I'm listening to the radio. It's been a full 4 days since we had snow on Friday (maybe, maybe 10 cm) and traffic is at a standstill in Cowtown. There have been 200 collisions since yesterday afternoon alone. Alex and I got trapped in traffic yesterday because cars couldn't get over hills. Why? Why so long after any snow had fallen??
Because Calgary doesn't plow. Ever.
Apparently their strategy in the past has been to wait for the next Chinook to come and melt everything. Well it's been minus 20 since the snow fell and is expected to stay there til after Christmas. So melting isn't going to work. And last week when it did get up to 6 degrees for a few hours, it was just long enough to melt the snow before it dropped below zero and turned to ice. Wicked.
In the meantime I'm driving on packed snow fairly ok with my winter tires. The problem is the number of people driving on the roads, spinning the snow down a bit and making black ice! Oh and don't forget the people who don't bother to get snow tires (like the lady I was stuck behind last night on the hill.)
Come on city! Get rid of the snow!
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