Why not shut down the roads and advise no travel? (Minneapolis: living in, money)

[polo_golf_guy]

I am perplexed of the logic behind leaving people to carry on as usual when we have large snowfalls. Most every other metro would advise no travel on a day like today. If "having the right equipment" made a difference then it would not have taken me 3 times as long as usual to get to work. I will be leaving early as well since I know it will take a ridiculously long time to get home.

If anything it would make more sense to keep people of the roads so the DOT could clear them. Instead we will will likely have icy roads for weeks since the population has traveled abound creating snow packed tracks that will leave icy roads behind.

What is the logic behind this mentality?

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by polo_golf_guy

I am perplexed of the logic behind leaving people to carry on as usual when we have large snowfalls. Most every other metro would advise no travel on a day like today. If "having the right equipment" made a difference then it would not have taken me 3 times as long as usual to get to work. I will be leaving early as well since I know it will take a ridiculously long time to get home.

If anything it would make more sense to keep people of the roads so the DOT could clear them. Instead we will will likely have icy roads for weeks since the population has traveled abound creating snow packed tracks that will leave icy roads behind.

What is the logic behind this mentality?

why, what happened? this must be some kind of new phenomenon that I am not familiar with...

[rzzzz]

What difference would advising no travel make?

Whenever there's a freak snowstorm in some snowless city, there is a travel advisory, everyone travels and there's a major traffic catastrophe, anyway.

[Old Prospector]

Because capitalism. The Minneapolis-St. Paul economy laughs at the idea of shutting down due to a little bad weather.

[WoodburyWoody]

Originally Posted by Old Prospector

Because capitalism. The Minneapolis-St. Paul economy laughs at the idea of shutting down due to a little bad weather.

Follow the Money ... always.

[Globe199]

Originally Posted by WoodburyWoody

Follow the Money ... always.

Bosses insist on butts in cubicles.

[Ghengis]

we need to develop a new paradigm to take advantage of dynamic synergies

[QuietBlue]

Originally Posted by polo_golf_guy

I am perplexed of the logic behind leaving people to carry on as usual when we have large snowfalls. Most every other metro would advise no travel on a day like today. If "having the right equipment" made a difference then it would not have taken me 3 times as long as usual to get to work. I will be leaving early as well since I know it will take a ridiculously long time to get home.

If anything it would make more sense to keep people of the roads so the DOT could clear them. Instead we will will likely have icy roads for weeks since the population has traveled abound creating snow packed tracks that will leave icy roads behind.

What is the logic behind this mentality?

I think stubbornness and pride are a lot of it. We can't laugh at other cities getting snarled up by ice and snow if we admit to ourselves that the same thing happens here.

Outstate, though, they do shut down the interstate at least during some major snowfalls. I don't know if they did this time or not (my guess is no).

[rzzzz]

They usually only shut down the interstates when it is so windy that you can't see.

[MidwestRedux]

When it snows in Atlanta, the world stops because that only happens one or twice per decade.

In Minneapolis and every other cold weather city in the US, life goes on because it has to. On average, there are 15 days per year that we get an inch or more of snow. Should we take all of them off? What about days when a lot of snow is predicted but it never arrives?

One of the inconveniences of living in a snow city is we have to be able to live with the snow. I was living in Massachusetts last year and they did close down all of the roads in part of the state for the first time. That was only because we got a full 30 inches of snow! Next time that happens, shut down the world.

For a little dusting like today, if you have SNOW tires (not all-seasons) and don't do anything stupid you will be fine. Unfortunately, most people don't get snow tires and are surprised when they have trouble driving in the snow.