I Can’t Believe These Winter Storms Happened! Reaction Video

[@PatrolNation]

❄ Which of these winter storms shocked you the most? I can’t believe some of the footage I saw - it’s insane how powerful nature can be! Let me know in the comments if you’ve experienced any of these storms or if there’s one you remember that wasn’t featured! 🌨 Stay safe out there, everyone! Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more reaction videos! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@rebeccas79]

It's snowing at my house right now - nothing like this, thank goodness. Amazing footage of some scary stuff! People who live in areas where this happens know to keep an emergency kit in their trunk with blankets, food and water, just in case. And, when the forecast is for a lot of snow, the grocery stores get bought out of bread, milk and snacks.

[@debvit2353]

I lived in Connecticut for over 50 years and have driven in blizzards and ice storms that were NOT forecasted. Blizzards are a real nuisance but ice storms are the worst. I was on my way home from work when in the blink of an eye, the roads turned into a sheet of ice. Nothing could prepare me for the city bus sliding at me sideways down a slight grade followed closely by 2 police cars that were also helplessly sliding. I luckily managed to get my 4 wheel drive truck (a necessity in the Northeast) into the gutter and out of the way of the careening vehicles. The gutter had salt and sand in it from previous storms and I was able to get going again. We moved to South Carolina to avoid these winters. Unfortunately, this year was uncharacteristically cold (in the mid-teens F) and we even got 6” of snow on the beach! Bizarre weather this year.

[@gigi3242]

The heroes are the plow drivers, the tow truck drivers, emergency service workers, and the electric line workers.

[@zackster1973]

I am in northeast Texas. We got ice, no snow. Some people were out of power for a week in temps in the teens (f).

[@lynngatlin4469]

If you anywhere on East side of any of the great lakes an that cold wind an snow coming across those lakes is total whiteout lake effect snows. I seen -25f an wind blowing 30-40 miles an hour an we got 32inch of snow over night from 9 pm to 6 am. I'm from south never experienced anything like that ever an I hadn't been back either.

[@peggysoutherland1183]

In most states that are used to this weather, employers expect you to still show up for work....which is crazy.

[@JoeSchwartz-yx3jg]

I had two occasions where I had to drive to work in near white out conditions. The first was just after an ice storm then the snow hit with high winds. I traveled because I had no choice around 40 miles to work, whereas nurses less than 5 miles away stayed home. This was in Wisconsin about a decade ago. The second I was at my sister in laws house in Ohio. I had to travel back to Pennsylvania in near blizzard conditions because I had to work the next day. We had 42 inches snow snow fall in less than a day. We had houses were the roof couldn't hold the weight of the snow and collapsed. I got back into Wilkes Barre however I couldn't make the less than 2 mile drive into work because my car was buried. After shoveling out my car I couldn't drive on the roads because of the snow. It took a few days to clear the roads. This was I believe 2016.

[@JoeSchwartz-yx3jg]

42 inches is approximately 106 cm

[@JoeSchwartz-yx3jg]

The highway was highway 80 driving through the mountain area with only one lane. I lost count of vehicles off in the ditch. Car trucks and 18 wheelers. Not a fun drive

[@easybreezy4559]

The storms I have driven in to get to work you probably wouldn’t or would believe😂

[@annefox926]

I was a nurse, worked the night shift.Many times, the day shift couldn't get in, so we just continued working, slowly some made it in. Driving home afterward ( had to work again that night) there was a ground blizzard. You couldn't distinguish the road from the air, drove down the center of the street. A 15minute commute would take > an hour.I would finally pull in my garage , it took a few minutes to unwrap my fingers from the steering wheel ! If you're stuck at home, you worry about losing power, stuck in your car, hope you have lots of gas. One of the big problems is your tailpipe getting covered with snow, so you get asphyxiated. Where I live, we always carry blankets in the car.

[@VirginiaHarrington-u3k]

I was also a nurse, night shift, in North Dakota. I lived a 10 minute walk from the hospital but it took nearly an hour to walk there, feeling my way by the fronts of the houses. Ended up staying three nights! That was a major blizzard, tough even for ND.

[@ESUSAMEX]

Man, this video is making me miss living in NY, with the cold and snowy weather. I have grown to love Florida, but I miss the cool and cold weather.

