Well, that was ugly.
That wintry mix that was supposed to hit us Thursday turned into a full-fledged winter nightmare.
If you had the misfortune of being out on the roads during the mid-day period when wind-whipped snow dumped several inches on the region, you know what I mean.
Basically, the entire region turned into a parking lot.
My wife got out of school early. Her 20-minute commute turned into a couple of hours of white-knuckle driving.
I learned my lesson last year, when I made the mistake of thinking I would leave the office early and finish working from home.
Me and everyone else.
My 40-minute commute turned into a four-hour nightmare.
Yesterday after hearing and seeing nothing but nightmares on the roads, I took another option. I stuck it out here in the office until about 6:30.
By that time the snow had mostly dissipated and changed over to a driving rain.
The roads were sloppy, but infinitely better than they were around 1 or 2 o'clock, when conditions went south and most roads turned into parking lots.
Guess what? The snow is back again this morning.
I just drove through a mix of conditions, with some snow, some rain, and all of it being whipped around by a nasty, biting wind.
The morning commute likely is going to be another nightmare.
Brace yourself.
Like I said in today's lead story, so much for autumn.
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