The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement.
The Interstate-55 Northbound will remain closed until the Mississippi Department of Transportation can clear the right lane of the Northbound side. Overnight conditions resulted in additional accumulation of black ice on the interstate. We expect it to be cleared later this morning.
MDOT crews will continue to work to clear Interstate-22 and the left lane of Interstate-55 throughout the day.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol and Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division will continue to be diverting traffic from Interstate-55 Northbound Exit 243 (Batesville) to the Tennessee state line and from Interstate-22 Westbound Exit 21 (Red Banks) to the Tennessee state line. For Eastbound traffic on Interstate-22/U.S. Highway 78, it will be closed at Exit 1 (Craft Road). If you travel through these areas or bypass barricades in place, you do so at your own risk.
Motorists are urged to only travel if necessary and to use extreme caution when driving.
We will continue to provide updates as necessary as conditions continue to improve.
8 comments:
Some moron with MDOT stated on WLBT that it's not possible to clear ice on highways and that it just has to melt. //face plant//
Raise the gas tax to buy more equipment for mdot to remove ice
Keep ICE out of Mississippi!
It's plain to see this winter weather is caused by a lack of global warming.
If the ice is well adhered that's basically a true statement.
The worst case scenario for ice formation on roads is rain, melt or fog meeting with road surfaces significantly below the freezing point (which can vary depending upon how much salt or brine is present on the road.)
In some really cold states farther north the ice will also gradually evaporate (the scientific term for this process is sublimation.)
@11:45 AM - While WLBT video shows plows removing ice from 22 and 55. Seriously.
@ 11:05 Exactly
@11:05 AM
I am not a climate change advocate so I wont argue for it. However, I will tell you that changes on the warm ocean currents cause changes in the jet stream, which cause these polar vortices.
The cause of these warm water current changes are highly unlikely to be man made.
Coicidentally, we did just finish a massive solar storm which was so bad that it causes an astronaut on the space station to panic and have a “medical event” that forced the return of her crew. She really wanted to be evacuated.
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