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Fraggle145

1/20/2011, 09:55 AM

Anyone been around the Arbuckles this morning? I have to drive down to Texoma. I'm heading out from Norman around 10...

How bad is it?

3rdgensooner

1/20/2011, 09:58 AM

I'm in. For some reason my out-of-state clients are none too concerned about a little snow in OK.

The

1/20/2011, 10:00 AM

Anyone been around the Arbuckles this morning? I have to drive down to Texoma. I'm heading out from Norman around 10...

How bad is it?

http://i.imgur.com/dPkew.jpg

mgsooner

1/20/2011, 10:31 AM

That's some impressive plow work.

Sooner98

1/20/2011, 10:41 AM

No kidding. How is that even physically possible?

OUMallen

1/20/2011, 10:47 AM

Frag- they just said on the news that the Arbuckles are actually pretty bad.

The

1/20/2011, 10:50 AM

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Ton Loc

1/20/2011, 11:15 AM

WTF - They canceled mid-del schools and ruined my day to myself. Guess that .0001" of snow flurries on the ground was too much to risk.

JohnnyMack

1/20/2011, 11:15 AM

From midtown Tulsa:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-101230-snow-cheng-212p.photoblog900.jpg

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 11:24 AM

We opened a couple of hours late this morning to give folks time to drive in. Thanks to all the schools being out my drive was relatively uneventful until I turned onto the road leading to our building. I fish-tailed more there than anywhere.

Santa Fe in front of Ben E. Keith's had a couple of slick spots, but nothing major.

soonerchk

1/20/2011, 11:24 AM

All of my clients are closed, so I might actually get some work done. Oh wait - Real Housewives of Beverly Hills marathon!!!

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 11:25 AM

All of my clients are closed, so I might actually get some work done. Oh wait - Real Housewives of Beverly Hills marathon!!!

I watched a couple of those shows the other day . . . those folks live in a completely different world than the rest of us.

JohnnyMack

1/20/2011, 11:26 AM

I watched a couple of those shows the other day . . . those folks live in a completely different world than the rest of us.

One that should be filled with cages, hungry lions and landmines. But sadly isn't.

soonerchk

1/20/2011, 11:32 AM

I watched a couple of those shows the other day . . . those folks live in a completely different world than the rest of us.

I KNOW!!!

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 11:35 AM

One that should be filled with cages, hungry lions and landmines. But sadly isn't.

I thought I saw a few at one of the parties they filmed. :D

DIB

1/20/2011, 11:46 AM

I'm alive, but I'm low on whiskey. Who has a Jeep? I need a ride to the liquor store.

soonerchk

1/20/2011, 11:50 AM

I'm alive, but I'm low on whiskey. Who has a Jeep? I need a ride to the liquor store.

Someone needs to be a better planner.

DIB

1/20/2011, 12:02 PM

Someone needs to be a better planner.

Someone needs to be less of a ****.

Whoops, I forgot to log in as stu.

The

1/20/2011, 12:03 PM

Someone needs to be less of a ****.

Whoops, I forgot to log in as stu.

Are you going to sue (or "stue" as it is now known) this site now?

AlboSooner

1/20/2011, 12:04 PM

http://www.lovingoutdoors.co.uk/bored/wp-content/uploads/extreme-snow.jpg

This is what Barry Switzer's house looked like this morning.

DIB

1/20/2011, 12:05 PM

Are you going to sue (or "stue" as it is now known) this site now?

Already settled out of court for a whole bunch of these.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g3YUxj9bf7U/SV--5oZaW9I/AAAAAAAAA2g/rNEdJEm2ZFI/s400/1230864842614.jpg

Wishboned

1/20/2011, 12:10 PM

I stopped by to check on Vet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/TheRainKing/myspace/frozen-man-toilet.jpg

Ike

1/20/2011, 12:22 PM

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 12:25 PM

The

1/20/2011, 12:29 PM

Edmond is a demolition derby.

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 12:36 PM

Edmond is a demolition derby.

It is in places . . . should be clearing up a little more now though. Schools could have started later, but parents wouldn't have had the time to deal with childcare or whatever.

Ike

1/20/2011, 12:42 PM

Is 1/2 and inch of ice not as slick as an inch? Ice is ice.

Some places are definitely slick.

Maybe...seems like I remember driving to school in much worse, and doing a couple of 360s on robinson due to the slickness. It seemed to me that even light traffic roads weren't too bad this morning.

proud gonzo

1/20/2011, 12:43 PM

geez....

the most difficult part of my commute from Norman to North OKC this morning was scraping the ice off my car. I was shocked at how light traffic was. A teensy bit of snow and ice, and everyone here hunkers down? I don't get it.
Yeah, no kidding. My office is still open today--I drove all the way from South Norman to Mustang and the roads were totally fine. The parking lot, on the other hand, was pretty trecherous. But it wasn't anything to be worried about. Then my husband texts and says OU's campus is shut down. I mean, I understand they don't want to get sued when people slip on the sidewalks, but I remember days with three inches of snow and a layer of ice on TOP of that, when they never cancelled--that day WAS incredibly dangerous. Today....not quite as much.

