Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Atlanta snow insanity and stupidity Date:   1/29/2014 10:28:08 AM (updated 1/29/2014 10:34:14 AM)

I think stupidity is a bit harsh.  In spite of spending most of my first 22 years in Arkansas , my wife and I spent six winters in Omaha. while I was on active duty.  One learns quickly in that environment as there are plenty of opportunities to learn.  Not so in the south.  I might assess the situation as the drivers being ignorant of the basic principles of negotiating icy roads simply because they may only encounter them once or thrice in a lifetime, where those in snowier climes encounter them more often, sometimes on a daily basis during particularly long spells.

And I agree with LNG, in that in Omaha once the snow had packed on the road, traction was much better than the black ice so often found in southern winter storm sitations.