40 miles in a blizzard?

"
WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITTIER...SEWARD...GIRDWOOD...
MOOSE PASS
1223 PM AKST TUE DEC 23 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 3PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON
UNTIL 5 AM AKST WEDNESDAY FOR SEWARD AND WHITTIER...
"

So, the last minute Christmas shopping remains to be
completed, and four individuals (including myself) have
come together to make the drive from Girdwood to Anchorage.

That was the plan, anyway.

The weather forecast changed from 'snow likely' to 'blizzard
warning', the fine grain snow outside is blowing sideways,
and it is impossible to see anything in the distance.

Will we have to postpone our shopping plans (and Christmas?)
or will we venture into the unknown white, throw caution to
the wind, and proclaim that even phrases like:
"THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALL TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED"
do not hinder our God-given right to consumerism?

The verdict to be decided when the sisters return home
from work.

UPDATE: The decision has been made for us. A head-on
collision on the highway and resulting fatality has closed
the highway for now.

RIP Meghan Murrell  :(