weather has turned bad - 35 is closed at 544

[Silver_2000]

Terry reported that various hwys are closed due bridges freezing and icing over

I am heading home

Doug

[Wht95Lightning]

Holy guacamole! I hate it when this happens... Thank God the L is nice and warm in the garage where it's been for 2 weeks now.
I almost got it out yesterday too.http://webpages.charter.net/silverspurs21/SS/smiles/grinking.gif

Y'all be safe out there, and remember, only about 10% of Texans have any clue how to drive in this.

[blueoval01]

Originally posted by Silver_2000_;)!
Terry reported that various hwys are closed due bridges freezing and icing over

I am heading home

Doug
Where is 544?

[L8 APEX]

North Lewisville. All of 35 north above Carrolton was screwed up. Then I took 121 across town to get home. The bridge were iced in Lewisville. Then into Coppell and Grapevine it came down hard enough to white the highway. That was a 4mph crawl until it dried up south of the airport. A one ton van is not the easiest of things to drive on ice, but it keeps me sharp:tu:

[Silver_2000]

544 is north of 190 on 35

Just got home - THe sleet started falling about a MILE south of my house. JUST north of where I turned off the bridge over the little creek on Old Denton is iced over. 3 car accident in the 30 feet of slippery bridge... What idiots. take you feet off BOTH pedals and dont turn the wheel unless you have to - coast over the bridge and your cool...

35 was a parking lot starting about beltline in Farmersbranch

Doug

[wesman]

Originally posted by Wht95Lightning


Y'all be safe out there, and remember, only about 10% of Texans have any clue how to drive in this.

Yeah, and none of those were on the road on my way home from work...man these people suck at driving

--wes

[Red99Lightning]

oh great the first day that i take the L out it has to sleet. i really hope none of the idiots drivers are near me, being in dallas i probley have no choice :hammer: Damn this texas weather :bs

[tliss]

I hope everyone makes it home safe. Took me almost 3 hours to get from Richardson to McKinney, and roughly half of that time was driving in McKinney. All overpasses were ice, and when approaching an overpass with an 18-wheeler sliding around beside you is not a good thing! I jumped off of 75 and access roaded all the rest of the way. Don't think I'll be going in to work tomorrow.

Tom

[MadMax]

Just talked to Andre across the street (Cowboys Center) and he was not too happy sliding around in the Escalade......it is mostly frozen sleet here....mini pebbles if you will :D

[Wht95Lightning]

We had a mini ice storm here in North Richland Hills about an hour ago. My street and sidewalk is frozen over. It's still misting so it's gonna get a lot worse. Thankfully, I have Dijorno's in the freezer. http://webpages.charter.net/silverspurs21/SS/smiles/smokin.gif

[99WhiteBeast]

I left Lewisville at 1pm just as it was coming down. I arrived home with no issues and Arlington is clear for now.

These are the days I'm glad I have a daily driver besides the L:tu:

[MadMax]

I have a front wheel drive....DeJouranas rocks! I will WRC Rallye my arse your direction or someting.. See you in a few...LOL

:hammer:

[blueoval01]

I'm planning on running the R/C first thang in the morning before I walk to the office.
LMAO, slip-n-slide with no worries ...... I like that idea ..... :tu:

[wesman]

Originally posted by 99WhiteBeast
I left Lewisville at 1pm just as it was coming down. I arrived home with no issues and Arlington is clear for now.

These are the days I'm glad I have a daily driver besides the L:tu:

What part of Arlington do you live in. Here in North Arlington we have thunderstorms and still sleeting...the roads are completely covered.

--wes

[Wht95Lightning]

I just pulled this from weather.com:

[99WhiteBeast]

SW Arlington- it was clear here at 5:30pm- but now about 2" of ice

I forgot to stock up on "beverages" on the way home now I'm regretting that one:hammer:

[Silver_2000]

white

[tliss]

That's what it looks like up here in McK. Maybe tomorrow I'll see how far down the street I can slide on the ice with a good running start. I wonder if my old football cleats will help with traction?

Tom

[Badcarma]

Made it to work here at Children's at 7 pm tonight, the tricky part will be leaving at 7 am in the morning, but the little front wheel drive does great....now if I can get all the OTHER idiot's out of my way i'll have it made!!:D

[Crawford]

Pic of the truck at 12am. WoW

[MadMax]

LOL...2:30 am....just made it back from Wal-Mart (635&MacArthur Blvd) I practiced a high speed WRC run......down the middle of the road...what a blast....got some OJ....time to mix the Vodka...

:tongue:


PowderSlides...i mean PowerSlides are kewl or something...

:cool:


dang Crawford...you need to pick a better spot under that dang canopy!! ;)

[dboat]

Originally posted by Crawford
Pic of the truck at 12am. WoW

that you need to move your vehicles out from under covers like this because they are falling due to the weight of the ice.. Over 500 so far have been reported!!!

Save that Lightning and go move it now!!

you can thank me later

Dana;)

[L8 APEX]

I just saw a few fallen car ports on TV not a good thing!!!

[wesman]

It's all snowed in here....I'm not going anywhere til it melts :)
http://www.fritsche.org/~wstrong/pics/House/Snow22503b.JPG

--wes

[dboat]

not going anywhere either.. which reminds me, when and where is the meeting this month?:banana:

Dana