Roads in D/FW Area

Has anyone got out and drove?

Denton to Haslet…

Roads are slick but could be much worse, 4WD helps a bunch.

Way east in wood county roads are just wet.

Y'all be safe!

Looks slick from the front window. I have no reason to get out, so I won't.

We are about to see, heading to Longview then midlothian.. just wet here in wood county currently.. Only iffie places should be bridges, ground is still to warm for the rest

Guy posting on local board says he’s been stuck on I 20 for nine hours. Exits are full of flipped or wrecked trucks. 1” of ice.

Says he’s covered 24 miles in nine hours.

Where?

My wife enjoys the building panic on the news down here. I can only watch so much. At least Grammy & Grampy's Daycare isn't open today. I should probably go get some Ethanol-free gas for the generator, but I like living "on the edge."

McKinney to Lewisville not horrible

The lake lew north bad

He doesn’t give his exact location. I assume somewhere in southern Dallas or Tarrant county.
My driveway has at least a 1/2” on it.

back n the day, I used to kinda look forward to getting out in this chit.

Now

I'm with Mike, home, coffee, Channel 4 FOX 4.

Watching Hana Bata freeze her baguettes off.

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I20 eastbound just south of Strawn has been closed for a while now.

Conditions are growing for the bad

Yep, Sure is

Glad you have your McLaren covered..

Completely covered here.

went shopping yesterday morning before all this started and the store was full of shoppers.Got home and noticed I forgot the coffee.

Been on the roads since 6am. They have accumulated sleet and some bridges have ice but it is drivable. I am in the Park Cities and Preston Hollow area.

Stalling a little before I leave Okla for E Tx. Hoping some traffic on the roads will break it up some. Trying to decide rather to go Marietta on 35 to DFW then East on 20 or go around through Sherman, Greenville, Mineola etc.....? Im hooked to an 18' trailer loaded down but Im unhooking, it can wait.

Think this was Parker County/Palo Pinto County area

why everyone should own z-chains. cheap insurance

I really dislike neighborhoods with residents who park in the street. If you want to buy in a neighborhood drive down the street on Sunday, says a lot.

35 from Marietta to Gainesville wasn’t too bad. Parking lot at Gainesville Whataburger is insanely slick.

Not here the AH across the street parks the wrong way and always seems do it at night when I'm coming home.

Me and Dad went out to find something to eat. Most places are closed but found a Whataburger open. Worst roads were in the neighborhoods. Main streets were very deep with slush but not what I would call dangerous. Saw one 2 wheel drive car stuck trying to get out of the gas station while we were eating inside Whataburger. Several people tried to help but he just kept getting stuck over and over again. By the time we were leaving he was hooked to the back of a Chevy with a tow strap and they were dragging him home.

Tonight will be a absolute mess when this melt refreezes!! On top of that we are suppose to get another pretty heavy round in the morning.

Since I work from home, not much changes, except no grocery runs and no schlepping kids to sports. Luckily, things are busy enough with work that there's now watching anyone freeze thier baguettes off.

Hunt County FM road by Greenville. It’s all freezing hard now. Morning will be tough for the weak and the idiots.

Well heck, going south on 69 through Greenville in a bit…. It’s been about 1/3 speed Gainesville to here.

A mess - everywhere:

Nope. Ain't gonna either.

I took the backroads into town just got back they are TERRIBLE

I came back home on a FM road, much better about 40 mph tops in the Jeep

Decatur area

Roads are slick.

Two types of idiots, people driving like the roads are fine and people going 5 mph with their hazards on…..

AND stay off your brake pedal!

Drove all around north Dallas, 4x4 no problem, drove 4mph over the sped limit like I do every day.

I am getting low on milk

You gonna be in Frisco area?

Denton back roads are terrible and the main roads aren't great either. All my routes are planned around avoiding hills and bridges. Driving a 2 wheel drive 1/2 ton service truck with 1,200 pound payload.

Ha ha, it will be worse tomorrow. This little truck does great in the snow.

It briefly rained on me a hour ago

If any of that comes in and it prob will gone be juicy....

I had a clueless woman in an Acadia behind me earlier driving at a distance for sunny regular days....clueless/ignorant, 2 car lengths...

