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Originally posted by kdonline
I moved from Miami, FL to Seattle, WA a year & a half ago..and I am scared to death about driving on icy roads. I usually just don't go out when it's icy (a choice I have, as a SAHM).
And then, there's "black ice" - ?!?! Apparently, this happens even on sunny days?
Anyway, I am so worried about driving here that I told my husband I needed a new car with 4 wheel drive. He agreed!
Thank God it doesn't snow much here. And as for the Seattle rain - bah! The rain is A LOT WORSE in Miami! I drove through numerous tropical storms in my 30+ years there.
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Black Ice is really just clear ice - the road looks fine, not covered really in snow or nothing... but it's go a thin sheet of ice over it, and can catch people unaware. Happens mostly on days where the temperature dropped after the snow/ice had time to melt and then re-freeze (so sun can do it), but it tends to happen on bridges more where the wind an cold freezes from top and bottom...