This was quite awhile ago the weekend of Dec. 15th, but I thought I would post it anyway. We thought we were making good time, and might beat the storm that was supposed to hit PA on Sunday. We were only about one third of the way through the Poconos when the snow started. It was a pleasant snow at first, but we soon felt its full force. Road flares glowed along the side of the highway, and the wreckage of split and twisted semi truck was only one of its victims. We thought that there had to be an end to this storm, so we kept on. It was still snowing in Ohio, but the road crews were very good there, and the roads were in very good shape. We didn't realize that the worst stretch of the road was still before us. Indiana. The lake effect snow was by far the worst we encountered on the road. The snowy conditions however was only exasperated by the ineffectual Indiana plows. We saw the plows on the road, but most of them did not even have their blades down. We kept on through to Chicago, where the difference was drastic, not only was the snow lighter, but the Chicago plows were actually doing their job, and doing their job very well. That's not to say that it still was not dangerous. A car a few lanes over from us lost control, and started spinning, fortunately there was nobody really close by so they didn't hit anybody. I found the picture online, and it pretty much conveys what it was like.
