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Quote by: tivodan1116 Uhhh... what would you suggest instead? People going around with hairdryers to de-ice the roads?

There's something called Salt and Sand... if it's too cold, then suck it up and wait until it reaches Zero again so it is effective, as they clearly proven these chemicals don't do squat.

And besides, don't be so silly, hair dryers would just melt it and then freeze again, wasting more energy and causing more pollution

I'd still take an ice/snow storm over any other form of severe weather - how many people die in your average hurricane?

Last major hurricane where I live? Two I believe..... a tree collapsed on an ambulance out due to the hurricane and killed a paramedic (Bit of cruel irony there) and the other I don't remember much detail, but it wasn't many. Although I know it took some people up to a month to get power back.... I was out for three days.

Frig growing up, Hurricanes were awsome and I was always outside when they occured.... taking a big orange tarp with my brother and cousins, grabbing each corner and going for a trip 10 feet or so in a field is quite fun.

News flash - you have no evidence that any of the deaths occurred in this manner.

NEWS FLASH! READ!

At least 22 deaths -- most of them in traffic accidents -- had been blamed on the ice and cold since the weekend, including 15 in Oklahoma, four in Kansas, and three in Missouri.

Maybe all 22 were people having an emergency and driving conservatively.

I drive through snow storms all the time.... the only time snow and ice during a storm can cause accidents, is when you're going to fast, you don't know your vehicles' limits, you need winter tires installed or your tires are bald.

The only other explination is those idiots don't know how to drive in a snow storm, therefore they should have stayed home.

And that's gotta be some bad luck for all of those 22 had all emergencies and all of them died along the way due to their emergencies from getting into accidents...... now who's grasping for straws?

.. Maybe they were all drunk drivers...

Then ALL of them wouldn't have been contributed to the weather as they stated, and would have been DUI incidences.

unlikely scenarios, but no more unproven than your needless swipe at the unfortunate people who lost their lives.

Not even remotely.

I've traveled accross most of Eastern Canada over the years, I have lived in various locations, and through my own experience watching people ahead of me and behind me, as well as further reports on the radios in regards to accidents during snow storms (Which are far and few in between in Canada per each snow storm) most have been speeding, and passing others in a hurry to get to where they want, and driving erratic because of everybody else who slowed down to take it easy. They zip back and forth through lanes, going the normal speed limit, and then 5 mins more of driving you see the same idiot in the ditch and flipped several times...... they pose a great risk not just to themselves but everybody else around them. And I also imagine this phenomina isn't just isolated to my country.

I have no sympathy for the stupid. That ammount of deaths in a short period of time due to what they claimed were "mostly in traffic accidents" in relation to the snow and ice storms, clearly shows a lack of knowlege of what is required to drive in a snow storm collectively.

People are taught about hydroplaning during rain storms, people down there appear as though they require further education on snow and ice storms..... it's a part of our culture to drive in such weather, which is why in comparisons of deaths related to snow/ice storms, Canada has a lower %.

Oh but then this is where I imagine you will state there is a bigger population in the US compared to Canada, therefore innacurate.......

To beat some time, tell you what..... take the ammount of deaths in those select states, and tally them to the entire list of dead in Canada related to the same snow storms which hit you guys and us at the same time, and see who had more deaths related to traffic or the weather alone for that matter and tell me what you get.