Uhhhhh....what?

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was cold last weekend here in MT, was around 15-20F with some high winds and snow. roads were still warm so when the snow just turned to glare ice. lots of people went off the road, the freeway was Emergency travel only. still right around 20F now, but luckily no wind.
 
Seandonato73 said:
Still not cold enough here in pa for snow. And as far as I care the longer it doesn't snow the better. And Z you better get a lot of snow gear, this winter will be brutal for you.
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Yeah not trying to freeze just yet. I got a jacket but that's not gunna be enough. Need sum thick ass socks n pants n sweaters
 
siblues said:
I'm with Sean if it doesn't snow for another ten years I would be happy.People around here have been dealing with snow forever and when iut snows everyone drives around like they have never seen it before and they also go running to the stores like its the end of the world.:rolleyes:
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yeah... people tend to get brave with their vehicles in the winter...
"oh i could barely make this pull into traffic with good weather conditions, i should be able to do it in glare ice too right!?"
 
D3MON said:
people tend to get brave with their vehicles in the winter
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LOL! It's the same here. We have a lot of morons in SUVs that don't realize 4 wheel drive does not equal 4 wheel stop. When it snows, you see a ton of them in the median on the highway. If we get major accumulation, the entire highway system shuts down and everyone abandons their cars.

I came from Idaho, so driving in snow is nothing to me (winter lasts 9 months), but not everyone has that kind of experience. Couple that with the fact that we don't have enough of the proper equipment to clear the roads around here, and it's just pandemonium.
 
siblues said:
I'm with Sean if it doesn't snow for another ten years I would be happy.People around here have been dealing with snow forever and when iut snows everyone drives around like they have never seen it before and they also go running to the stores like its the end of the world.:rolleyes:
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??..we get 3cm's of the shite and the whole cuntry grinds to a feking holt:rolleyes::ROFLMAO:
i remember the snow we had bak in 1982....3-4ft of the stuff..:oops:o_O:love:..i was 7..never ever seen snow like that since ...
 
Back in the 80's it used to snow like every other day and we are talking 3-6 inches each snowfall it was nuts and I must have missed maybe 6 days of school my entire life due to snow and now they close school for 2 inches around here.I must say that it is not just the publics fault it seems like they can't are unable to plow/clear the roads like they used to.
 
siblues said:
I'm with Sean if it doesn't snow for another ten years I would be happy.People around here have been dealing with snow forever and when iut snows everyone drives around like they have never seen it before and they also go running to the stores like its the end of the world.:rolleyes:
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D3MON said:
yeah... people tend to get brave with their vehicles in the winter...
"oh i could barely make this pull into traffic with good weather conditions, i should be able to do it in glare ice too right!?"
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Now go out and plow the roads and deal with all the morons of today. I'm in a 62,000 lb truck with a 11 foot wide plow, strobing lights and a hulking ass salt spreader hanging off the back. Guess what doesn't stop on a dime. Guess what every dumb ass in lancaster thinks. The big ole plow truck stops, starts and drives like their 4x4 dream powered yuppie mobile. Drives me nuts. Almost backed over a full size pickup last year clearing out an intersection. Guy was so far up my arse I didnt know he was there. Couldn't push the pile any more so I had to back up and get a bit of steam going. Hooked it in reverse, started letting the clutch out. Thought I heard a horn beep.... looked back. Nothing. Started backing up again. Heard a horn again. Threw it in neutral, popped the brake got out. Here this idiot going mental about why I would back up in an intersection, couldn't I see he was behind me? He shut up.pretty quick when I got up to his truck and told him to get the hell out from behind my truck before I run his dumb ass over. Got back in the truck in time to see the idiot try to go through the pile of snow in front of me and get stuck. At that point I called the cops, and the tow company. Btw this was at 3am. Cops got it out of they guy that he was just out joy riding in the snow. $250.00 in fines, $180.00 tow bill. Never seen the guy on a snow covered road again. And this is every snow. Really miss how it was when I was young. People knew how to drive, and if they didnt they stayed home till the roads were clear. None of this I own a cross over suv I can go wherever I want crap.
siblues said:
Back in the 80's it used to snow like every other day and we are talking 3-6 inches each snowfall it was nuts and I must have missed maybe 6 days of school my entire life due to snow and now they close school for 2 inches around here.I must say that it is not just the publics fault it seems like they can't are unable to plow/clear the roads like they used to.
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Add in budget cuts and more roads to take care of. We had 4 guys to take care of 65 miles of road. Now do the math. Each lane takes 2 passes of the plow to clear. So going both ways takes 4 passes. (And that doesn't count developments or cult du sacks) that's 260 miles of road per snow event. Now there are state roads that must be traversed to get to some of our roads. With the plows on the trucks we are limited to a maximum speed of 23 mph. It taken 20 + hours to plow our township already in heavy snow. This year we will have 6 guys plowing. Hopefully 8. That will cut our plow time in half. If we didnt have ancient equipment, and were able to get people to operate every piece of equipment we have it would take 1/4 the time to clear roads. If everyone would stay the hell off the roads that in its self would save tons of time.
Sorry for the rant... just the prospective of one of the guys clearing the roads
 
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