Working Wives & Bachelorettes: Where's The Snow?

Not that I am complaining, but it is the very end of December and we have yet to have a decent snow yet. Very odd for western PA! But I have a feeling it is coming. In fact, I went to bed last night with the notion in my head that I would wake up and there would be 1-2 inches of snow outside (3-4 inches in the mountains, thanks Demetrius Ivory). But no, not a single snowflake on the ground.

However, as I am making my way to the big ol' city, it was spitting a mix of rain and snow on me. In fact, at one point I felt my car slide a little when I went to pass the slowest car on earth. It scared me a bit, but it happened as soon as I hit the white paint on the road, so I knew that it would be more slippy than usual.

This slipping lead me to ponder, why don't our road systems have a heating mechanism under it so when it does snow or ice, we can just flip a switch and BAM! Snow and ice melted and taken care of. Wouldn't this be easier than having the plow trucks out at all hours, salting and clearing the roads? And actually, did you know in really snowy places like Alaska, they don't plow? It is much safer to drive on the snow than a cleared roadway. Makes perfect sense to me as long as the snow doesn't get so packed down that it just becomes ice like my old sled riding hills would!

The point is, it is December and I am greatful we didn't have a huge snow yet, but I have a feeling it will happen soon enough. My prediction is a huge storm come February...snowmagedon will strike again!