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Here they actually put down salt on the roads (although I've heard its not good for the roads) and start plowing about 4am (at least if the major snowstorm started the evening before), they continue this all day. Rarely does school and work close with our level of snow. Maybe 8+ inches/20cm. things start to slow down a bit. Usually the big issue here is ice, there are a ton of driving related accidents for people who have not grown up here and don't know the rules of safe ice-road driving. There is always a pre-storm surge in grocery shopping but mostly because people don't want to be bothered into going out into the ice and snow, not because of a crippling storm.
*Although a few weeks ago we just had one of the worst storms in our recorded history, so who knows what's in store.
Deep South. 2 inches of snow isn't anything extraordinary in the Upper South.
You're right, I should have been more specific, in the mountains in TN, KY and some parts over Va they don't have problems with snow. Where my brother lives in coasta; NC everything shuts down and he's in a military town (you'd think they would spread some sand around).
You're right, I should have been more specific, in the mountains in TN, KY and some parts over Va they don't have problems with snow. Where my brother lives in coasta; NC everything shuts down and he's in a military town (you'd think they would spread some sand around).
I'm not gonna say that we still don't have a lot of people who suck driving in snow...but with 2 inches, usually not a whole lot of that sticks to the streets. Schools still might close, though.
I'd say complete shutdown level is about 5-6 inches....otherwise people still drive to work, even if schools are closed.
Deep South. 2 inches of snow isn't anything extraordinary in the Upper South.
I was in Nashville for a Predators game a few years ago, and we were eating at Hard Rock Cafe before the game. It started to snow flurry. To say the place was suddenly filled with panic would be an understatement. The server even joked we would have to stay at the cafe for the night. For a snow flurry.
I'm in New England and I've never switched tires, or cars or used chains or anything like that, no one around here really does anything like that, you just deal with it. I never would've thought a country like Britain would shut down over a lil snow, aren't you guys used to it, don't you have plows and salt and sand and stuff?
Well it is only recently we have starting getting heavy amounts. We have salt containers on most roads or in most neighborhoods but this never gets used. Where i live our road was never once cleared of snow and it was down to the locals to do it.
In terms of snow plows, i have not once seen one around my area and even on the main roads.
It seems that the cost of having them is to high for the use they would get.
In Scotland they may have them but as i have never been to Scotland, i wouldn't know.
In the Northern States - Illinois, Michigan etc. do you guys use snow chains or what?
I think chains are used in the mountain states.
It can come in handy to have some sand or cat litter and a shovel in the car in case you get stuck. I have a retractable one that shortens up for storage.
It's good to have a quality ice scraper or a backup. Mine broke on me when I had a thick layer of ice on my car after one storm and had to leave for work.
Employers are generally reasonable. If it turns out to be a big storm some people won't go to work and some will anyway. It was funny this winter when one person at work would come in late during small storms because they had to shovel the driveway, but everyone else made it in.
I live in Wyoming, and it's not usually too bad, except when the wind blows snow across the road. The snow melts in the day and then when it starts to get cold at night, the now blows and creates a sheet of ice on the road.
And, OF COURSE, the snow plows are out before any snow touches the ground, and if it's all completely melted, but it seems like whenever it's actually snowing (or there's snow on the ground), they are nowhere to be found.
And, to be honest, I have had better luck in my front wheel drive car than I ever did in anything with 4 wheel drive.
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