Flying Turtle
Flashaholic
Here in central NC a little snow will normally cause a few minor problems, but yesterday's event takes the cake. We were forcast to get some flurries. Around noon it started falling and by two o'clock we had gotten about an inch. This was enough to freak out the local school systems, so an early dismissal was called. People started hitting the roads to get their kids or just get home since it looked worse than expected. It never got above freezing so the roads did get icy and the accidents started happening. Gridlock ensued. School buses and commuters ended up getting caught in traffic, some spending five or six hours just to go ten or twenty miles. In the end over 3,000 kids spent the night at some 56 different schools in my county. There were over 600 accidents. All this for about an inch of snow. I stayed away from the major highways and made it home just fine. Now they're saying it's likely to happen again tonight.
Geoff
Geoff