[@reindeer7752]

Ice storms (freezing rain) are so beautiful, especially when the sun comes out and turns everything into glittering diamonds. I'd rather not see anymore, though.

[@JIMBEARRI]

The biggest difficulty with some of these storms is that they hit while people are at work. The problems start when everyone tries to go home at the same time. In one place where I worked, the severe storm policy was that anyone one who lived in the hills North and West of the city could leave two hours early.

[@ESUSAMEX]

When you live in cold and snowy areas, you always carry stuff to eat, drink and keep warm in your car or truck. My friend used to keep a box of energy bars and Gatorade in his truck. He could survive a week without a problem. Plus he had cold weather sleeping bag as well.

[@randallshelp4017]

When I was 10 or something. Huge snowstorm. Opened garage door. Just a wall of snow. Learned later 3.6 meters high. DAD offered us kids big $ if we shoveled it... 6 hours. 3 kids. Job done. Ma made Dad pay double. Fuckin% great day.

[@kevincamp2913]

Bad part about some of that snow is it might partially melt during the day and refreeze into ice at night, making it impossible to shovel if you don't get to work on it right away. We often get ice storms in Oklahoma where I live, it will rain and then the temperature will drop suddenly or after nightfall and turn that water into clear (black) ice. Absolutely treacherous.

[@bethcoussou]

So glad I don’t live where it snows like this every Winter! We just had a record breaking winter storm here in southern half of Louisiana. The Baton Rouge area and surrounding parishes (counties everywhere else) had between 6’ to 10” of snow in one day. It broke a record from 1914 which had recorded 6” or 6 1/2” of snow, with the top spot is still 12” in 1895ish. We had about 6 1/2 to 7 here in our area (next city east of Baton Rouge). The last time we had snow its was about 3” in December or 2017. That’s often enough for me. Everything in our area was shut down for 3 days. School was out all week due to temperatures being below 30 degrees for 5 nights straight which caused ice on the highways and surface streets.

[@joshuaking34]

Winter driving tips 1. Maintain your vehicle. 2. Keep the fuel tank full. 3. Always have a sturdy ice scraper. 4. If necessary, use snow rated tires and/or tire chains. 5. Leave the wipers folded up. 6. Pack and maintain a survival kit. 7. Pay attention to weather forcasts and alerts from the authorities. 8. Above all, take your time and drive cautiously. 16:10 Thundersnow.

[@kellysharp6566]

We get frozen houses like that on Lake Michigan and trees that have so much ice and snow on them fall like that in my backyard every year. Ice storms are by far the most damaging in the winter. We've been without power for over two weeks with them. It literally cripples a town. You can shovel and plow your way out of snow but ice, well, you just have to wait for it to melt off trees and buildings and power lines, and..... I live in Michigan where these winters are not uncommon. I don't mind them as long as I don't have to go out and I don't lose power! I've seen these scenes at one time or another in my 55 years of Michigan living. I don't know how you can live in the heat that you do. I'd die in a day. haha I literally could not sleep last night because of the wind. I'm not even lying.

[@reneemaciag3084]

Geauga Lake is in Northeastern Ohio in the "lake effect" (Lake Erie) snow belt.

[@davisnanette]

People still have to go to work -- like doctors, nurses, first responders like police and fire, etc. I have lived in some cities not used to huge snow storms where they send out the National Guard (military) in Humvee's to go pick up the essential workers like doctors and nurses to take them to work and home. When you live in mountain areas or heavy snow states you get snow tires, 4 wheel drive and then you also put chains on your tires. I lived in the Sierra Nevada mountains (the Donner Lake sign in the video) in California in an area where we could get 24 feet of snow in a bad winter. I learned how to put on tire chains as soon as I learned out to drive.

[@babyfry4775]

I’ve lived in New Hampshire and we had 52” in a week. You have to shovel off your roofs or they can collapse and you should try to dig out your vents as you could get carbon monoxide poisoning. Some of those houses buried in snow I would be worried about. I live in Colorado and a few years back we got 29” in a day. You can’t really go anywhere. Usually these type storms are predicted and you go to the stores ahead of time to get food to last for a few days or a week. I would much rather travel in snow vs ice. No one can drive on ice. It’s so treacherous. Once we had an ice storm and you could hear breaking branches all around. One landed on our roof and did damage. Scary stuff. A lot of those big sea storms are either near the ocean or near the Great Lakes. Buffalo and Erie Pennsylvania suffered a lot of damage from Lake Erie.

