I’m originally from the Midwest and was living in Virginia when it snowed about a foot overnight. Looked like nothing to me, but I didn’t realize the infrastructure back home was much more capable of handling snow.
Plows and salt trucks were out any time it snowed and the streets would always be cleared by the morning. The only time we ever canceled school was for very cold temps (-20 F or so) and for heavy snow that outpaced the snow plows.
The foot of snow in Virginia caused the entire area shut down because they couldn’t handle it as well.
In Iowa most places don’t even bother to start plowing till the snow is over. You know, after dozens or hundreds of trucks have already mashed tracks into it. But it hasn’t really snowed yet this year. Half an inch yesterday is the most we’ve gotten so far.
Yeah, that was part of the huge clusterfuck in Texas a few years back. They had no infrastructure for dealing with weather that other states like MN shrug off, and that’s why they failed so hard. That, and eschewing the larger power grid.
It was nice to uncovered a car by just brushing it off. It’s funny but this has been the first time that I recall being in NC during snow and it not being a big issue. It’s specifically because 1) they prepared for it and brined the hell out of the main roads here, and 2) it’s not doing what it usually does and melt a bit to refreeze into solid ice the next day (although to be fair tomorrow will be the test). But the high in the Triangle was 28, so short of any spots that got compressed a lot into ice, it seems to be a non-event unlike our meme of snowmageddon from a number of years ago.
It really depends on where you are in the US. In some states, it’s just another day, in other states it can be a major disaster.
Here in Portland, we’ve closed schools because it LOOKED like it was going to snow. It never actually DID, but was close enough.
Meanwhile, cities in the North East are like: “Pfft… 3 feet? Put on your jacket…”
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I’m originally from the Midwest and was living in Virginia when it snowed about a foot overnight. Looked like nothing to me, but I didn’t realize the infrastructure back home was much more capable of handling snow.
Plows and salt trucks were out any time it snowed and the streets would always be cleared by the morning. The only time we ever canceled school was for very cold temps (-20 F or so) and for heavy snow that outpaced the snow plows.
The foot of snow in Virginia caused the entire area shut down because they couldn’t handle it as well.
In Iowa most places don’t even bother to start plowing till the snow is over. You know, after dozens or hundreds of trucks have already mashed tracks into it. But it hasn’t really snowed yet this year. Half an inch yesterday is the most we’ve gotten so far.
Yeah, that was part of the huge clusterfuck in Texas a few years back. They had no infrastructure for dealing with weather that other states like MN shrug off, and that’s why they failed so hard. That, and eschewing the larger power grid.
That’s the joke I tell about Portland “You know, the city TRIES! First sign of snow? Both of our plows are out there making the roads safe!”
My friend in NC was off work today because of 5" of the fluffiest snow I’ve ever seen
It was nice to uncovered a car by just brushing it off. It’s funny but this has been the first time that I recall being in NC during snow and it not being a big issue. It’s specifically because 1) they prepared for it and brined the hell out of the main roads here, and 2) it’s not doing what it usually does and melt a bit to refreeze into solid ice the next day (although to be fair tomorrow will be the test). But the high in the Triangle was 28, so short of any spots that got compressed a lot into ice, it seems to be a non-event unlike our meme of snowmageddon from a number of years ago.