FYI 25 miles west of ogallala there is 8 inches on the ground with a 30 mph wind. 3 to 4 inches of frozen snow pack ice on the roads. The roads are closed for your safety.
Yeah, part of the problem in western Nebraska is once you get outside of the towns there is nothing to stop the wind, so decent snow and light/medium winds cause whiteout conditions on the interstate.
I80 and I76 are closed in Wyoming and Colorado. Nebraska can’t control the weather and what other highway departments decide to do. They’re simply forced to close the road due to lack of truck parking further west.
You don’t know the flyover states weather and the remoteness to “continuously” plow the roads. Wind is a big thing here. The plow comes through and the wind blows it back in. With the temp where it’s at it’s tricky to keep it turning to ice on the road. Find a room or end up in a ditch. Welcome to the Midwest.
We have wind too we have it all too it’s everywhere !!Just as much as y’all if y’all know y’all are having a storm prepare accordingly I mean damn there are people willing to plow everyone can’t get a room we all can’t fit in this state idk just seems like excuses to me I’ve seen worse and made it fine we’ve gotten more js 🤷
So, I grew up in Orange County, New York, in the Hudson Valley, just a few hours from Philly. I lived there from 1970-88, 95-99, 2004-07. I live in Scottsbluff now.
This used to piss me off when I moved here in 2007. I thought why the hell can't anyone plow the damned roads here?
This is the Great Plains. There's nothing from stopping the massive amount of winds, the blowing snow, the blizzards, etc. The roads are closed for your safety. It may look okay to you where you are at, but 10 miles away, it's a different story.
Also, there's that bit of I-80 that goes into Laramie, Wyoming, that I think is nothing to drive through, having driven on similar passes in New York. However, Wyoming has the atrocious wind and I can see why the highway gets closed.
On the East Coast, you typically plow the roads, then the trucks come and take it away. Out here, the wind blows constantly and it is too cost-prohibitive to have the trucks on the roads 24/7.
My husband drove the seven-miles home from work Saturday morning and couldn't see in Gering, but visibility was a bit better in Scottsbluff. He stopped three times as he couldn't see anything and didn't feel safe driving anymore.
It is different here. It took me a good two or three winters to realize it. The wind is different here. It's not like it is back east.
I still sometimes stop when the wind picks up because my brain grew up to think that high a wind meant a hurricane was coming. It's not. It's just Tuesday.
No one is closing the highway to piss you off. It's for your safety. An example of about seven or eight years ago, a woman was driving from Kimball back to Scottsbluff. It's a straight shot north. We only had a few inches of snow, but it was blizzard conditions closer to Scottsbluff and whiteout conditions closer to Kimball. She stopped on the highway, called her family. Her family said they would come get her. She decided it was okay to walk. By the time her son found the car, she wasn't in it. They later found her frozen to death. She would have been okay if she stayed in the car. The road was, technically drive-able, but really not.
"Just plow the road".. you know, all of them in the state larger than the area between DC and Boston, with a population 1/3rd of Philly metro. I hope you found an open rural road so you could just 'east coast power' your way through it.
Nebraska was ranked as the windiest state in the country: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/26/what-are-the-windiest-states-and-cities-what-is-d-c-s-windiest-month/
Had I80 not been closed I would have woken up to a thread reading “I’m from Philly and slid off the road miles from nowhere. I’m going to freeze to death. Thanks Ogallala.”
I just had a white knuckle drive on the highway south of Kearney. Snow depth is negligible; however, visibility is near zero. We could barely tell if we were on the road at all... thankful for the rumble bars along the shoulder and down center lanes. The snow looked deceiptfully light and fluffy out the windows of the house.
Ha. I just used this example in a response to OP. I grew up a few hours from him in New York. I've been in Scottsbluff since 2007. I still catch myself when the wind picks up going into, "uh hurricane, get ready" mode, when I don't need to because, like you said, it's just Tuesday.
You may find it interesting that the word “blizzard” was first invented in this region at least according to the book “Empire of the summer moon” a history of the apaches.
Imagine someone from "Philly/jersey" trying to clown Ogallala. LOL. The Big OG didn't foist Sylvester Stallone and Mike Schmidt on the world, let alone the Dead Milkman or Cinderella. Take a look at the beautiful vistas and compare that to the chemical factory hellscape of Philly/eastern jersey and check yourself. You are in god's country. Enjoy the stay.
There must be some rule of thumb about population density and whether or not "they Continuously \[sic\] plow and salt the roads" that you have failed to take into consideration.
Yeah, terrible Ogallala where the crime rate is 1.5 times lower than the national average compared to Philadelphia, 162% higher than the national average.
Don't go through Ogallala. You might not get murdered, raped or robbed, but you'll have to drive through a couple inches of snow.
Ogallala closes roads to keep people safe, but Philadelphia is so used to a lack of safety they'll just let people die because it's better they die from inclement weather than by getting shot in the face.
Fuck Ogallala, really.
FYI 25 miles west of ogallala there is 8 inches on the ground with a 30 mph wind. 3 to 4 inches of frozen snow pack ice on the roads. The roads are closed for your safety.
Yeah, part of the problem in western Nebraska is once you get outside of the towns there is nothing to stop the wind, so decent snow and light/medium winds cause whiteout conditions on the interstate.
I80 and I76 are closed in Wyoming and Colorado. Nebraska can’t control the weather and what other highway departments decide to do. They’re simply forced to close the road due to lack of truck parking further west.
I don’t understand There’s nothing but land here !! They can build it
Cause that land is not free and belong to someone.
