Originally posted by kenyee Funny how little they're plowing near Seattle...bet the greenies can't say SUVs are useless today ;-)
We had 12" of snow in Boston yesterday and another 3-6" today. Everything's plowed and cars are also plowed over and buried in the city (street parking sux)...it's dropping to 10F tonight so everything is going to pretty much freeze into ice blocks by tomorrow morning :-P
I have driven into work for the last three days (Saturday was our scheduled maintenance). Most of my fellow SUV driving co-admins are just afraid to drive when it starts snowing out here. Add into that - when you drive around and see the abandoned cars 90% are SUV's as are most of the cars in the ditch - kind of funny acutally. (Currently all three of my family's autos are AWD - for the rain/slick roads not for snow)
I traded in my AWD Eagle Talon for a Subaru Impreza hatch back (wagon in Subaru's mindset) and had no problems at all. Being raised in Wyoming without AWD -- oh so many years ago -- I do know how to drive in the snow.
As for Seattle not plowing very much - the city/county does not have all that many plows. So what would you expect? This storm is not the norm for winter in the Puget Sound. The quickest way to get stuck is to give someone who has no clue a AWD/4WD SUV, it is just funny to watch.
There are some hills/roads around here that are not snow friendly. The various cities/counties have just blocked them off. It is snowing at this minute with a good 8" base, I need to go for a walk.
We have a resident humming bird at the feeder too. Have to bring the juice in every few hours to thaw it out - half a pint over the last day --== one bird.
Big storm - the best think to do is hunker down try not to drink all the Chocolate.
Edit: On topic - the K20D is a very nice machine. I took a few yesterday during my walk. You will be happy with it. I could have taken my recovered K10D, but the K20D is just as convenient.
The Elitist - formerly known as PDL