Tuesday, November 16, 2021
I'm going to guess Hwy 580 east of the Altamont
Right after I left work outside of Tracy, I'd jump on 580 southbound and let me tell you what, that wind would just come whipping through the Altamont Pass. It would blow a full size pickup from one lane to the next in the blink of an eye. It was not unusual to see two or three empty semis laying on their side just like in the picture.
That countryside looks like the area too.
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What state is this Altamont? I know of several Altamonts.
ReplyDeleteNot unlike the road from Cheyenne to Laramie.
ReplyDeleteCould be I-80 in Wyoming, from Cheyenne all the way to Utah.
DeleteCalifornia. The site of the infamous Rolling Stones concert.
ReplyDeleteLooks like wear river south dakota i believe i remember that when it happened. Nothing like a 80mph straight line wind to ruin your day.
ReplyDeleteJohn in sd
I think it is somewhere here in SoDak. My wife told me 13 eighteen-wheelers got blown over on I-90 between Rapid and Murdo the other day. Tomorrow we expect 60+mph gusts regionally. Life on the N Plains.
ReplyDeleteThat is I-80 about 20 miles West of Rawlins, WY.
ReplyDeleteA Wyoming old-timer told me a little something about I-80 as it crosses the state. In the old days the highways hugged the hills staying out of the wind and most of the snow. The roads might meander but they stayed open. The interstate cut straight across without regard to terrain or weather. They're clean looking and efficient but wind or snow will shut them down. I imagine progress has done the same anywhere the wind blows. Outside of Livingston, Montana they will route trucks off of I-90 on a windy day to keep them down in the valley and not up on the ridge line. 80 mph gusts are not uncommon there.
ReplyDeleteCould be western Kansas on I-70. Although, that's a pretty sharp curve for Kansas.
ReplyDeleteI'm voting for Wyoming, So. Dakota or Nebraska. Used to see them on their side all the time traveling through those states, especially Nebraska. Could possibly be down Kansas way too. But generally by the time the North winds get that far South they're calmed a bit, unless they get rewound into tornados. No matter where it is, probably not a fun ride. Here, hold my beer and watch this!
ReplyDeleteAfter a wild night of running across the prarie, the tired truck herd bedded down for some rest....
ReplyDeleteHey Wirecutter, I used to work for the Radio station in Tracy, KYBB. I know that area real well too. I commuted from Modesto to Stockton every day.
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