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Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - mrlynn - 01-29-2014
Back in the early '60s, I was in Chapel Hill, NC, when they experienced a light snowfall and subfreezing temperatures. Since they had no plows, the Fire Department tried washing off the snow with fire hoses. Needless to say. . .
/Mr Lynn
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - Carnos Jax - 01-29-2014
It is just ridiculous to blame anyone in Atlanta (and any other affected areas in the south) for the lack of salt trucks or plows...for such a rare event.
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - Speedy - 01-29-2014
Carnos Jax wrote:
It is just ridiculous to blame anyone in Atlanta (and any other affected areas in the south) for the lack of salt trucks or plows...for such a rare event.
Yup, cheaper for the taxpayer to stay home than pay for trucks (which can be multipurposed) to keep roads passable.
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - Will Collier - 01-29-2014
Carnos Jax wrote:
It is just ridiculous to blame anyone in Atlanta (and any other affected areas in the south) for the lack of salt trucks or plows...for such a rare event.
That's right. For all the flaws the city government has around here (and they are numerous), griping because there isn't a fleet of snow trucks that would only get used every 5-10 years (there was zero snow accumulation here in 2012-2013) isn't close to the top of the list.
Now, where they really screwed up was not making a push to get everybody (especially school kids) home and off the roads before this started yesterday. I left my office as soon as I saw snow was falling in the northern 'burbs, and had no trouble at all. Obviously an awful lot of other people didn't get that option, and the place is a disaster as a result...
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - OWC Jamie - 01-29-2014
Similar happened a few years ago in Rhode Island when everyone decided to go home at the same time, vehicles packing down rapid snowfall making roads impassable.
Poor driving conditions and a sudden crush of traffic is not a good combination.
It's not just poor drivers, although some of the antics and faults may be frustratingly comical and even deadly - all the physics involved just isn't conducive to the smooth and orderly flow of vehicular movement.
The blame will still get spread like so much butter though.
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - OWC Jamie - 01-29-2014
vernal equinox is March 20
may your not too distant future be filled with warm peach blossoms
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - PeterB - 01-29-2014
I wasn't blaming the lack of snow plows. I was more thinking of pre-planning of telling people to stay home, etc. But then, I don't live there, and I don't know exactly how this went down. If people were silly enough to venture out when they were told not to, then of course it's on them.
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - Carnos Jax - 01-29-2014
I'm sorry, my comments (which I should've clarified) resulted from watching the news reports on TV.
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - Gutenberg - 01-29-2014
The forecasters blew it, and admitted as much this morning on NPR. So the municipal managers and corporate bosses couldn't tell anyone to stay home because they didn't know.
Re: New thread about the weather Down South.... - Numo - 01-29-2014
Snowpocalypse!