Looks like we're gonna get a taste

[Dragonslayer]

We closed and went home at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. I got home without a problem. Many did not though. Expressways got grid locked and those people on the highways spent the night stranded in their cars. I was notified we are closed today so i'm hanging out inside with warm food and TV.

[Bubber]

What do you do in the south when you really get snow?

Not trying to be a mart A$$ just seems funny to hear that a inch of snow is so crippling.

We have drivers here that are stupid enough to drive like it was summer when they get the first snow fall of the year. They are called accident victims or organ donors.

Back in the sixties when I worked in a body shop we prayed for the first snow because the next day we would be busy. Funny how people can't figure out that ya gotta slow down on snow and ice. OH well. Live and learn.

Be safe and joy we only got 3 more months of winter (I hope).

 

Bubber

[Flyinfool]

So now that you have gotten your "taste", how does it taste?

I couldn't help but to laugh at some of the things they showed on our local news of whats going on down there.

[Trader]

I rode home from work in Hamilton ON. with more than 2" of snow with my old 900 seca!!!!

 

Mind you....I was in my 30's then and could hold the bike up using my legs as outriggers.

 

Couldn't do now that in my current shape or with the weight of the VR

[DragonRider]

Here is my take on why it gets so bad.. First of all most people don't know how to drive on snow/ice, secondly, most northerners have chains and snow tires that they switch out to for winter driving, I know most tires now are rated MS for uses in all types of weather, but they are not as good as having the proper tires, mine are rated MS and they handled like crap. So its a number of factors that make it bad when we get 1-5 inches of snow, and most places got more than 2-3 inches and some got as much as 4-5. And the local government doesn't help when they wait to shut everything down.

 

What do you do in the south when you really get snow?

Not trying to be a mart A$$ just seems funny to hear that a inch of snow is so crippling.

We have drivers here that are stupid enough to drive like it was summer when they get the first snow fall of the year. They are called accident victims or organ donors.

Back in the sixties when I worked in a body shop we prayed for the first snow because the next day we would be busy. Funny how people can't figure out that ya gotta slow down on snow and ice. OH well. Live and learn.

Be safe and joy we only got 3 more months of winter (I hope).

 

Bubber

[Trader]

chains and studded tires are illegal in Ontario.

This is the first year in about 15 that I even bought snow tires.

 

I used to take my car to a big empty lot and play in the snow and ice.

Like a big skid pan.

That's how I learned to drive in winter.

 

Front wheel drive may pull you thru better...but I always liked rear wheel drive for skid control.

[BoomerCPO]

What do you do in the south when you really get snow?

Not trying to be a mart A$$ just seems funny to hear that a inch of snow is so crippling.

 

We have drivers here that are stupid enough to drive like it was summer when they get the first snow fall of the year. They are called accident victims or organ donors.

 

Back in the sixties when I worked in a body shop we prayed for the first snow because the next day we would be busy. Funny how people can't figure out that ya gotta slow down on snow and ice. OH well. Live and learn.

 

Be safe and joy we only got 3 more months of winter (I hope).

 

Bubber

 

The worst part of it all here in the deep South is that the bridges and overpasses ice up pretty bad. We don't have plow trucks cuz the snow rarely sticks to the roads.

For this recent round of nasty weather I saw sand trucks from Texas over here laying down sand on the I-10 and I-210 bridges near here (Lake Charles).

Boomer....who sez de pygmies are not experienced in snow or ice removal.

 

[Howard B]

I remember years ago a kit was made for the Triumph Tiger Cub that put a small track on the rear wheel. It had a bogey wheel on a long arm and spring loaded to keep it on the ground. On the front wheel there was a ski mounted either directly on the forks or under the tire, not sure which. Why don't you bikers up there in snow country develop something like that for the venture. That way we wouldn't have to read so many complaints about winter stuff. Surely there are several engineering types here that could come up with something. Let us know.

OK just ignore this post. I went site surfing and found just what i was talking about. They are for dirt bikes but could be adapted I suppose. However they are very spendy! $4000

Edited January 29, 2014 by Howard B
correction

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Let me try this again...

