[ale] Bad weather

[Dylan Northrup]

A long time ago, (17.01.08), in a galaxy far, far away, mute wonder wrote:

:=2008/1/17 Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>:
:=
:=> The more difficult problems I think are centered around the fact that
:=> this area really does not have the infrastructure to deal with freezing
:=> road conditions.  They have a little bit of sand, as I understand it,
:=> but they do not use salt to thaw the ice on the road or anything.
:=>
:=> Then again, add to that the fact that when anything happens that alters
:=> the conditions of the road, everyone seems to stop.  Why /is/ that
:=> around here?
:=
:=That was mostly my concern.  The weather itself isn't too bad, but the
:=city's response, the drivers' reactions are usually /dreadful/.

Perhaps because it's not something that happens all the time and, therefore,
money spent on preventing issues would be considered by "small government"
folks as wasted money?  As far as the drivers' reactions, they hardly ever
drive in snowy weather so they don't have any practice doing this. . . is it
any surprise that folks are unable to do it well?

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