[Leica] You Call that SNOW!?!?

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

Those ice storms are really bad.  I got caught in the middle of one 
in Athens GA one year.  There was about a half-inch of ice on 
everything.  Forget about driving, you couldn't even walk anywhere. 
We just stayed inside by the fire for a day or so until the sun 
returned and it all melted.    I'll take a two-foot blizzard over one 
of those any time.

Why the high crowns, though? Is it to help with rain water run off?


>Actually, a lot of southerner's fear of snow has to do with the
>relatively high crowns on our roads.  Also, ground temperatures tend to
>start warm enough to melt the snow then freeze as the temperature drops
>toward evening.  I remember an ice storm in Waco, Texas that left a
>relatively light coat of ice on the roads.  With the crown, if you
>deviated in the slightest from dead center, of you went into the curb.
>
>I have no difficulty driving on unplowed roads in the Midwest, but you
>won't find me out and about in Atlanta when it snows.  Even four wheel
>drive won't save you with the crowns and the ice.
>
>Don
>dorysrus@mindspring.com
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Regards,

Dick
Boston MA