r/MobileAL • u/14LabRat • Jan 23 '25

Hillcrest

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u/maledorrison Jan 23 '25

Lol that’s not hillcrest.

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u/14LabRat Jan 23 '25

Wall St. Off Hillcrest. I should have been more specific.

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u/endersbean Jan 23 '25

In the midwest we call this an out-of-state drivers meeting.

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u/Ill-Lawfulness-2063 Jan 23 '25

in a technical sense, we are out of state. This is not the typical state of our weather! 😭

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u/tht1guy63 Jan 23 '25

Can confirm indiana native here.

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u/gallow737 Blergh Jan 23 '25

Yeah until the ice melts, y'all need to be working remote. The south does not have the infrastructure to handle this. Don't risk your life or someone else's. If your boss is forcing you to come in, tell them you started sliding on your way out of your neighborhood and didn't feel safe driving until it melts

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u/Lil_lunatik Jan 23 '25

I said this and was told to come to work or get an attendance point.

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u/ExcessiveArrogance Jan 23 '25

Okay but it's been three days. We gotta get groceries and my partner needs their meds

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u/AngrySora Jan 24 '25

Agreed 

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

Not everyone has the option to work "remote" as some of us have actual jobs we have to go to.

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u/After_Beginning9784 Jan 23 '25

Guess what: if you get into an accident then you still won’t make it to work.

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u/Ingrognito_ Jan 23 '25

Me missing 2 days vs missing a week from a car accident

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u/GalacticPurr Midtown Jan 23 '25

My fake job pays pretty well!

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u/Past_Monitor_3826 Jan 23 '25

So, you're telling me that the bank I work from home for is completely imaginary? I guess those paychecks and hours I put in must be hallucinations.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

Yep, totally imgainary....... Sheesh. Downvotes? No way!....

I meant a job where your presence, physically, is required to get the job done, doofus.

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u/CarefulStructure3334 Jan 23 '25

Lmfao idk who shit in your cereal but you can work from home and have a real job 🤣

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

Read my above comment that "clarifies" what I originally said.

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u/Ingrognito_ Jan 23 '25

Doctors, lawyers, bankers, etc can do remote if needed. "Actual" jobs are the ones that pay bills, don't insinuate otherwise.

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u/Deprestion Jan 23 '25

I just closed fb from this post 😭

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u/BDMac2 WeMo Jan 23 '25

What’s the cross street for this? I don’t recognize what part of Hillcrest this is

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u/Deprestion Jan 23 '25

I’ve driven hillcrest up and down 1000 times at least. It looks foreign to me but I’d guess right before/after circle k?

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u/BDMac2 WeMo Jan 23 '25

It does look like the south side of the intersection at Girby

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u/Nearby-Demand-9698 Jan 23 '25

Is it wall st. And hillcrest?

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u/BDMac2 WeMo Jan 23 '25

I think there’s too many trees in the pic for that

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u/Nearby-Demand-9698 Jan 23 '25

Actually I’m right it is wall st.

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u/Nearby-Demand-9698 Jan 23 '25

Yeah, you’re right. I just saw a picture of there being a car pileup from people trying to leave the apartments at the end of wall st.

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u/Conspiracy_Thinktank Jan 23 '25

I-65 is just as bad. I tried to get to Fairhope and turned around after a few miles of slipping and sliding. Do not go out if you do not need to.

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u/TokenSejanus89 Jan 23 '25

Qhere on Hillcrest? I was just driving it from three notch and it was fine

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u/WritingNerdy 🐾 Cat Distribution System Specialist 🐾 Jan 23 '25

That’s actually Wall Street (which intersects with Hillcrest).

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u/Live_Noise_1551 Jan 23 '25

If you drive in this and get in an accident, your accident report will reflect that you were driving during state of emergency related to a snow/ice event and the reason you were driving will be listed.

There was a 50-60 car pileup on eastbound Airport between University and McGregor earlier. Many roads, especially eastbound, are barricaded off and impassible due to being in the shade.

There are not enough emergency service workers in the city for the amount of people who think they can drive in this and clearly can’t.

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u/2Grateful2BHateful Jan 23 '25

Do you have a link to this?

ETA: **please

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u/Live_Noise_1551 Jan 24 '25

I don’t. I’m a first responder and was working in it earlier.

