chaos, apocalypse and chik-fil-a

[Professor]

[Professor]

Well, one thing that I can be thankful for is that this isn't confined to just the South. Looks like Northerners can't drive in the snow/ice, either.

Ohio


Wisconsin


Indiana


New York

[The Comrade]

shamelessly stolen from non

[exploited]

Oh my god... How dare you suggest Northerner's can't drive in snow??? ALL OF THEIR PRIDE HANGS IN THE BALANCE. These needless personal attacks have just got to stop - condemning a whole demographic is immoral especially when in jest.

Christ. Someone get Prof a f**k soother.

[John Galt]

well it's really about how one inch of snow made atlanta look like the walking dead... not that they got in accidents. sure, people get in accidents because of snow and ice, even up here. sure. but it was about how in birmingham, in atlanta, in anywhere, the traffic was so bad from one inch of snow that people literally abandoned their cars and took shelter in walmarts. if you want to say that northerners get in accidents too, sure. but if one inch brought the same chaos as it did there, from october until april every year society would collapse, to be made anew every spring

[Mr.Bill]

We rag on California all the time.. And NYC..

And Boston? Fvck!! They can't drive in July.. Worse drivers in the world are in Boston. No one here is from Boston though, right?

Just kidding.. I'm done..

[Professor]

[Spider]

It actually does matter, as you wind up with a compacted ice layer at certain thicknesses, or just compacted snow, which actually provides decent traction. Also you have to think about the consistency of the stuff. Is it heavy wet snow that is going to get slushy and ice up at night, or is it powdery snow that we can deal with? You can have a whole bunch of powder without losing too much traction, but the slushy shit, especially with falling temperatures, can be bad news.

To be fair, there was no reason for the south to be prepared for this. Atlanta needs a fleet of on the ball snowplows like Denver needs a tsunami siren.

[Mr.Bill]

Also if the snow is deep in the road, and ruts has developed in the snow on the road, especially if it is a heavy snow when the wheels get out of the ruts, or go against the grain so to speak, it could 'guide' or push the car where you don't want to go causing the driver to lose control.. In this case 4WD is definitely a plus..

[John Galt]

compacted snow can get real slippery it just when it is on the road it can have has a bunch of dirt in it that keeps it from being slippery, but if you compact snow off road somewhere, it'll probably just be snow, and be more like a luge pipe. if it's not compacted, more like chewed up slush, a small amount of that can be bad (which would require a few inches of snow) as for thickness, i generally get concerned about driving if more than 3 inches have come down in the last few hours. below that? meh. this morning there was about 6 inches of snow that fell in a few hours (i started at the tail end, there was 4-5 on the ground when i set out), was a bit blizzardy out there. not a single road i drove on was plowed, and we all went to work

and not talking on the ball snowplows, just some repurposed trucks at the ready to spread grit. they had days to prepare and know it was coming. also i dont think denver even plows because it's always 60 the next day, the assholes