The Hogsty

Morning everyone.



6°f and the snow started here around noon yesterday and we have about 2 - 3 inches, enough for the electric blower to move, still have to shovel more today.

Well wishes to all in the face of the winter storms. I won't even tell you about our weather forecast in Tucson.
Stay safe !

Morning. 27 degrees and snow. Roy has to drive to Wind River Canyon this morning. Slick roads and fog around Waltman are concerning because 20-26 is a two lane highway and people are always in too big a hurry between Casper and Shoshoni. He's giving himself an extra hour for the trip. I'll be glad when he's back home, and he hasn't even left yet.

Margarita wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:19 am Morning. 27 degrees and snow. Roy has to drive to Wind River Canyon this morning. Slick roads and fog around Waltman are concerning because 20-26 is a two lane highway and people are always in too big a hurry between Casper and Shoshoni. He's giving himself an extra hour for the trip. I'll be glad when he's back home, and he hasn't even left yet.

Yeah, I really don't get why people drive on snow/icy roads like it's dry pavement. And here in Wyoming on that road it's mostly locals and they still drive like that.
When I used to travel the "short cut" into Lake Tahoe CA/ NV state line area for my job I would watch the side streets really close for locals driving up to their STOP sign like it was dry summertime pavement. And I would compensate how I was driving so they could slide across the intersection with their wheels locked up. And ABS is trying to work, but that doesn't help on packed slick snow / ice.

A couple of years ago, my then-13-year-old grandson and I were headed east on on icy roads when a northbound car slid through a stop sign right in front of me. Car coming in the southbound lane. I steered around the still-sliding car and got back into my lane before the oncoming car passed. We drove in silence for a few seconds, then my grandson said, "All right, then." It was a proud moment for a girl who never saw snow until she was in her teens.

Happy Sunday!

Getting cold here