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Bey, bey Christmas, see you later this year
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It's cold out here in California, resident outdoor cat staying out of the wind and cold. We have had freezing and near freezing temps lately.
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Great photos of the snow in the DC area, but unfortunately VA has done a poor job of clearing the roads. Hundreds of cars and trucks stuck on the I-95 highways for more than 15 hours. No contact with any emergency services.
 
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Allyance said:
It's cold out here in California, resident outdoor cat staying out of the wind and cold. We have had freezing and near freezing temps lately.
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Great photos of the snow in the DC area, but unfortunately VA has done a poor job of clearing the roads. Hundreds of cars and trucks stuck on the I-95 highways for more than 15 hours. No contact with any emergency services.
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yes, I'm quite sure that VDOT could have done a better job of clearing the roads. But honestly, most of those people should not have been out when they were, and having cars on the road doesn't make clearing the roads any easier. I grew up in western Pennsylvania where we could have snow on the ground for 3-4 consecutive months. But this area has so many transplants (of which I am one) who never learned to drive on the snow and screw it up for everyone else. I was on a walk yesterday and saw someone driving through town at literally about 5-8 mph, and this was not a teen learning to drive on the snow. It was a woman in her mid-40s who had no business driving at that stretch. And it was on a plowed (although still snowy) road that would not have been difficult to drive on. Other cars were passing her because it was unsafe to be behind her.

Pretty much everything was closed yesterday and telework was the call for the government workers. If you can't drive in the snow, then don't. It's pretty simple.
 
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mollyc said:
yes, I'm quite sure that VDOT could have done a better job of clearing the roads. But honestly, most of those people should not have been out when they were, and having cars on the road doesn't make clearing the roads any easier. I grew up in western Pennsylvania where we could have snow on the ground for 3-4 consecutive months. But this area has so many transplants (of which I am one) who never learned to drive on the snow and screw it up for everyone else. I was on a walk yesterday and saw someone driving through town at literally about 5-8 mph, and this was not a teen learning to drive on the snow. It was a woman in her mid-40s who had no business driving at that stretch. And it was on a plowed (although still snowy) road that would not have been difficult to drive on. Other cars were passing her because it was unsafe to be behind her.

Pretty much everything was closed yesterday and telework was the call for the government workers. If you can't drive in the snow, then don't. It's pretty simple.
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I spent a lot of my adult years in Toronto and in the upstate and Finger Lakes Region of New York. As Jeff Foxworthy used to say, "You are a redneck from upstate NY if you drive 65mph in the snow"! From what I have read it was the the semi's who initially blocked the road, then it got worse from there. The are a lot of people who do not know how to drive in the snow. If the snow was wet and near freezing, that makes driving more dangerous. You are also right in that people should have heeded the weather forecast.
 
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mollyc said:
yes, I'm quite sure that VDOT could have done a better job of clearing the roads. But honestly, most of those people should not have been out when they were, and having cars on the road doesn't make clearing the roads any easier. I grew up in western Pennsylvania where we could have snow on the ground for 3-4 consecutive months. But this area has so many transplants (of which I am one) who never learned to drive on the snow and screw it up for everyone else. I was on a walk yesterday and saw someone driving through town at literally about 5-8 mph, and this was not a teen learning to drive on the snow. It was a woman in her mid-40s who had no business driving at that stretch. And it was on a plowed (although still snowy) road that would not have been difficult to drive on. Other cars were passing her because it was unsafe to be behind her.

Pretty much everything was closed yesterday and telework was the call for the government workers. If you can't drive in the snow, then don't. It's pretty simple.
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I usually want no part in driving in the snow, even though I find it to be kinda fun. No, it’s because I still see people on their smartphones while driving in a snow storm, and there are always yahoos that try to pass or out-maneuver the snowplows. I’m surprised that it doesn’t turn into disaster every time.
 
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