I-95 road conditions in NC, SC, GA?

doxiemom11 wrote:
I think the main problem is the lack of equipment to treat the roads. If they had the equipment like we have up north, these things wouldn't be so severe. I am from MI and currently at the gulf coast in MS. It is all ice here. Yes, I had to drive home from work on it - slow and steady. I did see many many people still trying to drive the normal speed -- total lack of understanding as to what will happen on ice. I just tried to stay out of the way!

Agreed; there is a lack of equipment in the South. Fiscally speaking its not practical for them to buy big bucks snow removal equipment to use once or twice every 15 years.

In snow and sub arctic weather of the northern USA from Maine to Montana I've seen some horrendous pile ups from people driving on icy roads. It's not always the people. Sometimes it's how quickly the roads ice as happened in that front that blew through the South.

Meteorology still cannot predict the hour a front will hit. If they could we'd all be able to put it into our appt books: Noon ice storm, leave work at 10:30 am. It would be handy but its not available yet.

I think the main problem is the lack of equipment to treat the roads. If they had the equipment like we have up north, these things wouldn't be so severe. I am from MI and currently at the gulf coast in MS. It is all ice here. Yes, I had to drive home from work on it - slow and steady. I did see many many people still trying to drive the normal speed -- total lack of understanding as to what will happen on ice. I just tried to stay out of the way!

Dog Folks wrote:
As someone who spent 20 years in snow country and 40 years in the south, Rockhillnmanor, in general, is correct. Of course, there are exceptions.

Southern drivers, in general, are not equipped,or experienced, in driving on ice and snow.

If you like the south or not, that is the real world.

I lived in northern Minnesota most of my life and I see no need to derogate others who live in a different region. Rockhillmanor has done this before on this forum.

Funnily enough 87% of Atlanta residents relocated there from parts of the snowy north in the 1990s during the job boom. Following your logic it seems that 87% of the drivers should know how to deal with this. The fact remains that the storm's accumulation was more rapid than anyone predicted. That said, regional aspersions are not appropriate to this forum made up of members from all over the world.

As someone who spent 20 years in snow country and 40 years in the south, Rockhillnmanor, in general, is correct. Of course, there are exceptions.

Southern drivers, in general, are not equipped,or experienced, in driving on ice and snow.

If you like the south or not, that is the real world.

romore wrote:
From what we are seeing on the news, the roads are beyond ugly. Stay home and don't contribute to the gridlock.

Yup. Furthermore, any melting happening today will re-freeze overnight and become even more treacherous.

Park. Grab a warm drink and a bowl of soup. Relax. That's the best driving advice for those situations.

rockhillmanor wrote:
And The local drivers who don't know how to drive with ice and snow on the road being THE most dangerous part of it all.

Be nice. I know quite a few Southern drivers who are safer in such conditions than drivers from northern states so please avoid the generalizations that cast regional aspersions. You've made it clear you don't like the South so don't go there. More room for those of us who like people from anywhere.

Aadkins101 wrote:
Anyone on this road or near it? If so, please share the road conditions. Thank you.

WHEN are you planning on being out there in it and from what direction?

These southern states do not have snow removal vehicles or salt trucks. And The local drivers who don't know how to drive with ice and snow on the road being THE most dangerous part of it all.

I waited and drove thru a southern area that had been hit by ice and a dusting of snow the day AFTER it hit and it was still downright a nightmare. RV trailers and cars all over the place in the ditches.

I'd rather drive in a snow storm blizzard in Chicago before I would ever try and drive thru the south during bad cold weather ever ever again! :B

The ice/snow front is STILL moving south and east it is scheduled to hit N. Florida late today.

For more responses also see this thread: Road Conditions

Posts on another section of the forum about I-20 and folks being stuck on the road, at work, at home in Alabama and Georgia.

Even if I-95 is open, it will be extra crowded with diverted traffic for several days.

From what we are seeing on the news, the roads are beyond ugly. Stay home and don't contribute to the gridlock.

www.511ga.org

No incidents on I95 reported in Georgia.