Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 2017-01-07 5:00 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On 2017-01-07 2:12 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > > Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > > >
> > > > > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > > > >
> avoc there.
> >
> > Yup, key knowledge point is they do not sell snow tires here and
> > only the interstates get treated. They lack gear to clear the
> > rest. In 2 days, they will start trying to salt and sand the major
> > other roads. They will not get to any side roads.
>
> Snow tires are not an essential. All season radials with lots of
> tread left are as good as most snow tires. Up here they salt the
> roads at the beginning of a storm and that helps to create the
> "brine sandwich" that stops the snow from sticking to the road. When
> you get wet snow near the freezing point it tends to pack down
> quickly making it especially slippery. Plows will ride on top of it
> instead of pushing it off the road. Snow tires don't help in that
> stuff.
>
>
> >
> > It's still snowing BTW. Might not be a blizzard right now but it's
> > pretty thick.
>
> That could make things treacherous for a while.

Yes. I think we finished out here at 11 inches in my area. Susan up
by Newtown rd said 12. Others are 8 or so mostly. Now the temp is
dropping to single digits but looks like Tuesday will be warmer than
expected so might get late arrival work that day?

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