[Magdalen] snow daze

[Roger Stokes]

On 16/01/2018 22:48, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> No snow plows here. During one storm 29 years ago when I first moved 
> here the greater metro area paid 5 million$ for sand for the roads - 
> so  many overpasses on the expressways and on local roads because we 
> have so many large ditches and waterways that ice over quickly and are 
> bad places to wipe out. I'm hoping it starts warming by Wednesday.

During earlier trips to the USA I had seen plenty of warning signs 
"Bridge ices before road" but until my drive from Tennessee to Louisiana 
last January I had not realised the significance of this. There I was 
driving down the Interstate and then I saw a bridge with very clear 
tyre-tracks through the ice so I kept in them until on solid ground on 
the other side. Later I met thick ice across the carriageway. I had 
never seen ploughing of ice rather than snow. The traffic was held up 
because of a crash on the Interstate heading North but fortunately I was 
able to head off South and when I entered LA the conditions improved 
dramatically. I do not want to encounter conditions like that again.

Roger