Good Grief - THAT road was only ones of hundreds - ALL our roads were like that! and lots of power lines involved - MANY MANY linemen and trucks working 17 hour shifts.
Takes time to clear every road for counties wide - They had roas passable real qick - but clearing the lines and restoring power took time - sheech - They were up on the booms in front of my houe at 2 in the morning, lopping off the tops of trees to free up and restore lines...
You ever been in an ice storm of this magnitude that covered the whole state and everything in it in a thick coat of ice - all the trees weighted down to the ground. (The unusual thing about this ice storm is that there's not been one day warm enough, since, to melt the ice and get it off the trees - so tress continue to break and crash down
Yes, I have been in an ice storm of that magnitude, they happen with some frequency down here. They’re seldom localized, so yes, covering wide swaths of entire states, even multiple states. Just because it’s new to you doesn’t mean it’s new to everybody. I’m not talking about waiting for someone else to do it, either, I’m talking about private citizens who live on or use those roads pitching in and clearing at least a lane ... themselves. A startling concept, apparently. You’ll understand the urgency when somebody dies because they couldn’t get medical attention due to blocked roads. It will happen.