^I don't even know what I'd do in that kind of situation. I'm guessing a lot of people abandon their cars and walk to a nearby store, church, shelter, etc.

EDIT: 31 pages of icy hype.

[Edited on January 29, 2014 at 12:02 AM. Reason : f]

1/29/2014 12:02:14 AM

Home depot is keeping a bunch of stores open for stranded motorists. I'm trying to talk him into hitting up one of them mugs, ya dig?

1/29/2014 12:08:47 AM

Yeah you'd need to get off the road. This is also why you should have a blanket in the car if you're driving around, just to be safe.

1/29/2014 12:09:18 AM

Jeez that's awful.

Was sleet here in stedman from maybe 3:30 till about 10:30 or so before slowly and increasingly changing over to snow. Coming down right nice now.

1/29/2014 12:26:04 AM

I think its over now.

1/29/2014 1:14:39 AM

Not snowing in Wake Forest.

1/29/2014 1:21:29 AM

4" off of Trailwood

1/29/2014 1:33:56 AM

Still snowing here!

1/29/2014 1:39:12 AM

still snowing here too (NE raleigh) easily got 4"

1/29/2014 1:48:11 AM

Still snowing here just south of downtown.

Drove my car around the neighborhood around 1 1/2 hrs ago for a bit, just to see how the car is with it's (almost) bald front tires (FWD vehicle). Not bad, 3-4" of snow is pretty easy to drive on even with the tires in crappy shape.

1/29/2014 2:20:53 AM

still snowing in morrisville

though it only looks like 2ish inches

1/29/2014 2:53:45 AM

in during twss

1/29/2014 2:55:14 AM

Wow...my dad is still an hour away from home. He drove through the night and what normally would be a 45 minute commute has turned into 17 HOURS!!!! Damn!!!!

1/29/2014 6:53:05 AM

my wife just drove from zeb to raleigh. She said roads were pretty bad.

1/29/2014 6:53:43 AM

back roads in union/Mecklenburg county are sheets of ice. 30+ wrecks already at 5:30 AM this morning said the radio traffic guy. Main roads are all good. Hope you guys in Raleigh enjoy but stay safe.

1/29/2014 7:19:37 AM

Anyone know how the roads look around rtp? Please say bad

1/29/2014 7:22:32 AM

The news says not to go anywhere, and we have a state of emergency. That's enough for my ass to stay in bed. I texted my boss to see if he's driven today since he's an early bird. But no reply yet.
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1/29/2014 7:28:43 AM

Chapel Hill roads and bridges were fine. NCSU cancelled all classes today, UNC has only cancelled classes until noon, so here I am at work with a 7:15 meeting that did happen!

[Edited on January 29, 2014 at 7:36 AM. Reason : ]

1/29/2014 7:30:49 AM

^^^i took 70 to Miami to Ellis road in RTP today, and had no problem getting in. Backroads are still pretty packed, and you will most definitely slide a bit if you try silliness.

That said, I have a 4WD truck, so confidence level may vary...

[Edited on January 29, 2014 at 7:31 AM. Reason : ^]

1/29/2014 7:31:37 AM

I walked my dog this morning and my complex parking lot is powder on top of ice (I guess where the cars drove last night). Secondary roads are about the same. I didn't get to Chapel Hill Road or Harrison but it didn't look, per WRAL, that those have been cleared yet.

LOL, WRAL just showed Six Forks Road (my office is at North Hills) and its ridiculous. Not a single snow plow has hit it. Really ridiculous that we are opening at 10am IMO. I'm working from home regardless as is my whole team.

[Edited on January 29, 2014 at 8:00 AM. Reason : x]

1/29/2014 7:48:09 AM

Boss told me to stay home, which is nice considering it would have been my 10th straight workday.

Snow Work from home day!!

1/29/2014 7:55:07 AM

what do you do that you work that many days in a row?

is it going to get over freezing today? or is the only road melt going to come from people driving on them?

1/29/2014 8:08:22 AM

I came in because I live a mile from work, but it's deserted here. Maybe 5% of the usual folks here so far.

1/29/2014 8:08:42 AM

Its gonna be 2 days before they get even a decent amount of streets cleaned. Its not melting today either which doesnt help.

Had a guy out on a 4wheeler this am when I was walking the dog. Slid out and flipped into a ditch

He was ok, but I think he quit after that.

1/29/2014 8:16:56 AM

Have to go into central Cary for work from Southwest Raleigh--not the farthest to go, but I hear Chatham St. on the Raleigh side is a mess. Cary clearly salted it, only moisture on it last night, but the second I hit Raleigh on Chatham St. last night it was covered in snow. They clearly forgot to salt that stretch.

