Cold weather, Ice, Snow

[Trip McNeely]

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.

[Baron Von Crowder]

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

[GhostTX]

I didn't see this on local news. Vocal group also stuck at DFW did impromptu singing.

Vid at the link:

http://kdvr.com/2013/12/09/colorado-vocal-band-brightens-day-for-stranded-airport-travelers-video-goes-viral/

[Trip McNeely]

How well does that work when it washes of with the rain?

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...

[downshift_me]

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

[GhostTX]

^ That's cool. Gainesville, Sherman, and Denton were all hit pretty hard.

I measured 2-3" thick slabs when I was breaking the ice on my driveway today. The two mile stretch to get to the main road had melted in some spots. Unfortunately, most of it is shaded, so those were/are still solid ice. Main roads about Sherman are fine, though. Got to replenish the groceries!

Can't wait for the "I survived North Texas Ice Storm 2013!" T-shirts...

[Baron Von Crowder]

They don't just plow, they also pre-treat roads and spray brine water/sodium chloride for a base. We get ice too, and do fine when they treat it.

How well does that work when it washes of with the rain?

[crapstang]

^ That's cool. Gainesville, Sherman, and Denton were all hit pretty hard.

[GhostTX]

Satellite image of the ice:

[Country cracker]

Azle ISD is closed tomorrow! These damn kids are getting on my nerves lol

[Trip McNeely]

Im really cracking up at the comments I see from people up north. "they should get plows"

Well, on the way home from work Friday, I got to see 3 plow trucks pushing the ice pellets off the top of the solid ice underneath, and do nothing but scratch the surface of the ice on the streets and bridges. There's a reason they call them snow plows and not ice plows.

They don't just plow, they also pre-treat roads and spray brine water/sodium chloride for a base. We get ice too, and do fine when they treat it.

[03mustangdude]

I got a brookshires paper today in the mail. From Thursday to today that's all I got, really?

least you got something

[Baron Von Crowder]

Im really cracking up at the comments I see from people up north. "they should get plows"

Well, on the way home from work Friday, I got to see 3 plow trucks pushing the ice pellets off the top of the solid ice underneath, and do nothing but scratch the surface of the ice on the streets and bridges. There's a reason they call them snow plows and not ice plows.

[Country cracker]

I got a brookshires paper today in the mail. From Thursday to today that's all I got, really?

[Captain Crawfish]

sad that it takes 4 days to clear roads and bridges in dfw. i think they have invested in maybe 5 plows for the entire metroplex