This is what happens when people rely too much on government. Nanny state can't take care of you all the time. A little ice and snow and the state is apologizing. Geesh. Then they wonder why taxes are so high. Connect the dots idiots.
The worst part of this mess was that only minorities were stranded out there for hours.
Post #5 well said, totally nailed it.
It wasn't a little ice and snow. It was 4-6 inches of sleet - which has the water equivalent of 2-3 feet of snow. And that sleet is like driving on millions of tiny ball bearings - and then it froze solid overnight Wednesday. So there is good reason why people had trouble navigating those conditions. The real problem is that the storm was long gone (it was over about 11 AM Wednesday), so people probably thought it was OK to get out - but authorities did nothing to broadcast to the public to stay off those roads, nor did they close the on-ramps.
People bitch and moan incessantly about "big" government, and then bitch and moan incessantly when the government isn't "big" enough. Go figure.
I connected the dots and my taxes in Pennsylvania are too high for every major road to not be heated and provide dancing girls to clean my windshield and check my oil every ten miles.