What do we know about shooting cast in extreme cold weather?
- Thread starter Chris
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Was 9 degrees here this morning and I assure you I am not laughing. 
Brad,
Hardly any snow here, but 35 miles S of me in Birmingham, it was a mess this morning, all the Interstates near impassible. About 3 inches there.
Chris
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I am interested in why a bit of snow causes problems on the roads in the south. Is it drivers lacking experience, lack of knowledge on automobile physics? I understand that no one has snowtires, but driving carefully should get everybody home. Also no snow removal equipment, but again careful driving will let you proceed until it gets deep.
No offense to southerners but why?
No offense to southerners but why?
How much snow removal equipment do the cities and counties have? Bet not much. Can't spend millions on stuff you might use once a year.
The drivers don't understand how to drive on slick roads. Again, little chance to learn. Heck, our first slick days in winter are a mess in Nebraska, people forget to slow down and not slam on the brakes.
Look at how 100 degree weather in Chicago is a "heat wave". Don't you think people like Ian are laughing at that? They call that spring. Again, it is about the norm for the region.
Like anything, it is what we are used to. I'm sure Ian is better prepared for scorpions and such than I am. I will keep my snow to not have so many creepy crawlies.
The drivers don't understand how to drive on slick roads. Again, little chance to learn. Heck, our first slick days in winter are a mess in Nebraska, people forget to slow down and not slam on the brakes.
Look at how 100 degree weather in Chicago is a "heat wave". Don't you think people like Ian are laughing at that? They call that spring. Again, it is about the norm for the region.
Like anything, it is what we are used to. I'm sure Ian is better prepared for scorpions and such than I am. I will keep my snow to not have so many creepy crawlies.
Chris
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Most of us in snow country just learned how to drive at a young age.
However we have plenty of flatlanders passing through that are forever in the ditch. A lot of them place to much value on having a 4WD... as if that makes them skidproof. See a lot of them on their roof.
Right Bret4207?
However we have plenty of flatlanders passing through that are forever in the ditch. A lot of them place to much value on having a 4WD... as if that makes them skidproof. See a lot of them on their roof.
Right Bret4207?
Ian
Notorious member
Ben explained it very well: Lack of experience among drivers, very little budget, equipment or manpower.
For example, our county has several hundred bridges, all of them concrete, many of them 20+ feet high. And two sand trucks.
The most we'll ever see is a little sand spread on the major bridges when icing conditions occur, the rest of the time we're on our own, but it's only every 3-5 years we get weather that MIGHT keep people home for a day or two.
Also, more than snow, we have "black ice" here just like a lot of places in the central plains on down to the Gulf. Snow isn't really that much of a problem here, we never get more than a few inches at at time and even dumb drivers do ok on packed snow, it's the thin sheet ice that really causes problems. In the panhandle plains there may be a few snow plows, I don't know.
Really it's no different here during a cold snap than some of the northern states when an abnormal heat wave passes through. I remember hearing many times on the news of temperatures in the mid-80s wiping out hundreds of people in cities where few were equipped with air conditioning.
For example, our county has several hundred bridges, all of them concrete, many of them 20+ feet high. And two sand trucks.
The most we'll ever see is a little sand spread on the major bridges when icing conditions occur, the rest of the time we're on our own, but it's only every 3-5 years we get weather that MIGHT keep people home for a day or two.
Also, more than snow, we have "black ice" here just like a lot of places in the central plains on down to the Gulf. Snow isn't really that much of a problem here, we never get more than a few inches at at time and even dumb drivers do ok on packed snow, it's the thin sheet ice that really causes problems. In the panhandle plains there may be a few snow plows, I don't know.
Really it's no different here during a cold snap than some of the northern states when an abnormal heat wave passes through. I remember hearing many times on the news of temperatures in the mid-80s wiping out hundreds of people in cities where few were equipped with air conditioning.
JonB
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Yeah, we got us some snowplows in MN.
http://www.startribune.com/removing-snow-cost-mndot-130-1-million/267262701/