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BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify.
As the storm gains strength it will bring "extremely dangerous conditions" with bands of snow dropping up to two to three inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, Patrick said.
The governor signed an executive order imposing the statewide travel ban, believed to be the first of its kind since the blizzard of 1978. The order bans all motor vehicle traffic until it is lifted, but there will be a number of exceptions for public works and public safety employees, as well as utility workers and members of the news media.
I don't like the precedent. To ban all Motor Vehicle traffic statewide is ridiculous and I don't think the government has any right to do so, especially for something relatively minor such as a snow storm.
I've seen roads shut down due to weather many, many times. Plenty of highways here out west have boom barriers that can be lowered to block traffic when the roads are closed.
I've seen roads shut down due to weather many, many times. Plenty of highways here out west have boom barriers that can be lowered to block traffic when the roads are closed.
I don't like the precedent. To ban all Motor Vehicle traffic statewide is ridiculous and I don't think the government has any right to do so, especially for something relatively minor such as a snow storm.
They're public roads. This is a major blizzard. Quit hyperventilating.
They a public roads, and they don't want people to get hurt...or risk rescue personnel for stupid people. They pay for people to come rescue motorists who get stuck as well. Unless you want people to just freeze to death.
Go drive in Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington...there are barriers all over the place. It's not rare in the North East either.
If you haven't heard of it then either you don't watch the news a lot, and/or you have never lived in the North.
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