January 28th
Georgetown vs Cincinnati – College Basketball – ESPN360.com – 7:30pm
White death!
That’s what we joke about when it “snows” in Columbus because we typically never get more than a dusting. However, if you listen to the local media, you better get to the store for canned goods and batteries!
On Tuesday night I worked the Blue Jackets game – and yes – the roads were a mess on the way home.
So on Wednesday morning, knowing I had to be in Cincinnati at 1:30pm, I got up a little earlier than I normally would to check on the weather.
Guess what - this time, they were right!
Pretty much the entire state had been hit hard with 6 inches of snow, couple inches of freezing rain, then a couple more inches of snow. Everything was closed!
I checked the University of Cincinnati website and yes indeed, the campus was closed. However, the game was still a go! Well… it was a go, but the school wouldn’t confirm it with ESPN until Noon. Since I couldn’t wait until them to leave, I had to go ahead and head out.
It takes me about 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to Cincinnati, but considering the alleged road conditions, I allowed myself double that. Worst case scenario is I get there early and go hang out at Panera and have some coffee.
Here is what it looked like as I was leaving the neighborhood:
Not the greatest, but not so bad.
It got worse with every mile.
That is what it looked like for 100+ miles. The average speed was 35 mph.
Not fun!
Cincinnati, as well as much of the area I was traveling in, was under a “Level 3 Snow Emergency” – which means you are not allowed to be driving and risk being arrested if found on the streets.
But, ya gotta get to work!
Ended up taking all the time I allotted – about 3 hours & 20 minutes.
It was by far the worst conditions I have ever driven in. But I remained patient and just took it slow.
The game went well and I stayed the night at the Marriott Kingsgate (my Cincinnati ‘home away from home’)
Georgetown vs Cincinnati – College Basketball – ESPN360.com – 7:30pm
White death!
That’s what we joke about when it “snows” in Columbus because we typically never get more than a dusting. However, if you listen to the local media, you better get to the store for canned goods and batteries!
On Tuesday night I worked the Blue Jackets game – and yes – the roads were a mess on the way home.
So on Wednesday morning, knowing I had to be in Cincinnati at 1:30pm, I got up a little earlier than I normally would to check on the weather.
Guess what - this time, they were right!
Pretty much the entire state had been hit hard with 6 inches of snow, couple inches of freezing rain, then a couple more inches of snow. Everything was closed!
I checked the University of Cincinnati website and yes indeed, the campus was closed. However, the game was still a go! Well… it was a go, but the school wouldn’t confirm it with ESPN until Noon. Since I couldn’t wait until them to leave, I had to go ahead and head out.
It takes me about 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to Cincinnati, but considering the alleged road conditions, I allowed myself double that. Worst case scenario is I get there early and go hang out at Panera and have some coffee.
Here is what it looked like as I was leaving the neighborhood:
Not the greatest, but not so bad.
It got worse with every mile.
That is what it looked like for 100+ miles. The average speed was 35 mph.
Not fun!
Cincinnati, as well as much of the area I was traveling in, was under a “Level 3 Snow Emergency” – which means you are not allowed to be driving and risk being arrested if found on the streets.
But, ya gotta get to work!
Ended up taking all the time I allotted – about 3 hours & 20 minutes.
It was by far the worst conditions I have ever driven in. But I remained patient and just took it slow.
The game went well and I stayed the night at the Marriott Kingsgate (my Cincinnati ‘home away from home’)
On Thursday morning, I worked out, had breakfast, etc and then decided to head home around 10am. Assuming, rush hour was over and the roads were good and cleared.
Apparently, the state of Ohio hadn’t heard about the storm yet (24 hours later) as I-71 was a solid sheet of ice from mile marker 3 to 40. It was horrible!
The ride home got better after mile marker 40 and ended up taking about 2.5 hours, so not the end of the world.
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