Comments on: Swimming In A Sea Of Orange Construction Barrels

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By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:13:14 +0000

Hi Everyone -

I would like to say thank you for all the comments you sent in. I have laughed at many of them. I am just glad it’s not my little part of the country that becomes a giant maze of barrels. ~ Rose

By: Gay

Gay — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:28:02 +0000

We have road construction here in WV. Instead of doing it at night which they could, they like to get out during rush hour when poeople needs to get places and hold up traffic 50 miles back. Everyone is going 5 mph. That is irritating. I pulled off once and got something to eat, sat there about 1/2 hr. and got back in the long long line. Maybe they want to show our tax dollars are working. Who knows.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:42:35 +0000

I was born and raised in Ohio and thought that the Orange cones meant the start of spring! Well let me tell you, now that the military has chosen Germany to be our home for the next few.. driving on the autobahn I thought was going to be like in the movies; fast and never a speed limit or an orange cone!! HA!!! I was wrong, most of the Autobahn DOES have a speed limit and not only that, over here, those cones and barriers come out of nowhere. Literally you are going like 80 MPH, in a three lane highway, within seconds you are stuck, merging into ONE lane. Oh and that one lane is built to fit European cars, not our big American cars! Driving through it makes my fingers clench on the wheel, my back straighten and all sound from the backseat ceases. We have the same weather here as Ohio but sheesh, couldn’t they give a little notice on the Autobahn and maybe widen the road just a bit?! I’ll take Orange barrels anyday over being stuck in a 10 mile long traffic jam (because 8 of those miles are all big rigs, bumper to bumper, not even gonna think about letting you over into their lane). It’s a nightmare sometimes, I swear I’ll never complain about Orange Cone season again..lol

By: Dick

Dick — Sat, 01 May 2010 07:59:53 +0000

Despite the fact our desert weather doesn’t promote potholes, we have orange barrels and cones continually. The streets here is Las Vegas are constantly being widened. They say the city bird of Las Vegas is the Building Crane. And yes, I go out of my way to avoid them, because they block off half the street and create a lane going counter-traffic on the other side of the street.But since I don’t know where they’ll pop up I experience them at least once before I know what to avoid. The Universities of Colorado and Illinois have “Go Orange” mottos.
One nice thing about the smaller orange cones: you can knock them over. In fact, most of the time you have no choice. Someone else has knocked one in your lane.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:59:52 +0000

Actually I don’t think I could find my way from the North to the South without following the orange cones. lol If I ever started out on a trip and there was no orange cones and drums to follow I would have to look at the map to find my way coming and going. Have you ever noticed that the longest stream of orange cones or barrels are always on an long “S” curve site?

South Dakota has 7 seasons…..Spring, Construction, Summer, Construction, Fall, Winter and Mud. Be sure and drive slow on those orange cone and barrel sites. The life you save might just be a young person working to get through College.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:16:19 +0000

Here in Florida, we have one season year round. It’s called Bob’s Barricades. A spot of orange can be refreshing at times! Wish “Bob” was a member of my family!!!

By: Martin N

Martin N — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:42:00 +0000

Now that we have global warming, Albuquerque has orange barrels blossoming all year long. It has been several years since we have had permafrost in our shaded back yard. We have three seasons; heating, wind, and swamp cooler. It may be hot in the summer but you don’t notice it, there’s no humidity — ha ha, if you believe that. We rarely see 100, but 98 in the sun is still warm.

By: Creakyjane

Creakyjane — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:01:35 +0000

I’m going to search for that web site about the orange barrels. We here in Michigan will need a laugh. I just found out by a retired State DOT pal that the only paved road (M-57) going into Greenville, MI is going to have the East end of it torn up from May 2 to May 22. So what are we supposed to do? Drive to Belding to get onto M-91 or at M-66 drive either North to South until you can work your way West into Greenville? Michigan weather is odd because it can change every 15 minutes. So you have to be prepared for snow in June. It happened on my college graduation day. We were moved back inside. I was happy to graduate but not that we had 3 inches of what the weatherman called partly cloudy.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:27:55 +0000

Rose i know what you mean. I hate when they deside to tear up all of the roads here in northeastern PA. Sometimes it’s crazy. especially when it is during the school year. Now the weather has been nuts here too. At least the weekend is supposed to be really nice, in teh mid to upper 70s:-) I hope that the weather is good there in OH where you are this weekend too.