wrote:

> On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 3:30:31 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> That is because we do not get significant amounts of the white stuff.
> When you have to drive in a condition that you have no experience
> driving in of course we are brought to our knees. Are we supposed to
> save two weeks of our vacation and schedule those weeks for the
> second week of January in Minneapolis so we can learn to drive in a
> condition we rarely experience? Are we supposed to stay off the
> roads because some Northerner is here visiting but we are annoying
> him and in his way because we don't know how to navigate in it?

Thats the problem plus we do not have the gear to deal with it. They
do not bother to plough side roads here (no treatment at all) and they
do not sell snow tires either.

Our biggest danger per local studies, IS the northern critters causing
accidents 'getting annoyed' at the locals. The locals have fender
benders in it. The northern annoyed critters cause fatalities going
50-60 and wiping out a local at 20mph.

On 2/14/2019 7:06 PM, cshenk wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 3:30:31 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> That is because we do not get significant amounts of the white stuff.
>> When you have to drive in a condition that you have no experience
>> driving in of course we are brought to our knees. Are we supposed to
>> save two weeks of our vacation and schedule those weeks for the
>> second week of January in Minneapolis so we can learn to drive in a
>> condition we rarely experience? Are we supposed to stay off the
>> roads because some Northerner is here visiting but we are annoying
>> him and in his way because we don't know how to navigate in it?
>
> Thats the problem plus we do not have the gear to deal with it. They
> do not bother to plough side roads here (no treatment at all) and they
> do not sell snow tires either.
>
> Our biggest danger per local studies, IS the northern critters causing
> accidents 'getting annoyed' at the locals. The locals have fender
> benders in it. The northern annoyed critters cause fatalities going
> 50-60 and wiping out a local at 20mph.
>

Many have no idea what it is like in other places. The Weather Channel
runs a show called Highway Thru Hell. They deal with snow and ice on a
regular basis in BC.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4m...HpBpAgqeVckISg

On 2019-02-14 11:12 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Many have no idea what it is like in other places.Â* The Weather Channel
> runs a show called Highway Thru Hell.Â* They deal with snow and ice on a
> regular basis in BC.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4m...HpBpAgqeVckISg
>

That is the Coquihalla Hwy. It is a beautiful, scenic drive in the
summer, but my friends who live out there talk about how treacherous it
is in the winter. It is a highway that goes a long way between places,
but without much along the way.