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Originally posted by Raphy23
Why are they stuck?  I don't get it?
Wait is it because of the snow??? There's like no snow!
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They're stuck because of the icy roads.
As for some northerners laughing over "just two inches of snow," we aren't use to driving on icy roads like that. Snow vs. black ice are two complete different things. Car accidents and pile ups will back traffic up. It's reasons like this why some southern states and counties have issued "curfews" and discouraged people from being on the road, period. Because of that inexperience, things like this happen in larger cities. I mean, we're better equipped to handle hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, not winter mixes.
They don't sell the all-weathered conditioned tires or ice scrapers as much as they have them available up north. There is this thing called, SUPPLY AND DEMAND. If the demand isn't there, the supply won't either. We don't have the city or state government getting salk trucks to scatter salt on roads/highways/freeways to help with traffic flow. The knowledge of how to weather such storms won't be common for southerners. Same goes for earthquakes that the west coasters are accustom to.
Funny, the panic and handling of "just" category 1/2 hurricane Sandy was "something" to watch. Category 3? Maybe we can talk, but 4 and 5 will have you feelin' some type of way.