Slick road conditions from Tuesday’s winter weather in Oklahoma have caused many accidents, including a semi-truck carrying ‘valuable’ cargo in its trailer crashing on the Will Rogers Turnpike.
Your so-called snow was actually sleet pellets over frozen rain black ice with a dusting of powder on top. Let me see you drive or walk on that. They should have close down those highways, no amount of chemical treatment works at single digit temps. But thanks for your ignorant observation.
Ken, I believe he means the conditions in Oklahoma. The storm started with freezing rain . I got lucky and it was near zero when it got to central Kansas. Tough driving for anyone. I've had plenty of experience, grew up in southern Canada aka Minnesota where drivers can expect snow any time. I can remember waking up to snow on the 4th of July when I was a kid.
I believe the article stated the Will Rogers Turnpike that is in Oklahoma...Tulsa to Joplin. I live not too far off of that highway so I know what the conditions were.
To provide a more complete answer for those of us in the South, by the grace of God, is that 1 to 2 inches of snow, ice, sleet, etc. completely shuts us down. Mainly because it only happens once or twice a decade so we never invest in the infrastructure to handle snow. We have zero snowplows, zero salt trucks, zero salt stations, zero snow tires, zero tire chains, etc. What we do have is every version of "Florida Man" you can imagine, all thinking they can drive in snow cause they got the FOUR WHEEL DRIVE which is like magic for some reason.
Given the rarity of snow (I'm in Texas), it's actually cheaper to simply shut down the state during a storm than to buy all the snowplows and salt trucks which will sit unused for years at a time and then not work when you need them. I've lived in the north briefly and it's like night and day difference when it snows, but there are legitimate reasons.
We've got all that stuff up here in northern Tennessee, but it's for town and highway use only. They don't salt our country roads at all. We usually rely on heavy ag equipment traveling up and down the roads to break up the ice. I've yet to see tire chains for sale here and I don't know if they're even legal to use.
Modern all season radials, not being in a hurry, realizing your gas pedal can slow you down, and SAT-Slow, Accelerate, Turn (pick only one at a time) works for people that deal with snow and ice for more than a month at a time.
Trust me, when I absolutely have to drive on snow or ice covered roads, I drive slow and I stay the fuck off my brakes and go very easy on the gas pedal. There's no stop sign or traffic lights between here and town, so once I get rolling, I'm fine.
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ReplyDeleteWhat’s with people south of the Mason-Dixon Line? An inch or two of snow creates a winter wonderland of traffic accidents.
ReplyDeleteBugger off!
DeleteYour so-called snow was actually sleet pellets over frozen rain black ice with a dusting of powder on top. Let me see you drive or walk on that. They should have close down those highways, no amount of chemical treatment works at single digit temps. But thanks for your ignorant observation.
Delete9:40, how in the world would you know his weather conditions without knowing where he was at?
DeleteKen, I believe he means the conditions in Oklahoma. The storm started with freezing rain . I got lucky and it was near zero when it got to central Kansas. Tough driving for anyone. I've had plenty of experience, grew up in southern Canada aka Minnesota where drivers can expect snow any time. I can remember waking up to snow on the 4th of July when I was a kid.
DeleteThen he should've posted it as a stand-alone comment and not a reply to somebody making a simple statement - which I happen to agree with.
DeleteI believe the article stated the Will Rogers Turnpike that is in Oklahoma...Tulsa to Joplin. I live not too far off of that highway so I know what the conditions were.
DeleteOkay..... Are you anon #1, #2, or new to this thread?
DeleteTo provide a more complete answer for those of us in the South, by the grace of God, is that 1 to 2 inches of snow, ice, sleet, etc. completely shuts us down. Mainly because it only happens once or twice a decade so we never invest in the infrastructure to handle snow. We have zero snowplows, zero salt trucks, zero salt stations, zero snow tires, zero tire chains, etc. What we do have is every version of "Florida Man" you can imagine, all thinking they can drive in snow cause they got the FOUR WHEEL DRIVE which is like magic for some reason.
DeleteGiven the rarity of snow (I'm in Texas), it's actually cheaper to simply shut down the state during a storm than to buy all the snowplows and salt trucks which will sit unused for years at a time and then not work when you need them. I've lived in the north briefly and it's like night and day difference when it snows, but there are legitimate reasons.
We've got all that stuff up here in northern Tennessee, but it's for town and highway use only. They don't salt our country roads at all. We usually rely on heavy ag equipment traveling up and down the roads to break up the ice.
DeleteI've yet to see tire chains for sale here and I don't know if they're even legal to use.
Oh, the humanity!
ReplyDeleteNo not the eggs.. OMG 😱
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The OKC Denny's will be offering special deals on omelettes for the next few weeks.
DeleteModern all season radials, not being in a hurry, realizing your gas pedal can slow you down, and SAT-Slow, Accelerate, Turn (pick only one at a time) works for people that deal with snow and ice for more than a month at a time.
ReplyDeleteTrust me, when I absolutely have to drive on snow or ice covered roads, I drive slow and I stay the fuck off my brakes and go very easy on the gas pedal.
DeleteThere's no stop sign or traffic lights between here and town, so once I get rolling, I'm fine.