[@timbacchus]

Houston Texas never had snow plows they had to wait for some to come from other states in order to open up the highways.

[@petuniasevan]

9:30 Yes in cold winter areas a survival kit is highly recommended, especially if you plan to travel in more rural areas. You and your car can disappear into a ditch and be covered with snow, rendering you invisible to passing vehicles. Pro tip: do NOT run your car unless you can keep the tailpipe clear of snow (carbon monoxide will back up into your vehicle if you don't). Extra heavy gloves. Blankets. Coats. Insulated pants. Extra socks. Boots. Flashlight with extra batteries. Multitool. Granola bars. Bottled water. First aid kit. Jumper cables, small snow shovel, and ice scrapers - plural because you WILL break one. Murphy's Law applies double in winter.

[@sheilacomstock2456]

I had a car stall in a blizzard. Thankfully, a plow driver saw my slide and got me out. The next day, i found out a different plow got my car and moved it because it was covered. Thank god for car insurance. The alignment was shot.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

When I lived in Wyoming people from other places thought it was so odd we had door leading to the outside from the second floor. Just a door & nothing else. We explained to get out of the house in deep snow. A few of them doubted it ever got that deep. But as you can see, sometimes you even have to dig out the second story door. It truly can be 'Snowed in' conditions. Just a couple of feet at the front door is such a pain. Freezing rain (ice rink ice) Falls from upper levels to a much colder layer below. Just right & it spreads smooth & slick before it freezes.

[@feivel069]

That's why I love living in Phx. No worries bout dealing w/ snow.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

@@feivel069 No snow at all? I thought they had the odd flurry.

[@feivel069]

@@hardtackbeans9790 In my 45 years here, it's snowed in Phx twice. Both times were in the late 80's/early 90's, and the snow lasted maybe an hour before melting. Northern AZ gets a fair bit of snow, but it rarely gets lower than 45-50 degrees F in Phoenix.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

@ Well, that beats here in Dallas. We get ice/snow once a year.

[@feivel069]

@ Most days, I just wear a t-shirt and shorts. I haven't needed more than a light hoodie at night all winter long. 😝

[@KenMosher-yr6ww]

Hi bro, I live in an area that receives a crazy amount of lake effect snow. Lake effect is generated by the Great Lakes. "warmer water , cold air. " Sounds harmless, but can drop 70 inches of snow in a short amount of time. 7 days ago we had 4 feet of snow. We call that a dusting 😂😂😂😂. Ton of fun, if you are into winter sports." Snowmobiling/ skiing/snowshoeing/. Fun fun.

[@easybreezy4559]

Grew up in an area of northern NY that got crazy snow like some of these places and knew I didn’t want to shovel it lol moved to a diff area of NY that gets waaaaay less😂😂

[@mikek5977]

1:00 that is antifreeze from the radiator.

[@sandie9382]

Live in Montana in 1996 we had more snow than we'd had in 100 years. My neighor winched my little honda civic down my drive way because the snow wasover it's hood. I made it to work because all the old retired guys who lived along the road had snow plow blades on their trucks and had gone out and plowed up to the highway where the county plows had been by.

[@Ozarkprepper643]

Ice storms cause the most trouble. It is rain that freezes on contact. And it's much heavier than snow. It takes less than an inch to bring down a power line. 2011 our area had 6-8 inches of ice. Glad we had a generator. It was 3 weeks before they restored power. I had thousands of trees damaged. Even some of my 3-ft diameter White Oaks snapped their trunks. And they're still debris from that. Snowfall in Lake Tahoe can exceed over 60 ft. Or 18 m. It's record snowfall is 67 ft. Hawley Lake in Arizona has recorded a - 40f below zero.

[@tinagarcia3571]

a lot of the house ones were northern California Donner lake a couple years ago.

