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altivoNormally I rejoice in the news that a snowstorm is predicted. Right now, NOAA is saying 1 to 3 inches here this afternoon and evening. At least one Chicago station has already upped it to 4 to 7 inches. Typically I'd just make sure the woodbox and pantry are full and sit back and enjoy it.
However, my little brother is in St. Charles for some kind of training conference. I haven't seen him in over four years, and we are planning to drive down this afternoon to have dinner with him. He is supposed to fly back to DC in the morning, early (well, probably not if we get 7 inches.)
I have a Jeep. I grew up driving in Michigan, where snow and ice is normal winter stuff. I know how to do this. The problem is, more than half the drivers around here seem to have not the least idea how to handle it, and especially so at the first heavy snow of the season. I'm faced with the decision whether to take state and county backroads that will not be as regularly cleared, but will have much less idiot traffic, or federal and interstate roads that will be heavily salted and plowed but will also be full of total idiots who think they can still drive 80 mph as they usually do. In these conditions, I fear the other drivers far more than I fear the weather, so probably it's the country roads for us.
However, my little brother is in St. Charles for some kind of training conference. I haven't seen him in over four years, and we are planning to drive down this afternoon to have dinner with him. He is supposed to fly back to DC in the morning, early (well, probably not if we get 7 inches.)
I have a Jeep. I grew up driving in Michigan, where snow and ice is normal winter stuff. I know how to do this. The problem is, more than half the drivers around here seem to have not the least idea how to handle it, and especially so at the first heavy snow of the season. I'm faced with the decision whether to take state and county backroads that will not be as regularly cleared, but will have much less idiot traffic, or federal and interstate roads that will be heavily salted and plowed but will also be full of total idiots who think they can still drive 80 mph as they usually do. In these conditions, I fear the other drivers far more than I fear the weather, so probably it's the country roads for us.
