Drink. No doubt there is a coffee shop and/or pub within walking distance of where you live. Enjoy the company of your neighbors and friends over hot, or warming, beverages.
Use transit. If you must go out, take Max or the bus. If you’re a regular rider you already know that when it snows the bus is filled with newbies. The more people you cram on the bus, the warmer you’ll be!
Don’t drive. If it’s icy or snowy don’t drive. Midwesterners laugh at us but A. we’re not used to driving in icy or snowy conditions, B. the city does not maintain a huge plow crew, C. the city does not salt the roads; just sandy gravel. D. Hills. Not like San Francisco, but lots of little hills at intersections, driveways, and a few big hills. You can be the best snow driver in the world, physics still applies to you. On that note; 4-wheel drive doesn’t make your car break any faster (ever notice the disproportionate number of jeeps and SUVs in the ditch on the side of road when it’s icy?).
That being said, this looks like fun (man, I never get tired of that video!):
Summer seems so long ago . . .
You’re right. They don’t break any faster just because they can’t brake any faster!
whoa!
and E, we often have that lovely thing where the two inches of snow gets slushy when the day warms up and then turns into ice when the temps drop again at night. Slow and steady people.
Me again – that video’s by PGE Park – we all know those hills…
Diane – And don’t even get me started on the road conditions in your neighborhood! 😉
Dear People Who Will Be Riding Trimet Who Usually Don’t:
When you see the fat woman limping down the aisle, please be aware that yes, she’s not faking it, she broke her ankle three times as a fat teenager doing competitive dancing and martial arts, and the cold aggravates the healed fractures. So if you don’t give up your seat to her, you will just have to deal with the fact that her ankle will probably give out at some point during the ride and she will fall on you.
Love,
Mary Sue,
The Fat Woman.
Drink and transit? Sounds like things to do in Portland year-round.
Hah, dude, I love that video… I don’t ever get tired of watching it either 🙂