[@LoraHauschildt-d4e]

Snowstorms like these prompt me to light acfire, pour a glads of wine and relax. 😂

[@carolburnett190]

Out in the interwebs somewhere, there are some amazing pictures of houses covered in ice that look unreal. It’s been a while back, but Atlanta got a snowstorm in which people were stuck on interstate for up to five days. That far south, they have no equipment for ice and snow. Although it wasn’t a winter storm, at the same time that Helene came through the mountains, flooding on the North Carolina coast, the ocean was reclaiming its space by sucking whole houses out with the tides. In 2018, my son participated in a mission trip to an area of Montana where they had 52 inches of snowfall from January until about mid-March. The students had to scrap their original plans in order to chop wood and deliver it (and stove pellets) up to the Canadian border. Our last huge snow was in 1993. After visibility returned, they were dropping supply packages by helicopter in areas of the mountains that were unreachable. Unfortunately, in snowstorms and ice storms, electricity tends to go out. Unless you have a fireplace/wood stove or a generator, you’re at risk for hypothermia. The ice can come in two forms-sleet and freezing rain. Sleet is frozen when it falls whereas freezing rain is rain that freezes as it hits the ground (or whatever surface). Both are miserable! I can remember lying in bed during the night and hearing tree limbs breaking off with sounds like gunfire.

[@boroblueyes]

We got 6" of snow last week and dogs loved it. The video showing ice on the power lines and trees. It's a really eerie sound after a snowstorm. It's usually pretty quiet, nothing is moving and then at some point you start to hear cracks and pops of the ice thawing out.

[@marybryan4168]

Northern CA has snow storms as seen in here

[@LadyofFe]

I live way up north in MI. We get an average of 270" of snow a year. Most I've ever seen was 340". The recorder breaker was 1979 at 390" of snow.

[@swoesteban5570]

When a storm is bad enough, and they issue a Severe Storm Warning ll, then it will be illegal to be on the road except for emergencies.

[@tylerferguson3707]

The black ice is actually more dangerous to drive in than feet of snow because people don't appreciate that you can't make any sudden moves while driving on slick roads and start slowing down way too late. That's the main reason for most of the deadly pile-ups you see in the south when they get snow/ice storms like they are right now.

[@susanhunter9196]

The biggest snowstorm I've ever been through was 2010, we got about 4 feet of snow in Virginia. I live in Wisconsin now and, we had a 130 car pile up because of blowing snow. That was 4 or 5 years ago. I'm not a snow fan.😂 I probably saw snow twice as a child growing up in the south. If I never saw it again, I'd be ok.

[@LoraHauschildt-d4e]

One year here in Minnesota we received 28 inches of snow on Halloween 😂😂😂

[@shortstuff7959]

During a blizzard you have to be sure to keep swinging your doors open so you don't get snowed in.

[@KTKacer]

Yeah, KT, Central Ohio here. I remember the blizzard of 1978 here, dad had to climb out the 2nd story window to get outside, so he could get the snow shovel and get it clear enough to be able to go in & out of the front and back doors. No electric for over 24 hours... we had a wood burning stove and a neighbor's 5 kids (all but 1 older than me, I was 11.5) it was dad's Lieutenant's kids, he got stuck at work at the post, and so did his wife, at whatever office she worked at. So we all piled into the front room, closed the doors to the other rooms, puta a couple of layers of blankets over the doorway w/o a door, and stayed there except for going to get more wood/coal which we piled up a fair bit in the mudroom, so we didn't have to go outside, or the bathroom, which was quite cold - hence unpleasant. I think it was over 1 day, under 2 to get power back.

[@kevingouldrup9265]

The kids make a lot of money removing snow from the roofs!

[@marybryan4168]

Can you imagine how first responder do in trying to get to you or take you to the hospital

[@mountainadventures7346]

I spent 8 years in North Dakota in the Bakken oilfield and I live in the northern Rockies. Rejoice that you’re Aussie! Drink a Mai Tai for us and stick your toes in warm sandy beach! 🥶

[@elischultes6587]

Working construction we rarely missed days. If anything we showed up to clean up after a storm or winterizing stuff. We built many tents with scaffolding, fiber reinforced plastic, lathe, and 2”x4” lumber. Christmas 2007 I was working in Colorado Springs living in Denver 75 miles door to door. I took every side highway small street to get home. It took my coworkers 2 hours to get home. It took me 4 hours.

[@chocoholicallemand9096]

Canadian here, lived through stuff like this just not the sea water part. The ice storms aren't usually this bad where I live (Saskatchewan) but when they do the ice is so heavy trees and powerlines snap, roofs cave in, sheds collapse. sometimes the snow will pack around the furnace vent and block it, so we have to go out and dig during the storm. after a storm it's very quiet as snow dampens sound.

