RGar974417 wrote:
Here in Pennsylvania,every time there is a forecast for snow,people rush to the grocery store to buy bread and milk just in case.If a big storm is predicted,the shelves are often bare if you don't get there in time.One of the problems with people who don't normaly drive in snow is they may be able to go with 4 wheel and all wheel drive,but that doesn't help them to stop and that's where they get in trouble.Another problem was schools,businesses and government all let out at the same time.Up here we try to stagger shut downs so that not everyone is on the road at the same time.Plus today with all these big schools,hardly anyone walks to school anymore.When I grew up,the elementary school was about 3 blocks away and the high school was about a half mile.I never once took a bus to or from school and we rarely shut down for snows under 6".Today,most kids ride the bus and they shut down just at the treat of snow.A few years ago they closed the schools and we didn't get any snow at all.Times have changed.
They are running a new program called "Safe Routes To School" where they are trying to get kids to walk/bike to school for there health. I don't know how it works but, I'm thinking there going to have certain people watching certain sections of the bike route to school to make sure everything stays safe. But, that's just a guess on my part.
