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Interstate snow gates question
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09/25/21 09:22 AM
09/25/21 09:22 AM
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St. Louis, Missouri area
Cometstorm
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Just got back from a Missouri to Yellowstone Park (and return) run. Saw LOTS of interstate snow gates. Many on “on ramps,” many across the interstates themselves. They were not lowered, of course. Seen them before in places like Wisconsin and Michigan. I’m just wondering, when the snow “hits the fan” and they close the gates, how much local havoc does that cause? I have visions of motel / hotels being sold out, restaurants jammed… people sleeping in cars out of necessity? Just wondering… 
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Cometstorm]
#2967240
09/25/21 09:29 AM
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North Dakota
6PakBee
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When you get a blizzard bad enough to close the snow gates, there is plenty of havoc to go around. Truck stops get full, motels get full, as long as the power stays on and the booze doesn't run out, usually it's not a bad time. The biggest problem is people driving around the gates thinking that they are special and the blizzard won't affect them.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: 6PakBee]
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09/25/21 10:30 AM
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One time back in the early 80's I went on a road trip with my Frat brothers in my 77 Dodge van. Coming back we ended up in a blizzard. I was hung over as all get go. We pulled into town finally after about 8 hours on the road and everyone was like, "where did you come from?". So we told them we just pulled in. Unknown us, the Interstates were all closed. Hmmm. That might explain why there was no traffic as we were doing a solid 60mph and there was 1 1/2 feet of snow on them. Guess they just shut the gates but we were already out there.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: klunick]
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09/25/21 10:40 AM
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One time back in the early 80's I went on a road trip with my Frat brothers in my 77 Dodge van. Coming back we ended up in a blizzard. I was hung over as all get go. We pulled into town finally after about 8 hours on the road and everyone was like, "where did you come from?". So we told them we just pulled in. Unknown us, the Interstates were all closed. Hmmm. That might explain why there was no traffic as we were doing a solid 60mph and there was 1 1/2 feet of snow on them. Guess they just shut the gates but we were already out there. 60 mph with 1 1/2 feet of snow. In a van. Never happened.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
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09/25/21 10:52 AM
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One time back in the early 80's I went on a road trip with my Frat brothers in my 77 Dodge van. Coming back we ended up in a blizzard. I was hung over as all get go. We pulled into town finally after about 8 hours on the road and everyone was like, "where did you come from?". So we told them we just pulled in. Unknown us, the Interstates were all closed. Hmmm. That might explain why there was no traffic as we were doing a solid 60mph and there was 1 1/2 feet of snow on them. Guess they just shut the gates but we were already out there. 60 mph with 1 1/2 feet of snow. In a van. Never happened. Ditto. I drove to Chicago in the great blizzard of 78 - Detroit had 20 inches, Chicago had about 22". Fastest I could go was 35 MPH. Cars were spinning out all the way along I-94. In those conditions, if you got up to 60, it was maybe for 5 seconds, then big roostertail, & you were stranded in the middle between the lanes, or off in a ditch somewhere. BTW, I made it in my 73 Roadrunner with G60-14's.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Sunroofcuda]
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09/25/21 01:50 PM
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One time back in the early 80's I went on a road trip with my Frat brothers in my 77 Dodge van. Coming back we ended up in a blizzard. I was hung over as all get go. We pulled into town finally after about 8 hours on the road and everyone was like, "where did you come from?". So we told them we just pulled in. Unknown us, the Interstates were all closed. Hmmm. That might explain why there was no traffic as we were doing a solid 60mph and there was 1 1/2 feet of snow on them. Guess they just shut the gates but we were already out there. 60 mph with 1 1/2 feet of snow. In a van. Never happened. Ditto. I drove to Chicago in the great blizzard of 78 - Detroit had 20 inches, Chicago had about 22". Fastest I could go was 35 MPH. Cars were spinning out all the way along I-94. In those conditions, if you got up to 60, it was maybe for 5 seconds, then big roostertail, & you were stranded in the middle between the lanes, or off in a ditch somewhere. BTW, I made it in my 73 Roadrunner with G60-14's. I was living in Lafayette, Indiana at the time and we couldn't even get out of our front door for three days! We were on an intersection where the wind whipped-up a mount of snow in the center. A few days later a Jeep CJ7 with no top on it went flying down the road and tried to go over that mound. It sunk right in the middle and we had to run out of the house and dig out the clowns in the Jeep! Luckily it was broad daylight so we could see when they did it, otherwise they might have been in there a while. A week later the Jeep was finally dug out... 
