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dragonsinger

Dragonsinger and the Bridge Sliding Adventure

Jan 11, 2011 09:37

I live in the South in a coastal city. Ice is a foreign concept here. However, I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. Ice is much more common there. You see, I knew going across the bridge to get to work would be a bad idea, but apparently, nobody else did ( Read more... )

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joyfulfeather January 11 2011, 15:24:11 UTC

YIKES! I'm glad you came through it OK, but otherwise, that really sucks.

dragonsinger January 11 2011, 16:08:26 UTC

Yeah. I really don't want to do that again.

tinylegacies January 11 2011, 15:39:33 UTC

MEEP

That is scary. *hugs a lot*

Glad you are okay.

dragonsinger January 11 2011, 16:08:39 UTC

Thanks. It was pretty scary.

mgsmurf January 11 2011, 15:52:40 UTC

Yeah, South Carolina has no idea what to do with anything wintery. Thus I didn't drive yesterday, even though the roads looked only wet, and I'm quite good at ice skating with a car. I don't trust most of them to drive on a good day, much less on icy bridges.

Glad you did eventually make it to work and back.

dragonsinger January 11 2011, 16:09:11 UTC

Very, very true. I will know better for next time.

mgsmurf January 11 2011, 16:30:41 UTC

Well, since I came from up north (New York) when I moved to SC, I was specifically told by one co-worker not to travel wintery roads as the other drivers were dangerous. Plus, up north any snowy roads were cleared by 7am on weekdays.

dragonsinger January 11 2011, 17:29:25 UTC

They do the same thing in the NC mountains, but sometimes they don't get all the ice.

dejla January 11 2011, 17:52:46 UTC

Oh, my God. I am so glad you're okay! Ice is absolutely NOTHING to mess around with!!

dragonsinger January 11 2011, 20:35:13 UTC

Very, very true. Yeah, I made it through okay...and learned my lesson in the process.

helsinkibaby January 11 2011, 21:39:02 UTC

The first day we got snowed off, myself and the two other girls who live in my end of the village were texting one another from half seven in the morning, wondering would we have to go in or not. (It's about seven minutes of a drive in normal conditions on back country roads that would not be treated. And we have to go down a steep f***-off hill that has a sharp corner at the end of it. Fun!) After going back and forth I finally said that I wasn't leaving my house until I knew the school was definitely opening and if I was late, I was late. The other two adopted that as their philosophy as well...thankfully, we were closed!

dragonsinger January 12 2011, 15:56:30 UTC

That sounds like an excellent philosophy. I'm going to adopt that as well.