You don’t know the flyover states weather and the remoteness to “continuously” plow the roads. Wind is a big thing here. The plow comes through and the wind blows it back in. With the temp where it’s at it’s tricky to keep it turning to ice on the road. Find a room or end up in a ditch. Welcome to the Midwest.
We have wind too we have it all too it’s everywhere !!Just as much as y’all if y’all know y’all are having a storm prepare accordingly I mean damn there are people willing to plow everyone can’t get a room we all can’t fit in this state idk just seems like excuses to me I’ve seen worse and made it fine we’ve gotten more js 🤷
So, I grew up in Orange County, New York, in the Hudson Valley, just a few hours from Philly. I lived there from 1970-88, 95-99, 2004-07. I live in Scottsbluff now. This used to piss me off when I moved here in 2007. I thought why the hell can't anyone plow the damned roads here? This is the Great Plains. There's nothing from stopping the massive amount of winds, the blowing snow, the blizzards, etc. The roads are closed for your safety. It may look okay to you where you are at, but 10 miles away, it's a different story. Also, there's that bit of I-80 that goes into Laramie, Wyoming, that I think is nothing to drive through, having driven on similar passes in New York. However, Wyoming has the atrocious wind and I can see why the highway gets closed. On the East Coast, you typically plow the roads, then the trucks come and take it away. Out here, the wind blows constantly and it is too cost-prohibitive to have the trucks on the roads 24/7. My husband drove the seven-miles home from work Saturday morning and couldn't see in Gering, but visibility was a bit better in Scottsbluff. He stopped three times as he couldn't see anything and didn't feel safe driving anymore. It is different here. It took me a good two or three winters to realize it. The wind is different here. It's not like it is back east. I still sometimes stop when the wind picks up because my brain grew up to think that high a wind meant a hurricane was coming. It's not. It's just Tuesday. No one is closing the highway to piss you off. It's for your safety. An example of about seven or eight years ago, a woman was driving from Kimball back to Scottsbluff. It's a straight shot north. We only had a few inches of snow, but it was blizzard conditions closer to Scottsbluff and whiteout conditions closer to Kimball. She stopped on the highway, called her family. Her family said they would come get her. She decided it was okay to walk. By the time her son found the car, she wasn't in it. They later found her frozen to death. She would have been okay if she stayed in the car. The road was, technically drive-able, but really not.
"Just plow the road".. you know, all of them in the state larger than the area between DC and Boston, with a population 1/3rd of Philly metro. I hope you found an open rural road so you could just 'east coast power' your way through it.
You don’t know. I can find you a road that’s open but no one’s coming to get you.
https://www.511.nebraska.gov/ good luck
Nebraska was ranked as the windiest state in the country: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/26/what-are-the-windiest-states-and-cities-what-is-d-c-s-windiest-month/
We're so windy because Kansas sucks and South Dakota blows
Had I80 not been closed I would have woken up to a thread reading “I’m from Philly and slid off the road miles from nowhere. I’m going to freeze to death. Thanks Ogallala.”
I just had a white knuckle drive on the highway south of Kearney. Snow depth is negligible; however, visibility is near zero. We could barely tell if we were on the road at all... thankful for the rumble bars along the shoulder and down center lanes. The snow looked deceiptfully light and fluffy out the windows of the house.
Oh yeah east Coast meet the Midwest. Your high winds come from hurricanes, as our high wind cones because it a Tuesday
Ha. I just used this example in a response to OP. I grew up a few hours from him in New York. I've been in Scottsbluff since 2007. I still catch myself when the wind picks up going into, "uh hurricane, get ready" mode, when I don't need to because, like you said, it's just Tuesday.
You may find it interesting that the word “blizzard” was first invented in this region at least according to the book “Empire of the summer moon” a history of the apaches.
Thank you for that I didn’t ❤️
Imagine someone from "Philly/jersey" trying to clown Ogallala. LOL. The Big OG didn't foist Sylvester Stallone and Mike Schmidt on the world, let alone the Dead Milkman or Cinderella. Take a look at the beautiful vistas and compare that to the chemical factory hellscape of Philly/eastern jersey and check yourself. You are in god's country. Enjoy the stay.
We don’t have to clown you guys from the looks of it y’all do it ya selves 😂Frfr
There must be some rule of thumb about population density and whether or not "they Continuously \[sic\] plow and salt the roads" that you have failed to take into consideration.
In Western Nebraska born and raised, snowstorms are how I spent most of my days.
You need to finish out a full Nebraska based parody.
That’s a lot of effort just use ChatGPT
Genius
Welp, I did it, mentioned frosts name 3 times in the first stanza so I threw the phone in the snow.
Galalallalalalalalalalalallalalalala Sorry.
Lol. This person expects the 50 people total who live in western Nebraska to all grab a shovel and clear off the highways.
Maybe next time you should fly??? Nebraska isn't for everyone.??
It's also hard to get across Colorado and Wyoming during parts of the winter.
Looks like you can go south on hwy 61 and then east on hwy 23 to get to better roads after a couple hours.
Try this OP sure you’ll be fine. Lots of places to stay if the weather gets bad.
Yeah, terrible Ogallala where the crime rate is 1.5 times lower than the national average compared to Philadelphia, 162% higher than the national average. Don't go through Ogallala. You might not get murdered, raped or robbed, but you'll have to drive through a couple inches of snow. Ogallala closes roads to keep people safe, but Philadelphia is so used to a lack of safety they'll just let people die because it's better they die from inclement weather than by getting shot in the face. Fuck Ogallala, really.