CavemanCharlie wrote:
So nobody is in charge of anything down there??? No wonder your disasters always turn out to be worse then they would have to be. Here in MN the governor can call school off for the entire state and he did once this year when it go to cold. He can also order the DOT to be out or, to come in. And if he orders them in he closes the roads. Or, the local sheriff can order the roads closed under the advice of the DOT. That also happed here a couple of weeks ago when the visibility got too bad. Many people were stranded so the local Red Cross and Salvation Army worked together to open up a building and put down cots and bring food and water for people. If you get caught driving on a closed road it's a big fine. If you get stuck in your car there is a charge to send a road grader out to rescue you.
I understand the lack of equipment because it's not often needed, and I understand the weather is unpredictable, but, it sounds from what your saying a lot of the problem is because there is no one in charge.
You have to remember what you think of, as Atlanta is 9 or 10 counties and 25-30 cities. And no one wants to let some one else tell them how to run his or her town. Yes the Governor could declare a "state of emergency" but for whatever reason he did not.
Remember no one has snow tires or chains. The stores don't even stock them. And 1 idiot can block a road and hold up hundreds of people that might actually know how to drive in snow, or not. But 1 fool can block the whole road
