MatthewCarman
A blizzard warning extends from central Iowa into the Dakota's. I had to go to college today and my car would not have made it there. I tried to get through town and ended up doing a 180 with my car. Decided to head home and drive something with 4 wheel drive. My brother wanted to have fun so he offered to drive me to Ankeny. We get on the interstate and traffic moves very slowly and then turns into one lane. Police cars block the left lane because of a semi and other vehicles off the road. News said a semi had jackknifed on the I-80 off ramp to go into Altoona blocking the ramp and with the interstate being iced over and people stressing us out we decided to take back roads. A red truck was swerving in and out of lanes and a red van in front of us slowed down quickly causing us to hit on the breaks and start fish tailing. We are already doing 30 MPH and the speed on the interstate was around 40 MPH. Once we were on back roads driving was easier. Some spots were starting to cover with snow and we experienced white out conditions.
On the way home 4 hours later we experienced ice/snow covered roads with drifts in the roads. Saw a car flipped over in the ditch. Took a back road that we knew would be covered with snow for fun. Big mistake. We ended up driving into a snow drift almost as tall as the jeep and the oncoming lane looked impassible. To make it through would mean driving fast and that is just not smart so we turned around. Drove through some white out places with drifts in the road and the wind was beating up the jeep. We had to stay near the center of the road to stay on the road. Made it home safely thank the lord. I did not know the NWS went from an advisory to a blizzard warning until we were on our way home. I have not driven in many blizzards so this might be the same old thing for most people but for me this was a bad blizzard. I do not recommend anyone in central Iowa traveling unless they have to.
This is one of the worst winters I can remember in recent memory.
On the way home 4 hours later we experienced ice/snow covered roads with drifts in the roads. Saw a car flipped over in the ditch. Took a back road that we knew would be covered with snow for fun. Big mistake. We ended up driving into a snow drift almost as tall as the jeep and the oncoming lane looked impassible. To make it through would mean driving fast and that is just not smart so we turned around. Drove through some white out places with drifts in the road and the wind was beating up the jeep. We had to stay near the center of the road to stay on the road. Made it home safely thank the lord. I did not know the NWS went from an advisory to a blizzard warning until we were on our way home. I have not driven in many blizzards so this might be the same old thing for most people but for me this was a bad blizzard. I do not recommend anyone in central Iowa traveling unless they have to.
This is one of the worst winters I can remember in recent memory.
