http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/us/winter-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 I live in Maine, so I know about ice and other conditions. Granted, if it was only a quarter inch of snow, if you called work here and said you couldn't make it in, you'd probably be asked to not come in again ever. But I do know the South and warmer areas: ie: California, are not used to snow. They don't have the right kind of stuff, ie: Snow tires, sand, and plows, to handle any amount of snow. About an inch of snow fell in Georgia over Tuesday and the governor didn't react to this news until 1 pm. Where he declared a state of emergency and basically the whole state of Georgia shut down. This caused schools, cars, trucks and everything else to be leaving at the same time in hazardous conditions because ice has formed on the roads. Kids slept at school, some on their school buses, some are walking home now, and there's been a few deaths and injuries. This is just incredible to me. I understand that an inch of snow doesn't mean that much, hell, in New England, it's just a dusting that you have to scrape out of your yard to keep from forming ice. But I live in a place that every winter there IS snow, there IS storms, when it reaches over a foot, that's when things start to get cancelled. When there's very slick ice, that's when things start to get cancelled. No more, no less. I would NEVER expect someone to go out in even a dusting in warmer areas because of the fact there's no control on ice. Any amount of snow, even a dusting, can turn into ice, if it stays cold enough. And when you run your car over the snow, it melts, then refreezes. It's a death trap waiting to happen. Now there's people stranded and walking in their cars, kids sleeping in school gyms with whatever they can find for them, and a whole state shut down with the Guard coming in because no one realized this could be a major problem. It's just amazing. My hopes and prayers go to the people stranded and their families that they're okay.
Insane killer clowns, psychokinesis girls, creepy hotels with axes aplenty, stuff like that ? XD Quick question, don' t you salt roads ? Or is there just too much ground to cover?
Me and Burn were talking about that ironically enough a few days ago. XD... About Stephen King. Most of the roads are salted/sanded in my area, yeah... Just.... Don't go up far too North... On back roads... In the middle of winter. Seriously, I went to college in Northern Maine, and went on a sledding trip, the driver used Yahoo maps, we found ourselves on a steep downhill road covered in ice with a sharp turn at the bottom. I seriously saw my life flash before my eyes. Ice is scary ****, and especially on hills. Even on flat lands, it can easily cause people to spin out due to the fact there's no traction or grip, you just hit it and spin. EDIT: Google the Ice Storm of 1998 for examples. That hit Northern New England.