[@pooftiger]

Live in it. We've had a mild La Nina winter so far. Most of that footage is just normal for winter here. The buffalo stuff is Yellowstone, where they have three seasons. June, July and winter. They're north and elevated.

[@lrfcowper]

A few years back, we got hit with about 2 feet of snow and -20° F temperatures with a wind-chill even worse. There'd been a drought the year before, so lots of dead trees. Trees and branches came down on power lines all over the place. We were without power for 3 days. When the temp in the house got below 50° and I was having trouble getting warm, we decided to dig out and go to my parents' place, 15 minutes away in usual weather. Took over an hour to dig out and almost 2 to drive to my parents'. It was like one of those post-apocalyptic movies -- no one else out, almost no visible road, and that eerie quiet you get with snow. My sister-in-law lives catty-corner to us, so we took her with us. Only problem was, she was on a well and her well pump was electric. When the power finally came back on early in the morning, all of her pipes had frozen because she couldn't run a faucet to keep it from freezing. Her entire first floor had flooded by the time she got home. She had to replace all the flooring, a lot of furniture, her water heater and water softener, and a lot of plumbing. It still makes me cold just thinking about it.

[@JoeSchwartz-yx3jg]

Last Friday night after dropping off my father at St Clare's Weston Hospital for an overnight test. I drove my mom and Aunt home back to the city of Merrill. On clear day it takes about 30 minutes to make that drive. It took an hour and ten minutes due to near white out conditions. The light snow came down shortly after we got to the hospital. The wind was causing the problem. It only snowed about an inch 2.5 cm. But due to how light and fluffy the snow was you were lucky to see a city block. 8pm to 9:10 pm approximately. The hills on highway K were it was harder to see. In the valley aspect.

[@yvonneconte3040]

Born and raised in bad weather. It's "normal " to me. Measuring snow in feet is just the way it is

[@starz65invt]

donner lake is in northeast california

[@jimgreen5788]

Lyle, just like with Laurence Braun of Lost in the pond says, we are 2 countries separated by a common language. At the start of this video, you mentioned the storm hitting the "outhouses" on the beach. We reserve that term for a "loo' without plumbing, and the ones for changing on the beach is called by several different terms, among them beach box, or changing box.😀 The scene at 3:20 is what happened a bit earlier to the other house on the beach. These scenes have not been our experience this winter in northern IL; so far, it's been embarrassingly mild. I'm guessing all or most of this footage was shot somewhere in the NE, or along the Great Lakes, where "lake effect snow" takes place. According to Geography King, the winter moisture comes across a large body of water, and when it hits land, it can't hold it, dropping it in the form of unreal amounts of snow. Recently, I saw a video like this, and it took place in Montreal and Toronto, Canada. There were several signs I was able to read: Crow Creek and Donner Lake. There's a Crow Creek, according to Wikipedia, in SD, and Donner Lake reminded me of something I read about decades ago in history. About 150 years, during our Westward expansion, there was a group of families in a covered wagon train headed for CA, called the Donner party. They hit the Sierra Nevada Mtns. in winter, and most to all froze to death. So, among other possibilities, sounds as if CA and SD could be at least 2 strong possibilities.

[@mikek5977]

5:20 a liquid for de-icing. (Salt is only good from 0C to -4C)

[@rmlrl1971]

The picture of the water going over the seawall, that is my hometown. It's the road to the lighthouse and every sever storm, it floods and if the homeowners are lucky, the water doesn't go above the stilts the homes are on.

[@Karenbutnotone]

we had an ice storm here in Toronto (well, almost all of Ontario) in 2013, four days before Christmas. the power went out, there was no heat for many, no hot water, and trees out the back of my house (I overlook a ravine) were dropping like flies under the weight of the ice. everything was covered with ice. couldn't use my BBQ because it was frozen shut and we couldn't cook inside because we had no power. it was at this point, I learned to like ice coffee

[@TD_JR]

LOL a lot of those videos are from my hometown!! Buffalo NY.... don't let the crazy winters fool you, it's hot and muggy during the summer here too. Some of what you see with the very icy trees broken in the roads is from a storm that came through the Buffalo area in 2006 - called "Lake Storm Aphid". More can be found here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Storm_Aphid

[@kbbeers4274]

Alaska here. 😅

[@treehugger9809]

Canadian here who has lived in 4 provinces. Experienced pretty much all of this. You get used to it.

