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A couple of days ago, we were hit with an unexpectedly large amount of snow. We had journeyed to grocery shop in the early evening, before much snow could accumulate. By the time we had arrived at the store, the snow was falling heavily, and the roads were icy. We had grossly underestimated the weather. So we hurried into the store, and tried to get back home quickly. The rate of snow continued increasing rapidly as we traveled home.
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The highways were almost completely empty on the way home. None of the roads had been salted at all. There were some motorists who were traveling between 10 and 15 mph, due to their fear of the slick road conditions. They actually made the situation worse by keeping themselves in those conditions for longer, and by ensuring that other cars would soon be clustering close behind them. All of the cars were attempting to drive in the center lane, although it was impossible to see the lanes at all in many locations.
We were almost home when our front left tire briefly touched the icy mud between the highways (median area), and the sudden difference in traction yanked us off the road. The iced mud of the center median (grassy area between highways) was at a considerable angle, which caused the car to slide sideways in the same way that it was sliding forward. Our momentum pulled us to the center ditch, and up against the steel dividers. Fortunately, the front tire absorbed practically all of the impact, and we were unharmed. The car suffered from a ruined tire, and the front fender was obliterated, but these can be easily replaced. The way in which the tire took practically all of the impact, coupled with the fact that we still made it out of the ditch and home (without a scratch on us) shows that God was with us.
I hope to be writing more soon, and I have updated the photo's directory.
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