And I thought Florida drivers were bad...

[W4RLR]

Monday I went to Chattanooga for my weekly trip to pick up prescriptions and deposit the XYL's paycheck. The weather was most foul, and as I was heading on I-24 eastbound, the overhead VMS signs warned of an accident ahead. Too late for me to take an alternate route (there is only ONE other alternate route, so I sat in traffic for an hour while the Tennessee Highway Patrol cleared an accident where an eighteen wheeler was blocking all of the eastbound lanes. The THP got one lane cleared, and as I was entering Chattanooga at Moccasin Bend, I saw ANOTHER eighteen wheeler skid sideways and block the westbound lanes. That accident took FIVE HOURS to clear and had traffic backed up for nearly nine miles. Lots of rain and wind, low lying clouds and fog, and now the possibility of tornadoes until morning. Think I'll stay in bed until late tomorrow.

[NA4BH]

The interstate in Chattanooga is terrible. All it takes is one minor mishap and the whole thing shuts down. If you know of a problem, exit at #175 and head for HWY 27. That will take you to downtown where you can pick up McCallee (sp). You can get anywhere you need to go from there. North, South, or East.

[n2ize]

The interstate in Chattanooga is terrible. All it takes is one minor mishap and the whole thing shuts down. If you know of a problem, exit at #175 and head for HWY 27. That will take you to downtown where you can pick up McCallee (sp). You can get anywhere you need to go from there. North, South, or East.

Sounds like the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn.

[KB3LAZ]

Tell me about it! Grandpa had to pull over to the shoulder when I was 15 and pass me the wheel because his blood sugar got very low very quickly, while in that area. I was freaking out. First of all grandpa was passing out one me, second of all, where are the exits, on the other damn side! Bleh. I was just on a permit and from a small town where I only had to share the road with the Amish. Got grandpa to a gas station where he got out his insulin and we sat down and ate. All was better. This is when I admitted to grandpa that I was a smoker. He laughed and said, here, have a pack. After that, I wont argue and I wont bitch at you until you calm down. :P

Now, these days that would be nothing. Highways in the US are tame. The EU is freaking scary. Most Europeans tell me that the Spanish are crazy on the roads but that France has worse traffic conditions.

[n2ize]

Tell me about it! Grandpa had to pull over to the shoulder when I was 15 and pass me the wheel because his blood sugar got very low very quickly, while in that area. I was freaking out. First of all grandpa was passing out one me, second of all, where are the exits, on the other damn side! Bleh. I was just on a permit and from a small town where I only had to share the road with the Amish. Got grandpa to a gas station where he got out his insulin and we sat down and ate. All was better. This is when I admitted to grandpa that I was a smoker. He laughed and said, here, have a pack. After that, I wont argue and I wont bitch at you until you calm down. :P

Now, these days that would be nothing. Highways in the US are tame. The EU is freaking scary. Most Europeans tell me that the Spanish are crazy on the roads but that France has worse traffic conditions.

If he was having low blood sugar attack wouldn't insulin be the last thing he would need ? Sounds more like he would need glucose tablets. Then again I am not a MD so I might be wrong. Good thing you were there to take over the helm and to get him to a place where he could relax and get help.

Trouble with US highways is that during certain hours in the vicinity of major metropolitian regions they transform from "highways" into "parking lots". A popular traffic copter pilot in the NY metro area during the 1960's used to refer to the "Long Island Expressway" (abbrev "LIE") as, "The Big LIE"...

[KB3LAZ]

If he was having low blood sugar attack wouldn't insulin be the last thing he would need ? Sounds more like he would need glucose tablets. Then again I am not a MD so I might be wrong. Good thing you were there to take over the helm and to get him to a place where he could relax and get help.

Idk what he takes. He has two types of shots. Sometimes his blood sugar is really low and at other times it is very high. There was a time that he did not have to have shots but rather took pills. Now, he has to take shots two or three times a day. Im not sure which. Oddly, if for some reason he does not take his shot, there is no way to predict if his blood sugar will be high or low.

Maybe it was high, not low, idk. All I know is that when he gets that way, he gets dizzy and sleepy. He feels weak and can not do much but go to sleep after his blood sugar is back to normal.

[n2ize]

Idk what he takes. He has two types of shots. Sometimes his blood sugar is really low and at other times it is very high. There was a time that he did not have to have shots but rather took pills. Now, he has to take shots two or three times a day. Im not sure which. Oddly, if for some reason he does not take his shot, there is no way to predict if his blood sugar will be high or low.

Maybe it was high, not low, idk. All I know is that when he gets that way, he gets dizzy and sleepy. He feels weak and can not do much but go to sleep after his blood sugar is back to normal.

Yeah, diabetes is very hard to manage. This past spring my Mom had to be taken to the hospital in the middle of hte night because she was having a high blood sugar attack. She didn't even know she was diabetic. She also had a stomach virus and one doctor feels that the one condition aggravated the other. She is not taking pills and getting a lot of exercise and is doing much better. her glucose readings are not bad. In any event the doctor opted to give her the pills instead of insulin because he said insulin is hard to control. Too little and the sugar stays high, too much and it goes to low and even the level that is just right may change from day to day. Its a hard disease to manage and get under control.

[NQ6U]

Richard, as I recall you said you lived in Southern California for a while. I would think you could handle any level of bad driving wherever you went afterwards.

[N8YX]

I'd be looking for a cheap two-seat helicopter.

[W2NAP]

traffic here can be bad. specially when you have thousands of idiots to stupid to put the phone down.