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Ah. The south waterfront of Portland, Oregon. I love my city, but the snow always makes us look stupid. Too many ex-Californians who haven't a clue how to drive in bad weather.
ha ha yeah...I'm in Southern Oregon but grew up in Flagstaff, Az. People here are so afraid of snow, it's ridiculous! quite a few schools were canceled the other day because of the *possibility* of a few inches of snow, which of course never happened. All we got was a little ice here and there, and yet, people still find a way of getting into wrecks.
I miss being around drivers who know how to drive in the snow. Actually, I just kind of miss the snow in general.
Ah. The south waterfront of Portland, Oregon. I love my city, but the snow always makes us look stupid. Too many ex-Californians who haven't a clue how to drive in bad weather.
I live in PDX, too. It's not the snow that makes Portland drivers look stupid — I grew up in Boston, and the snow is completely different here. In Portland, the snow compresses, melts, and refreezes on the pavement. Any snowfall quickly turns to ice due to the temps that fluctuate around 32°F. Granted, nobody does know how to drive on snow here but that's not the issue: driving on this snow — and by "snow" I mean "ice" — is treacherous no matter where you live.
I think it actually is: the block is about 220' long (using the measure on gMaps) and judging by the bldg, the rise is about 15'. 15/220*100 = 6.8% rise, pretty steep if there's ice.
The way I look at it- it's nice to get a few snow days every winter, something I never got in MN.
I think this video is even better for sheer madness: http://www.videosift.com/video/Cars-play-pool-on-unbelievably-slippery-roads . This one is also from Portland.
I guess noone out there has ever heard of a thing called "snow tires"
We got em. My coworker drives a Subaru WRX STi. He's got a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks on it. Last night, as he was driving home… well, I'll just copy and paste his words:
Dave S: portland wasn't too bad last night. but right about the time I crossed cornelius pass road, it all turned to ice. by the time I got home, it was a solid sheet -- I did a test on the road in front of my house, and it took 10 seconds of ABS to stop from 25 mph. and this is with blizzaks, even. it'll be even better when the freezing rain starts up later.