Topic: Oregon is exciting in winter

[miraclepieco]

Interstate 84, 50+ vehicles involved.  Just think: if there were more global warming this never would have happened!

[hotwheels]

Holy crap, what would those truck drivers do if they were in a real snow storm? damn.

[obama]

Snow was not the problem there, fog was, road was good with a slight fog then they went over a rise and caught a fog bank that was trapped on the ground and freezing.  Heavy black ice and fog on a downhill run caused a bad bad. It's moisture trapped on the cold pavement, not how much snow was around.

[oldskool49]

That is a piss your pants moment.  To come up on that and not have any control.

[miraclepieco]

Snow was not the problem there, fog was, road was good with a slight fog then they went over a rise and caught a fog bank that was trapped on the ground and freezing.  Heavy black ice and fog on a downhill run caused a bad bad. It's moisture trapped on the cold pavement, not how much snow was around.

Yes, I have driven the Columbia Gorge in a semi, everything seemed normal until I got out to take a leak and fell on my rear. I had no idea that it was icy while I was driving at 60 mph. The air is so moist that it freezes on the pavement. Snow has relatively good traction in comparison.

[obama]

Rodger Rodger, (bet you'v never heard that before )
Wreck's were Westbound just East of Baker city, just imagine if it happened on Deadman's hill dropping down to Pendleton.