On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 16:37:02 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 1/7/2017 3:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Sometimes is is amusing enough to see what people in that area and south
>> think of as being snowed in, so I had to check it out. It turns out
>> that they got 5-8". That would not be enough to shut us down but it is
>> a heck of a lot more than it usually takes to wreak havoc there.
>>
>>
>
>When we had a plant in North Carolina, they would close with an inch or
>two of snow. they did not have the equipment to handle it or the
>practice to drive in it.
>
>Here in CT, if I can get out of my driveway, I can get anywhere. they
>do an excellent job with the roads. Equipment and experience road crews
>make a difference.

Same here, the Highway Department does an exccellent job of plowing
and salting/sanding the roads, they have huge equiptment. With my
tractor with the plow atached I can always get out.