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Re: I-95 Pileup - News Says "Sudden" Storm

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From: Ken M.
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:50

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DPH wrote:
> 
> Anybody else think that maybe VDOT was totally asleep and now at least
> part responsible for this pileup?
> 
> The storm was not sudden.  I heard about it coming last night on the
> radio.  Everyone knew it was going to happen.  And when.  So, were were
> the salt trucks?  Why was I-95 icy?
> 
> I think there's just no damn excuse.  A midwest state, this light snow
> would have resulted in wet salty roads.  Why does Virginia have to lay
> down on the job?  Now there's at least 1 dead and bunches hurt and
> thousands of dollars of property damage 'cuz the state can't be bothered
> to put salt on one of the most dangerous Interstate Highways in the
> country.
> 
> Makes me sick...  11 years to retirement.  That big sucking sound you
> hear will be me leaving Virginia.
> 
> DPH

First of all, with a weather forecast like this, all schools
and government agencies should have been shut down -- to reduce
the amount of traffic on the highways!

Since the temperatures never went above 25, everything turned
to ice, quickly. The rest is history.

(ken)

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