Fowl Language by Brian Gordon for January 14, 2025

And for chrissakes allow for longer stopping distances

For those who know how to clear snow off a car, have fun. For those who think they are piloting a ship through a porthole, dock the car.

When I was in college and we had a snow day, my friends and I took the car to a deserted parking lot and had fun. We also learned a lot about how to drive in the snow.

YES! This needs to be shared with horrible bosses who insist on their workers coming in when they are uncomfortable driving though. A lot of the issues are, in my opinion, because people are already nervous and not thinking clearly.

But stupidity plays a big part too. My last winter back home we had 6 ft of snow. State of Emergency declared, NJ, DE, and PA where all closed down (3 states for non-Americans) My horrible boss would not let us leave the store until 2pm when the state of emergency started, which was when we were supposed to be home, not starting for home. Grrr! Well, when I finally dug my tiny car out and got on my way, I passed so many big ole trucks stuck in the snowbanks!

Me and my tiny car with regular (and likely not new either) tires made it home without any issues, though I took to waving to all of the fancy-schmancy mega-trucks as I passed them by. Hope the tow truck drivers gave them nice lectures. ;) Or the army. In a state of emergency they patrol the roads for idiots, err, stuck drivers.

I lived in North Carolina for 1 year and that “winter” they got a dusting of snow, which basically shut down the city. Everyone asked why I was out on the roads and my reply was “I’m from Canada”.

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Here are some weather related comics by Brian!

fowllanguagecomics.Com/?s=weather+reports

This one says it all. At least Brian didn’t make the duck look like Jim Cantore.

I live in southern Oklahoma and the worst drivers we see here are from up north, like Michigan or Wisconsin. They may know how to drive on snow and ice where they have snowplows. We don’t have those here, so you have to learn to drive on the roads that haven’t been cleared and stay out of the median or the ditches.

I-290 and I-355 in Chicago had about 6 cautions for cars spun out and some hit the wall. We avoided the big one.