MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
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At least five dead in massive Texas crash after icy storm
By artappraiser on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 7:40pm |
URL:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/11/at-least-five-dead-in-massive-texas-crash-after-icy-storm
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by artappraiser on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 7:43pm
According to friend in Ft Worth , the wreck was on a privately built toll road put in between the guv maintained lanes. The guv lanes had been sanded, the toll lanes had not been. He said some news reports suggested the toll company had liability exemption. Yay for privatization.
by A Guy Called LULU on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 7:21pm
VERY interesting detail, Lulu! thanks.
edit to add: even the little point about sand, doesn't make sense for local governments in southern climes to have salt around, but sand they should have a couple piles on hand!
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 7:31pm
Indian avalanche explained
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/12/asia/india-glacier-raini-village-chip...
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 7:00am
There's snowstorms in the south, and a different kind of civil war is going on: Making fun of the poor driving skills of southerners in snow and ice is trending on Twitter under the hashtag #Snowmageddon2021; a couple top examples
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/14/2021 - 9:49pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 3:15pm
UNBELIEVABLE!
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 6:08pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 9:58pm