On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 4:33:35 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:32:12 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2019-02-11 3:00 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >> When I lived in Philadelphia, that was common.Â* In New England, no big
> >> deal.Â* People were batter at driving in snow and the highway crews are
> >> better equipped to deal with it.Â* In all my years in CT, if I could get
> >> out my driveway I could get to the store.
> >
> >We always get a chuckle over the traffic chaos that results from very
> >small amounts of snow in the lower half of the US. It seems that is
> >takes only about a half inch of snow to bring the transportation
> >infrastructure to its knees.
>
> Wait until you get a tiny hurricane.

We call 'em tornadoes

This far inland, hurricanes arrive pretty well spent. A few days of
rain or gloomy weather is about as far as it goes.

Cindy Hamilton