Empty full-sized pick-ups will really get squirrely in a cross wind. With all of the weight biased to the front wheels, the back tires seem to look for an excuse to break loose.

The fire department has been busy responding to accidents, as the water slowing drains off the roads. You would thing that with all of the rain we’ve had for the last few years, they would be flushed out, but some roads become lakes with a ¼-inch of rain.

i loved my little toyota of many years ago, but it was a true lightweight [part of the reason why it got 40mpg]. more than once i inadvertently changed lanes at the top of a bridge in rough weather, even though the car didn’t really have a high profile.

Hunker down may be the correct choice, but it has to be made based of facts, not what some guy in the bar said.

The big thing was keeping the school buses off the roads during a wind event on wet roads. They are just too easy to get blown around. Vans and SUVs are nearly as bad. Driving across a humped bridge in an SUV with wind and water is just asking to end up in the bayou.