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Old 01-30-2014, 10:36 AM
 
Location: North Texas
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You can't compare 12 inches of snow in Chicago and Boston with 2 inches of snow in Dallas though. If Dallas were to get as much snow as Chicago or Boston, it would be pretty much buried under snow for months.
No it wouldn't because a couple of days later it'd be in the 60s and the snow would melt.
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Old 01-30-2014, 12:02 PM
 
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Here's an excellent explanation of what happened: Atlanta Snow Storm - POLITICO Magazine
I have to disagree with this article from the get go all the way to its end. Right off the bat the communist saw about suburban sprawl comes out and it just gets worse.

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More than any event I’ve witnessed in two decades of living in and writing about this city, this snowstorm underscores the horrible history of suburban sprawl
Atlanta has had bad ice before. 2011 for example. Or 2005. I also recall some very bad years in the late 80s.

Winter storm cripples South, heads north to deliver more misery - CNN.com

And many other cities face this issue every year.

Compare this street scene in Amarillo from last year.

Blizzard: 17 inches of snow in Amarillo; 1,600 without power | Amarillo Globe-News

February 25, 2013 Blizzard

The bottom line is that people trusted others to make decisions for them. They think it cannot happen to them. They do not plan for worst case scenarios. They act at the last minute.

A string of warm days and a few good winter months. They forget the past.

When snow and ice are threatened in DFW, I stay home and work from home and monitor the weather. If I have to be somewhere, my wife and I trade off. At work, I we tell people to stay home and work from home.

A dusting could mean an inch and ten inches could mean nothing. We all know this.

Failure to sand and salt the streets.
Failure by most people to stay home. Or to plan to leave early.
Failure to monitor the weather. This did not suddenly start but was underway in LA and MI the DAY before.
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Old 01-30-2014, 07:39 PM
 
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You can't compare 12 inches of snow in Chicago and Boston with 2 inches of snow in Dallas though. If Dallas were to get as much snow as Chicago or Boston, it would be pretty much buried under snow for months.
Chicago didn't get 12 inches of snow though. They got 4-5 inches of snow. Driving on 4-5 inches snow is easier than 1-2 inches of black ice.I have driven in Vermont with a 6-8 inches of accumulation. It was easier than ice that Dallas had in December.

Even the north has problems with black ice causing bad accidents. There was the 25 car pile up in NY back in December. when the first "measurable" amount of snow appeared for the season. It wasn't a foot of snow.

http://gothamist.com/2013/12/09/over...winter_wea.php
http://gothamist.com/2013/12/08/wint...asurable_s.php

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Old 08-06-2014, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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There could be a spike in births, 9 months from now. There are more ways to entertain oneself than books.
You called it

Hospitals Brace For Baby Boom After Last Winter’s Storm « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
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Old 08-07-2014, 05:31 PM
 
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Why? It is worth discussing.

Last winter's ice storm happened on a Friday. A lot of people were shut in, and there really wasn't a whole lot to do. More free time means more time for sex. It'd be easier for specific types of couples, such as couples who are living in the same place.

If one lost power, candlelight can definitely help with ambiance.

But do various forms of birth control stop working when there's an ice storm. I think not.
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Old 08-07-2014, 06:00 PM
 
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Why? It is worth discussing.

Last winter's ice storm happened on a Friday. A lot of people were shut in, and there really wasn't a whole lot to do. More free time means more time for sex. It'd be easier for specific types of couples, such as couples who are living in the same place.

If one lost power, candlelight can definitely help with ambiance.

But do various forms of birth control stop working when there's an ice storm. I think not.
I was thinking "how did they manage that with a houseful of locked-in kiddos??"
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