Ok, so we are returning to Ohio from VT last Wed. The weather man says the weather is clear, no precipitation. Should be smooth sailing unlike the week before when we traveled through an ice storm to get home. Things are good, we leave at 6:30 am, should be home by 7pm. Not too bad. The first 1/2 of the trip is uneventful and we are making good time. 7pm and we will be home, time to watch some TV, have some dinner and relax before going to bed. WRONG!
Just outside of Buffalo it starts to snow. Not too bad, just enough to make you slow down but it is still light out, so maybe we will get home at 7:45. Wishful thinking.
So we hit Cleveland and it is now nearly dark and snowing like a bastard. Fools are on the interstate driving old Trans Ams like they are 4 wheel drive. Not getting home now until after 8.
Outside of Cleveland, less than 4 hrs away from home traffic just stops. We are going nowhere. 18 wheelers are turning off their lights. Must be they know something I don't. Ok so make the most of it and learn something about the Blackberry I have had for a year and still don't know much about. Not getting home until God Knows When.
While we are waiting 4 large tow trucks go buy on the shoulders of the highway. Can't be good. 40 minutes later we start to move, very slowly. Finally we see why traffic was stopped. 1 very small van with both front and rear ends compressed and two very large 18 wheelers with only 1/2 of their front ends in place. Hope the poor person in the van wasn't hurt too badly.
So we are moving slowly again, snow is coming down. We might get home tonight, who knows. Must be 6 inches on the road by this time. No plows or sandtrucks anywhere in sight. Then, all of a sudden, 30 miles from home the snow stops. Just like that, no snow, nothing on the ground. We finally make it home about 10pm and not one flake of snow. Just weird.
It is very cold here though. Colder than normal they tell me. Oh well. Thats life! What the hell can you do anyway?
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