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Pic I took right before my 1st snow ride in my jeep, had a blast. Found some unplowed roads and parking lots, lol.
Late night snow fun
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IronCity
TJ Enthusiast
It's supposed to snow here tomorrow as well, though snow in the Willamette Valley is a joke for the most part.
Jeeps and snow. Just gotta love the combination.
Yup, we're supposed to get 2 - 4" of snow this afternoon around here. Another 2- 4" overnight. Most of the newer locals are going to just loose their minds. Individually and collectively. Two snowflakes bump each other and you'd think it was a new ice age. People have literally stopped their cars in the middle of the road, gotten out and walked away. They do that in numbers larger than the tow trucks can pull them out of the way.
Yup, we're supposed to get 2 - 4" of snow this afternoon around here. Another 2- 4" overnight. Most of the newer locals are going to just loose their minds. Individually and collectively. Two snowflakes bump each other and you'd think it was a new ice age. People have literally stopped their cars in the middle of the road, gotten out and walked away. They do that in numbers larger than the tow trucks can pull them out of the way.
People absolutely lose their minds over snow in the Willamette Valley. They shut down schools, talk about the huge "storm" on the news all day long, etc. It's an absolute joke how afraid and fearful of the snow people are here in this part of Oregon.
Oregon Urban Dwellers are just timid little souls all the way around. Things have changed a lot over the last 40 years around here. And not for the better it seems. Hey @Chris, did you know that the Columbia River froze over back in 1919? The Oregon Historical Society has a bunch of pictures of it. Cars driving to Vancouver across the river, a pretty large ship frozen in the river, horse teams moving stuff around on the river, etc. It's pretty cool. Can't imagine that happening today.
Ha, I did not know that! That's pretty cool though. If that happened today people would be losing their shit and the local media would be labeling it as the biggest storm in Oregon history I'm sure, haha.
It makes me think of the scene from Batman where the Joker says "People just loose their minds". Love that, and so appropriate. To bad we couldn't come up with an emoticon for that, to go with the special snowflake emoticon.
Snowflakes dealing with snowflakes... Sounds rather extreme!
egclassic
TJ Enthusiast
It's not just up there in Oregon, guys! People here in Ohio / Kentucky don't know how to handle it either. You have the ones who drive as fast as they do when its dry pavement, and those who go ridiculously slow, no in-between!
Hell, the state of Kentucky shuts down when there is snow in the forecast!
Anyway, nothing like going out and playing in the snow with a 4wd! I have not had the jeep out in any snow yet, but I love getting my Tundra out and playing in it!
Hell, the state of Kentucky shuts down when there is snow in the forecast!
Anyway, nothing like going out and playing in the snow with a 4wd! I have not had the jeep out in any snow yet, but I love getting my Tundra out and playing in it!
IronCity
TJ Enthusiast
I have yet to take the jeep in the snow but yes, I agree, my tundra was extremely fun in the snow!
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Holy crap I love that part.
People lose their shit over absolutely nothing. We definitely need an emoji for that.
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About every 3 or 4 years Lexington gets an ice storm that destroys everything. Trees & utilities fall over. I always go for a tour of the destruction.
egclassic
TJ Enthusiast
"WAS" fun? guessing you don't have the tundra anymore?
I still have mine and have Cooper discoverer AT/3's on it and when I put it in 4w hi, those things dig down and bite real good. Of course once I take it out of 4wd, it gets real interesting!
derekmac
TJ Addict
We got about 8" of snow today, and things went on like we didn't get anything. Just a normal winter day here. 
We got about 8" of snow today, and things went on like we didn't get anything. Just a normal winter day here.
Ha, I wish people could behave like that when it snows here.
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