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I had to call out of work today. My driveway is a sheet of ice.
It appears there was freezing rain last night before the snow.
It very slick, compared to two weeks ago when it was just snow.
I counted no fewer than 7 wrecks/abandon vehicles on my eight mile commute at 5:45am.
Other than a Mustang, every other accident/abandon vehicle was an SUV.
In Albemarle in Stanly county we got about 2 inches which is considerably less then the last storm for us where we got about 4-6 inches. Infact the snow from the last storm just melted a few days ago!! It's pretty and it's been fun and I am ready for a little warmer weather now!
We definitely got some up here in Concord. Driving through it last night was interesting for me. I felt like I was in a space warp and the stars turned into white lines..It kinda hypnotized me if I wasn't careful. LOL. I took pics last night of it falling and more of it today. The cat went outside and came right back in. I wanted to throw him in it and take a pic but decided to be nice...
Is it true that the roads remain with snow/ice until they melt away? No plows or salt or sand added?
Yes, I am still from out of town at the moment :-))
Yes. Major roads always treated by the NC Department of Transportation. In the Charlotte area we usually don't get a lot of snow so it only takes a few hours to melt.
Once precipitation starts to accumulate, NCDOT uses salt to treat roads. The department currently has 150,000 tons of salt in storage statewide. In a typical winter, it uses between 50,000 and 60,000 tons of salt.
NCDOT also has a diverse array of equipment to dispense the salt and remove snow and ice from the roads, including more than 2,500 trucks equipped with plows and spreaders, 632 front-end loaders and backhoes, 650 motor graders and five snow blowers. NCDOT also outfits pick-up trucks with snowplows to clear less traveled roads in some areas.
About 6,000 employees are available to operate this equipment and assist with winter weather response efforts. Crews monitor conditions through the night to respond as necessary.
The department prioritizes which roads are cleared first, focusing on strategic corridors such as interstates and other multi-lane primary routes that are essential to the movement of intrastate and regional traffic. NCDOT then works to clear lower-volume primary roads and secondary roads, and then subdivision streets.
We definitely got some up here in Concord. Driving through it last night was interesting for me. I felt like I was in a space warp and the stars turned into white lines..It kinda hypnotized me if I wasn't careful. LOL. I took pics last night of it falling and more of it today. The cat went outside and came right back in. I wanted to throw him in it and take a pic but decided to be nice...
I can remember driving in several bad squalls where the snow was blowing sideways right into the windshield. I always wanted to duck down to avoid it, but obviously that is impossible!
We actually had a squall here yesterday at 5:25; dropped an inch, then stopped but no school today due to the ice first. This is my second winter here and now I get it. The ice comes first, there is no sand or salt on the road, so it freezes immediately at 32 degrees. In MA, there is a light layer of sand on the road all the time, because the street sweepers only come along once in the summer. That way, the sleet doesn't freeze on the roadways until it hits about 28 degrees.
I'll take what we have, because I don't have to shovel. My nephew on the Cape (Cod in MA) was still out plowing at 6 AM. I love the Carolinas!
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