Reply #19: oh man, that's awful. [View All]

[a la izquierda]

last christmas, oklahoma got pounded with snow. OKC got about 14 inches, which is not all that much in comparison to the current blizzard. it was, however, more than the state could handle. there were people stranded in cars all over the place. my friend and i were trying to get home for christmas eve-we'd been traveling for a week-and i stopped in eastern oklahoma to grab the only hotel i could find. on the drive the next day, i made sure to have cat litter and plenty of food and water, having watched the carnage on the tubes the night before. it took us nearly hours to go 140 miles.
my husband got stuck when our alternator gave out. luckily, some kind soul offered him a ride back into town.

incidentally, i think the problem with both the blizzards was the wind. i grew up in NJ and we've had that kind of snow in the past. but 4 foot high drifts driven by snow can appear out of nowhere.