Blizzard of 2007

Yesterday and today we had a winter weather warning for the area and practically the whole time there was a strong lake wind effect that kept blowing across the roads creating what is known as white outs, which cause several big pile ups yesterday afternoon on the highways: 40, 50, and 70 car pile ups. One section of a highway was even shut down because of all the accidents that were happening. Jimmie had gone in to Grand Rapids which normally takes about 45 minutes to drive, but this time took almost two hours it was so bad. Plus, he saw about 6 other cars pass him and drive straight into the ditch after passing. Talk about people who don't know how to control their vehicle. Anyway, after he got back from running some errands, all three of us drove down to see his grandmother and spend the night. We borrowed a truck from work that he some times uses to plow the entry way and the parking area so that we could plow his grandmother's driveway. It was very interesting driving down there with all the gusts of wind.