black ice

[davidpizzica]

Right now Pittsburgh is under a winter weather advisory until 11:00 for freezing rain and and black ice. The T.V. stations are saying for people to stay home and not to ventureout on the roads unless it's absolutely necessary. All of the major interstates around the Pittsburgh area are closed down until at least 11:00 or until it warms up. There are car wrecks and cars slipping everywhere. Salt trucks are having a rough time getting out to salt the roads. My prayers go out to all of people who are caught out in this dangerous situation.

[Marigold2]

David that sounds awful. I am calling my son who lives in NJ to see what is going on there. Here in Ohio it's raining like crazy. Wish it was snow.

[davidpizzica]

Marigold2, that's one advantage to being in assisted living. I don't have to drive in these conditions, but my prayers and thoughts go out to those people who have to go out in this.

[redbird]

David that sounds awful. I am calling my son who lives in NJ to see what is going on there. Here in Ohio it's raining like crazy. Wish it was snow.

I live in NJ and it's just raining pretty hard on and off. No snow in sight thank goodness.

[Pinot's Mom]

Here in Maryland we're all too familiar with Black Ice. Growing up in RI I hadn't even heard of it until here, but it is NASTY STUFF!! Once I was literally almost trapped in a parking lot at work; I had to crawl along the wall of a delivery dock to get into a back door, because I couldn't walk on the lot, which was covered in it. It can unfortunately pop up anywhere and you just don't see it. NASTY!

[pomtzu]

Here in Maryland we're all too familiar with Black Ice. Growing up in RI I hadn't even heard of it until here, but it is NASTY STUFF!! Once I was literally almost trapped in a parking lot at work; I had to crawl along the wall of a delivery dock to get into a back door, because I couldn't walk on the lot, which was covered in it. It can unfortunately pop up anywhere and you just don't see it. NASTY!

Same here Maggie. When I heard the term black ice in this area, I didn't know what the heck it was. Unfortunately I'm all to familiar with it now, from roads, to parking lots, to driveway! It will be 2 years in Feb that I encountered it in the driveway and ended up with a fractured hip. I went down so fast that I didn't know what hit me. I ordered a pair of those spikes that slip on over shoes or boots, since I was really paranoid last year about stepping outside even with a little frozen dew on the steps, etc. Don't need a repeat performance.

[Husky_mom]

what is black ice?...

I hate nasty weather... stay safe everyone..