Help...Freezing rain here in Mpls, Icing over windshield.

[JonE]

Hi Dan,
I was probably on the road in Mpls. after you today, "freeway was like a parking lot". I knew I shoulda put on my snow tires this last weekend, very slippery this morning! I don't think you have a microfilter either, my '90 didn't. If there is plenty of air blowing out on the windshield, and it is warm air, I think you just got caught in one of those rare sleet freezing on the road and windshields scenarios. It can get very difficult to "de-ice" when the freezing rain is constantly being replenished and refreezing on the windshield. I bet you didn't have any problems yesterday when it was -9 degrees for just "de-fogging" the windshield.

[DanH]

Here are a few interesting pics in last few minutes...


Oops...


Nice parking spot.
And another...

[Dave M]

-36.5 degrees celcius is @ -40 degrees farenheit

Yesterday when I went to work it was -9F thats was fine, but today it was 19 and raining, that is no fun. It is not supposed to rain at 13 degrees below the freezing point!

It was much worse for the people that were driving a couple hours after me, the roads turned to ice rinks. Seems that there are about 10-20 multi-car crashes / rollovers / spinouts on the area freeways in the last hour.

Looks like a good day for the body shops.