Anyone else stuck in a hotel thanks to this storm?

[Freejack2]

I let my wife talk me into us driving from upstate New York to southern Indiana. We saw there was going to be some snow along the lake cities so we went south down I-88 through PA.

Had no problems until we stop at a service area about an hour east of Pittsburgh and find out just how badly Ohio is getting pounded. So we check the weather and end up going south through Maryland and West Virginia. Finally at 3:30 in the morning we get to Charleston, WV and get a room. Worked out well as the worse we got was some rain and the 70mph speed limit was nice.

Come today we drive to Louisville, no problems, I-64 was clear. We plan to drive on to Evansville, IN only to find out Indiana still has I-64 closed. So now we are stuck here hoping that maybe someone in southern Indiana will figure out how to operate a plow and clear the roadway by tomorrow.

If this was New York the highway would have been plowed several times during the storm and within an hour after the storm ended the highway would have been totally cleaned, salted, dry, and ready to go.


So who else is stuck in a hotel, airport terminal, home, or whatever thanks to this storm?

 

[Pepsi90919]

go find CorporateRecreation, i'm sure he can operate a blow. i mean plow.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Nope, but southern Indiana did get hit pretty hard and we don't get nearly the annual snowfall that NY gets. Buying snow plows in bulk to clear the interstates once or twice a year wouldn't exactly be a wise use of money.

 

[Freejack2]

That's nice and all to save money but I think they need more plows if it takes them 24 hours to clear the interstate. I-64 in Indiana is 124 miles from end to end. Even if the plow is only doing 30mph that means they can cover the length of the highway in a little over 4 hours. To do that all they need is 6 plows. 2 in each direction to clear the two lanes and one in each direction to clear the exit ramps. Add in enough salt piles and in theory the interstate could be re-opened in 5 hours after a snowstorm.

In New York judging by the clearing speed they probably have at least a dozen plows per 120 mile stretch.


I don't think they need a dozen plows but 24 hours means they don't have nearly enough plows. They need to at least double the amount of plows they have so they can get the road open in 12 hours or less.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
go find CorporateRecreation, i'm sure he can operate a blow. i mean plow.

haahhahahah
...

Ok...

phew...

It's not that they don't know how to operate a plow, it's that they only have two of them.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Yea, b/c it's fair to judge two states with different incomes, population, and weather. It inconvenienced a lot of people :roll:

 

[five40]

HAHAHA. Sucks for you. I lived in IN during and college. You don't know how happy I am to never ever go back to the 2nd worst state in America.

 

[CraigRT]

my city got absolutely wasted with this snowstorm... almost every business/school/everything was closed down today... i couldn't go to my friends house because i got stuck on his street and had to turn around. (this is an urban area).. insane snowfall!!!!

 

[atiyeh]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Nope, but southern Indiana did get hit pretty hard and we don't get nearly the annual snowfall that NY gets. Buying snow plows in bulk to clear the interstates once or twice a year wouldn't exactly be a wise use of money.

He's got a point, what governor is going to spend 20 million or whatever on plows that only need to be used a few times?? The taxpayers would throw a fit. Patience is a virtue, one you might want to look into OP.