The Great Flatlander Panic Attack of 12/13/07

[AMAC2233]

I was also in the mess on 128. My everyday 20 minute commute took 3.5 hours. Go figure. Almost ran out of gas, too. I will admit, though, that it's funny to watch what people do when they get stuck.

 

[billski]

lemmings

Awful that rots ---------no excuse I live in snow belt country and we manage with no difficulty at all .

When i worked for 35 years my commute was 17 miles and i never missed a day of work because of snow or whiteouts . Our staff was used to winter driving whiteout conditions Once in 33 yrs i had to bunk in overnite at the college i worked at but that was it

What's the problem ?? Inadequete Removal equipment ? Lack of planning ? Crazy drivers ? Panic ?

In my mind, it's a simple panic attack, the title of this thread. So EVERYONE gets on the road at the SAME TIME, creating a premature rush hour, rather than later and spread out. I stayed in my office until 9PM It took me 40 minutes to drive 25 miles, instead of the 4 hours it would have taken at 5PM. Double duh. I had no problem - the road were cleared, the lemmings were all nestled in their nests and the snow had subsided.

I do this every storm. It's the volume that kills everything. The plows can't make time when everyone is parking on the highway. I get up gawd awful early and leave when there are few lemmings on the road, and leave gawd awful late after the lemmings have killed each other. Rushing home is a fallacy- you're gonna be late anyways, so why not make the most of it. I was productive at work, got credits toward the next day's powder day.

 

[billski]

This whole experience makes we want to put an air mattress and sleeping bag in my car on snowy days just in case I need to camp out at the office overnight...:roll:

what you need in your car is your complete set of ski gear AND an overnight bag.