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TDIRunner:

--- Quote from: marioxb on March 01, 2018, 05:39:05 AM ---
They didn't even attempt to clean the roads of the slight ice. Just waited until it melted. Most gone by next day, all gone within a week.

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If they haven't had snow since 1989, I'm guessing the city didn't even own snow removal equipment. That happened to Las Vegas several years ago. They were shut down from basically a dusting, but they had no way of treating or removing it.

It'a all about where you live. The people up North tend to laugh when cities in the south are shut down from a dusting of snow. However, on the flip side, if their temperatures up North ever hit 100, they wouldn't know what to do about it.

Arseen:

--- Quote from: TDIRunner on March 01, 2018, 09:11:41 AM ---If they haven't had snow since 1989, I'm guessing the city didn't even own snow removal equipment. That happened to Las Vegas several years ago. They were shut down from basically a dusting, but they had no way of treating or removing it.

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Street sweepers... ;)

--- Quote from: TDIRunner on March 01, 2018, 09:11:41 AM ---It'a all about where you live. The people up North tend to laugh when cities in the south are shut down from a dusting of snow. However, on the flip side, if their temperatures up North ever hit 100, they wouldn't know what to do about it.

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Well it's how you take it.
Hottest here has been around 37C (so about 99F) in shade, so more in direct sun.
No problems we just made sure people (especially elderly) drank enough and stayed cool.

Coldest bit more than -40C (same in F) and add to that modest wind.
No problems either.
Our houses have triple glased windows and good insulation.
Many houses have fireplaces or better yet old fassioned wood burning bread ovens.

wiggy:

--- Quote from: TDIRunner on March 01, 2018, 09:11:41 AM ---
--- Quote from: marioxb on March 01, 2018, 05:39:05 AM ---
They didn't even attempt to clean the roads of the slight ice. Just waited until it melted. Most gone by next day, all gone within a week.

--- End quote ---

If they haven't had snow since 1989, I'm guessing the city didn't even own snow removal equipment. That happened to Las Vegas several years ago. They were shut down from basically a dusting, but they had no way of treating or removing it.

It'a all about where you live. The people up North tend to laugh when cities in the south are shut down from a dusting of snow. However, on the flip side, if their temperatures up North ever hit 100, they wouldn't know what to do about it.

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There really isn't much to do, except sweat. That, and turn on the AC. The upshot is that heat doesn't impair one's ability to travel. We don't get a ton of 100°+ days in Cleveland, but when we do, it's not entirely unexpected. It just sucks, especially with the 100%+ humidity. Thanks to "lake effect" for both a lot of snow AND often miserable humidity.

TDIRunner:

--- Quote from: wiggy on March 01, 2018, 01:32:55 PM ---
There really isn't much to do, except sweat. That, and turn on the AC.

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Except that in some parts of the country, some people may not have AC. It's the equivalent of some areas not having snow removal equipment. They choose not to make the investment for something that rarely happens.

Arseen:
Watched Canada's Worst drivers and learned few thing relating to this topic:
You don't have to proof that you can drive on ice to get driving lisence in Canada!??
And not parking exam or reverse driving?
Is that true?
Is is it true in US as well.

Here in Finland winter driving or driving in dark are not part of the driving exam (unless you take the exam in winter) but we get extensive winter driving and driving in dark lessons while in driving school.
But both reversing and parking (both parallel and normal (both head on and in reverse parking) are.
And at least in the school I took they insisted we kept practicing until we knew what we did and they offered more (paid of course) lessons until both the driver and teacher were happy.

So how about in your country.

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