tjsnowman's Blog

Uggggggh! That's the best way to put this! I live in Doylestown, Bucks County. Yesterday we received about 1 inch of snow, of which only an hour of it had the chance to stick on the roads because of the sunlight.

It stopped snowing here around 6:30 last night. I have an early morning newspaper route covering Buckingham and Doylestown.

Why at 7 o'clock in the morning are the housing developments COVERED with snow and ice (compacted snow from vehicles driving on the snow) Why aren't those roads salted at least once????  Aren't these developments where most children live?? Again, children are walking to bustops on the icy sidewalks, cars are hurrying to work, the sun glare make visibility impossible at times, oh and then there is the ice to contend with.

It seems that unless there is plowable snowfall there are no Township trucks out!

Last year around 4:00 in the morning the same thing happened, we got a snow squall that put about an inch down on the roads. As soon as cars hit the roads, the snow turned to ice. The result: 6 multi car accidents between routes 313 and 413, a 6 mile stretch.

Why does Penndot always seem unprepared for events like this?

Just like in the fog, I guess it will take a tragedy for something to be done!