Snow 2010
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Nooooooooooooooooo :deadhorse:
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Took the Si yesterday during the blizzard in Long Island yesterday (75 miles roundtrip) and talk about scary. I have the default all weather Michellins and on the way back I could feel the car fishtailing (last thing you need on the Long Island Expressway is over correcting). I've never driven so far at such a low speed in my Civic (26-41 mph). Tons of cars stuck in ditches -why is it SUV drivers have this false sense of security that AWD + traction control=uneffected by snow and icy roads?
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More than a foot of snow with snowdrifts up to about 20 inches, it just kept coming down like crazy from Sunday morning past midnight with 20-50 mph winds. First time I've ever seen a whiteout -the tow truck in 20 feet front of me literally disappeared!
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Wasn't bad at all.
It was a decent snowfall for first snow of the season though.
"Blizzard" would require at least twice as much snowfall...possibly even 3x as much.
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Hmmm... I always find it 'funny' how people not located in BC, specifically the lower mainland, love to tell us about their blizzards in this thread.......
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^what's a "blizzard" to you?
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It's currently snowing outside my window in white rock so you might want to keep them on for a little while longer!
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By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of 56 km/h (35 mph).[1] Additionally, blizzards must reduce visibility to 400 metres (1,300 ft) or less and must last for a prolonged period of time — typically three hours or more.
NYC got exactly that.
Made $1500 shoveling peoples driveways/sidewalks the day after.
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Thats enough for the lower mainlanders to freak out & not be able to drive...
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