Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Exactly. That's one of the weirdnesses about the area. For some weather, geographic or other reason I don't fully understand, the weather across the Triangle always varies widely. I know it's a big area, but it always seems that one spot will get far worse weather than the other but it doesn't always seem to be the same spot that gets it bad every time we have a freezing weather event.
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According to the Town of Chapel Hill email that I got, this is what the town has in its arsenal to clear the roads:
"In addition to its 11 snowplow trucks, seven box spreaders, four brine distributors and one motor-grader, the Town has contracts in place for up to three additional snowplow trucks, six motor graders, and other equipment required to clear public-maintained parking lots. The Public Works Department's brine storage tanks (8,000 gal.) and roadway rock salt (approximately 450 tons) and sand bins (approximately 250 tons) are full."
Even if you have gas heat I guess you have an electric pilot light/starter? I guess the blowers need to have electricity.
I have a gas fireplace, so I guess I could run that all day if I had to. And there is my gas stove. I just refilled the propane tank for my grill so I could still cook food out there. And I have plenty of alcohol at home, some of which doesn't need refrigeration!
I'm in an office where they expect you to come in regardless of almost any weather. So I decided to use my vacation time to take Friday/Monday off.
Even at the grocery store, notice how many have the token "milk and bread" in the their carts beside the cases of beer, wine bottles, and chips. That's what we REALLY don't want to be stranded without
At my local store, clerks were warning people to "be careful out there" - this without so much as a single flake coming down yet. I got my chips, wine, and cheese, so, I'm all "prepared". I noticed the bread was out. My goodness, do people really eat gobs and gobs of bread? So Weird.
I their defense, there was a prediction for something last night and they can't always see out the front door as to whether it's actually happening or not.
As far as icing, I saw the national weather service map this morning and if it is right, it's been nice knowing you Charlotte. .75-1 inch ice accumulation will knock them back to the Stone Age for a good little while. Up to a half inch for us is going to be bad enough.
I did just see that the latest models might have the snow line shifting a bit south and east so that would be good.
We will have people without power for 10 days howling, "Why don't they spray brine in the trees?!?!
This is what I'm scared of now. When we moved into our house this fall, one of the reasons we loved it so much was the 3 GIGANTIC willow oaks in the yard. However, this morning I thought about the ice and the trees suddenly looked like towers of electricity-killing doom.
So in your guys' experience with storms like this around here, do you think i40 will be drivable tomorrow? Even if we do get ice?
People will certainly drive it. How well is the question. It is not unheard of for traffic delays of several hours or accidents aplenty when the ice thickens.
If I recall, the main issue with 40 was with the ramps. People tend to slide off those or into other vehicles. If I recall we had one instance where a fuel truck overturned on an overpass.
Here's an example from last year where it wasn't even freezing rain. Just wet roads that froze overnight... January, 2015 Icy Roads
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