For the ones who were effected by the ice this past weekend how do you feel TXDot did? I personally think they failed. Granted I respect the people out all night trying to do what they can but as far as TXDot as a whole they are terrible. They lack equipment and have no clue on how to deal with a little ice. The interstates in Ft Worth still have ice on them and the cobblestone ice on the overpasses is tearing vehicles up and making things horrible to get around even today.
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I have worked every night of this mess, and I can say that TXDOT has done a good job with the resources they have. The biggest problem was that in Grayson County they didnt have a "little" ice. Some of the county got over 4" of sleet and freezing rain. The biggest problem I saw was the semi truck not being able to make it up the hills. One would try and make it up a hill and get stuck, so another would try to make it in the other lane, and he in turn would get stuck. They you would have back up for miles until one of the 5 big rig wreckers could make it to them to pull them out, and then the next two trucks would get stuck. Most of the time TXDOT couldnt even try to clear NB Hwy 75 because of the congested traffic caused by the semi trucks.
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Originally posted by Death from Above View PostYou guys realize there are people that deal with this type of weather 3 months out of the year and have no problem. A little cold snap and a freeze and you would think the sky had fell in on Texas.
It is not TXDOT..it is the drivers and their lack of ability and common sense.
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Originally posted by dope hunter View PostI have worked every night of this mess, and I can say that TXDOT has done a good job with the resources they have. The biggest problem was that in Grayson County they didnt have a "little" ice. Some of the county got over 4" of sleet and freezing rain. The biggest problem I saw was the semi truck not being able to make it up the hills. One would try and make it up a hill and get stuck, so another would try to make it in the other lane, and he in turn would get stuck. They you would have back up for miles until one of the 5 big rig wreckers could make it to them to pull them out, and then the next two trucks would get stuck. Most of the time TXDOT couldnt even try to clear NB Hwy 75 because of the congested traffic caused by the semi trucks.
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TXDOT doesn't own the equipment to clear the roads.
Seems there could be a cooperative effort from other parts of the state or other states to bring in the equipment to clear snow and ice.
For some reason the ice melt stuff isn't feasible because if it rains first then it just washes away before it can do any good.
Never gonna make the drivers here do any better.
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when a huge mass casualty overwhelms the local hospital's resources, most of the public thinks that when their loved one isn't taken care of in a timely fashion, or at all, that the dr and the hospital di a terrible job. this storm overwhelmed the resources by a huge facto. were the ptb to decide to spend several millions of dollars on equipment that would somewhat mitigate the discomfort every tenth year we suffer a similar storm, we would all b&m about the taxes it wastes.
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I live off I20 and i think they did a decent job, I had to drive into Ft. Worth this morning and it wasnt so bad. Yeah there was ice on the roads but for the most part it was drivable. Now if the other drivers would learn to slow down and be careful then maybe some of the road ways wouldnt be clogged as bad as they were.
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Originally posted by dragonsdaddy View Postwhen a huge mass casualty overwhelms the local hospital's resources, most of the public thinks that when their loved one isn't taken care of in a timely fashion, or at all, that the dr and the hospital di a terrible job. this storm overwhelmed the resources by a huge facto. were the ptb to decide to spend several millions of dollars on equipment that would somewhat mitigate the discomfort every tenth year we suffer a similar storm, we would all b&m about the taxes it wastes.
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Originally posted by Texasredneck View PostI live off I20 and i think they did a decent job, I had to drive into Ft. Worth this morning and it wasnt so bad. Yeah there was ice on the roads but for the most part it was drivable. Now if the other drivers would learn to slow down and be careful then maybe some of the road ways wouldnt be clogged as bad as they were.
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Originally posted by texas bound View PostIts just crazy that after Friday we haven't really gotten anymore ice or sleet and still we have ice on the main roads. Even OK does a better job of clearing roads then TX does.
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