Apparently Pepco has gone downhill. Seems like there's an outage up
there affecting
tens of thousands after any big weather event.
But the worst has already happened. Last night, according to this
a.m.'s news was a
traffic nightmare in DC, with less than an inch of snow. So bad the
mayor had get on
the news and tell how all the problems will be solved.
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Ban idiots, not guns!
Problems from less than 1" of snow. Really?
We had a minor "clipper" pass through the area last Sunday night/Monday
morning. Nobody thought much about it because the forecast was for a
"dusting" to maybe an inch. The dusting or inch turned into 5-6 inches
all along the south shore from Marshfield to the Cape. The highway
departments didn't bother pre-treating the roads and the results were
ice packed roads and numerous fender benders.
The handicap equipped van I drive is absolutely horrible in snow or ice.
No traction at all. I have one client who lives on one of the many
hilly back roads in North Plymouth, plus her driveway is a long hill
going up from the road. I have to make sure I have a running start
going up her driveway, slowly easing up on the gas as we go up, hoping
that I timed it right to make it to the top. So far I've done ok.
Then, after loading her in the van, I turn around, make sure there is no
traffic on the road in either direction and do a controlled slide
back down her driveway. After that, the road is another steep, long
hill down to a major road. Ice packed, of course. To navigate that
hill, I put the transmission in "1" and crawl down the hill without
touching the brakes and letting the engine/transmission keep the speed
down. If I even touched the brakes, it would put the van in a slide and
who knows what would happen. Nerve wracking when you have 9 or 10
people yacking away behind you.
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