Interstate Hwy 41 Closed
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Yeah, I had a good chuckle at that one too. I'm sure it's warm in there because of....you know...well... I'm assuming of course.
sweeperguy
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Gloria dei Lutheran Church is a strip joint?
Uhh, not exactly. They were using several locations as warming shelters. Some went to the church and others ended up at Starz.
I'm sorry, but you can't make this stuff up!
sweeperguy
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Uhh, not exactly. They were using several locations as warming shelters. Some went to the church and others ended up at Starz.
I'm sorry, but you can't make this stuff up!
Didn't see that in the article that had the link to it.
But then again I'm easily confused by people whom are smarter than me.
Rest assured sweeperguy, I am no smarter than you or anyone else on here. Just ask my wife!! I'm thinking they used that location because it is located near the crash scene on a frontage road. Much closer than any of the churches.
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I saw on the news this morning that 130 cars were involved, and there was one fatality. Ugh.
I watched a video of the crash, and man, so many people got out of their cars right away and minutes later cars were still piling into the mess while people were on the freeway, in the ditch, and in the median. Scary stuff.
I watched a video of the crash, and man, so many people got out of their cars right away and minutes later cars were still piling into the mess while people were on the freeway, in the ditch, and in the median. Scary stuff.
The weather was epic yesterday. I live on the NE side of Lake Winnebago (140,000 acre lake in WI for those not familiar with the area). I received a call after church that one of my neighbors was stuck in in a snow drift in the lake. He is an older gentleman (74 I believe), shoveled for over 2 hours and was spent. He was only 1.6 miles from shore, but did not think he would make the walk in. The day before I was on the lake pulling off my spearing shack, and it was already tough conditions for the trucks as I was chained up and just about got stuck twice. I said I could come get him, but would be via snowmobile. My son and I jumped on the sleds and headed out. We used his iPhone to send me his location as it was white out conditions with often visibility around 20-30 feet. We did find him and he was very excited. Then he told me he had another buddy who was in the same situation. But he did not have a smart phone. We started our search picking our way across the lake. It took about 40 minutes but we did find him. He was a retired vet and said he was more worried about getting off the lake than he was in some of his combats. On the way back in, visibility was still very poor and I hit an ice shove at 13 mph (slowest I can go with clutch engaged). We tipped and the 74 year old flew off head first. He was a bit shaken up, but not hurt. After I was able to get him and his buddy to his house, he had a phone call that 5 more of his friends were stranded. I attempted to meet up with them, but ran into the local fire dept. I worked with that group for the next few hours until I became low on fuel. Headed home mentally and physically spent. Couple of notes: Very proud of how my son handled the situation for a 14 year old kid. He never wavered and listed well. Carhartt bibs and and old duck-hunting coat is not the same as good snowmobiling gear. My intention was not to be out there for hour. By the time I came in, I bet I have 5#'s of slush froze to my bibs and they were leaking through pretty bad. The local weather forecast was right on with the high winds and low visibility. Many folks did not head the warnings.
You sir, are a man of courage venturing out on the lake in that weather. Glad to hear it ended well for all concerned and I'm thinking your son will remember that day for the rest of his life.
hoamskilet
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Yeah, that was brutal. We came back from Rhinelander yesterday and between about Wausau and Westfield was a nightmare. Hands down the worst conditions I've ever driven in. Even creeping along at about 25-30mph there was about 2 or 3 times I don't know how we didn't end up in the ditch.
skidoodoug
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I am even more thankful my wife talked me into leaving Tomahawk on Saturday. I, of course, am too stupid to make that decision without her.
sjb...amazing.
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