When it comes to getting to school in the morning... I left a little after 5 am for a 95 minute trip to make a 9 am class. And I have more than a little experience driving in the snow, I'm not from Raleigh. Western has a policy that they DO NOT close except under extreme circumstances.
http://www.wcu.edu/weather/ I made it almost to Topton, NC just shy of the Nantahala Gorge and could simply not make it any further up the hill... And this was while following a DOT truck!. He only made matters worse by exposing the underlying ice. I called my crotchety old professor and he said the policy was absurd, they weren't having class, go back to bed. Here's two pics of US 74, notice the tire tracks of the dump truck.

2/13/2006 8:34:12 AM

id have gunned it around the truck at 90mph and made it to class.

2/13/2006 9:22:47 AM

I was that way yesterday (well, stayed in the Nantahala mountains..) Guess it's a good thing I got outta there before today

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 10:27 AM. Reason : spelling]

2/13/2006 10:26:42 AM

id have gunned it around the truck at 9088mph and made it to class.

2/13/2006 10:30:43 AM

^^^I've done that. You weren't paying attention. I let him by in hopes the road would improve. I was driving a mustang, not a snowmobile.

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 10:33 AM. Reason : .]

2/13/2006 10:33:08 AM

it's like you say to yourself "how can i make myself sound like more of a pussy than i already come across as...oh wait, i know!...i'll make a interweb thread about how i'm afraid of dying on the side of the road after sliding into a tree during a fucking blizzard!"

pussy

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 10:34 AM. Reason : pussy]

2/13/2006 10:34:33 AM

I'm not a pussy, my tires were spinning and I wasn't going anywhere. Not too much you can do about that.

2/13/2006 10:36:47 AM

i wish sarcasm worked on the internet

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 10:37 AM. Reason : gg on not threatening to shoot me, however]

2/13/2006 10:37:38 AM

NP, this is The Lounge, not Chit Chat.

2/13/2006 10:39:08 AM

There's no sarcasm in the lounge?



fuck, now i remember why I'm never here.

2/13/2006 10:40:44 AM

There can be sarcasm... I was referring to the not threatening to shoot him part.

2/13/2006 10:41:34 AM

mustand or not id have raced that dot vehicle. you obviously didnt catch the challenge. hell id have done it with bald tires.

2/13/2006 10:44:48 AM

What kind of nonsense is that, "with bald tires?" Have you ever been down the backside of Topton in the snow, how about through the Nantahala Gorge (you looking to join the polar bear club?) How about up the Greater Wesser Mountain?

Just go ahead and write the duductible check you would send to your insurance company to your family and friends and put a gun to your head.

Fuck you.

2/13/2006 1:56:58 PM

just face it you lost the battle with the dot truck.

2/13/2006 2:06:58 PM

There's a reason we call you "Floridiots" here, and it relates significantly to your driving.

Feel free to try it when you car has chains, I'm afraid mine doesn't. But the DOT spares no expense.

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 2:20 PM. Reason : go home]

2/13/2006 2:18:52 PM

You can't do a "95 minute" trip in a mustang in 4 hours?

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 3:41 PM. Reason : .]

2/13/2006 3:41:08 PM

I planned ahead for difficulties, which proved insurmountable.

2/13/2006 4:31:58 PM

it must be easy to stereotype driving in a state with a huge tourist industry. all the idiots just happen to be the rest of you dumbasses. we actually know where we're going.

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 6:56 PM. Reason : and i lived in PA, a state with real man snow, not pussy NC flurries.]

2/13/2006 6:56:20 PM

When you barrel down the backside of Topton into the Gorge on ice without a scratch... then you can look at me and tell me you're a "Man." Until then, you're an ignorant pussy... a troller at best.

2/13/2006 8:18:47 PM

perhaps i should make a thread about what a whiney pussy i am then and how scared id be.

2/13/2006 8:30:12 PM