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| Madducky:
That and some people in the US consider funding public works to be SOCIALISM, which it is, but they have been falsely taught that it's just like COMMUNISM! So when local ballot initiatives come up to give teachers raises or pay for the equipment needed, they vote against their own self-interests and let crap like this bring our country to a standstill. Just what I've noticed. |
| redsox2012:
--- Quote from: Arseen on January 24, 2016, 06:02:41 PM ---I don't understand how some snow can cripple areas where it's known to snow. JUST GET FREAKING EQUIPMENT!!! And plan ahead. Same goes to cold. Here in Finland if it snows and you can't get to work, tough luck, why didn't you prepare. We simply don't get "snowdays" I remember around Christmas 2006 when we got 60+ cm (2 feet) snow with in 5 hours the road stayed open whole time. All public roads where cleaned between every 30 to 90 minutes, depending on priority. Private roads where even better as people here have tractors with snowblowers. Not even airports were closed. --- End quote --- To be fair, the population density in the Northeastern U.S. is probably among the highest in the world. It's not that some people can't get around, but clearing the way for tens of millions of people to move after 2 -3 feet of snow can be overwhelming, even in places where it snows regularly. If the same size storm hit in other areas of the globe, it might affect only 1 or 2 % of the people that this storm did. |
| wiggy:
--- Quote from: Arseen on January 24, 2016, 06:02:41 PM ---I don't understand how some snow can cripple areas where it's known to snow. JUST GET FREAKING EQUIPMENT!!! And plan ahead. Same goes to cold. Here in Finland if it snows and you can't get to work, tough luck, why didn't you prepare. We simply don't get "snowdays" I remember around Christmas 2006 when we got 60+ cm (2 feet) snow with in 5 hours the road stayed open whole time. All public roads where cleaned between every 30 to 90 minutes, depending on priority. Private roads where even better as people here have tractors with snowblowers. Not even airports were closed. --- End quote --- Come on, man. You're smarter than that. That's about as narrow as saying "hey, the economy is bad, let's just make more money". The weather along any coast can be extremely erratic. Planning for a massive snowstorm is sort of impossible. It's like planning for doomsday. Also, you live in a minuscule country. Setting up that sort of infrastructure is nothing compared to what it takes in the U.S. Foreigners often seem to forget how large the U.S. is. For example, Texas is the size of France. That's just one of our 50 states equaling the size of an entire nation. |
| Arseen:
True that only 80 000 people live in this area, but that has nothing to do with readiness. The area has tens thousands of kilometers of road, and the clearing crews aren't that big, but there are plenty of them situated correctly, and thus no snowblocks had time to form. It is as simple as situating the crews correctly in the preparation. When the snowing started we were prepared and immediately when needed the snow clearers went to work For example this little town I live in has has 2 centers and about 300 kilometers of public road and plenty of store fronts and yards and such, yet 5 tractors and truck kept it clean easily as they had coordinated plan. Private roads were kept clean too by their owners. As to the biggest airport of Finland: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-12042213 And yes I know that big cities have problem with parking blocking the roads, which makes things way harder, but then leave the cars and use public transportation. |
| marioxb:
Don't forget that us Americans are lazy too. Not only the people who would clean the snow, but those of us who would love to miss work due to the snow. |
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