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Originally Posted by Dantilla
Same in the Seattle area. 1/2" shuts everything down.
To be (a little) fair, there are differences between Northwest snow and Mid-west snow (I'm originally from Minnesota)
- Northwest snow has a high moisture content, so it's mostly slimy slush. Much harder do drive than the cold, dry Midwest snow
-Nobody here knows how to drive in snow. They either carry on as normal, right into the ditch, or white-knuckle it at two miles an hour so everybody behind backs up into huge traffic jams.
-No level ground. You are either going uphill, or downhill. On slimy slush.
-No snow removal equipment. Sure, there are a couple plows, and a couple sanding trucks, that run 24 hours a day, but not near enough equipment to keep up.
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Everything Dan Sez and: Since it doesn't snow much, 80% of the drivers are not prepared.....Consider driving a Mustang with bald tires uphill in wet snow/slush....Best driver in the world can't do it.
Yes, people do just abandon their cars in the road and walk home...I recall our city had closed a steep hill.......Barricades: ROAD Closed......Guy in a brand new Audi goes around the barricades and gets stuck.....Walks off.......It was hit 7 times by cars coming down the closed hill before I could get it towed....Very common.