 

 

This was posted over on the Ural forum:

 

"What a disaster in Atlanta!

 

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They were calling for about an inch to an inch and a half; maybe 2, and said nothing about ice. So about 11am EVERYONE was told to go home. Schools, government workers, businesses. It became instant gridlock.

 

Oh, and with a thick coating of ice under the fluffy snow, no one was able to go up the hills here in ATL. Trucks couldn't move or jack-knifed, buses slip sliding away, even 4x4s couldn't move. Then, with the gridlock, none of the emergency crews could get anywhere either. Some of those poor folks were stuck in their cars overnight- 10 hours or more! Many ran out of gas and walked to Home Depots or all-night grocery stores to get out of the cold. Temps got into the teens and it's now just 11F still this morning.

 

When the temps get above freezing and the sun melts the ice on the roads (they're saying that won't be until tomorrow), all those abandoned cars on the interstates will have to be moved. Folks are going to have to walk back to their cars with gas cans before this clears up.

 

Of course, I took my Ural out and did donuts throughout the neighborhood before coming back to the house and making hot chocolate! Must be the Yankee still in me... http://sovietsteeds.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

_________________

Scott

 

2004 Ural Patrol"

Edited January 30, 2014 by tx2sturgis

[Ion]

I am by no means going to defend lack of knowledge and the reality of it is that many people in GA have never been exposed to such conditions so they don't have the ability to drive safely on snow. That said though, roads are different in different areas. I am not referring to the fact than they could be chip seal or asphalt (either conventional or rubberized). Traction is different based on the material and the grading. For instance, Asphalt has a grading system called PG binder. The PG grading system is based on climate. The asphalt binder properties should be related to the conditions under which it is used. PG asphalt binders are selected to meet expected climatic conditions as well as aging. So a road in GA would provide different traction than a road in NY at the same temperature. PG grading system goes on 6C increments so it is very different on every area.

In addition to that GA for the last 3 or 4 years has been using rubber modified asphalt in some counties. This asphalt uses recycled tires on a form of MRP (micronized rubber powder) I have lost interest so I no longer followe up with it but I would assume that under stress conditions it probably performs different too.

From personal experience, in 2007 I relocated (for a short period of time) from DC to Atlanta. That winter there was a little snow storm. I left work and can say that the same car with the same tires I was driving a year prior in DC did not behaved the same there. So something does change.

Leaving all that aside, I hope all of you who live there are safe and warm and hopefully none of you spent a night on the road or had a child spending the night in the school!!!! :bighug:

[cowpuc]

chains and studded tires are illegal in Ontario.

This is the first year in about 15 that I even bought snow tires.

 

I used to take my car to a big empty lot and play in the snow and ice.

Like a big skid pan.

That's how I learned to drive in winter.

 

Front wheel drive may pull you thru better...but I always liked rear wheel drive for skid control.

 

Hey Trader,,, Every word of what you wrote mirrors Michigan and my life's experience!! Took the words right out of my mouth!! It's amazing how much more control you can get out of a rear wheel drive, manual shift car,,,, especially if you practice those slides!!!

I sure can see where area's that usually dont get snow could be devastated by this stuff though,, down right dangerous if your not use to it!!!!

[GAWildKat]

I'm 39 yrs old and was born and raised in GA. I've lived in Alberta and PA and saw snow in both places. It's like night and day. I didnt get my license until I was 26. So I've never had a chance to learn to drive in snowy or icy conditions. Mike attempted to take me out to practice in a parking lot this morning, but they are all cleared around our house. Where we live in Central Georgia isn't aa bad as Atlanta. But I still remember the ice storm in 83 and the blizzard of 93. And many of you would remember the blizzard of 73. This storm system didn't compare to those. And I fully expect there to be a spring blizzard like the one in 93 this year, we're due. I'll do like I've always done and stay home again. Those of you that saw worse weather than we did, stay safe and warm.

 

Tricia

 

 

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[Dragonslayer]

I survived Atlanta SnowJam 2014

[DragonRider]

Me Too...........!!!!!!

 

 

 

I survived Atlanta SnowJam 2014