OT Sounds like we could get some snow later this week with some possible freezing rain

My mother-in-law's neighborhood in Wilsonville is without power and PGE's website is showing Monday morning as the estimated time to get it back on. Roads between here and there are a mess, with 99E closed entirely. She has a gas fireplace, but that's it as far as heat goes, and no way to cook anything. Maybe we could get her an Uber to a hotel in the area that has heat. What a mess. I'll take snow any day of the week compared to frickin' ice.

 

Stay safe out there. Fwiw, my kid at St Paul will have -4, feels like -21 today, so, it can get worse...

 

No power here..... ventured out to find out why!

 

Marriot Landscaping?

 

Got caught in a huge sandstorm in vegas. Actually parked behind a grocery store for cover, it was nuts. A garden shed was being blown across the parking lot.

 

Took a drive up to the store to get more beer and there was cars stuck everywhere around me.

My 4 runner v8 sport edition was just purring and climbing over the snow packs. When I bought this puppy the owner said when him and his dad go hunting they prefer it over their 2 ton Ford. Now I know why.

I mean I’ve driven in white out conditions in the Okanogans. I think I’ll keep her and give to the kids as their first car. Probably will get wrecked quick but oh well they’ll get to experience the beast in a snowstorm or two first hopefully

 

Nothing like getting blown across a parking lot to make a person park behind a grocery store!

 

My Subaru Outback is great in the snow. Unfortunately, right now it’s encased in about 2” of ice.

 

Hope you don’t have kids. Their world would beat wrecked

 

Same. Except my (wifes) outback gets the garage spot. Out mobbing around in it today, was one of the few clean cars lol.

 

Most important thing is the tires. Last big snow there was when I lived in Portland I had no issues with a rear wheel drive bmw going up to the zoo to pickup a kid with all kinds of suvs in ditches, because I had a set of blizzaks and they were running all season tires.

My wife, very sensibly parked her Subaru downtown and I drove with the kid to pick her up with that old bimmer