why does 1-3 inches of snow completly shut down the south or midwest?

Question

we get the stuff daily and i just dont see the problem

i live in rochester ny

Answer 1

There are two factors at work here.

First, an inch or three of snow will really throw off someone who's not used to driving in it. You are used to driving in it; living near a Great Lake will do that to you. However, you must realize that driving in snow is a learned art, and if a person does not drive often in snow, they will not know how to deal with it.

Second, southern cities often do not have extensive snow removal budgets. Spending a good bit of the city budget on snow removal makes sense in places like Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester, Erie, etc. It doesn't make much sense in southern cities, because they don't see the snow.

Finally, remember that high traffic areas will shut down far more easily than rural areas.

Answer 2

Umm, I think you mean the southern states and not the midwest. The Midwest like (Chicago, Indiana, Iowa ect ect) have no problems with a few inches of snow, nor do we really have a problem with a foot of snow. I think the media hypes things up quite a bit just to get headlines, so don't believe everything you watch. For the southern states, who rarely get snow are going to have a tough time just like NY would go crazy if they had a dozen F3 or higher tornadoes hit every spring, like the south experiences.

Answer 3

1-3 inches is nuttin. I live in a middle sized town in the middle of the middle west. We are not scared of 3 inches. 3 inches does not phase us. We got in my area now 8-14 inches on top of half inch of ice and it's still coming down. We are though scared of white outs. This part of the country is wide open prairie. Add 45 mile an hour winds and you can't see nuttin, Jack.
Come see me in a couple more months and I'll show you some good ol' thunderstorms like you would not believe. If you New Yorkers had T-Storms and tornadoes like us you would think it was the end of the world as we know it.
Humidity and heat in the summer time you can not even imagine. Try spending your summer in Springfield Illinois or Springfield Missouri. Take your pick if you wanna loose 20 pounds.

Answer 4

We consider 105F with 90% humidity as a minor problem in the summer while people in your area would die like flies in that scenario. It's all what's normal in your area as that's what you build for and are prepared to handle. We don't get harsh winter weather so don't have expensive plows, blowers etc. When snow occurs it may be the first time some have ever seen or had to drive on it. If we sent you one of the 30+ straight stretches of days over 100F we sometimes experience in the summer, you'd be completely shut down before the first week was up.

Answer 5

Some not all fans of the Western Conference think that NY and Cali is the only way , but I am not one of them. I was listening to 8 Ball and MJG and Triple 6 mafia ( Before they changed there mane to 3 six) DJ Screw Scarface 2 live Crew Gucci Crew II ,DJ Magic Mike back in the mid 90's and earlier , They had a huge influence in the rap game coming out with there own genre (screwed and chopped) ,rappin hella fast (bone thugs)and rappin with a country drawl . In regards to bitterness we always have had to play 2nd fiddle to the East obviously because RHH originated out there ,so you can't really knock the West if we some times feel disenfranchised.

Answer 6

actually, the midwest gets a ton of snow, i know from living in chicago, but the south just isn't equipped to deal with snow, we never get it so we're not normally dealing with snow or ice. we don't have the salt and the trucks and the plows, the south is not normally a cold region that gets weather like that.

Answer 7

1-3 inches rarely shuts down Michigan unless it falls on top of an inch of ice.

6-10 and the wussies stay off the streets so getting to work takes a little longer, but isn't hard.

Answer 8

I currently live in Indiana, but grew up in Houston Texas... from a Southerner's view point, because they don't usually travel to areas where people regularly get snow, they don't learn to drive, or operate anything in those conditions... therefore, when nature thrusts those conditions upon them, they freak out, and forget how to do anything, and get too stupified to learn how to operate a car.. because they don't go anywhere, or learn how to go any where, things have to shut down...
Growing up, we traveled, adn thoguht it was hilarious when a Southern town froze up, while we breezed right by the people who were trying to get back home, and kept sliding off the road... again and again... and.... lol ( :D)

Answer 9

well, i think the reason would be the fact that some people are not accustomed to traveling (i.e. driving) in snow. This causes a lot of accidents. That and they don't have the resources to keep every driver safe.

I live in Utah and we get snow all the time too.

Answer 10

We don't get that kind of weather often, so buying city wide equipment for snowplows, etc, is pretty much a waste of tax dollars and space. Plus the drivers only have to drive through it once a year, and are unaccustomed to it. Simply, you guys are better prepared.