In the Spring they magically begin to appear along roads and highways. At first by the dozen, then multiplying into thousands and tens of thousands and more--certain to remain in full bloom until well after the autumn leaves fall.
They inch along their migratory path over the roads and highways, slowing and halting traffic.
Maybe, with the slow economy here in Ohio, there will be fewer this year. Nevertheless already, with the thawing, refreezing, thawing cycle in full gear, potholes are emerging (if that's the right word). Those, however, rarely require even one of the orange barrels. But, like the retuning songbirds of spring, the potholes are the harbinger of the dreaded ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) Orange Barrels of Doom.
They inch along their migratory path over the roads and highways, slowing and halting traffic.
Maybe, with the slow economy here in Ohio, there will be fewer this year. Nevertheless already, with the thawing, refreezing, thawing cycle in full gear, potholes are emerging (if that's the right word). Those, however, rarely require even one of the orange barrels. But, like the retuning songbirds of spring, the potholes are the harbinger of the dreaded ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) Orange Barrels of Doom.
Yes, I know those dreaded barrels well. They never even went away in the winter this year. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteOh, and our potholes on the freeway reconstruction project are EPIC! (Not in a good way, either. In a "car totaled by a pothole" kind of way."
ReplyDeleteYes, some remain throughout the year, but their numbers are nothing in comparision to the warmer months.
ReplyDeleteI recall the potholes in front of my house as a kid. I remember my cousing sleeping over and complaining he couldn't sleep. See, when the busses went by, hitting the large pot holes, it would rattle the windows. I was so used to it, I never noticed.
It is the same way in Michigan. Some small cars can be swallowed in by the potholes.
ReplyDeleteWell, if they're hard top (as opposed to convertables) they's save the tires of other cares who otherwise might have hit the pot hole! ;) Hope you don't have a small car!
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