Thread: Wow, Vikings game cancelled against Philly

Originally Posted by Butka

I'm beginning to realize how good Chicago's streets and sanitation are though... they're going to cancel the game for 8-12" because the city is going to shut down. I believe I read an article last year on how some of the east coast cities shut down and had Chicago had the same snowfall, we'd still be running fine because of how much we've invested in handling it.

Down here in the South, if we get 2-3" of snow, we shut down everything. Schools, churches, some businesses, you name it.

Originally Posted by Butka

I'm beginning to realize how good Chicago's streets and sanitation are though... they're going to cancel the game for 8-12" because the city is going to shut down. I believe I read an article last year on how some of the east coast cities shut down and had Chicago had the same snowfall, we'd still be running fine because of how much we've invested in handling it.

It has to do with the frequency of the events. Chicago gets that kind of snow quite frequently. Here in central Indiana, that kind of snow happens once every few years. It would be stupid for our government to fork out the money to be able to handle it as quickly as Chicago can.

I'll also note that wind plays a big factor. I live in a rural area, and a few inches of snow, plus high winds will create 6-12 foot drifts that are impassible, and also unable to be removed by regular highway trucks. Backhoes have to be brought in to dig them out.

Originally Posted by blinddeafmute

It has to do with the frequency of the events. Chicago gets that kind of snow quite frequently. Here in central Indiana, that kind of snow happens once every few years. It would be stupid for our government to fork out the money to be able to handle it as quickly as Chicago can.

I'll also note that wind plays a big factor. I live in a rural area, and a few inches of snow, plus high winds will create 6-12 foot drifts that are impassible, and also unable to be removed by regular highway trucks. Backhoes have to be brought in to dig them out.

That's the way it is down here in Tennessee, except that if we get 2 or 3 inches, it will close schools, churches, and some small businesses.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

That's the way it is down here in Tennessee, except that if we get 2 or 3 inches, it will close schools, churches, and some small businesses.

My brother moved to Nashville out of college and was amazed at how they couldn't handle the snow, but when you think about it, it makes sense.

Originally Posted by blinddeafmute

My brother moved to Nashville out of college and was amazed at how they couldn't handle the snow, but when you think about it, it makes sense.

I live in a community that's about 10 miles north of Knoxville, TN. Knoxville is about three hours east of Nashville and is located at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. When it snows here in the city, we generally only get 2-3" max, though last year we got 7" and everyone panicked. The mountains are usually colder and get quite a bit more snow than we do here in the Tennessee Valley, and the same can be said of the Cumberland Plateau, which is located just west of Knoxville, though it is not as cold. The average temperature in January is around 45 degrees for a high and in the mid-to-upper 30s for a low. We do get days every year in January where the high temperature won't reach 25, sometimes not even reaching 20. In 1985, Knoxville once experienced a day where the low temperature was -24 degrees, which still remains a record, and in 1993 and 1996, we had snowfalls of two feet and one foot, respectively. During those two snowfalls, schools were out for over a week, and in the case of the 1996 snowfall/ice storm which saw temperatures drop to well below 0 degrees, we missed nearly two weeks of school, had to go to school on a couple of Saturdays, and our school year was extended into June.