Driving in an Ice Storm
By Dalane
@Dalane (691)
United States
December 28, 2015 7:31pm CST
The tornado that has recently devastated parts of Texas has effects reaching as far as northern Illinois. All day we had driving ice/rain/snow as temperatures hovered around the freezing mark. Winds were gusting at 50-60- miles and hour.
Driving in this type of weather is terrible even if you have a short trip. All I had to do was drive five miles home from work. This turned into such a fiasco just getting my car ready for the drive.
First, I couldn't get into my car as the doors froze. Once I finally got in, I started the heater to warm it up as I brushed off the snow and ice off the windshield. I practically needed an ice pick. Once in the car, I turned on the windshield wipers and found that they were frozen in place. Then I had to get out and chisel them free.
By this time I was drenched with fingers frozen to the bone. Once I finally got on the road, I could barely see as my windows kept fogging. I had ice on my wipers, so had to get out and take the ice off of them. And the roads-- don't get me started on that.
Normally, I love winter, but this I could do without. God bless those in Texas and around the Midwest that were hit by the tornado. What I experienced was nothing compared to what they went through.
Are you feeling the storm?
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7 responses
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Dec 15
I certainly am feeling the storm as I also live in northern Illinois. I am about 50 miles south of Chicago.
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@celticeagle (168367)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Dec 15
I do not envy you at all. I am retired now and I don't go out at all. I quit driving this year in the spring. I have heard that pouring onion juice over the windshield can reduce the amount of ice that builds on the windshield. I know there are products you can get. Also, I wonder if you could put something, at least on the driver's door, in that would reducing it from freezing closed.
@kevin1877uk (36988)
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29 Dec 15
I hope you don't get it, the weather bad everywhere it seems.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
31 Dec 15
Ice is worse than snow when it comes to driving. Sounds like you really had a bad time of it. Glad you got home safe. I have been caught out in bad weather a couple times. It's really terrifying. I'm glad I'm retired now and don't have to go out in bad weather.
I usually just hibernate in the winter. We've not had any bad weather yet. It's been extremely warm for this time of the year. But, I fear that winter will some eventually.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
29 Dec 15
Wow some were complaining about winter not getting there and now you have a first hand winter there on your hands. I'm glad I don't live in a place where it freezes and there is snow on the ground like this. I like to see it for a day or two but would hate to deal with this day in and out for months on end. Not a fun way to spend 3 or 4 months for me.
