Re: Question for those in snow country

Posted by ss55 on January 05, 2014 at 11:34:59 from (173.19.109.90):

In Reply to: Question for those in snow country posted by Chris Jones on January 05, 2014 at 09:50:42:

People will get groceries a day earlier and maybe stock up for an extra day or two, but most people have found there is no need to hoard food when the weather is bad. The roads get cleared pretty quickly in central MN, so once you can get out of your driveway you can get about anywhere you want to go. We also don't get the heavy ice storms nearly as often as they happen further south and east, maybe once every five to ten years.

When I lived in Tennessee a 4 inch snow would close city streets for a day and some rural roads for nearly a week. That doesn't happen up here unless a bulldozer can't plow the road out, and then that road stays closed for the duration of the winter and people drive an alternate route. Local and state taxes are higher because of the good service, most people choose to keep it that way so long as they get what they pay for. Winters vary between mild and severe so the maintenance costs will average out over time.

The snow plows and emergency vehicles including snowmobiles are maintained and ready almost like in a fire department. When they are needed, the snow plows run all hours of the day and night during the storms, they come in to reload with sand & salt, refuel and change drivers but they stay running until all the side roads and side streets are passible. Once the weather clears and the crews are rested the plows will go out again to wing the snow banks further into the ditches to prepare for the next storm. The major roads are constructed to handle snow. It takes either high winds and blowing snow or heavy ice and sub-zero temperatures before the roads are closed for more than half a day. So there isn't a big need to stock up on groceries unless you have a bad driveway and you can't get out to a road.

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