrxnhar]

I'm a southern redneck and I can drive better than fine on a snowy and an icy road too. Where's a link to exactly who was driving and where they are from? Did you by chance get to interview any of the drivers and learn they're all from the south...and rednecks to boot?!

[luspikals]

I would have to cut the fence if I was stuck in that.

[Qxsumehj]

I'm a southern redneck and I can drive better than fine on a snowy and an icy road too. Where's a link to exactly who was driving and where they are from? Did you by chance get to interview any of the drivers and learn they're all from the south...and rednecks to boot?!

Kind of reminds me of all the snowbirds who put on the hazards on i-75 during a rainstorm,you would think if they could drive in snow rain wouldn't be a problem.

[alenbarbaf]

I'm a southern redneck and I can drive better than fine on a snowy and an icy road too. Where's a link to exactly who was driving and where they are from? Did you by chance get to interview any of the drivers and learn they're all from the south...and rednecks to boot?!

Well I have another story from the south. My parents went to visit some relatives in Baton Rouge and on the return trip, they stayed overnight at the Peabody in Memphis (the place with the ducks). On the next morning a snowstorm had blown in to Memphis and as my dad was checking out they expressed concern that no one should travel in this kind of weather. Dad said he met all of 3 cars on the trip between Memphis and St.Louis and the roads were just fine with just a little snow blowing across them.

What hppened to the spell checker?

[h0ldem]

Well I have another story from the south. My parents went to visit some relatives in Baton Rouge and on the return trip, they stayed overnight at the Peabody in Memphis (the place with the ducks). On the next worning a snowstorm had blown in to Memphis and as my dad was checking out they expressed concern that no one should travel in this kind of weather. Dad said he met all of 3 cars on the trip between Memphis and St.Louis and the roads were just fine with just a little snow blowing across them.

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[arrasleds]

Kind of reminds me of all the snowbirds who put on the hazards on i-75 during a rainstorm,you would think if they could drive in snow rain wouldn't be a problem.

I've been there, done that and usually it is some little old lady from New York in a big Cadillac who can't see over the steering wheel driving in the middle of the of two lanes at 10 miles per hour.

[Bwvapays]

It is a hoot , to watch people here drive after it snows. Normally it may snow maybe once a year and only a couple of inches, maybe every 10 years or so we will get more. Snow today and it is gone tomorrow. But most people here do not have the experience to drive in it and always drive too dam fast for the conditions and follow way the hell too close. Dallas is a kill zone, demolition derby dam near during and after any kind of snow.

[Trikaduliana]

I've been there, done that and usually it is some little old lady from New York in a big Cadillac who can't see over the steering wheel driving in the middle of the of two lanes at 10 miles per hour.

Yep we have lots of 'em.

[jq0AFTTC]

It's the same In the Seattle area when it snows.

Last year durring the "snopocalapse" (5 inches over 5 days)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ft0...eature=related

[c6vkuNRg]

I've been driving in snow my whole life, but I gotta tell ya...

Looking at that picture, that's about the most treacherous situation possible, i.e. coming up over a rise and heading down a long incline with no wind barrier. Before you come over that hill, you have no idea what's ahead of you, so it just takes one small mistake by one person to bring down the whole crowd, and there's no way out.

I remember coming over a hill like that once on a 3-lane highway. The guy next to me slipped a tiny bit, and barely tipped the guy on the other side of him. I continued down the hill, and looked in my rear few mirror and saw about a dozen cars behind me coming down the hill spinning like tops. One small nudge had cause a major chain reaction. My heart was pounding knowing it had all happened just a split second behind me.

[outfinofulpv]

So its snowing in the oil patches and thousands are flocking to area with unforgivable weather and terrain for work in a state that had less then a million people with dismal inferstructure



That sounds about right for a massive disater

[Vedun*]

http://www.google.com/search?q=can+n...w=1252&bih=605


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[maysubers]

i don't even bother plowing the road unless it snows 4 inches.

[TimoDass]

i don't even bother plowing the road unless it snows 4 inches.

when i lived in western canada, if it snowed anything under 4" they didn't even tell you about it. but then it wasn't uncommon to get over 6-12" of snow overnight.

[Moupponge]

I can tell you that the amount of snow is not always the biggest factor in terms of accidents. The important factors are how wet/dry the snow is, the road surface temperature, and the timing relative to commuter traffic. Waking up to 8 inches of dry snow can be less much treacherous that 2 inches of wet snow falling onto super-cooled pavement during the drive-time commute when the plows and sanding trucks can't move around effectively. And freezing rain (rain falling onto super-cooled surfaces) usually trumps any snow situation.

[MattJargin]

I'm a southern redneck and I can drive better than fine on a snowy and an icy road too. Where's a link to exactly who was driving and where they are from? Did you by chance get to interview any of the drivers and learn they're all from the south...and rednecks to boot?!

This was an email sent to me by a buddy who is from a place north of Minot. They are his words, not mine. Edit actually the words might be from someone unknown who originated the email, not real sure.

Sorry, i'm not trying to offend all you southerners.

[viagracheapest]

This was an email sent to me by a buddy who is from a place north of minot. They are his words, not mine. Edit actually the words might be from someone unknown who originated the email, not real sure.

Sorry, i'm not trying to offend all you southerners.

I wasn't offended Bigjon, not at all...just sayin.

I spent a Dec and Jan in NJ and PA and I saw plenty of stupidity when it snowed, froze rain and I'm thinking to myself, you'd think these people would know how to do this but the fact is there's shitty drivers everywhere in every imaginable situation. It still blows my mind that people that here in Fl try and drive 70-80 mph in a torrential downpour and I won't even start the whole spiel about the seniors down here "trying" to drive.

[krasniyluch]

Just because somebody lives in an area that gets ALOT of snow doesn't mean they know how to drive in it even if they've lived in it all their lives. Liberty Tree got it spot on.

If there's idiots out in the world in everyday general circumstances, they come out tenfold when it snows.

Around here they're like YEEEHAWWW cuz they got them some snow tires & some beer and they're all headed to the store to buy out all the TP & bread .