Here are some pics to go with my past post. A couple of the snow, a couple of my huge hotel room I had all to myself!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Blizzard Aiden Photos
Here are some pics to go with my past post. A couple of the snow, a couple of my huge hotel room I had all to myself!
Thank you Pontiac!
Another crazy winter storm hits Wisconsin! Whatever happend to a couple snowfalls that accumulates to a lot of snow? I feel like we now either get a dusting or a downpour! This is a downpour! We probably got at least 12 inches out there. It's crazy windy outside however so you can't really tell how much total we got b/c in one spot there is 3 inches and the next spot a yard over has 3 feet.
Last night was out Christmas party with all my college friends. It was down in West Bend which is about 1hr and 45min from GB. I knew they were calling for strong storms but I sat around for over 6 hours on Saturday and not a drop of precipitation fell so I said screw it and went to the party. It started raining around Fond du lac and rained the whole way to West Bend. It started snowing when we were there and we didn't stay too long, I think I left at like 8:30. Well when I got out and had to scrape 3 inches of heavy snow from my car I knew it was going to be bad. I wanted to get home though so I ventured out through the snow covered streets for the highway. WI-33 from WB to 41 was really bad but it was to the point where I didn't know where to turn around b/c I was so worried I would get stuck and honestly, I have this unrelenting worry of going in the ditch and being stuck. Knock on wood I've only gone in the ditch once and it was right by my moms work. The work crew next door just pulled my car out so no biggy. But the fear of going like 45 down the hwy and losing control and going in the ditch makes me freak out to think about. I have this worry I'll roll over or go into water or something crazy. So I took it slow and eventually got to the hwy.
The hwy wasn't bad and there were actually some cars driving so it was easy to just go behind them and keep going. There were drifts in the road and you couldn't really see where you were going. Then the snow started blowing and it pretty much was a white out. If it wasn't for the vehicles in front of me for the most part, I would have probably driven right into a ditch. From WB to Oshkosh it should probably only take an hour - it took me a good two hours to get there. I had been following one car in particular for quite some distance and when they exited I called it quits and exited too. I was so nervous and my shoulders were so tight from stress I almost cried. I went to the gas station, got a gatorade and some pretzels and asked for the closest hotel. I went through the snow drifts (almost got stuck in the hotel parking lot) and got myself a room. By this time it was after 11:00p and I pretty much didn't car what it was going to cost, I couldn't go another mile.
The hotel was nice and really quiet. I didn't sleep too well b/c all I could think of was trying to get home the next day. The only good part was that I did get to catch up on my cable tv shows. I don't have cable at my apartment (b/c I'm cheap) so I did get to watch a little MTV, HGTV, TLC and History Channel. That was pretty worth the $85 I had to spend for the 12 hours I was in the room!!
The next day wasn't so bad b/c it was light out so you could see when the snow drifted. The worst part was the hotel parking lot! It kept getting drifted in with snow so I waited like 30 min for the snow plow to plow out the main road so I could get out. The last way I wanted to start my day was by getting stuck before I even left!
There were still lots of cars traveling and I just took my time and made it home. The 45 minute drive took me about 1 hr and 20 min so not too bad. The roads were really icy and I just told myself "don't care what others are doing, just take your time and let them pass you." It amazes me how stupid lots of people are and drive like 50-60 mph in the weather we had. Stopping suddenly wasn't an option today. There were only about 2 'fresh' cars in the ditch. (definition of fresh cars - cars that just went in the ditch and still had people in them.) All the rest you could tell had been there for some time b/c they had snow and the orange stickers on them. All I can say is I thank God for the Kia that led me to the exit on Saturday night, the safety of driving home today and my Pontiac for getting me there! Stay safe out there!
Last night was out Christmas party with all my college friends. It was down in West Bend which is about 1hr and 45min from GB. I knew they were calling for strong storms but I sat around for over 6 hours on Saturday and not a drop of precipitation fell so I said screw it and went to the party. It started raining around Fond du lac and rained the whole way to West Bend. It started snowing when we were there and we didn't stay too long, I think I left at like 8:30. Well when I got out and had to scrape 3 inches of heavy snow from my car I knew it was going to be bad. I wanted to get home though so I ventured out through the snow covered streets for the highway. WI-33 from WB to 41 was really bad but it was to the point where I didn't know where to turn around b/c I was so worried I would get stuck and honestly, I have this unrelenting worry of going in the ditch and being stuck. Knock on wood I've only gone in the ditch once and it was right by my moms work. The work crew next door just pulled my car out so no biggy. But the fear of going like 45 down the hwy and losing control and going in the ditch makes me freak out to think about. I have this worry I'll roll over or go into water or something crazy. So I took it slow and eventually got to the hwy.
The hwy wasn't bad and there were actually some cars driving so it was easy to just go behind them and keep going. There were drifts in the road and you couldn't really see where you were going. Then the snow started blowing and it pretty much was a white out. If it wasn't for the vehicles in front of me for the most part, I would have probably driven right into a ditch. From WB to Oshkosh it should probably only take an hour - it took me a good two hours to get there. I had been following one car in particular for quite some distance and when they exited I called it quits and exited too. I was so nervous and my shoulders were so tight from stress I almost cried. I went to the gas station, got a gatorade and some pretzels and asked for the closest hotel. I went through the snow drifts (almost got stuck in the hotel parking lot) and got myself a room. By this time it was after 11:00p and I pretty much didn't car what it was going to cost, I couldn't go another mile.
The hotel was nice and really quiet. I didn't sleep too well b/c all I could think of was trying to get home the next day. The only good part was that I did get to catch up on my cable tv shows. I don't have cable at my apartment (b/c I'm cheap) so I did get to watch a little MTV, HGTV, TLC and History Channel. That was pretty worth the $85 I had to spend for the 12 hours I was in the room!!
The next day wasn't so bad b/c it was light out so you could see when the snow drifted. The worst part was the hotel parking lot! It kept getting drifted in with snow so I waited like 30 min for the snow plow to plow out the main road so I could get out. The last way I wanted to start my day was by getting stuck before I even left!
There were still lots of cars traveling and I just took my time and made it home. The 45 minute drive took me about 1 hr and 20 min so not too bad. The roads were really icy and I just told myself "don't care what others are doing, just take your time and let them pass you." It amazes me how stupid lots of people are and drive like 50-60 mph in the weather we had. Stopping suddenly wasn't an option today. There were only about 2 'fresh' cars in the ditch. (definition of fresh cars - cars that just went in the ditch and still had people in them.) All the rest you could tell had been there for some time b/c they had snow and the orange stickers on them. All I can say is I thank God for the Kia that led me to the exit on Saturday night, the safety of driving home today and my Pontiac for getting me there! Stay safe out there!
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