I lived in Portland, OR for the last few years. On the first day of snow each year, I'd walk out on an overpass over I-5 and watch all the cars come sliding down the hill. Hundreds an hour. Almost like ballroom dancing for cars.
And the sport utility vehicles were the best. Traveling at 50 MPH, and then slamming on the brakes to try to avoid other cars. They spin really pretty! Ah, the memories. (People here in Boston are just mean.) Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/04/02 02:45PM >>> Here in Seattle it generally snows once in the city per year, about 1-2 inches. Usually melts after a few hours; but, my-oh-my, what an entertainin g few hours they are. People lose their friggin' minds. Schools get closed, businesses shut down (and yet people still feel the need to get out and drive) The highways here, already noted for being the 2nd or 3rd most congested (nationwide) on a good day, get absolutely JAMMED with 15-20 mph traffic (for safety's sake). People STILL manage to bump and crash and slide and roll-over and fall off the roads into ditches, trees and powerpoles... Atlanta, et al, we feel your pain =) will ---- Todd for President Encouraging people to stay home if they don't know how to drive in snow, so it'll be easier to nuke them...for a better tomorrow ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's Energy Management and Markets Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX Master ColdFusion 4.5 - Brainbench 10/02/2001 http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=1577915 ---- CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:09 AM Subject: RE: Awfully quiet here today .... > heh .. 7 feet in 3 days .. no wonder there weren't as many accidents. > People couldn't go anywhere to get into accidents ;) When you only have 5 - > 7 inches in an area where people aren't used to driving in snow and they > think they can just hop right on out there and drive like normal .... > oopsie. > > Still, I know where you are coming from. I found the panic down here > slightly amusing myself. Personally, I wish it would snow more often. > > Todd > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Awfully quiet here today .... > > > 7 foot over a slow period is one thing, we got 7 feet in 3 days. It was... > interesting. > > Hatton > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:51 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Awfully quiet here today .... > > > > > > well .. when you don't have any snow plows, 7" might as well be 7 feet. I > > used to live in southwest VA and we would get a couple feet > > sometimes. The > > snow plows would be going 24 hours a day. They would have the > > roads cleared > > in no time. I didn't even *see* a plow here in SC. Also, Buffalo drivers > > are probably a lot more used to snow. People in the Carolinas and GA > > generally aren't. I'm sure FL would be even worse if they got a couple of > > inches. It's all relative. > > > > I'm sure people in Alaska are saying .. 7 feet? that's all? > > What's the big > > deal? heh > > > > Todd > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
