Posted on 01/23/2016 4:02:34 PM PST by tcrlaf
A messy portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike has been shut down do to snowy conditions, and several groups are rushing in to help.
The Turnpike is closed in both directions between the Breezewood exit and the New Stanton exit so that crews can clear the roads. Additionally, all commercial vehicles are banned between the New Stanton exit and the Delaware River Bridge, and on the Northeastern Extension between the Mid County exit and the Pocono exit.
There are a number of vehicles stuck on the closed section of the Turnpike, and the National Guard has been called in to help.
According to a release from the governor’s office, multiple trucks and tractor trailers had trouble making it up a hill in the westbound lane of the Turnpike, causing traffic to back up and preventing emergency crews from reaching the disabled vehicles and clearing snow.
Turnpike officials say crews have taken fuel and rations to travelers who have been stuck since Friday evening, and the Western Pennsylvania Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services was working to send 4,000 meals as of 3 p.m. Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburgh.cbslocal.com ...
I agree.
I went to school just off US 30 and drove it many times, even in the snow.
Nearby is the field the 9/11 heroes died.
No thank you, we get our own snow in Michigan......
NOAA “fore”casts are actually aftercasts. We - 20 miles from the NY/PA/NJ state lines - were supposed to get about an inch. After about 5” were on the ground, NOAA upped it to 3-5”.
If NOAA would quit focusing on global warming and spend more actual time and science on forecasting, it would be a good thing.
There was plenty of information about this one, well in advance.
What the hell were they doing out there?
I recently heard an interview with a Ms. Linda Gottfredson. An expert on genetics and intelligence from the University of Delaware and co-director of the Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of Intelligence and Society.
She said something very striking to me.
12% of the general population, when you ask them to read a paragraph and identify a particular piece of information in the paragraph, can not do it.
When you raise that to "find these two pieces of information"--a full 25% of people can NOT do it.
There's your answer. Well, the root cause any way.
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