ice,slide,crash,cars,auto,smack Icy Roads In Portland: Vehicular Pinball!!!
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I ended up laughing at it.
And tomorrow I head out to a client in somewhat icy/snowy conditions - I'm so glad I have snow tires!
So we don't drive in it, or we put chains on our tires. I know it seems like a redneck thing to do but if you have to drive then its better than sliding all over the place.
Hence the reason i don't drive in this crap, ill call my work and say "boss, i just looked out side and there where about 5 cars sliding around and hitting every thing in site. I think I'm gonna be late, because I'm gonna walk it."
Portland is 100' over sea level. It has very mild winters with the temperature rarely dropping under freezing. It tends to snow here about three times a year, and the snow actually sticks maybe once, maybe not.
Because of the relative rarity of real snow - and ice for that matter - few people in Portland buy chains or snow tires. It's a different matter when you head east, out toward Mt. Hood (view from Portland), where traction devices are required during the winter on various roads. Here, in the city, though, people just don't bother.
Driving in rain is something Portlanders understand. Driving on snow is an alien concept. They just don't get the amount of time necessary to build experience at it.
Me, I grew up in Massachusetts. I keep chains, a shovel, a tow rope, and a few bags of sand in my pickup every winter. Well... every winter except this one. See, I have a new vehicle, and haven't fitted it for chains yet. Frankly, it doesn't really matter. When it snows here, they only plow the major roads. If you don't live on one of them, you're SOL for driving. The public transit is one option - they do chain those beasts up - but that still requires walking a decent distance through the snow to get out to a bus. Most people in the city don't do that, and if you're commuting from a suburb, that might mean walking a few miles.
I suppose the questions are:
* How much money does the city lose each year by having so many businesses shut down?
* How much would it cost to outfit a larger fleet of plows and pay the hourly wages necessary?
* How much does the insurance company lose by having to pay out for all that damage? How much do they stand to make in the long run with increased premiums?
Ill, but enjoying my snow day anyway,
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from http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_011607_news_snowball_stabbing_.48413a0a.html
I work 2 blocks from that intersection. Some of those cars are still there till the tow trucks can safely move them.
Where the first car rests you can see the arches of PGE Park in the background.
People kept driving because Portland isnt used to snow, and because other roads were safe. Burnside was running almost like normal, even without snow plows.
Snow Day was one of the best days of my life. I never in my life, never, have found humans to be so nice and friendly to each other.
Everywhere I went it was a party. People were running around in the streets, offering me sled rides, or skiing past, or trying to get me to drink with them, or just wanting to hang out with some strange guy walking down the street (me).
I wish every day people acted like they did on Snow Day. It was euphoric (sp?).
Um, Does everyone on videosift live in Portland?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ratn_Wl8XU&NR
Yes, they mention it's on 20th and Salmon.
Looks like the new videosift meetup may be in Portland after all...
As far as the comments about staying home, etc... The weathermen didn't forcast the ice part of the snow. We had been under freezing conditions for several days prior and also, the snow didn't start until after 4am in the morning. A lot of people, including myself were stuck at work, heading home around 7am when things started getting UGLY! Again, it took me 3 hours to get home and normally its a 30 min drive. This was scary. I've got a video I'll upload for you guys to see. Since I can't self promote, here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1z32aQWDjo
Party at my place.
Portland.Give us your poor, tired, wretched teeming flotsam of human wreckage......we'll take em, they are safer here on the edge of nowhere.