1/29/2014 8:30:55 AM

^^^Yea same here. Most of us in the office live close and take the bus in, so we came in. But pretty much anybody that drives didn't show up. So its a ghost town.

1/29/2014 8:34:10 AM

How are 264 & 440?

4" East of Raleigh

1/29/2014 8:48:28 AM

Google Traffic seems to show traffic improving. The intersections in East Cary were pretty bad when I looked before.

1/29/2014 8:55:04 AM

Work hasn't delayed the 10 am opening. Not a fucking chance I go in.

1/29/2014 9:06:39 AM

so work is opening at 11. my only option to get there is shitty chapel hill road. if that shit is not plowed, I'm not going in. the end.

1/29/2014 9:11:10 AM

Coworkers friend who works in downtown ATL said she left work and over an hour to go 1.5 miles, she turned around and went back to work. Did 3 miles in 2 hours and said fuck it and spent the night in her office.

1/29/2014 9:15:14 AM

Chapel Hill Road on the Morrisville side of Cary hasn't been touched. Good job DOT.

1/29/2014 9:22:13 AM

DOT is still working on 40/440. Then itll be US1 and 64. Then the local roads.

Town of Cary has their own trucks and snowplows. You are better off complaining at them about roads in Cary.

1/29/2014 9:23:26 AM

Just headed into work from Raleigh -> Cary

40/440 are in pretty decent shape, that said the secondary roads are in pretty lousy shape. The snow has gotten fairly well packed down and its getting a bit slick as opposed to the normal slushie side of things.

If you have an excuse not to go out I'd take it.

1/29/2014 9:35:17 AM

ok if chapel hill hasn't been touched where it is actually a shitty fucking road to begin with AND my parking lot has at least an inch of ice on it

IM GONNA JUST GO AHEAD AND CALL OUT MMMMK

1/29/2014 9:36:07 AM

Gonna take a walk out to look at Lynn here in a bit. Hoping I can at least get a couple hrs delay tomorrow.

1/29/2014 9:38:03 AM

how are the onramps?

1/29/2014 9:40:42 AM

the closed the emerald isle bridge yesterday at like noon before anything ever came down.

1/29/2014 9:55:26 AM

^ EI was suppose to start at like 9am yesterday. It was hit or miss for the first few hours according to my parents down there.

1/29/2014 10:04:12 AM

ha. they just closed us. apparently everyone called out anyway.

boom

1/29/2014 10:13:58 AM

My boss just emailed that he was "working from home" a and encouraged us to do the same.

Aka check email and do nothing

1/29/2014 10:15:02 AM

Just went to bojangles. Gorman street is in decent shape, but the intersection at Western is pretty shitty. The side roads like thistledown are still covered in snow/ice and my apartment parking lot is a sheet of ice. Hoping that it will stick around and re-freeze tonight and we'll eek out another snow-day

1/29/2014 10:20:31 AM

I'm the only one in my office right now. Think I'll make an executive decision and check out around 1 or 2.

1/29/2014 10:21:50 AM

six forks south from sawmill road was traveled heavily enough that it wasn't too terrible...

six forks north from lynn road....LOL

1/29/2014 10:26:30 AM

Are the roads that have been cleared pretty dry, or wet and slushy? Trying to figure out plans tomorrow (2-hr delay vs. closed)

1/29/2014 10:58:08 AM

No work today for me today. Looks to be maybe 3 inches of ice/snow last night in stedman

Haven't checked out the roads yet

[Edited on January 29, 2014 at 11:01 AM. Reason : Ss]

1/29/2014 11:00:27 AM

I'm a new employee so I had to come in or I'd look bad. Like five people in the office, three of which are managers. Almost died on the way in, or so it felt.

1/29/2014 11:03:14 AM

Quote :

"Just went to bojangles."

So the hill is clear?? I'd love to sit there and watch people attempt to drive up that when covered in snow/ice.

2/3 of my group made it in today. Guess the roads here in the Triad aren't too bad.

[Edited on January 29, 2014 at 11:08 AM. Reason : ]

1/29/2014 11:07:05 AM

yeah about 2/3 of my team is here as well. (i too am in the triad). one is working from home and the other is laying out bc hes slack as fuck

1/29/2014 11:11:15 AM

My office is officially closed, but people (incl) my boss are there anyway. Whatever, I'm working from home.

BTW it will not get above freezing tonight and the overnight low tonight is 13°F. Salt stops working (to thaw snow/ice) at 20°F so expect the roads to get nasty overnight. I'd even fathom to say they'll be more treacherous tomorrow morning than they were this morning.

1/29/2014 11:23:36 AM