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Why doesn't OK know how to snow plow?
The snow routes are crap and not plowed. There is ice and snow still on the interstates in the city.
I took the toll road to work this morning. It was nice and completely plowed. I was able to safely drive 70 and it seemed like everyone knew how to drive. I took the interstates home and they were horrible. I was driving along and BAM there is a big ice patch. WTF?
I was driving on a snow route and it was alternating between 1 and 2 narrow lanes. BAM! Lane ends. Some ass was trying to drive fast over the not plowed areas and almost hit me because we all had to shift lanes because it narrowed back down to one lane. Most of the snow routes aren't even plowed.
Re: Why doesn't OK know how to snow plow?
http://www.koco.com/news/26732288/detail.html
I'm guessing the turnpike was mostly plowed because it's elevation makes it less likely to have drifts accumulate than on city streets.
Crews said the roads are still snow packed in some areas. Some roads, such as MacArthur Road, have been cleared of snow, but surrounding ones may still have to wait.
Crews said their first priority is clearing snow routes then move. Then they will move on to other major roads in the city. From there, they will move to rural areas.
Snow routes were not cleared of snow - it might have been in sections, but not the highlighted sections on the snow route (and it wasn't the country area).
I-35 from Norman to downtown OKC were a total nightmare yesterday. In some places, only one lane was clear enough to drive in. I am not sure how the news can report that the highways are "slick in spots" when a major interstate is still completely covered in ice and snow.
And let's not even get started on downtown OKC. I know they were working really hard yesterday and today it was much better but - it was treacherous getting to work yesterday.
I hope 44 is clear...I plan on driving home this weekend, but no idea how the highways really are down there. We won't get started on the crappy streets in Stillwater. I guess if my boss made it in from Edmond this morning, things are OK that way...
Tomorrow's high is in the 40s. Hopefully, some of this blasted stuff melts.
I don't think it's because we don't know "how" but that they don't have the resources to do it as quickly as other, more northern, metropolitan areas.
It's driveable, if you're careful. You just have to watch, enjoy the dry spots, and stay out of the neighborhoods.
I know how you feel! I didn't want to get out in this stuff as it was on Wednesday, but I decided to brave it (since work was still opened). I work about 30-45 miles from my house, got all the way up by my work and some idiot was driving probably about 50 when it was definitely too fast for the conditions. Snow trucks had only plowed one lane (out of three). This idiot was weaving in and out of traffic trying to pass everyone. At some point I ended up in front of him, well he decided to make two lanes out of one and try passing me. It was either let him hit me, or get over and attempt to make room for him to pass me. Yeah, sure did end up stuck in the 2 feet tall snow from where they plowed it to the side!