Dumb hillbilly Arkansas rednecks confer with Missouri experts, gain knowledge

Those dumb hillbillies are at it again! After Arkansas and Missouri got hit with the same winter storm, some said that Arkansas did not have an adequate response to the storm in the subsequent days.

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"We did have some mixed results in some of these areas," Straessle said. "We've seen the photos that have circulated from the Missouri line and other areas. We can't argue with it — it's not the results we hoped for."

Those photos showed roads on the Arkansas side of the state's borders with Missouri and Oklahoma packed with snow and ice, but clear on the other side.

One reason, Straessle said, is that Arkansas uses dump trucks fitted with plow blades and sand spreading equipment, while Missouri and Oklahoma, which have more annual snowfall, have specialized equipment.

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So some thought that meeting with the MoDOT "completed as promised" folks would help out those dumb rednecks.

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Straessle said highway officials will meet with their counterparts in other states to get ideas for how to better attack wintery road conditions. Over the past 10 years, the state has spent an average of $6.5 million annually on treating roadways, he said.

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The fact is, the average high in Fayetteville, Arkansas is 50 degrees in December, which clearly supports AHTD's decision to buy few snow plows. Meanwhile, cities such as Springfield, MO, a mere 45 minutes from the Arkansas border, recieves an average of 4x as much snow as the flagship city of Arkansas. Arkansas is doing well by trying to learn from the experts on snow removal, but the best management practices that MoDOT offers to the kind Southern folks of AHTD will likely not need to be implemented for quite a while

In the spirit of sharing what we know (ala the Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium [SECAC]), I would like to ask our resident Missouri fans to sound off on the issue. A "Winter Meetings edition of SECAC" if you will. Feel free to include tips and tricks for those less familiar with the winter white stuff