An Icy Rant

In case folks didn’t know, we had a little snow even in NC from the Triangle and east. I left work at 5:30pm. I got home at 8:55pm. That’s right. And it didn’t even take me as long as some people. There were folks on the radio who said they left at 1pm, and, as of after 5:30pm, were still not home. Of course, I only had to go around 8 miles or so.

Here is the problem, as I see it, and have heard it. Not that long after 12, the schools said "we’re closing." What this causes is a domino effect. When school closes, business’s start closing. What we ended up with is to many folks on the road BEFORE the Department of Transportation could do anything. There are certain choke points which caused major slowdowns. For me, this was the corner of Falls of the Neuse and Spring Forest. Spring Forest was closed going west, due to it’s hills and the ice. That forced almost half of the traffic to now either turn left or right. I needed to go right. Falls is also one of the major feeder roads, so it was already backed up. The entire Triangle area was like this. Man, truly sucked. It was real nice that I had a 12 pack of Hawaiian Punch in my CRV (yes, I drink it: I like juice better then soda). Too bad it was FROZEN.

Jeez, that was fun. At least their is power, and I ate a late lunch. Though, all in all could have been worse.

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