On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:57:12 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 1/28/2014 5:11 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
Central Alabamastan is all but shut down with parents being told they
should leave their children at school if they can't safely get to the
school to pick them up. The governor had a news conference about the
state of emergency where he has called out some of the National Guard
and the State Emergency Management Agency has activated all its
resources. The ice and snow was forecast to hit the Southern part of the
state so most of the limited snow clearing equipment was sent South
and will take days to make it back to Northern Alabama. We aren't used
to this nonsense and folks from The South don't know how to drive on ice
and snow so the frigging roads are clogged. Birmingham is a mountainous
area with a lot of hills and vehicles can't get up the hills and are
sliding down them. People are being asked to stay off the roads but
there are those idiots who don't get it. I live on top of one of the
mountains in the area and there is no way I would think of pulling out
of the driveway. o_O

TDD

There are a few safe drivers in PRNY, but very few.
I get out on the road, and people fly by me, on
either right or left, but most often the right.
When possible, I do stay home.

They told us to go home at 1PM. I waited a half hour (to let the
parking lot clear) and left. It took me almost two hours to get home
(18mi). People were scared ****less. In some places I could have
walked faster. The roads weren't even slick! I tested the roads
often with my brake and didn't break loose. Some were still off the
road. Idiots. We only had 1/2" at the time. We're probably up to a
whole inch, now.