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mattsteg wrote:He probably lives in the South. It's like that everytime we get snow in VA. It's frustrating. Everytime it snows here everyone acts like it's the first damn time they've ever seen the stuff. Traffic backs up, cars and trucks slide into ditches, and there's general pandamonium. It's ridiculous.GeForce6200 wrote:A 2 hour delay for 3" of snow? Why so long of a delay? Long trip?We had about 3", but only a 2hour delay I was like WTF!!!! Theres snow everywhere. My friends bus slipped off the road. I was mad
Vrock wrote:Doesn't matter whether it is the South. Up here in the so-called Great White North the first snowfall is going to be chaos.mattsteg wrote:He probably lives in the South. It's like that everytime we get snow in VA. It's frustrating. Everytime it snows here everyone acts like it's the first damn time they've ever seen the stuff. Traffic backs up, cars and trucks slide into ditches, and there's general pandamonium. It's ridiculous.GeForce6200 wrote:A 2 hour delay for 3" of snow? Why so long of a delay? Long trip?We had about 3", but only a 2hour delay I was like WTF!!!! Theres snow everywhere. My friends bus slipped off the road. I was mad
mattsteg wrote:GeForce6200 wrote:A 2 hour delay for 3" of snow? Why so long of a delay? Long trip?We had about 3", but only a 2hour delay I was like WTF!!!! Theres snow everywhere. My friends bus slipped off the road. I was mad
JJCDAD wrote:I think it was back in 2000 I was living in Richmond, VA when we got 6" of snow. I couldn't get a pizza delivered 4 days later and schools were closed for a week. They really acted like it was the end of the world.
Flying Fox wrote:It's only 3 inches. Unless you're completely unused to it or have a long trip and/or really bad traffic 2 hours is a lot to gain (unless it's super wet snow or ice or something, but that's another matter completely).Vrock wrote:Doesn't matter whether it is the South. Up here in the so-called Great White North the first snowfall is going to be chaos.mattsteg wrote:He probably lives in the South. It's like that everytime we get snow in VA. It's frustrating. Everytime it snows here everyone acts like it's the first damn time they've ever seen the stuff. Traffic backs up, cars and trucks slide into ditches, and there's general pandamonium. It's ridiculous.GeForce6200 wrote:A 2 hour delay for 3" of snow? Why so long of a delay? Long trip?We had about 3", but only a 2hour delay I was like WTF!!!! Theres snow everywhere. My friends bus slipped off the road. I was mad
Ok, may be Toronto cannot be counted as the GWN then? Manitobans and Albertans deal with this better?
mattsteg wrote:Dude the DC area is a freaking mess today due to 3 inches or less of snow. It's been a lousy day to be in the trucking industry.Flying Fox wrote:It's only 3 inches. Unless you're completely unused to it or have a long trip and/or really bad traffic 2 hours is a lot to gain (unless it's super wet snow or ice or something, but that's another matter completely).Vrock wrote:Doesn't matter whether it is the South. Up here in the so-called Great White North the first snowfall is going to be chaos.mattsteg wrote:He probably lives in the South. It's like that everytime we get snow in VA. It's frustrating. Everytime it snows here everyone acts like it's the first damn time they've ever seen the stuff. Traffic backs up, cars and trucks slide into ditches, and there's general pandamonium. It's ridiculous.GeForce6200 wrote:A 2 hour delay for 3" of snow? Why so long of a delay? Long trip?We had about 3", but only a 2hour delay I was like WTF!!!! Theres snow everywhere. My friends bus slipped off the road. I was mad
Ok, may be Toronto cannot be counted as the GWN then? Manitobans and Albertans deal with this better?
Vrock wrote:Around here, they don't do it perfect, but they do do it right.SpotTheCat wrote:And they're getting paid for it on the taxpayer's dime, so it seems fair enough to ask them to do the job right.don't be mad at people who plow roads poorly or crap like that. They work really long shifts to get it done, and they're doing it while you're sound asleep.
Vrock wrote:Part of the problem with the DC area and Virginia in general is that we're in a go/no-go zone for winter. We don't get really cold like the midwest states and certainly not like the Canadians. As a result, we don't get dry powder snow that is good for skiing or easily brushes off your car. We get slush & ice. When the temperature hits highs of 25 or so, the crap on the roads is quite a challenge.mattsteg wrote:Dude the DC area is a freaking mess today due to 3 inches or less of snow. It's been a lousy day to be in the trucking industry.It's only 3 inches. Unless you're completely unused to it or have a long trip and/or really bad traffic 2 hours is a lot to gain (unless it's super wet snow or ice or something, but that's another matter completely).