Re: Question about the storms down southeast and driving?

Posted by MarkB_MI on February 13, 2014 at 02:38:08 from (75.198.120.147):

In Reply to: Question about the storms down southeast and driving? posted by redtom on February 12, 2014 at 17:54:23:

The phenomenon of drivers abandoning their cars during a blizzard is hardly unique to the south. It's happened more than once in states that normally get a lot of snow. It happened in Denver in 1982. It took a couple of weeks to get all the stuck vehicles towed away. Nobody could get in or out of Stapleton because the streets around the airport were completely packed with abandoned cars.

It's hardly fair to compare blizzard driving conditions in the south with Michigan. Michigan has plenty of snow removal equipment, and uses ridiculous amounts of salt. Take away the salt and you'd have a statewide pileup, since most Michigan drivers have no idea how to drive on ice. Down south, most states have snow removal equipment only in the mountains. They might use a little salt and sand, but they certainly don't have enough stockpiled to handle an actual blizzard. I learned one thing about driving in snow during the eight years I lived in North Carolina: if it snows, STAY HOME!

Now, winter driving in Texas is something you have to experience for yourself. Texans, as a rule, can't drive even in the summer. The northern parts of Texas are at just the right latitude for the temperature to hover right around 32 degrees for weeks. Combine Texas drivers and ice and you have instant bumper cars.

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• Re: Question about the storms down southeast and driving? Texasmark1 04:58:19 02/13/14 (1)
  • Re: Question about the storms down southeast and driving? MarkB_MI 08:49:09 02/13/14 (0)

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