Praise God.

Big big sigh. I'm happy for them and for you.

SVreX wrote:

CagleRacing wrote: Sounds like everyone was wearing seatbelts.

Your math isn't so good. 6 kids in a Jeep does NOT mean everyone was wearing their seatbelts. I already chewed them out for that.

My apologies, but as far as I could tell they could have been in a Jeep Commander; which seats six. As an Engineer with 18 years experience, my math isn't that bad. Just glad to hear that this didn't end in tragedy.

SVreX wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: (My initial reaction of course is why did God put the ice there and send them off the road in the first place...but that's just me.)

We can have that debate another time, if you'd like. Not today.

Nothing to debate for me, and not really the point.

So glad this turned out OK. You've got family up here in the north half of the state. Say the word if there's anything that we can do on our end.

Thanks Dave.

They appear to be in good hands. Her roomate's parents live in Blue Ridge, and they all went there and allowed the "grownups" to "baby" them.

An overprotective mom with hot showers, cuddly blankets, and cocoa for all.

Today is a holiday, so more of the same.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: God was actually trying to kill them. Jeep engineering thwarted his efforts In all seriousness - I am very glad you were spared a tragedy today. That is any parent's real worst nightmare.

That was my thought as I read it.

I am glad all of them are okay.

Glad to hear all's well SVreX.

Wow, glad to hear all is ok. I hope they learned from this.....

Me too, but I'm still trying to figure out the lesson. Pretty hard to say they did something stupid when a vehicle simply starts sliding while moving at under 5 mph.

Ice is slippery??

My older son totalled my jeep under somewhat similar circumstances. It was only two of them in the car and they both were belted in.. rolled end over end a few times after dropping off a near vertical drop. Also miles from any help and no cell phone coverage. His adventure was in the backwoods of West Virginia.

Glad everyone is ok and hopefully it was a learning experience for the 6 of them.

In reply to SVreX:

the lesson is that sometimes you just turn around and stay home or don't go in the first place. sure they may not have known that conditions were that bad this time, but they'll remember it in the future when deciding whether to make a trip or not.

praise god for sure

So happy that they are ok.

Glad things worked out Ok for them Paul.

BBC

Thank God they're all right!

<-- was he the guy you were talking about?

Glad they were being careful (except for the seatbelts part)

dave said: You've got family up here in the north half of the state.

Big +1. Do you know what road they were on? Aska is notorious for really bad wrecks. At least one a month. People who live on that road drive like freaking maniacs (often 85mph in a 45) and visitors feel compelled to speed it up, often with really really bad results.

Man, I am SO glad she (and the others) are OK. Put me in the 'chew her ass out and then give her a big hug' camp.

The lesson is don't take anything for granted, not traction, not engineering, not even the sunrise. And it applies to everyone who says "Man, they were lucky. " myself included.

Yup, I'm in the "life is delicate and precious, make it spectacular" is the lesson crowd.

MrJoshua wrote: Yup, I'm in the "life is delicate and precious, make it spectacular" is the lesson crowd.

Excellent!

Everybody kiss your kids. We really don't have any idea how much time we've got.

I've been putting lots of energy into (even more) deeply enjoying those hugs and kisses with my little ones...