Polar vortex,ice storm,....doom

[ghi]

Interesting ice storm traffic this morning , most of the east coast is movig below 45mph , we had over 200 crashes here in Indianapolis since last evening, the roads were shinning like glass.  Time  park it and have a beer. 


Opps, actually the number of accidents was updated to 500 ! 

http://wishtv.com/2016/12/17/isp-responds-to-more-than-500-overnight-crashes/

[oboe]

If people are driving nearly 45 mph in an ice storm where the roads are shining like glass, I'm not surprised there have been 500+ accidents.

[pipz]

Putin hacked the polar vortex! 

[Masherbrum]

If people are driving nearly 45 mph in an ice storm where the roads are shining like glass, I'm not surprised there have been 500+ accidents.

This.   

[Meatwad]

By the time I got home last night, I was driving 15-20 mph due to the ice

[Zimme83]

I assume everyone uses proper winter tires:

[MiloMorai]

Studs are a no-no.

[Easyscor]

I tried studs in the '70s and hated them. M&S only after that experience.

[ghi]

By the time I got home last night, I was driving 15-20 mph due to the ice

I avoided my regular route,I-70/57  today, the freezing line was right along I-70. I see the map , looks like you are getting the 2ND round of ice, I-70 looks red from St.Louis to Effingham. I switched to F-3 mode and dodged the ice storm, jumped on I-65/40, but I'm getting tornado alert in western Tennessee. Hmm, not a boring trip
The weather map looks crazy, they run out of colors :
http://www.weather.gov

Tanker merging fast on icy I-95 Baltimore early this morning.
https://youtu.be/CV-7XtusdBE

[Meatwad]

This morning on I-64 after all the ice was gone but super foggy, all shoulders on every interstate ramp were all parked tractor trailers waiting it out. At the eastbound scale around marker 21 or so there was one trailer with the back half almost smashed flat, and the scale house was hit also with the everything on the scale side of the building ripped off and hanging.

And now its froze again. 70 miles south of here in Paducah, it was 72 degrees today. It was 34 degrees here all day

[saggs]

I love all this "Polar Vortex" malarkey.

The jet stream pushes all the arctic air down south, which means that up here in the actual arctic it gets much warmer then normal.  A couple days ago we got temps above zero (got up to 10°F) for the first time in several weeks.

 

[Brooke]

A couple days ago we got temps above zero (got up to 10°F) for the first time in several weeks.

 

[Hajo]

It's getting ridiculous.  Now we are naming winter storms.  Now minor thunderstorms are "events".   Sheeeesh

Hello...........in the northern parts of the country we've always had snow, ice, and freezing rain and Blizzards.  Nothing new here. I guess NBC which owns the

Weather Channel wishes to make every weather change an event for viewership. Polar Vortex.......... lets' add more drama.  Who cares it's winter, we expect this to happen.

Always has in my lifetime.

[Shamus]

And thats a long lifetime.

[MiloMorai]

It's getting ridiculous.  Now we are naming winter storms.  Now minor thunderstorms are "events".   Sheeeesh

Hello...........in the northern parts of the country we've always had snow, ice, and freezing rain and Blizzards.  Nothing new here. I guess NBC which owns the

Weather Channel wishes to make every weather change an event for viewership. Polar Vortex.......... lets' add more drama.  Who cares it's winter, we expect this to happen.

Always has in my lifetime.

It is done for all the millennials and snowflakes as they need some fancy word. In the old says it was called a 'cold snap'.