As I am sure folks have seen on the news, Chicago has been rocked with the worst winter storm in 40 years. I am originally from Central WI and was a teenager in South Central WI, so I have seen some sh*t. But never like this.
Last night I am out getting a jump start on the shovelling in a few spots that the drifts were getting over 2 feet, and the neighbor was doing the same. He and his wife, both in their 70s, are a sweet couple. As we stopped shovelling to converse about the severity of the storm, he tells me that his wife is at work about 8 miles away in Batavia, and that he needs to go get her. He has a minivan. I said maybe I should drive- I have an Expedition Eddie Bauer with a 5.7L V8.
So I drive the 8 miles to Batavia with my neighbor. Along the way, the whiteout conditions were so bad that even the truckers were like "F-this!" and many were parked along the side of the roads. In one unlit section of Rt 59 south, I unknowningly drove over a median into the oncoming lane and amost into a the opposite side ditch before I regained orientation. I was going 20 MPH when this happened.
I have never seen hurricane force winds and white out conditions like I drove through last night. I am 100% convinced that I would have read about my neighbors in the news today if he would have tried to pick up his wife in his minivan.
It's pretty bad down here. I sure hope no one else was as stupid as I was last night trying to drive in that sh*t. I hope everyone is safe and doesn't try today with an additional 8-12 inches coming. Be SAFE!!!
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