Cold weather, Ice, Snow

[Trip McNeely]

lol. Yeah well I was slip sliding on my way to work this morning because the road crews decided to sleep in. Then I read this article: http://www.wtae.com/news/local/inves...l/-/index.html

[slow99]

There it is.

We already had the real-life comparison/analysis 2 years ago during the Super Bowl. All those Pittsburgh and Wisconsin visitors couldn't navigate this shit to save their lives. They were all calling us with, "Where the fuck are the salt trucks and plows?"

[Trip McNeely]

I spend a lot of time every winter in Pittsburgh/SW Pennsylvania. It's much easier to drive on up there b/c they have the equipment to deal with it. The problem is, TX DOT goes and allocates shitloads of capital to it and then we don't have a significant event for another 3 years.

"Zomg!!! Can you believe those idiots spent million of dollars on that!?!"

Of course, they're doing a cost benefit analysis internally to make the decision, but the public reaction would be exactly this.

There it is.

[slow99]

I spend a lot of time every winter in Pittsburgh/SW Pennsylvania. It's much easier to drive on up there b/c they have the equipment to deal with it. The problem is, TX DOT goes and allocates shitloads of capital to it and then we don't have a significant event for another 3 years.

"Zomg!!! Can you believe those idiots spent millions of dollars on that!?!"

Of course, they're doing a cost benefit analysis internally to make the decision, but the public reaction would be exactly this.

[yellowstang]

Someone got their green 08-09 GT taken out just north of there this morning around 7am. They got hit or hit a Chevy truck pulling out on Bryant Irvin.

Why do people have to go smashing into green GT's! fuckers!

[1carcrazyguy]

The Bryant Irvin Rd. bridge has not been scraped and sucks.

Someone got their green 08-09 GT taken out just north of there this morning around 7am. They got hit or hit a Chevy truck pulling out on Bryant Irvin.

[GhostTX]

If the last 4-5 years has been any indication of what is to come you might want to get used to more winter weather than Texan's are used to.

We didn't have much of a winter last year. I only remember a light snow the year prior and 3 years ago we had two snows a week a part. Each snow event didn't sock us in like this ice did.

Wasn't 2010 the year we got a foot of snow? That was crazy as shit.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

I'll take once in 25 year winter storms in Texas, k, thanks. Screw dealing with that nonsense EVERY year.

If the last 4-5 years has been any indication of what is to come you might want to get used to more winter weather than Texan's are used to.

[GhostTX]

I dunno, but rain turns into sleet here and it works just fine. Like I originally said, you don't have the equipment. You can think what you want. You act like there's some huge difference in the sleet/ice there, the fact is Texas isn't prepared and they would benefit to outfit the DOT with the same equipment they have up here. Just a thought...

I think it's pure economics. Invest in serious equipment & supplies that's gonna be used once every few years, or expand/repair/build more roads every year. I will say the TXDot response was VERY lack luster on this event.

[GhostTX]

You should tell us more about how y'all are so well prepared and much better at dealing with this shit. http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...171737101.html

I'll take once in 25 year winter storms in Texas, k, thanks. Screw dealing with that nonsense EVERY year.

[yellowstang]

I dunno, but rain turns into sleet here and it works just fine. Like I originally said, you don't have the equipment. You can think what you want. You act like there's some huge difference in the sleet/ice there, the fact is Texas isn't prepared and they would benefit to outfit the DOT with the same equipment they have up here. Just a thought...

Everything is bigger in Texas, even the thickness of the ice on the roads. Plus, up in N. Texas, it's more dry, so it's a dry ice, as compared to your humid ice.

[Trip McNeely]

Well, why don't you explain to us why this equipment isn't around here to be utilized in an event like we had the last few days around here?

Do I work for the DOT? Ask them. Budget cuts? Sequestration? ObamaCare? Maybe they feel like the cost doesn't outweigh the frequency of it happening? Maybe liability hasn't reached a level to where they feel like they can't get away with it? Those are my guesses.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Oh wow, you found a story. Good job. I swear you always just pick arguments with me just for the sake of arguing. Have fun with that. I'll let the facts speak for themselves.

Well, why don't you explain to us why this equipment isn't around here to be utilized in an event like we had the last few days around here?

[Country cracker]

That video was crazy. Why the hell was everyone just standing in the road? I would be hauling ass to the woods.