It was 40° when this happened...



I was 20 miles away at work and trying to get to her. It took me 30 minutes to drive less than 5 miles. By the end of that 30 minutes, the road surfaces warmed back up and the ice was gone. I think there was over 40 accidents reported during about half an hour of rain.

My wife and her mother was lucky. She was on a back road going fairly slow. Just crested a small hill that had some turns after it and she said she just lost all control. Slid into a ditch and basically just flopped over on the roof and slid on the roof. Said it happened so fast. They were actually finding a spot to turn around and go back. They were only half a mile from her mother's house.

Worst part for us was, I was getting ready to pay the last car payment that Friday. The following report didn't fair so well. 2 children, 3 and 1 years old...

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3...#axzz2l2tuPWEL

Air temperature didn't drop. The rain dropped the road surface temperature like a rock.