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The list at that link is interesting, showing a mix of urban areas and extreme rural ones as well. There are a surprisingly small number of larger cities on I-80 west until you get to California. From Des Moines, there is Omaha, Lincoln, Salt Lake City, and Reno. That's it. Everything else is smaller than Ames until you get to the Sacramento metro, which is adjacent to the San Francisco Bay Area with all the cities over 100k there right along the interstate (Vacaville, Fairfield, Vallejo, Richmond, Berkeley) before 80 ends just south of downtown SF. So seeing Alameda County on the list is not surprising. I had to drive a 20 foot delivery truck on 80 and 580 there for a job once upon a time. Definitely a challenge on that stretch. And it's (usually) decent weather there, with just rain in the winter season to make things dicey-er.
Always seems like the Eastern part from Des Moines over to the Quad Cities has a lot more semi traffic than west of DM over to Omaha. I would guess lots of trucks over South down to Texas from the east on 35. That interstate needed to be 3 lanes over the Ankeny to Ames section, but it will be nice, once they complete this section. Lots of road construction going to be going on around Ames in the next couple of years.
 
More south of us. Looks like metro is a maybe for 4" or so at most. I generally ignore the local news peeps unless it's the day off and than might tune into Belle on KARE11.

Sort of disappointed city peeps didn't treat my street. They usually pre-treat spray/dump deice stuff on my hill but couldn't because of the rain. Mail carrier couldn't get up the street in his piece of crap Postalmobile. I come and go via the alley which flat (hill in front, walkout in back) so no worries but watching others try to get up the hill is entertaining. At least no Amazon/UPS/FedX today.

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where do you live in the cities? Lake Nokomis area here.
 
Don't know the criteria or if this is anything more than a random meme but i totally believe it.


I totally avoid it during even an inch of snow. Idiots will travel 90 mph in heavy snow and ice. Worst part is between Grinnell and Newton.
 
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Always seems like the Eastern part from Des Moines over to the Quad Cities has a lot more semi traffic than west of DM over to Omaha. I would guess lots of trucks over South down to Texas from the east on 35. That interstate needed to be 3 lanes over the Ankeny to Ames section, but it will be nice, once they complete this section. Lots of road construction going to be going on around Ames in the next couple of years.
I noticed that too. I used to drive across the state a couple times per year. Seemed like once I got 2 or 3 exits West of the 35/80 (KC/Omaha) interchange the traffic dropped of considerably versus the Eastern half of the state.
 
Any snow clearing companies up in Johnston that would do a driveway on short notice. Looks like I won't be able to head back until after all the snow.
 
I'm trying to remember the last time we had a big snowfall like this in November. It feels like it's been a long time.

Hell, 1ft snowfalls aren't all that common even in snowier months

Last one I actually remember that was significant was 1992 in eastern Iowa but that can't be right.