The

1/20/2011, 12:45 PM

Yeah, no kidding. My office is still open today--I drove all the way from South Norman to Mustang and the roads were totally fine. The parking lot, on the other hand, was pretty trecherous. But it wasn't anything to be worried about. Then my husband texts and says OU's campus is shut down. I mean, I understand they don't want to get sued when people slip on the sidewalks, but I remember days with three inches of snow and a layer of ice on TOP of that, when they never cancelled--that day WAS incredibly dangerous. Today....not quite as much.

Quiet, you. It's our first Snowgasm of the year. Let us enjoy it.

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 12:50 PM

Maybe...seems like I remember driving to school in much worse, and doing a couple of 360s on robinson due to the slickness. It seemed to me that even light traffic roads weren't too bad this morning.

I'm sure we all drove to school in much worse. My point was that there are spots where it is perfectly fine to drive at your normal speed. The problem is when you hit that unexpected slick spot that can cause the problem.

I think that's what they were trying to avoid today.

Ike

1/20/2011, 12:52 PM

I'm sure we all drove to school in much worse. My point was that there are spots where it is perfectly fine to drive at your normal speed. The problem is when you hit that unexpected slick spot that can cause the problem.

I think that's what they were trying to avoid today.

well, to be fair...nobody is out there driving at normal speeds. Everyone is going pretty slow. It's just there are far fewer people going slow than I thought there would be.

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 12:54 PM

well, to be fair...nobody is out there driving at normal speeds. Everyone is going pretty slow. It's just there are far fewer people going slow than I thought there would be.

Probably depends on where you're at . . .

I drove at my normal speeds this morning when I drove in. Most everyone else did too. It was the few who were totally freaking out that were causing most of the problems. :D

Well that and the couple of times I fish-tailed. :D

proud gonzo

1/20/2011, 01:31 PM

Quiet, you. It's our first Snowgasm of the year. Let us enjoy it.
I had six inches of snow in Wichita a couple of weeks ago, so forgive me if your "icepocalypse" (yes, I corrected the spelling; you're welcome) fails to impress me. ;)

Midtowner

1/20/2011, 01:33 PM

Left for work at 7 A.M., slow driving, but no troubles.

Live in NW OKC, work in Midtown OKC.

C&CDean

1/20/2011, 01:34 PM

I'm flying home tomorrow so get that **** outta here NOW.

Breadburner

1/20/2011, 01:54 PM

I had six inches, fails to impress me. ;)

FIFY

Dio

1/20/2011, 01:58 PM

I did see a guy in an Expedition do 2 complete 360's on I-240 this morning.

soonerbrat

1/20/2011, 02:02 PM

I'm flying home tomorrow so get that **** outta here NOW.

don't worry dean, it's already gone. If i can drive my itty car to town, anyone can.

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 02:03 PM

I did see a guy in an Expedition do 2 complete 360's on I-240 this morning.

We were watching people slide down the hill on the road leading to our building.

soonerchk

1/20/2011, 02:03 PM

We were watching people slide down the hill on the road leading to our building.

But it's perfectly safe and the roads are fine!

Sooner_Bob

1/20/2011, 02:08 PM

But it's perfectly safe and the roads are fine!

Well duh. They are somewhere . . . :D

The

1/20/2011, 02:13 PM

I had six inches of snow in Wichita a couple of weeks ago, so forgive me if your "icepocalypse" (yes, I corrected the spelling; you're welcome) fails to impress me. ;)

Silly girl, icepocalyspe isn't a real word.

yermom

1/20/2011, 07:34 PM

SNOMG is my current favorite.

i woke up at 8 this morning to see an insurance adjuster and saw the snow and thought nothing of it, went back to sleep. i didn't know class was cancelled until i woke up for class later.

i totally missed the snow day :mad:

i think Facebook/Twitter makes it more obvious when conditions are bad. i remember going to school/work in much worse even 5 years ago it seems

Mixer!

1/20/2011, 08:35 PM

don't worry dean, it's already gone. If i can drive my itty car to town, anyone can.

Oh..."ITTY". Never mind then. ;)

prrriiide

1/20/2011, 08:45 PM

That's some impressive plow work.

That's what SHE said!

Fraggle145

1/20/2011, 08:45 PM

Ya the drive to Texoma wasnt bad. Todays snogasm was a fake.

sooner ngintunr

1/20/2011, 09:20 PM

I did see a guy in an Expedition do 2 complete 360's on I-240 this morning.

I've heard of 720's before. But two complete 360's? That's some crazy shiz:P

The skater in me made me say it.:D