By the afternoon commute, there was enough 'slickery' roads around Madison that slide-offs and fender-benders were common.
Madison drivers, like nearly every other driver, seem confused and need some time to adjust to winter driving. Unfortunately, a second adjustment might come in a chiropractic office after the first one on the road.
Just a few inches is enough to cause momentary chaos as people seem to drive by feel since familiar road markings are rendered invisible by snow, and instead make judgements using other clues along the streets and highways.
It's not a lot of snow, certainly not if you compare it the area of Gile, Wisconsin (60 miles east of Duluth) or Buffalo which received snow by the foot over several days already and are dealing with serious snow overload. It is enough to postpone meetings and even close school.
Layers of snow will accumulate as we go through the season, of course, but the first snows of winter are fresh and new. As with many things in our lives the more used to something we get, the less we appreciate it.
You and I will enjoy these first few days of clean snow; the trick will be continuing to revel in the blank etch-a-sketch yards of snow when it's February.
A couple of inches won't make much of a dent in the 50.9 expected before season's end around here.
Brace yourself, there's more to fall!
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