Be Careful

This road has two solid inches of compressed snow that melted and refroze into solid ice.

Today's weather was just warm enough in the morning to melt some of the snow on the road which later re-froze this afternoon.

By around 3:00 PM the temperature dropped into the 20 degree range. I was out walking the dog and slipped on what I thought was wet pavement, but was really a thin layer of clear ice on the pavement, also known as "black ice."

Tonight is New Years Eve. What we have here is a near perfect storm. A large amount of snow followed by a thaw, then a deep freeze followed by drunken revelry followed by driving.

Drive safely and have a happy new year.

Driving at D'Arcy's

As we were pulling out of D'Arcy's parking lot one windy dark evening, we drove passed a car that was ready to back out. The car's engine was running and the reverse lights were on. The car was in reverse and starting to move.

Out of the darkness some children ran and opened the car door to get in. There was a small boy and girl trying to get into a car that was in reverse gear.

Drivers please! Before putting your vehicles in gear, make sure everyone is already in and buckled up.