[@i_think_i_am_lost]

My boss driving home was almost hit by a falling limb covered in ice. The sad thing is that in that same section of road, one of her friends' sons died because a tree covered in ice fell on his car, making him crash just the year before.

[@sandralorenz1796]

Visibility is even worse in white out conditions when the sun is shining. Winters up North can get unpleasant. There are people out there that the moment they are told not to go on the roads, they just have to go see if it's real and then some emergency workers have to go out and save their stupid asses. It's a horror film.

[@jefffitzgerald8410]

A Justin case. "just in case". If you live in this you know about prep. lol

[@wayne2091]

I grew up in south central Nebraska when the storms were bad they usually lasted for one day and roads were quickly cleared. it may have taken a couple of day for the hiway to be cleared. You stay home when storms are blowing.

[@JIMBEARRI]

If you want to see some horrendous winter highway conditions, see if you can find a Canadian Reality TV program titled "HIghway thru Hell". It's about the tow truck companies that work on the Coquihalla Highway [BC Highway 5] through the Cascade Mountains in British Columbia. Their area is widely believed to have the worst Winter weather of any major roadway in North America.

[@JIMBEARRI]

In most cases, snowplows are simultaneously spreading a mixture of sand and de-icing chemicals from the back of the truck.

[@mikek5977]

meanwhile, in BC, we have so little snow that water rationing will have to start very early. (We should have a few feet, but we have maybe a centimeter.

[@annefox926]

Same in the central states the last 2 winters. Little snow ( Northern Florida got more than we've had so far), but frigid temps( actual temp - 20 F last week), don't know the wind chill.

[@Stepperg1]

It's not just the East and North that gets like that. Last year and the year before the Sierra in Northern California looked just like this. Here in Southern California people's homes were buried. Some made it to the roof and wrote HELP! To let the rescue choppers see there were homes there. It was so bad people with equipment from out of state had to drive in and dig people out! Donner is in the Sierras. Ever hear of the Donner party in the 1800s? Yeah, they got snowed in and some of them got eaten....after they died.

[@KhenoronhkhwaJesusIs]

After a snow storm THEN it turned into an ice storm, without my knowing it at first, my Uncle took my vehicle keys, his own keys and hid them to prevent me from being stupid enough to even attempt to drive to work. When I asked my Uncle if he had seen my keys, he grinned and said “I seen them” so I asked him where, and he said “Guess, because you aren’t going anywhere with that much ice out there”. Tree branches were snapping around us coated in thick ice and as they were snapping off all day and all night for 4 days, the snapping sounded just like cannons going off, PLUS whole trees were coming down AND the electric transformer in front of our house exploded into a ball of fire, power lines were down everywhere, other vehicles were sliding off into our yard and the neighbors yards and one of the vehicles had a husband and wife with their infant.

[@Tabby_Angela]

6:15 looks like Arkansas. And yes that's an icestorm. Cold enough to freeze but not cold enough for snow. The rain just freezes on everything it touches and it builds & builds.

[@JIMBEARRI]

Donner Lake is in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. It has an OMINOUS history. look up : The Donner Party.

[@PaigeLovelace]

I live in Ohio and the weird thing about Ohio weather is you can have four seasons in one day in the winter, but I’m close to the lake Lake Erie, and 45 minutes away. You can still get lake effect snow and when you get that gets really bad.

[@JIMBEARRI]

The frozen house if the result of waves hitting the shore during a storm while the temperature is below freezing. There are famous lighthouses on the Great Lakes that get covered almost every year,

[@helensarkisian7491]

If it's worth doing, go all the way. In California from about late 2021 into early 2022 we had a massive amount of rain, at least three times our normal season. Houses in the Sierra Nevada’s were literally buried in snow. 22:15 Donner Lake is in California northern Sierra Nevada mountain range. Interstate 80 goes through what is known as Donner‘s pass. It is in that area that the Donner party got stuck in a bad snowstorm, and the survivors took to cannibalism.

[@R.POWELL]

Hey PN 👋🤗

[@richardroll5144]

I'm still waiting for someone to do a proper documentary or video about the October 2006 Storm in Buffalo. I sudden storm drastically formed,dropping temperatures and snow on the city, causing large sections of trees to suddenly collapse. A major US city was without power and was only navigable with snowmobiles and four wheelers for over a week.

