Yeah, it Sucked...
Thursday, December 06, 2007So yeah, that drive home was all sorts of horrible. Here's a shot of outside just before I left:
What you can't see very clearly is the snow falling sideways. And not small flakes either.
So, I hopped in the car, fired up my fun little GPS thing and kindly asked the nice Australian women inside it to find me a route home that avoids traffic. He kind, lightly accented voice replied back: "Eh, you're screwed." And then showed me this picture:
If you hadn't guessed, red is bad. The pink line is the route Nuvi plotted for me. It ended up completely avoiding highways all together. Every time I crossed one I was quite glad for this because the traffic wasn't moving... at. all.
In all, it took me about two and a half hours to make it the 26 miles home from work. Not a fun drive in any way shape or form other than I actually MADE it home. I sent a text message to a friends when I got home as well: "Thank every god that will listen and maybe even Tom Cruise, I'm home."
The great part is we're expected to get another 3 inches of snow this after noon. I'm so packing a meal for this one...
**EDIT - So, just in case my tale doesn't give you a big enough picture as to how insane that ratffic and snow fall made people, how about an Attempted Plowjacking. heh.**
posted by Chief Slacker @ 9:49 AM,
2 Comments:
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At Sat Dec 08, 07:57:00 AM,
OzzyC said...
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You need a 4X4.
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At Sun Dec 09, 06:08:00 PM,
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We had the smallest amount of snow here last Thursday ... but people still drove as if it were two-feet deep.
Of course, it's all gone now.