I was never worried about me, its the idiots and they are hard to account for out there

Wife and daughter were supposed to drive to Grapevine tomorrow for a conference. Luckily my daughter's school decided to skip.

I drove in the Denton area today.

2011 was worse.

2021 was worse.

2022 and this are about on par.

In those years, we always found a couple of restaurants that were open. Not today. I hope to find one tomorrow.

I drove a AWD Lexus and a Prius today. Some of the side roads were a little bumpy due to ice. I had my 17 year old son driving me around for a little while. He needs to know how to get around if he needs to in this kind of weather.

[quote=texasag93I drove a AWD Lexus and a Prius today. [/quote]

My oldest sons 03 GX 470 does really well on ice. I was surprised.

Lived in New England for a winter 30 years ago and ski a few weeks a year. Have tons of experience in snow and ice and never had an issue. Own 3 very capable 4WD’s including a Jeep that’ll stay nice and warm in the garage until this thaws. I have no doubt of my skills, but I doubt the abilities of most of the others on the road.

Did have to drive home in this mess from the office last night. Was in the Jeep and had no issues other than idiots flying past me. Last one was a Tesla with a young girl yapping on the phone. Just shook my head and got to my garage.

GX is probably one of the best cars for the ice. Built on 4 Runner frame but much heavier. We have one as well and while I don’t really like the car, it’s 4WD capabilities are pretty impressive.

Made a huge pot of homemade chicken noodle soup today so after being bored most the day we decided to go deliver soup to my wife’s dad, mom, and sister’s family 3 different places but at least on the same road pretty much.

75 wasn’t bad at all both lanes were clear. All the back roads we took and neighborhood roads were terrible. 82 wasn’t much better, you can see the rut where people had drove but there was still thick ice on the road and slippery. Truck didn’t have any issue getting around though.

I can definitely say the new Nitto Recon Grapplers are good in ice/snow.

Business 121 is slick as snot

Toll road is not bad at all because of the amount of work and sand put on it.

Service roads and streets are crappy

My bad. It's a LX470. The land cruiser body. Either way, it's a beast. I may buy one.

Yep, got out earlier for a bit, Bridgefarmer was solid ice. 380 was ok if you stayed in the warn lanes. But like you said tomorrow will be the real show.

Roads were fine going from Forney to Dallas. Bridges were iced but fine. 40mph was an easy pace with very little traffic. I’d almost prefer this over the typical drive into work dealing with a bunch of dumbazz’s

Just give yourself plenty of time, don't get in no hurry.
Leave extra space between cars,
& be ready for anything.
Stay Safe.

Starting to see ice on the roads in wood county. It was dry at 03:00, but it’s on now with more precipitation to come.

In 1997, I got blocked in by stuck 18 wheelers at the top of the frozen NB 35W to WB SW Loop 820 ramp. I was in my patrol car all night. Those crazy high ramps move in the wind. I’m scared of heights so that was pretty much hell night for me. Ever since I do everything I can to not drive on ice.

+1, I have owned 4x4s most of my adult life. 1983 was fun because it was all snow and we had some big drifts in Plano. When I was in high school a buddy and I took his mom's Cutlass duck hunting in Farmersville. Temps early in ghe morning were well above freezing then the front hit and we had thunderstorms with freezing rain. Ducks were pouring into the lake. Fortunately we made it home before the roads got too bad. I don't have a problem with sleet and snow. Ice is a whole different scenario. Experience driving in the winter helps a lot. I lived in northern WV for 5 years and job took me to places that got a lot of snow.

I don't like that ramp in good weather!

Freezing rain/ice accumulating now in Nolan County.

Same here, makes me pucker up!

Roads were fine from Dallas to Forney at 6am. Hardest part of the drive was my driveway

35E in Denton has 2 lanes each way that is just like driving in the rain, just wet.

Side roads depend on how much traffic is hitting them.

32.9 on my back porch. Driveways and roads are melting.

Improving

Side streets slick

Might watch for black ice after dark

Sucks that schools are closed again tomorrow. My boys are bored and it's hard getting them to do anything productive.

Indeed. I have 4 at home and we have played every game in the house and kids have devoured every snack in the house.

It's raining (not sleeting) here and yet another day of no school Thursday. Bus drivers are hard to find and I'm pretty sure that's the issue. If they don't show up, there is no school.