The shit-show on 1-95 is further evidence that people have to swap weather/disaster tips with those in other regions. For example, in the Upper Midwest, most would be prepared for blizzard road conditions with boots/blankets/fire starting stuff/food/water in trunk.
Now, as a DC/NOVA native does it seem insane that folks there would need to know like...how to drive on black ice? I guess. They can't even drive in the rain! But extreme weather is the norm and we need to swap expertise accordingly.
When I lived in MN, not only did we drive around with chains, and xtra boots/gloves, and blankets, and jumper cables, and ice scrappers, and even boards and sand, but you always had a tin can, some newspaper, and some matches, in case you needed to start a fire to survive.
Being part of the pre cell-phone generation really sharpened the mind, survival on icy-roads wise.
If conditions were this bad in snowier climes not only would the DOTs be better prepared (and at least proportionately less corrupt) but there'd be a Cajun-navy style army of snowmobilers and personal plowing operations to come help out.
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