White Apocalypse...

[tstone]

Well, it always happens. I'm the on call guy for this station for a week, and mother nature decides to crap on me. Big, white, fluffy crap. This week, it looked like I had dodged the frosty bullet. But NOOOOOO...Friday morning, I'm up, ready for "rescue carry" Physical training, out the door of my apartment and...here comes one of my co-workers, crying, clearly distraught. She's a bit of a drama queen and known for throwing fits. But this is different. She's in actual physical pain, having taken a nasty spill on the snow in the parking lot, hitting her car on the way down. I bring her in and turn her over to my roommate, who is a close friend of hers. He gets her to the Army Hospital in Heidelberg, while I hit the highway to head to the station.

Going slow....too slow. But I'm already late so whatthehell? I get off the Autobahn, pass Stem Kasern, turn right at the light...and my car decides to slide leftward, independent of my wishes.

And then half of my car is off the road.

Damn...

Luckily, I'm on a part where alot of people who work on the same post I do pass thru, so a very nice lady gave me a ride. Later, you had five soldiers trying to remove my car, but she ain't going anywhere. One of my sergeants ended up using his German auto service to help my car out of her predicament. She's ok, and so am I. But just a little faster, and both she and I would have been rolling down the hill.

Snow, so much fun when a kid, and now as a working adult, a pain in the ass.

[Asonokirk V 2.0]

Hmm. This "snow" of which you speak. We have it here where we want it to be, at the ski resorts, you know, Big Bear, Mammoth Mt., etc. Perhaps you should petition the government of Germany to move further south. You know, make Germany a tropical island or something.

[omicron]

They might as well try South. Last time they tried moving East and West, there were a few problems. :smirks:

Omicron

[Kaeos]

Originally Posted by tstone

Snow, so much fun when a kid, and now as a working adult, a pain in the ass.

Glad to hear your okay man. Driving in that shits deadly if your not used to it.

When you get back state side come on up to NY. I'll learn ya a few things about driving snowblind

[Trazalca]

Hm. Snow. Here in da South, such an event is so rare, it's practically an urban legend. And if so much as a light dusting occurs, not unlike dandruff,
the whole city of Atlanta shuts down and becomes atrophied.

It's quite sad, really. :smirks:

[omicron]

No kidding, even a THREAT of snow down here in Dallas, they start closing schools and businesses.

Plus, they don't seem to understand the concept of salting roads after icy precipitation.

Omi

[Minion]

*waits patiently for Adam to surface with an old man "You call that snow?" sort of statement*

Minion: . . . . .

[Kaeos]

This year has been Veeery mild. You Southerners have gotten it worse than us.

Last year though, the snow bank in front of my house reached 6 feet on either side of my driveway. My front yard was 4 feet or so deep in natural precip and drift.

When it gets really bad they call out dump trucks and front end loaders to haul away snow and dump it in the river. this is an actual shot from Rochester in after a storm in 2000

[DaForce]

Originally Posted by Kaeos

This year has been Veeery mild. You Southerners have gotten it worse than us.

Last year though, the snow bank in front of my house reached 6 feet on either side of my driveway. My front yard was 4 feet or so deep in natural precip and drift.

When it gets really bad they call out dump trucks and front end loaders to haul away snow and dump it in the river. this is an actual shot from Rochester in after a storm in 2000

And that's why I live in California.


Shoveling snow is for suckers.

[sickness]

T, I saw this thread's title and I thought you had gone racist on us.