No surprise the masses could not get out. However, I’ll take issue with your “pussy” comment having lived on both sides of the hill. What I’m about to say is obvious to all, but is worth repeating.
Too many people, clustered too closely together conspire to make traffic nearly impossible. Even if not closed, the number of peeps that could get out of Dodge would be miniscule. I was even chided for heading north in advance of the storm.
Countrysides have lots of open space, field and roadways. Driving back home here today, the highways remind me of what happens when you have no place to put it.
Couple that with the bone-headed mentality of those who never spent any time living in the country and believe they could brave down the storm with their luxury SUV. The clueless begets the clueless.
I lived in MA for 27 years. I know what it is like. I lived in Salem, MA during the Blizzard of 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2005#Essex_County). We got 38 inches. They were loading snow into trucks and dumping snow into the ocean all week. Most of metro Boston got 2+ feet. Snow totals were higher than this storm. No road closure then nor was it needed. The road closure was excessive. Most people stay off the roads when storms are that bad any ways. Why not let the few people that do want to drive go about their lives? This type of thing only provides firepower to right wing nuts calling “nanny state”.
5 thoughts on “Cannon.”
You could say everying with just a few pictures from 2/9.
Since I left my camera battery on the charger at home, I unfortunately can’t say anything about that. 🙂
Somehow I knew you would go there.
No surprise the masses could not get out. However, I’ll take issue with your “pussy” comment having lived on both sides of the hill. What I’m about to say is obvious to all, but is worth repeating.
Too many people, clustered too closely together conspire to make traffic nearly impossible. Even if not closed, the number of peeps that could get out of Dodge would be miniscule. I was even chided for heading north in advance of the storm.
Countrysides have lots of open space, field and roadways. Driving back home here today, the highways remind me of what happens when you have no place to put it.
Couple that with the bone-headed mentality of those who never spent any time living in the country and believe they could brave down the storm with their luxury SUV. The clueless begets the clueless.
Hey Bill,
I lived in MA for 27 years. I know what it is like. I lived in Salem, MA during the Blizzard of 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2005#Essex_County). We got 38 inches. They were loading snow into trucks and dumping snow into the ocean all week. Most of metro Boston got 2+ feet. Snow totals were higher than this storm. No road closure then nor was it needed. The road closure was excessive. Most people stay off the roads when storms are that bad any ways. Why not let the few people that do want to drive go about their lives? This type of thing only provides firepower to right wing nuts calling “nanny state”.