I was at UTM in the late 70s. In the North they drive on snow. We get ice. I remember Highway 22 with a solid 6" of ice on it and the Civil Defense road grader in the ditch. There was a lot of food poisoning on campus that winter because food couldn't get in. We lived on potato chips etc... for a week. Finally the school loaded its supply of ash and clinker from the furnace and spread it on the two highways in town. It was black and when the sun it, it bored through the ice. The salt in it helped to prevent refreezing. With Hwys. 22 and 45 cleared, the trucks were able to get in. It was a fascinating place, back in the day. There was some surprisingly good fishing in some of those little, muddy rivers. I had some good days on/in the Obion River.

Ed