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To: tejek who wrote (600036)	2/5/2011 8:10:02 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570745

"And yet it snows at least once every year." That's really not a justification for keeping a huge snow remediation apparatus at hand. Better use of resources just to shut down for a few days.

To: tejek who wrote (600036)	2/8/2011 4:15:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570745

Dallas doesn't have a large snowstorm every two years, or every six. Dallas typically gets a lot less snow than New York. Snow accumulation about once every winter doesn't suggest significant snow accumulation once every winter.

To: tejek who wrote (600036)	2/13/2011 1:03:03 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570745

>> And yet it snows at least once every year. Untrue, of course. But the comment is hilarious. A "big" snowstorm in Dallas is 1" or 2" and is gone in a day, maybe two at most. I lived there 15 years and never saw a 6" snow, and only one significant ice event. Don't get me wrong; in Dallas, 1" of snow totally confuses drivers who don't understand that driving in snow is a little different from driving on dry pavement. But it is nothing snow equipment will help. I would also add that I can count on one hand the number of major hills in the D/FW metroplex. Besides all that, the schools and businesses all shut down when it snows even 1". Total overreaction. EDS was closed here for three days last week, even after the streets were totally dry.