The cars melted the snow from 12-5 and then it all froze to ice over the next couple of hours
On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > ChemE Stewart <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> wrote: > > 6-8 pm, 33 degrees at 3 PM when I left, 24 degrees at 8 PM, most of the >> drop happened when the Sun set. > > > That is what I recall. I said it did not freeze until 5 or 6 p.m., which > was sundown. There was snow but not a lot of ice. I don't know about the > main roads. I was walking around on the side roads. I did not try to drive > after 2 p.m. > > > >> I think the first few hours of delay were due to volume, then once all >> those people became jammed on the highways, it all turned to a sheet of ice. > > > I guess so, but the total volume of traffic on the highway should not have > been more than any other rush hour. Granted, offices let out between 4 and > 6 usually, and they all let out at around 1 or 2 p.m. You would think there > would be a queue on local roads waiting to get onto the highway, but not > much delay after that. However, Terry observed people going slower than > necessary on the highway, before there was widespread freezing. That would > explain it. > > - Jed > >
