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In article <3A95C97A.9AB88684@clark.net>, Tiny Human Ferret wrote:
>"Ken M." wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
>
>Um, when the temperature stays below freezing, hardly anything ever turns to
>ice; it would have to liquify first. A good snow is one where the
>temperature was always below freezing.
>
>I personally figure these folks just forgot that they were driving on snow,
>and next thing they know, kabam. They're sliding sideways at 70MPH with no
>traction towards the equally disoriented vehicle they were following at one
>car-length.

Actually, if you're saying that the snow on the roads never turned to 
water, you'd be wrong.  The pressure and friction from the tires of 
vehicles would have liquefied it.  Then it turned to ice.