"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
02/07/2020 at 01:55 • Filed to: None
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"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
02/07/2020 at 01:55 • Filed to: None | 2
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I managed 650 of the 700 miles I was going for today and got stopped 60 miles from home by like 3-4 inches of snow. To be fair, my rental is a FWD Rogue and it’s been hating life for the last 120 miles while all the Subaru drivers laughed their asses off at me . I just hope they figure out where they hid the snow plows before tomorrow morning.
(To any of you intending to stalk me, the gold star is not my house or my current location, just the random parking lot where I ditched the Fiat when I ran over that ladder on the way to the airport)
M.T. Blake
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 03:08 |
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Why oh why are you driving so far?! You drive out from California or New Jersey?! That’s a good click of the old odometer you just did.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 03:40 |
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That looks like LA at 9pm.
3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 04:24 |
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Ooo! Aurora right near where all that shit show construction is happening on 70 . Totally not surprised you ran over a ladder there...
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 08:38 |
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I was in Denver last year during, what would be a minor snowstorm in northern Wi.
I saw lots of people getting stuck at red lights, a bus that had slide back down a residential st that was a small hill.
And mobbed around with a Raptor in my rental GLC300.
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smobgirl
> M.T. Blake
02/07/2020 at 09:24 |
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Drove to New Mexico in the morning for a meeting and almost made it home again! I wish I’d just presumed they couldn’t get the forecast right and packed an overnight bag just in case.
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smobgirl
> 3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata
02/07/2020 at 09:28 |
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Yes! Grr. It was 4 am and there’s a weird stretch of highway there where the road surface is like a black hole because of how the lighting is angled next to the highway. That sucked.
MonkeePuzzle
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 09:31 |
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right!
I made attempts to go to work (Littleton to DTC), but gave up and I’m working from the basement today :D
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smobgirl
> MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 09:48 |
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I’m still in a hotel room in the Springs. Saw one plow last night before I gave up, and it was on the highway for the stretch of one exit.
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MonkeePuzzle
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 09:54 |
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could certainly be worse, of course you’ll still have to pass monument hill, which appears to be some sort of bermuda triangle of terrible weather
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smobgirl
> MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 10:01 |
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YES. But I’m glad I didn’t have to go to Grand Junction or something.
benjrblant
> MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 10:14 |
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Stapleton’s a bit slick. No, I don’t live there.
Khalbali
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 12:00 |
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Coming from Chicago, Denver’s snow prep seemed better when I was there, but I liked commuting on snowy d ays because it seemed like most people just stayed home, I lived in Lakewood and could usually get to centennial faster on a snowy day than a normal one.
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smobgirl
> Khalbali
02/07/2020 at 12:13 |
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Jeffco has historically seemed better prepared to me than Denver , but CDOT in particular sort of shit the bed with this one . I think they underestimated the storm and haven’t caught up since it just keeps snowing. Schools are all closed, the mountains are shut down (understandably, they got 1-2 feet) but the local news this morning seemed surprised at how bad roads are from Pueblo north.
Let’s put it this way, I’ve successfully driven to Durango in my Fiat in February (with snow tires) but I’ve been stuck here for 11 hours and the highway is as bad as it was when I stopped.
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Khalbali
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 12:26 |
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Yeah the one time I got my NC stuck in Denver was actually the ramp from 6 to i25, the roads were ok and the highways were too but nobody had ever touched the ramp, there were dozens of cars stuck there and a tow truck just constantly towing people to the end of the ramp and going back for the next one.
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3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 14:04 |
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I commute from Brighton to Aurora, all back roads except Tower and P enã and its not too bad. But they’re building a ton of houses right off Tower now, it’s going to ge t much worse.
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smobgirl
> MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 16:47 |
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I got super lucky and followed a plow over Monument, or I’m pretty sure I’d be in the ditch. Still took 2 hours to get back to town.
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smobgirl
> Khalbali
02/07/2020 at 16:47 |
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That doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
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MonkeePuzzle
> smobgirl
02/07/2020 at 16:48 |
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welcome back to civilization! enjoy shoveling out a spot to park now :D
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smobgirl
> 3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata
02/07/2020 at 16:49 |
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Honestly my life would make a lot more sense if I’d just move over towards the airport but those new subdivisions are so boring.
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smobgirl
> MonkeePuzzle
02/07/2020 at 16:50 |
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Lol. Fiat is where I left it. Rogue is back at Enterprise (good riddance). I just walked 3 miles home and I’m ready for a beer.