spidey Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 well not exactly but the forcast in Raleigh NC was for light flurries and we ended up getting a snow shower that left 1 - 2 inches. Local news calling it a snow storm when I lived in Rochester it was a daily event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 that's the south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 It just started snowing here and its already covering the roads. Oh boy, I think this city only has one snow plow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 It just started snowing here and its already covering the roads. Oh boy, I think this city only has one snow plow. 211369[/snapback] I don't discount the problem - pretty dumb to spend municipal bucks on a very occasional problem. My older sister moved to Birmingham, AL several decades ago. They have trucks with sand that attack the odd ice patch. Anything more, and it's all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidey Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 I don't discount the problem - pretty dumb to spend municipal bucks on a very occasional problem. My older sister moved to Birmingham, AL several decades ago. They have trucks with sand that attack the odd ice patch. Anything more, and it's all over. 211380[/snapback] snow removal system in raleigh is the sun. problem is that we get about 6 inches a year and when we do its a mess. I see lots of plows around but they never set them down on ground always ride with them up in the air. Sometimes I want to stop the truck driver and suggest the plow works better when you actually let it touch the pavement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I don't discount the problem - pretty dumb to spend municipal bucks on a very occasional problem. My older sister moved to Birmingham, AL several decades ago. They have trucks with sand that attack the odd ice patch. Anything more, and it's all over. 211380[/snapback] I agree with you don't get me wrong. But on those rare occasions when it does snow it is a brutal nighmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 you shoulda seen it here in tallahassee...they had a winter weather advisory, and people run out buying water food, parkas, winter boots, and the like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I agree with you don't get me wrong. But on those rare occasions when it does snow it is a brutal nighmare. 211395[/snapback] Mother Nature's way of culling the herd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Sometimes I want to stop the truck driver and suggest the plow works better when you actually let it touch the pavement 211387[/snapback] And tear up those beautiful NC roads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBillsBacker Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 that's the south 211365[/snapback] My thoughts exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col_forbin Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Winter Storm 2005!!!! Every news station fights to see if they can get it on the air first. Not to mention there will be no bread and milk in the stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 My thoughts exactly! 211406[/snapback] There was a big debate on the local Orlando radio the other day about what was South. The only thing that made somewhat sense was that the Confederate states are, by definition, Southern. Yeah, that means that Maryland is a Southern state??? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidey Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Winter Storm 2005!!!! Every news station fights to see if they can get it on the air first. Not to mention there will be no bread and milk in the stores. 211480[/snapback] Yeah when I was leaving work to go to lunch folks were all worried that hadnt stopped to get milk and bread. Man cant wait till weekend. Roads are a mess so many people going home all at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Winter Storm 2005!!!! Every news station fights to see if they can get it on the air first. Not to mention there will be no bread and milk in the stores. 211480[/snapback] I wonder why people run out and buy bread and milk. Soda pop and Little Debbie sugar bombs have replaced those as staples years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastabillz Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 The "snowstorm" is working it's way to the NC coast this eveninh. Yaho! 1 inch closes this place down. I think our county has 1 plow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteboy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Maryland was never a confederate state. They were considered a border state, meaning they allowed slavery at one point but never split from the union. Same with Missouri and Kentucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Maryland was never a confederate state. They were considered a border state, meaning they allowed slavery at one point but never split from the union. Same with Missouri and Kentucky. 211511[/snapback] My bad, sorry about that. For some reason it stuck with me that it was a confederate state. Thanks for the correction. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 its snowing in norfolk/va beach. accidents all over the interstates. cancelations abound. everyone leaving work early and schools let out early over a dusting watching southerners react to snow helps a pennsylvania yankee like me to understand why they lost the civil war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I can only imagine all the accidents. I spent six years in North Carolina, and on the few occasions it snowed, every driver native to the state would suddenly veer into a ditch. I swear, you could spill popcorn on the road, and people there would think it was snow and drive into a ditch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 its snowing in norfolk/va beach. accidents all over the interstates. cancelations abound. everyone leaving work early and schools let out early over a dusting watching southerners react to snow helps a pennsylvania yankee like me to understand why they lost the civil war 211611[/snapback] Actually, different set of circumstances occur in an area with the road surface and the underlying mass is above freezing, and there is a small snow deposition. The snow falls, and the wind makes a microscopic ice crust form - think of a sugar coating on a glazed doughnut, which captures the melted precipitation in an underlayer. Even though it is a very thin layer, it is very susceptible to shear and slippage, aided by the fact that the normal oil and grease and rubber dust that is more viscous when the tarmac itself is cold adds to the lubricity of the surface at those transitional temperatures. Two inches of snow can be much more easy to negotiate than one inch. Additionally, the crystalline form and water content of the snow varies - which is why cross-contry skiers use all those different colored waxes and even a product called klister, which is an extruded goo, to account for and gain traction or glide on different microscopic snow forms, temperature, wetness content and so forth. Give the Southeners a bit of a break; the snow they face can be a difficult proposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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