Mess in the South

[fastwin]

Isn't it bone dry in CA? Don't y'all need rain? We damn sure do and have for several years.

I love the way the local TV weather goons act like the slate is always wiped clean on January 1st. They never mention the fact that we finished up the previous year on December 31st with a big ass rain deficit. It's like it never happened and all is new and shiny as of Jan. 1st and the rain gauges are always full.

[Speedbag]

Crazy.

2" of snow in MN gets a shoulder shrug at best. Meh, whatever.

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[duccarlos]

Stealing this one

[ItsaDuc]

Thats classic.

[ungeheuer]

 

[kopfjäger]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/01/29/the-souths-disastrous-response-to-the-winter-storm-in-16-pictures/

[cokey]

really?  people can't drive with 2 inch of snow..  i can see it being a little more difficult if not use to it at all..  most don't have proper tires for it. but hell, i drove 5  winters with summer tires on a high hp car every day..  it's not rocket science...

[kopfjäger]

really?  people can't drive with 2 inch of snow..  i can see it being a little more difficult if not use to it at all..  most don't have proper tires for it. but hell, i drove 5  winters with summer tires on a high hp car every day..  it's not rocket science...

Roads froze solid in 2 hours, minimal snow plows, minimal sand/salt trucks, roads were gridlocked very fast. (You couldn't drive even with your superior skillz). Mississippi State police responded to 300 plus accidents yesterday. It was chaos, majority of AL equipment was sent farther south in the state where the storm was supposed to hit.

[Howie]

Roads froze solid in 2 hours, minimal snow plows, minimal sand/salt trucks, roads were gridlocked very fast. (You couldn't drive even with your superior skillz). Mississippi State police responded to 300 plus accidents yesterday. It was chaos, majority of AL equipment was sent farther south in the state where the storm was supposed to hit.

Yep, skills and equipment don't matter much when everyone around you is stuck you are stuck too. 

[Speedbag]

Coverage on the news last night seemed to indicate for the most part (to me anyway) that people didn't know what the hell to do as far as driving on the crud. They were showing one genius that thought you just needed to stand on the gas to get rolling, to the point that tire smoke is rolling. Wow.

Of course, once a few folks crash, it's all over and nobody's getting through. And lack of equipment to deal with it just compounds it.

Black ice (road looks clear but is entirely encrusted with a thin layer of perfectly clear ice) is relatively common at times in MN and you CAN still get around on it. Not necessarily a good idea, but it can be done. Very slow and steady is the key....

[Monsterlover]

Yep, momentum and lack of sudden driver input keeps you rolling

[DucHead]

Almost 4" here in Raleigh.

Upside is teaching my boy how to throw snowballs! 

[Scooter Montgomery]

I bet some where down there, there was a guy from New England in a Jeep doing this , because it won't phase him to drive in that crap.

All you guys down south should have got your rockcrawlers out.

Homemade Rock Crawler Tows Stuck Cars in Dallas (02/01/2011)

[duccarlos]

I can put the best car driver in the world on a layer of ice with "normal" tires and he will not go anywhere. The biggest issues down here were people not being able to head up hills. Those that tried would wreck and cause even more traffic. Most of the blockage on the highways were caused by 18 wheelers. You will run into dumb people anywhere, even farther north, the difference is that states up there have gravel/salt trucks that treat roads on a regular basis and there is such a thing as winter tires.