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

We got the most 25 ft. November 25th to 28th. The most ever for anyone and shops were closed.

[@terrycarter1137]

The way things are starting to look, maybe it's time to go grab out of the museum the old school freight trains with a snow blower attached to the front.

[@rodney-m7g]

With some of the worst of these , it's not a matter of not going to work that DAY , it might be a matter of not going for a WEEK or so .

[@karenlobosco9646]

Those snowstorms with high winds and no visibility? They're Blizzard 's with white-out conditions. And the people out in it? They're caught in a storm that wasn't there when they started. We got hit with a blizzard once, and the boss wouldn't let anybody go home early. My husband met me at work so he could be sure I didn't get stuck.

[@OriginalLictre]

During the winter, it's SAFER to be wearing dark clothing, no matter what time of day, because you present a much greater visual contrast to the snow and ice than if you were wearing light colored clothes. At night, vehicles will have their lights on, so you'll be more visible. To be even safer, wearing reflective or light up strips or lamps would increase your visibility as far as weather conditions permit.

[@karenlobosco9646]

The ice is from freezing rain. Its rain that freezes on contact with the ground or anything else. Very dangerous.

[@jdanon203]

Most of these look like some mountain locations out west maybe CA or WA or even AK, or in lake effect snow areas in NY.

[@JIMBEARRI]

I've watched quite a few "Brits complaining about the US" videos. Several times I've heard them joking about signs that say "Bridges Freeze Before Roadways". After you've seen this video, I think you'll understand how UTTERLY CLUELESS they are.

[@Bobmailly]

This is normal winter driving in Canada

[@DennisRabidue]

Those shots where you can't see , alot of them it's not snowing, the wind comes out of no where and picks up the snow and causes what we call a ground blizzard

[@bob_._.]

14:05 Snowplows go at the best speed they can, they want to get the snow as far off the roadway as possible. I got stuck out in the Great Blizzard of 1978, on the Ohio Turnpike about 15 miles from home. Took me 5 days to get home, took my car 30.

[@Beans-1111]

Can you imagine doctors and nurses have no choice but to go to work because it's manditory? I don't know how they do it.

[@amwood]

Yes that was diesel, we use a red dye to distinguish it from farm fuel for tax purposes.

[@susanworkman529]

Just another day in a white out blizzard. Just another day in an ice storm where tree branches take out power lines. When we know a winter storm is coming we stock up on food and extra wood fire the fireplace., and extra batteries firvflashkights and lanterns. fill the gas tanks of cars with gas and fill gas cans with gas for generators. We know we won't be leaving the house for a couple of days until roads are cleared. Only b essential workers go to work so the roads can be cleared. We dig out our cars, driveways and sidewslks, steps and porches. And we have car chargers to charge our phones. This is where landlines are still necessary. Time for the board games to come out for family time. 😁

[@danholmblad9925]

In northern states just another day.

[@Shortsac72]

Had to go to my Doc yesterday. I left plenty early. Yanked one car outta the ditch on my way there and two on the way home. I drive my F-550 in storms with REALLY aggressive tires for plowing. Stupid people in their squatted little Fast & Furious rides can stay in the ditch where they belong. I see a 4x4 SUV or AWD Sedan. I'm stopping each and every time. Shit just got unlucky for them. My truck has a flat bed and 12 Ton boom with out riggers. I use the boom to yank people out. Put my riggers out all the way and lift the back end of the vehicle then pull it out. Most times it's the snow UNDER the vehicle that has it plugged in hard.

[@matthewcostello3530]

it's easy to live in an ice encased house when it only happens once every 100 yrs

[@rodney-m7g]

My oldest son , who is a psycho , had his wife take a video of him , completely naked , trying to swim in about 2 feet of snow in their yard

[@Mary-x6p1z]

in february 1978 in boston they had an huge storm. why go out in it? some people were trying to get home from work....maybe they had children who got home from school and were home alone. a friend of mine went our because she went into labor..her husband was at work and could not get to her. the police came . they had to call around to see what hospital they could get to...the police ended up delivering the baby in the back of a police vehicle. , that was an unusually big storm..it took 5 days to clear out the snow on the main roads. they ended up putting the snow in dump trucks and dumping it in the ocean in the smaller towns, people with big trucks had a plow on the front of the truck and in winter contracted with their local town to clear the side streets.. boston is a very big and old town. i lived in a house that was built in 1742. narrow streets. many houses were built before cars so not everybody had a garage. when i lived in North Dakota, the law required you to have blankets and non perishable food in the boot of the car.

