Unprepared Ineptitude

[Mortblanc]

It is very easy to blame driver incompetence for these situations but I was amazed by the fact that so much of Atlanta's problem was compounded by al the jackknifed tractor trailer trucks (transport lorries to you?) that were blocking their off ramps and overpasses.

Those people are professional drivers who operate all over the nation in every weather condition known, and they were not able to negotiate the weather.

I lived in the southern states for most of my life, then moved north, and guess what? Drivers in the north are no better in the snow than the southern drivers!

Until TPTB get the roads cleared and salted for them they are all over the place and sliding off the road at every opportunity too.

Only major difference between the areas is that in the north they use thousands of tons of chemical in the roadways to keep them cleared and often salt and treat the roads in advance of the snowfall and not during or after it.

What happened in Atlanta was almost to the word what HL was describing. TPTB waited to the last minute to make some major decisions and by then it was too late. It is a pattern with local leaders in the U.S. and not just in Atlanta. They hold their positions based on popularity and not ability.