Many
dairy farmers in New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maine and New
Hampshire had to dump milk because of a two-day blizzard that dumped
more than 40 inches of wind-whipped snow across the region this week.
There
are reports of milk truckers dumping loads because of the storm and
many farmers unable to get pickups and dumping their milk because
they ran out of space to store more.
Throughways
in New York and Pennsylvania banned tractor trailers, yet many
continued to drive.
There were huge truck pileups on the Pennsylvania
throughway which was temporarily closed to all traffic.
There
were also reports of scores of accidents in Quebec and a Montreal
pileup of more than 50 vehicles.
I
know some of this first hand because we drove to Philadelphia yesterday and
saw some of the tractor-trailer pileups. Why would we travel in these
conditions? Because we are attending North America’s oldest flower
show.
