Sand might be better for this snowstorm.

-1 but feels like -18. Husband has to have an MRI about 15 miles away. The roads look slick and there's this hill that terrifies me.

Rock salt is good until the temps get like this, then calcium chloride is a possible solution. Unfortunately it is 3 times as expensive and really puts a strain on highway budgets. The first week of January and I am already so sick of winter!

Where abouts are you in PA? I'm about 10/15 miles from the PA border in NJ. We have not received anything yet.

However, my mom was SUPPOSED to drive back from our house this morning to Rochester NY and has decided to just stay put until Saturday. Just wondering if you are along 81, 15, in Bucks County, out in the Western side of the state . . .

Thanks and stay safe!

A tanker truck full of hazardous materials has over turned and exploded, just east of Flint, in Davison Township. They are creating an evacuation zone, and telling people anywhere near the area to stay in their homes, doors and windows closed and not to let their pets out. I-69 is completely shut down for the next 12 hours, at least.

It has now been two straight weeks of snow, sleet, wind, rain, you name it. I really don't ever remember such an extended period of horrible winter weather.

Keep safe, people!

Here in Minnesota, all we have is bitter cold. I'll take that over ice and snow anytime.

what we just got here in Wisconsin, except ours is lingering around with lake effect snows from Lake Michigan, in my city we have received 12+ inches.

Be safe and take care!

Heard that the Boston Governor is sending all state workers home early.
Lots of preparations appear to be in the works.

if your state has traffic cameras in place
http://www.trafficland.com/

And here I am sitting outside in 85 degrees having a Margarita. What a big difference between the coasts. Stay warm and safe, everyone!

I live in rural, upstate New York. While I definitely prefer the warm summer months, I am able to make the best of it in times like these. My driveway is a long section of an old turnpike -- the second in this county, which was just beyond the "western front" at the time of the Revolutionary War. It turns into a beautiful dirt road, which in times past went to Ithaca.

In the late 1700s - early 1800s, my house was a stage coach station. Upstairs was the township's first post office, along with a doctor's office. I like to think about what life was like back then, when the winter weather was similar to this. The central chimney, which has three fireplaces and a Dutch oven, must have had roaring flames to keep folks warm.

Outside, it is absolutely silent today. I hobbled out to my pond, with sunflower seeds, to fill the bird-feeders. But I didn't see any birds.

Later tonight, my youngest daughter and I will bring our youngest dog out to play. Rocky is half-Husky, half-German Shepherd. He absolutely loves this weather. He is a tumbling clown in the deep snow, jumping around in a manner similar to the cartoon character Tigger.

Then, we'll come inside, make some popcorn, and watch the movie "Rob Roy." She remembered that I love the film, and bought me a new copy for New Years.

And I'll try not to think about my heating bill ......

Between VT and Saratoga. The heating bills are going to kill us this year!

He cancelled all his deliveries past 8PM last night because of the weather and closed early because the dining room was dead. Then he almost lost the car coming home. Going uphill, he lost traction, found himself fishtailed then backwards and sliding down the hill towards the turn at the bottom and the telephone pole. Said he ended up in someone's front yard as he slid past the pole by about 2'.

I told him he needs to send that guy a fruit basket or a pie. He gnawed the fuck out of the guy's lawn getting the car out.

They use liquid calcium chloride or liquid magnesium chloride on the roads. In very rural areas, they can supplement this with anti-skid materials like small stones mixed with sand.