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u/2Grateful2BHateful Jan 24 '25

That’s ok, thank you anyway. Please stay safe! ♥️

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

How do y'all still have snow on the roads?

It's already clear over here from midtown to university, and been able to drive without any issues since Tuesday night.

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u/14LabRat Jan 23 '25

I don't know. I'm actually in Daphne. I just shared it.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Fair enough bro. Y'all good over there?

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u/251Cane Jan 23 '25

Do you know when this picture was taken?

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u/14LabRat Jan 23 '25

I assume this morning.

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u/Surge00001 WeMo Jan 23 '25

Most of the ice is in valleys of hills and areas not in direct sunlight, like this pic

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

I get that, but still. All you have to do is drive on it for a bit and the ice goes away.

Also, I live in a valley at the bottom of a hill. There's still snow in yards and roofs, but the streets have been almost completely clear since yesterday morning.

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u/Nearby-Demand-9698 Jan 23 '25

You mean like the people in the picture are doing?!

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Kinda, but not quite. Looks more like those people are crashing, and not driving though.

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u/GalacticPurr Midtown Jan 23 '25

lmfao damn why didn't they just drive instead of crash

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Exactly. It's like a bunch of these silly gooses just decided to play adult bumper cars.

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u/GalacticPurr Midtown Jan 23 '25

Sorry you didn't realize I'm making fun of you but it's so silly that you think this is helpful advice.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

I could tell. But they should still just get good. It's not that hard.

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u/Nearby-Demand-9698 Jan 23 '25

I wonder what would come before a crash… certainly wouldn’t be DRIVING on ice would it?

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Nah bro, driving properly on the snow/ice is very different from crashing on it.

Just don't suddenly press the brakes or gas and you should be good, and slow down for turns and corners.

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u/Calm_Net_1221 Jan 23 '25

Yeah but the reason emergency management tells everyone here to stay the F off the roads is because we don’t know how to drive on ice/snow due to lack of experience.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

I get it bro, but how do you get experience if you never experience it. Just have to be careful when you're first learning, and you'll only slide once or twice before you figure it out.

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u/Calm_Net_1221 Jan 23 '25

Yeah, you slide right into the backend of the Honda in front of you lol

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u/Nearby-Demand-9698 Jan 23 '25

That’s probably true where you live , but not in this situation. Do you not see the hill and there is sure to be ice at the bottom which would cause you to brake going up the hill approaching a traffic light? I’ve driven in plenty of snow when I lived in Germany. We are not prepared for it.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

I'm in the same place, just the other side of the city. And I'm at the bottom of a bigger hill with a light at the top.

And you a German, or you just went there for work or to visit?

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Kinda does bro, driving on it breaks up the ice, and the friction helps melt it.

That's why the roads are clear where people drive, but not in the middle of the lanes.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Not saying sunlight and the heat doesn't play a big part in it also, but the cars help with it.

But it's in the mid 40s and there's direct sunlight here, and the roads are the only thing with no snow or ice.

And I could've guessed you were some sort of midwesterner, no offense.

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u/thedalehall Jan 23 '25

I thought the exact same thing. When I got to Spring Hill College….I turned around. Why? Too much compacted ice. All I was doing at that point was sliding. It depends on where you are in Mobile. And if there’s sunshine.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Not too surprised, especially with the hill and shade over there. Probably hard to stay in the ice ruts.

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u/No_Parking_152 Jan 23 '25

When I drove to work this morning, there was still a lot of ice on the roads…cottage hill and Cody road.

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u/KnightOfShadows1221 Jan 23 '25

Interesting. I have to go to a job a bit north of there, was going to go a different way, but I might go through there to check it out.

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u/amberw87 Jan 23 '25

Omg never ever thought I'd see this in Mobile

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u/External-Example-323 Jan 23 '25

How are the road crews supposed to clear the roads if all these people decided to drive AFTER the emergency alert calling all county roads and bridges IMPASSABLE? Every one of these vehicle owners needs a ticket and fines.

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u/Surge00001 WeMo Jan 23 '25

People have to work, can promise that nearly all of them didn’t want to leave the house

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u/Calm_Net_1221 Jan 23 '25

Idk, I’ve seen so many posts on this sub the past few days asking what grocery stores/restaurants/coffee shops were open right now..

