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US snow
palmer6strings:
Hell I feel that it's kinda bullshit that they close down the whole freakin state because of 2 feet of snow. Here in Missouri, when we get 2 feet of snow nothing happens. We are still expected to come into work and shit.
On top of that, our road crews here suck dick. They don't even try to make the roads better it seems.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: marioxb on January 24, 2016, 09:39:11 PM ---but those of us who would love to miss work due to the snow.
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I didn't say I wouldn't mind... We just don't get to do that.
Specially at my line of work at home healthcare.
If for some miracle we could not to work due to roads been blocked we can call fire department to come to pick us up to work with their off-road vehicles.
Not that my Volvo can't handle snow. Once drove 2 kilometers thru 15+ cm snow as one client hadn't cleared her road.
I almost called fire department... but could not bother. ;D
Arseen:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on January 24, 2016, 10:42:34 PM ---On top of that, our road crews here suck dick. They don't even try to make the roads better it seems.
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We had same problem here in past when the public road care was first privatized.
Then they were reminded that they were legally responsible if someone got injured or died, or that rescue department or home health care could not get thru due to roads being bad.
They immediately got their act together. ;)
Private roads are always in perfect condition due to this being agricultural area and thus maybe one in 20 houses has tractors and snow equipment, and they know that we don't come if roads are unpassable, which is unlikely anyway as we have off-road capable work car.
shenske:
All good here in Colorado. For being a "mountain state" we surprisingly don't get as much snow as people think we do. It may snow tonight but my guess it will just be misty.
P.S. Go Broncos ;D
Megatron:
I moved to San Diego about a year and a half ago, but prior to that I lived in upstate NY and then Washington DC.
Upstate NY is the snow capital of the country (outside of Alaska), so I was accustomed to several feet of snow a year, often a few feet on the ground after one night. We usually had school and work. But this is expected. It happens every year, so we had all the necessary equipment, and most people living there knew what to do.
DC, on the other hand, nobody has any idea what to do in this stuff, because it doesn't happen that often. Once in a great while there is a blizzard, but usually its no more than a few inches at a time. I was the only person I knew who lived there that actually had snow tires. They don't invest in what they need because they don't think they'll need it.
Then this stuff happens and the city is crippled.
That said, I've never been happier to be on the opposite coast.