11-26-2013, 04:40 PM
Most of us folk who live up where the snow flies don't change our travel plans, we just know to leave extra time and bring emergency supplies. The *real* problem are the folk from down south who drive up Nawth.
I still remember helping one couple dig and shove their teeny compact car out of a five foot deep snowdrift in Illinois during a Thanksgiving blizzard in the early 1980's. They had driven up from Georgoa. He was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt and tennis shoes, and weighed perhaps 100 lbs wringing wet. She was dressed in an enormous mumu and slippers, and weighed well over 400 lbs. I used her as ballast on the hood of the car while I drove it out (Front wheel drive).
I then encouraged them to buy some winter clothing.
I still remember helping one couple dig and shove their teeny compact car out of a five foot deep snowdrift in Illinois during a Thanksgiving blizzard in the early 1980's. They had driven up from Georgoa. He was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt and tennis shoes, and weighed perhaps 100 lbs wringing wet. She was dressed in an enormous mumu and slippers, and weighed well over 400 lbs. I used her as ballast on the hood of the car while I drove it out (Front wheel drive).
I then encouraged them to buy some winter clothing.