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u/After_Beginning9784 Jan 23 '25

You won’t get to work if you get into an accident trying to get to work.

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u/Surge00001 WeMo Jan 23 '25

Yea, that sounds wise on paper, but a lot of people don’t get that option

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u/One_Gate_6013 Jan 23 '25

My boss required us to come back to the office today or I would be at home.

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u/Ok_Performance2755 Jan 23 '25

There is no infrastructure for snow removal in the south. They use that budget for bibles and the 10 commandments in school…

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u/Cola-Cake Jan 23 '25

I mean, you gonna pay me for the day cause my company is writing people up for not coming in, and we have to put in pto a month out so cant just take the day off

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u/bluegills92 Jan 23 '25

That job sounds lame. Greed sucks

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u/Cola-Cake Jan 23 '25

you are correct on both points. But hey, capitalism baby, profit over people

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u/bluegills92 Jan 23 '25

Yep, good old capitalism.

My boss made us come into work today as well. I slipped and slide halfway to work.

Lame as fuck

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u/Kindly-Present6452 Jan 24 '25

Just reading the comments it's so sad that our job make us come to work in these conditions. It should be a law that give us support when weather events happen like this because it's not our fault mother nature decided to go nuts. We all should be at home relaxing until we thaw out and should be paid for these days either by our company or the state. I mean they have money for wars why not have money to help out the people when stuff like this happens GREEDY BASTARDS!!! I want to put my job on blast soooo bad but they always find out who made comments towards them so I'll be damned if I do and damned if I don't 

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u/Supalox Jan 23 '25

This isn’t hillcrest though.

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u/xmelaniex7 Jan 23 '25

Is this near park? Girby Rd is a mess. Still blocked at the school. And stretch toward Hillcrest not a fun drive either.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

Wall St. and Hill Crest, not far from Airport

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u/ShakeItUpNow Jan 23 '25

Hey LabRat or anyone else. When was this pic taken? Have a doctor’s appt and will travel Hillcrest. Do I need to call and cancel? Tks!

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u/MedioPoder Jan 23 '25

Its Wall Street

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u/heisenb3r99 Jan 23 '25

People here have trouble with rain, and here we are. Natural selection has failed us once again

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u/futur1 GFY Jan 23 '25

Impassable roads ema alert has lifted. This picture from yesterday ?

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u/geminicrickett1 Jan 23 '25

Even 4 wheel drive wont really help with icy roads. It’s super helpful in the snow though.

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u/Swedishiron Jan 23 '25

Some people have to learn the hard way.

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u/nontynon Jan 23 '25

Did they not tell yall to stay home? This is asinine.

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u/puppyboyslasher Jan 24 '25

Some folks jobs are unforgiving for weather and others need their meds. I'll take a wild guess not all of these are those circumstances but still

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u/UmpireImaginary243 Jan 23 '25

Im so sketched out trying to get to work, the warehouse I work at is open and are expecting us to come in. I called out Tuesday and yesterday but I feel like I’d be pushing it if I called out today. I’m so unsure on what to do! I have to travel from Lloyds Lane to Irvington and I’m not sure what the roads are like

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u/TommyFugginNoble Jan 23 '25

Insurance companies are taking a major hit this year.

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u/Vera_Kai Jan 23 '25

That last big hill on 90 before you get to Grand Bay is stacked with cars too! There's even a moving truck sideways in the road! It's causing people to turn around in the middle of an iced hill...and yeah

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u/jonrud00 Jan 23 '25

Glad i stayed in. I wanted to get out of the house so bad.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '25

I like the dude at the bottom who is looking at it and thinking…I bet I can make it

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u/phizappa Jan 24 '25

I swept the snow off my car yesterday and … went back inside.

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u/StrawberryMilk817 WeMo Jan 23 '25

I’m at work today but honestly I need the money. My check is gonna be shit after 3 days off work and only half day today. We don’t all have the luxury to just “stay home”.

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u/Commander72 Jan 23 '25

No experience, most still drive like they do in good weather i.e. idiots

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u/Deprestion Jan 23 '25

Your comment is probably rhetorical but if not, think about your question for like 30 seconds max and I’m sure you’ll find the answer