I live in Minnesota, and we always have problems the first snowfall of the year. People talk, around here, about how fast people forget how to drive on snow, but the truth is that the first snowfall on unfrozen roads is different.
I live in Minnesota, and we always have problems the first snowfall of the year
Dittos from Iowa.
“I live in Minnesota, and we always have problems the first snowfall of the year.”
Ah, but in Atlanta (and much of Tennessee) the first snowfall of the year may be their only snowfall of the year. In that context they cope equal or better than you might. And no where in Minnesota will you find the kind of traffic you find in Atlanta. Even on a warm sunny day at noon, when traffic would be expected to be light, it likely would shiver your timbers!
That's the problem in the south. The ground is warm and when the snow flakes hit they melt and the cold air turns the water to ice.
A few years ago I was driving up from Charleston, SC and it began to snow. Every single truck pulled off the road. I followed them and was glad I did. She interstate turned into a sheet of ice.
I was listening to steve sommers on the ATN
http://www.700wlw.com/pages/onair_stevesommers.html
He brought up a good point: as the winter progresses, the roads become seasoned with salt, etc. If Atlanta had several snows, their roads would have been seasoned.
I learn so much on the Truckers channel