About one inch East of Chandler.
I would say we got about 2-3 inches here in Shawnee. Hopefully I will get a text from my boss in the morning telling me to stay home.
It snowed enough to close school today. Already sick of winter......
I got somewhere around three or four inches of snow.
The Fox25 morning show is showing the bumper cars in OKC, including some footage of someone in a Dodge truck having an "oh, s**t" moment--he was ditty-bopping along at what looked like a reasonable pace in a straight line (looked like an interstate), then the rear end decided the front end was in the wrong lane, and he was suddenly counter-steering across three lanes, ending up in the center median.
He was still moving with the flow of traffic, but the truck was almost perpendicular to the road; he was lucky his wheels didn't dig into the median and roll the truck...
The Fox25 morning show is showing the bumper cars in OKC, including some footage of someone in a Dodge truck having an "oh, s**t" moment--he was ditty-bopping along at what looked like a reasonable pace in a straight line (looked like an interstate), then the rear end decided the front end was in the wrong lane, and he was suddenly counter-steering across three lanes, ending up in the center median.
He was still moving with the flow of traffic, but the truck was almost perpendicular to the road; he was lucky his wheels didn't dig into the median and roll the truck...I got somewhere around three or four inches of snow.
The Fox25 morning show is showing the bumper cars in OKC, including some footage of someone in a Dodge truck having an "oh, s**t" moment--he was ditty-bopping along at what looked like a reasonable pace in a straight line (looked like an interstate), then the rear end decided the front end was in the wrong lane, and he was suddenly counter-steering across three lanes, ending up in the center median.
He was driving too fast for his vehicle. A 2-wheel drive pickup truck with no weight in the back cannot travel on an ice covered road at the same speed as a front wheel drive or four wheel drive vehicle. Saw so many people in 2-wheel drive pickups trying to do that yesterday in OKC. I guess people think they are driving a pickup so they must be invincible.
If the guy in the video had added extra weight in the bed of the pickup right over the drive axle he might have had a better chance of keeping the rear end attached to road. 200 pounds of sand bag tubes is what I put in the back of my truck and it's 4-wheel drive.
If I was driving rear wheel drive pickup in the winter I'd probably invest in a set of Blizzak tires to run in the winter. Put them on their own rims so you can put them on or take them off as needed. People here just need to slow down on the ice.
I had hell in my truck last night in 2wd. I'd engage 4wd to get going and kick it back off as soon as I was moving. Lets just say the traction control system got some good use yesterday and again this morning on the way to work.
You don't need 4wd. 2wd will get you anywhere you need to go if you know how to drive.
