So yesterday I'm crossing the parking lot at the complex after coming home from work. We'd gotten a lot of snow, followed by a thaw, followed by a freeze, which has pretty much turned roads into a ice rink. I was being careful, but not careful enough.
A parking spot that looked like nice, friendly pavement where the snow had melted off, and where I decided was a good spot for a shortcut, was actually coated in crystal-clear ice (for those from warmer climates --looking at you Jester-- that's what we call black ice...it isn't really black, it's clear but on black pavement so you can't see it). One step and I went down hard. Managed to partially break my fall with my (gloved) hands, but some force was still applied to my left knee and hip, both of which are now swollen and bruised. Nothing serious, and had I fallen another way it could have been a head injury or something equally icky.
So be careful out there folks! Slide those feet if you have to cross a slick area, don't try to walk across ice like a dumbass (like I did). I'm a native of Colorado, it isn't like I didn't know better.
A parking spot that looked like nice, friendly pavement where the snow had melted off, and where I decided was a good spot for a shortcut, was actually coated in crystal-clear ice (for those from warmer climates --looking at you Jester-- that's what we call black ice...it isn't really black, it's clear but on black pavement so you can't see it). One step and I went down hard. Managed to partially break my fall with my (gloved) hands, but some force was still applied to my left knee and hip, both of which are now swollen and bruised. Nothing serious, and had I fallen another way it could have been a head injury or something equally icky.
So be careful out there folks! Slide those feet if you have to cross a slick area, don't try to walk across ice like a dumbass (like I did). I'm a native of Colorado, it isn't like I didn't know better.
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