[@ChristopherWilliams-h7r]

Yes majority of Amish have lights on buggies cause some stats have laws requiring them to have em

[@Perktube1]

4:01 - The Long Dark.😮

[@JeffC-fs7mn]

The tree falling at the beginning was the results if freezing rain, which coats the trees and power lines and brings many of them down if the freeze is thick enough. The ice houses are probably adjacent to the great lakes which on the windward side can have large waves shoot water onto the shoreline during storms and the water freezes covering everything in ice. A side note: I've seen this video and I'm betting you'll find it interesting. It's regarding college football kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKOnpop-h9VomqM it's called "Why the world finds American sports strange.

[@colleenmonfross4283]

Weather like this use to be a fairly rare occurrence, now it's quite common. Shows you how much the climate is changing. The worst videos for me are the pile ups on the interstate in this kind of weather where people video the big 18 wheelers smashing into the stalled traffic at full speed because they can't stop. You're literally watching people being killed in their cars. It happens every year because people don't slow down and it's absolutely horrific to watch. Donner Lake is Northern California (near me). It's named after the Donner party who were traveling from the east coast to California by wagon train in the 1800's and got snowed in coming over the Sierra Nevada mountains. Many of them died and they had to resort to cannibalism to survive. There is a book written about it and the foundation of the cabin where they stayed is still there to see. The mountain pass where they were stuck is named after them. Think of the livestock out in that stuff and the cowboys have to ride herd to ensure they are ok.

[@annepinkerton6280]

The snow is great, it's the ICE that will kill you!!!! I'm in Mississippi, we had 7 inches of snow two weeks ago that demolished the roof of my back porch. Louisiana had over 12 inches last week! The ice brings down power lines and makes driving impossible!!! I live across the road from a pine forest and when it ices over, those trees snap in half and sounds like a rifle being shot ... literally!!! It's an eerie quiet that is either frightening or soothing! Personally, I love it except for the fact that where I live, nobody will be able to get to me in a medical emergency! Two weeks ago with that 7 inches, I couldn't leave my house for 3 days! Guess it's all that "global warming!"

[@sallyintucson]

Want to watch something cool? Look up the trains pushing snow through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They’re HUGE. Donner Lake is in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Look up The Donner Party.

[@valeriepasbrig2864]

Fun fact...bet money these idiots were warned not to go out.

[@jburnett8152]

This is obviously extreme conditions. It's worse in Canada. Most of their population lives in the Southern parts.

[@nathananderson474]

Only one smart option....STAY at home.

[@davecampbell3455]

:)

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Sir, if you would like to see in real time what it is like to experience black ice then PLEASE watch this video. Trapped in Atlanta Snowstorm, Chaos, Survival, and Unexpected Adventures. By Drake Lawn Care. Trust me worth watching.

[@carolburnett190]

Out in the interwebs somewhere, there are some amazing pictures of houses covered in ice that look unreal. It’s been a while back, but Atlanta got a snowstorm in which people were stuck on interstate for up to five days. That far south, they have no equipment for ice and snow. Although it wasn’t a winter storm, at the same time that Helene came through the mountains, flooding on the North Carolina coast, the ocean was reclaiming its space by sucking whole houses out with the tides. In 2018, my son participated in a mission trip to an area of Montana where they had 52 inches of snowfall from January until about mid-March. The students had to scrap their original plans in order to chop wood and deliver it (and stove pellets) up to the Canadian border. Our last huge snow was in 1993. After visibility returned, they were dropping supply packages by helicopter in areas of the mountains that were unreachable. Unfortunately, in snowstorms and ice storms, electricity tends to go out. Unless you have a fireplace/wood stove or a generator, you’re at risk for hypothermia. The ice can come in two forms-sleet and freezing rain. Sleet is frozen when it falls whereas freezing rain is rain that freezes as it hits the ground (or whatever surface). Both are miserable! I can remember lying in bed during the night and hearing tree limbs breaking off with sounds like gunfire.