Am I bearing witness to the end of days?

[travspence]

Well, I decided that I couldn't wait around all night for the rain to end so I dug out my trusty slicker and headed for the car. Walking down the sidewalk, I thought some of the rain drops looked awful big. And white. And, holy shit, it hit me. It was snowing

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[foomanchoo]

Isn't Tucson desert? Man, that's not fair. It gets hot as all hell here and it's not the desert. But we only get snow high up in the mountains and stuff. We can't even get it to rain here anymore. Though it did rain the other day for a while. With luck our drought will end soon.

[travspence]

Tucson is high desert, actually. We get a little more rain and slightly cooler temperatures than, say, Phoenix, which is at a lower elevation. Tucson is surrounded by mountains and it's not unusual to see snowcaps in the winter. It is extremely rare that snow falls on the city, though, and even rarer that it sticks.

[kristenjarrod]

I freaked out driving home from the drug store yesterday after it rained ice for about 3.5 seconds. Just ever since I slid off the road in the snow that time 2 years ago I freak.out. if I have to drive in inclement weather.

I think I know what you're talking about when you mention the many other uses for Towelie.

[travspence]

Believe me when I say my love for Towelie is strictly platonic. :-P

I know what you mean about driving on ice. I hated it when I lived back in Indiana. I remember one time where everyone was sliding through a 4-way stop on my way home from work. The worst was the time I had to slow down on the highway and ended up doing a 180, stopped in the other lane facing oncoming traffic.

[kristenjarrod]

Believe me when I say my love for Towelie is strictly platonic. :-P

Ah, ok my mind was in the gutter yet again.

My problem was driving ON the snow, that's how I lost control of my car twice. This was when I was in the boonies trying to come home from work. The VDOT sand people didn't sand* that part until like the last freakin minute or after all the snow had fallen on the ground. All the small cars (like mine) were on the side of the road, and one I remember was almost in the woods it had skidded off the road so bad.

*=I wonder why they use sand instead of salt. The roads look like shit weeks/months later the few times we do have snow.

[travspence]

I think I heard once that the temperature has to be in a certain range for salt to work. If it's too warm or too cold then sand is better.

My roommate after college slid off the road like that one time and hit another car already in the ditch. And then someone else slid off and hit her.