On 9/18/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like every time it snows in Seattle.
No, this was definately different. It snows here, fairly often. Ice storms are pretty common, and we average 7" of snow per year. But nobody in this area had ever seen anything like what happened that day... complete and total gridlock. 9 hour trips to go 20 miles! Parents unable to get their kids from school. Schools unable to get the kids home. No, that's not normal ANYWHERE. Usually in the south, this doesn't happen because the roads aren't cold enough to turn to black ice all of the sudden in the middle of the day. When it snows, it usually melts on the road. But in this case, the two days of sub-freezing temps made the roads cold enough to where the 1/4" of snow melted and immediately refroze. The snow was also totally unexpected, so EVERYONE was at work and at school. The schools announced closing at 1pm, around noon and told the parents to come get their kids, so all the parents hit the roads at the same time and mass accidents ensued. The DOT was still picking up leaves and was TOTALLY unprepared for snow and ice problems. Thankfully, I didn't have a 9 hour drive home, but I was one of the lucky ones! -- Rick Root Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at www.opensourcecf.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
