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I am always surprised to ser how quickly they clear W. Chatham between Cary Parkway and Old Apex. It does not seem to be a major route, but the plows have been over it at least five times already and I can clearly see the street.
Not complaining at all, but seems like they could focus more on the main roads instead of this one.
OK, but the equipment exists. When we get 3 or 4 inches, like we did last year, something goes out and plows the streets. Maybe DOT doesn't think it's a big deal for a small storm like last night's, but on a day like today, getting the streets clear (even a little bit) could make the difference between drivable or not drivable for the next 72 hours.
Yes; they exist; but not in the sheer #s needed to plow all of the streets and neighborhoods in this region in the timeframe that they can up north.
You should have seen how it was back in 2000 when we get 2 feet overnight. There were neighborhoods; even in built up areas of Raleigh and Cary, where the streets weren't cleared for 2 or 3 WEEKS.
You should have seen how it was back in 2000 when we get 2 feet overnight. There were neighborhoods; even in built up areas of Raleigh and Cary, where the streets weren't cleared for 2 or 3 WEEKS.
Sure, but that was an exceptional storm. I don't know the relative frequency but I know that nothing like that has happened since, and people still talk about it.
By contrast, the storm we got last night is not, as far as I can tell, atypical. It's not unreasonable to expect that we could get at least one storm like that per winter. But it is unreasonable, IMO, to have unusable roads for the next three days because the temperature just happened to go down instead of up (like it did last year after most of the storms).
But I guess it's just something I'll have to get used to. I'm lucky that I can work from home but it's distracting with a houseful of kids and boy, does TWC's internet service suck.
I've seen a few cars out on my street which is a thick sheet of ice. Didn't see any sliding as I had expected. I wonder if the surface is grippy enough to drive on...and then how it will be after some melting and refreezing...
Seems just grippy enough to get around very very slowly today. But after everything refreezes tonight. Tomorrow is the day that will be really treacherous I'd imagine.
There are several different "universal times" defined different ways...astronomical observations, atomic clocks, etc. With variations in the earth's rotational speed, they get out of sync over time and have to be corrected. Zulu/UTC is the one based on atomic clocks.
In terms of weather predictions where we're talking timescales of hours or days, Zulu and GMT are the same thing.
I am always surprised to ser how quickly they clear W. Chatham between Cary Parkway and Old Apex. It does not seem to be a major route, but the plows have been over it at least five times already and I can clearly see the street.
Not complaining at all, but seems like they could focus more on the main roads instead of this one.
There's a fire station at Old Apex and Chatham...maybe ensuring they can get out on the road.
Ah, never thought of that. The fire trucks do pass through this way every now and then, so that probably makes it a priority. Thanks for mentioning it.
Seems just grippy enough to get around very very slowly today. But after everything refreezes tonight. Tomorrow is the day that will be really treacherous I'd imagine.
This is what I'm predicting. It happens every time we have a storm like this.
Tomorrow's morning news will be about all the wrecks.
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