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Matthew Russotto wrote:

> In article <3A95C97A.9AB88684@clark.net>,
> Tiny Human Ferret  <klaatu@clark.net> wrote:
> >
> >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.
>
> There was enough sun and traffic to hold the road surfaces above
> freezing until the snow started.  The first bit of snow melted, then
> everything froze.  Nasty.  A few times, I found myself driving
> sideways -- with my car at an 80 degree angle to the road, wheels
> turned hard right.  Also I had it redlined in third gear to get up a
> slippery hill.  A Torsen limited slip differential is a wonderful
> thing sometimes, but the tires on my new Miata really suck in the
> snow.
>
> --
> Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
> "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
> of justice is no virtue."

The point being it would _not_ have frozen at our relatively mild cold temps  if
there was some _salt_ on the roads.  Drive an Ohio road in a snow like this, and
you drive on a wet road - nothing worse than that.

A white-out is extremely dangerous, but I don't think there was the wind
necessary for that.  It was relatively calm all day over here in the N. Neck.  I
take a Virginia "white-out" with the same large grain of salt that I take a
Virginia "blizzard".  The radio stations here blather about a blizzard most every
chance they get, but it ain't a blizzard until some specific wind / snowfall
conditions set by the weather bureau are met.  I haven't seen a real blizzard
here yet - been here goin' on 5 years.

DPH