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Sunroofcuda]
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09/25/21 02:36 PM
09/25/21 02:36 PM
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Between Houston & Galveston TX
SattyNoCar
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One time back in the early 80's I went on a road trip with my Frat brothers in my 77 Dodge van. Coming back we ended up in a blizzard. I was hung over as all get go. We pulled into town finally after about 8 hours on the road and everyone was like, "where did you come from?". So we told them we just pulled in. Unknown us, the Interstates were all closed. Hmmm. That might explain why there was no traffic as we were doing a solid 60mph and there was 1 1/2 feet of snow on them. Guess they just shut the gates but we were already out there. 60 mph with 1 1/2 feet of snow. In a van. Never happened. Ditto. I drove to Chicago in the great blizzard of 78 - Detroit had 20 inches, Chicago had about 22". Fastest I could go was 35 MPH. Cars were spinning out all the way along I-94. In those conditions, if you got up to 60, it was maybe for 5 seconds, then big roostertail, & you were stranded in the middle between the lanes, or off in a ditch somewhere. BTW, I made it in my 73 Roadrunner with G60-14's. I dunno.......if it was a powdery snow and they had one of these sweet spoilers on their van.......maybe?    ![[Linked Image]](https://car-from-uk.com/ebay/carphotos/full/ebay141549176690528.jpg)
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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09/25/21 04:30 PM
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Florida STAYcation
IcorkSOAK
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Snow gates ? .... there are miles AND MILES of them on the northern border of the sunshine state ! EXCEPT for parts of the punhandle ! IT KEEPS that dastardly cold WHITE STUFF from ruining the wOnDeRfUl climate here .... 
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: poorboy]
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09/26/21 12:53 AM
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Park Forest, IL
slantzilla
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I found out about snow gates in Wyoming in 1984. Even better than a van, I was on a 900 Kawasaki coming home from Seattle. I'd been riding in rain/snow for about 75 miles when I pulled off in Sheridan. They closed the gates behind me and I was in Sheridan from Wednesday until they opened the gates on Saturday. I had to push the bike out to the street because the motel parking lot hadn't been plowed. I was much younger (25) then. I can't believe I made it.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
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09/26/21 03:29 AM
09/26/21 03:29 AM
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I flew out to Vail Colorado later September that year. I so enjoyed eating at a bar with live music and no mask. My last day there I wandered around Breckenridge at 80 degrees knowing a snowstorm was coming. I purposely left Vail at 3:30AM in my rental car. Nice weather turned into a record drop. Coming out of a tunnel in the Rockies had my windshield freeze fast. You never know out there.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
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09/26/21 06:26 AM
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I was living in Lafayette, Indiana at the time and we couldn't even get out of our front door for three days! We were on an intersection where the wind whipped-up a mount of snow in the center. A few days later a Jeep CJ7 with no top on it went flying down the road and tried to go over that mound. It sunk right in the middle and we had to run out of the house and dig out the clowns in the Jeep! Luckily it was broad daylight so we could see when they did it, otherwise they might have been in there a while. A week later the Jeep was finally dug out... I was living just south of the Indiana Dunes State park and was a paperboy, took me 6 hours to deliver the papers that morning, snow piled up chest deep on me. That was a miserable day. When the snow plow finally arrived some days later it got stuck and the neighbors all piled out to help unstick it.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Kern Dog]
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09/26/21 07:47 AM
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Central Michigan
nuthinbutmopar
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Why would anyone choose to live where it snows? Greatly reduced: bugs, snakes, humidity, and liberals. My normal reply on why I'd rather have it cold than hot: I can always put on more clothes to warm up, but when I'm hot and naked, EVERYONE is uncomfortable
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Kern Dog]
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09/26/21 09:31 AM
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Dcuda69
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Why would anyone choose to live where it snows? Snow happens a few times a year, takes less than an hour to clean up and leaves every spring. Idiot liberals,their policies and taxes are there all year long and get worse every year. I'll move snow.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Dcuda69]
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09/26/21 11:55 AM
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Between Houston & Galveston TX
SattyNoCar
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Why would anyone choose to live where it snows? Snow happens a few times a year, takes less than an hour to clean up and leaves every spring. Idiot liberals,their policies and taxes are there all year long and get worse every year. I'll move snow. But the impact it has (rust) is everlasting........... 
John
The dream is dead, long live the dream.......😥
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Kern Dog]
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09/26/21 02:25 PM
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S.E. South Dakota !
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Why would anyone choose to live where it snows? keeps a lot of riff raff out, my state never closed like others have
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: nuthinbutmopar]
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09/26/21 02:42 PM
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Granite Bay CA
Kern Dog
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Why would anyone choose to live where it snows? Greatly reduced: bugs, snakes, humidity, and liberals. My normal reply on why I'd rather have it cold than hot: I can always put on more clothes to warm up, but when I'm hot and naked, EVERYONE is uncomfortable Ha ha, yeah, you have me on most of those points! Maybe for me, I'm just too intolerant of the cold. I don't like wearing a lot of clothes.
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Re: Interstate snow gates question
[Re: Kern Dog]
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09/29/21 04:43 PM
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Why would anyone choose to live where it snows? Why would anyone choose to live in California?
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