This storm has created a lot of problems in Washinton State. They have found at lease 57 abandoned cars on the road. There have been 119 reported collisions and they have helicopters with infra-red cameras that are attempting to find people stranded in their cars. Usually the first snow of the winter causes problems because people ahve to get use to driving in the bad conditions. When the first storm is heavy than that causes many more problems. If this storm would ahve occurred in Feb. I do not think it would have created as many collisions. The mitigation efforts include getting everyone off teh roads safely, and clearing the roads of the snow as quickly as possible. I think it will take a lot of time to clear the roads because they have to get all the cars off the roads before they can completely clear them. It will be a slow process but I think the majority of the people will be ok as long as they are not stuck in their vehicles.
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