[TriLUG] OFF-TOPIC - Snow "Storm"?

[David McDowell]

As a native North Carolinian, Raleigh even, I wanted to make note that
Scott is not talking about all NC people.  I for one, *CAN* drive in
this stuff in my 4x4.  I have many years of experience from being a
ski instructor in the NC mountains on tight curvy roads with steep
grades.  Where's yours... flat straight roads?  ;)  Also consider how
many people in this area are northern transplants too... who says they
are the ones who can't drive??  I dunno... I'm just defending those of
us who can drive in it.

disclaimer: *NO ONE* can drive in ice... no common man anyway, not
4x4s or 18 wheelers, unless you have chains and spiked tires!

laters,
David McD


On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:59:47 -0500, Scott G. Hall
<ScottGHall at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> As a Midwesterner, I can make another observation -- North Carolinians
> do not know how to drive.  They can't drive in a minor rain -- they tend
> to gridlock even then.  They can't even use turn signals!  And we expect
> them to be able to drive with a little ice?!?  If it were up to me, all
> North Carolinians should stay home during any inclement weather, and let
> only those of us from the North and Midwest who know how to drive out.
> 
> Winding steep roads.  A little bit of ice.  An ineffective DOT.  Bad
> timing by the school systems.  Add drivers who can't drive.  That was the
> cause of the problem yesterday.