The covering is bad, the visibility is worse. There’s no way people were able to see that pileup anywhere near far enough away to stop at the speeds they’re going.
We had something like this in PA a few years ago due to a sudden snow squall. I-78 is scary enough without inclement weather as it’s full of trucks headed to or from NYC, but getting caught in a white-out on it is deadly.
Yeah, and if they were on the highway they may have been going slow, but I bet they were still going 40. It’s also dangerous to go too slow on the highway. I think the lack of visibility caught people by surprise.
Nesrie
4194
That’s not what I mean. When our roads look like that, you’d expect people to be going slow, I mean really slow. We’re talking like 25 mph without / with chains only the 4x4 jerks barreling down the left lane, a few of those winding up in a ditch sort of thing. I have not seen cars go that fast in those conditions before, not even on a freeway.
RichVR
4195
I was feeling the same way. They barrelled between two fully stopped 18 wheelers. What could they possibly be thinking? I saw a woman interviewed, one of the cars that crashed. She said she didn’t understand what happened. I could hazard a guess.
Nesrie
4196
Yeah i’m baffled.
I mean if I-5 looked like that, I’d expect a ton of cars in chains, which might be a maximum of 30 mph in those (give me a break driveby fact shooters, I don’t know every chain combination out there). You’d probably have a number of cars actually trying to put their chains on because we’re near a pass, so this includes the semis, and the left lane would almost be empty. Everyone is going around 25 in the right, so it takes an hour or so plus to get to work not because of accidents but because everyone is going so slow and being so careful… and even then, like on the overpass, you’ll see cars run red lights because they can’t stop, but everyone is aware. And them not stop is just this slow ass glide to the other side.
I’m not talking about like side roads, this is the freeway. I’ve never seen, in person, cars barreling down white roads like that. It just baffles me.You can’t stop.
It’s been snowing here in Vegas for about the last 90 minutes. In the 29 years I’ve lived here, I’ve only seen it snow with easily visible snowflakes 5 times previous, and not since 2004. That day, there was pretty good accumulation, and it managed to hang around all day, which is the only time I’ve seen that happen. Currently, this stuff is melting as soon as it touches ground, but the forecast is calling for up to an inch Wed night/Thu morning.
You should bet on roulette how many inches accumulation you will get.
I grew up in Myerstown which is not far from where that accident occurred and have driven that stretch countless times. It’s true. I78 is always loaded with trucks so even on a nice sunny day it gets your attention.
When those snow squalls roll through PA on any of the major highways you can have serious consequences mainly because visibility plummets fast, everyone thinks the road is moving, and by the time you see it, even if you’ve throttled back to like 35 you can have zero time to react.
We had one here in Reading just a couple weeks ago… I was out in it when it happened but heading the other way toward home after the crash site.
When you posted this four days ago, I sent the link to my wife, saying could she make this for me.
So yesterday morning, we didn’t have any beets in the house, but she made me a sandwich using all the remaining ingredients. The sandwich was an excellent breakfast but it was definitely missing something. So after doing my usual Sunday shopping at Aldi, I also stopped at Walmart and bought some beets.
It’s the first time I’ve bought Beets. For those that don’t know, it not only has the purple veggies we are familiar with, but also these stems and leaves that grow out of it. So I looked up online that you can use those leaves like you would Spinach. So my wife cooked those using her regular spinach recipe, and I gotta say, it was delicious that way.
And finally for dinner, we both had the full Bombay sandwich, with the beets as the star ingredient. Excellent! So delicious. Thanks for sharing!
CraigM
4201
I also like to cook them like collared greens. A little olive oil, some chili flakes, salt, and apple cider vinegar.
You can also use bacon instead of the olive oil. Replace the salt with chicken stock. Add peppers of your choice (I like cayenne). Onions are good.
But the basic idea of a fat, an acid, and some salt.
RichVR
4203
I hate beets. But I love borscht.
Beets, borscht, Battlestar Galactica.
Wait! What is going on!? What are you doing?
That’s awesome! I really love those sandwiches, especially griddled with a little cheese inside. I’m super glad that you guys enjoyed them :-D
CraigM
4206
I do, in fact, love beets. In fact I am having the last of my balsamic glazed beet, carrot, and potato dish I made. Which used the last of the beets and carrots from my garden.
Ugh, beets. The rabbit turds of the vegetable world. In weather news, the only remaining vestiges of the snowpocalypse in my yard is the base of the snowman my kids made.
So salt fat acid heat?
Sounds like a great book title.
https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/buy-book/
CraigM
4209
Ha, that’s hilarious.
And on point. I’m sure it works well for many things, veggies in particular. I mean my balsamic root veggies were basically the same concept. Balsamic, olive oil, salt, black pepper.
Fun fact: some theater folks I’ve done some work with here in Seattle are doing a stage production of Jitterbug Perfume staying in a couple weeks. I can’t wait. It isn’t my favorite of Robbins’ books (that would be Still Life With Woodpecker), but it’s certainly the best choice for dinner theater.
