I finally got sick of being at home and drove to work today. We live on a busy road which connects to the interstate, and as expected I had no trouble, the roads were completely clear. Hillsborough was another story. Eno Mountain, the road my office is on, was a winding, hilly sheet of packed snow and ice. With a guardrail and a steep drop-off on one side. Fun!
I heard that yesterday a tractor trailer got stuck on Eno Mountain, blocking both lanes, and everyone had to turn back and go the long way around. You'd think they would have plowed after that happened. Then again, I don't know how many plows Hillsborough has. Today I went out to get lunch and on the way back, some idiot was riding up my tailpipe as we headed into the bad part of the road. I knew what was coming so I pulled halfway off the road and waved her past. She roared past me, went about 100 feet, hit the ice, slammed on her brakes and started fishtailing. Fool. I'm just glad she was ahead of me, not behind.
Now it's raining. Weather websites disagree as to how cold it will get tonight. So the rain will either melt off the rest of the snow, or turn into ice overnight. Can't wait to find out.
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