It’s not the same. We regularly have temps well below freezing followed by rain. Happens all the time. Black ice is different.
I sympathize with your problems. The area and drivers are just not prepared for snow. Sometimes it’s better to check out early from work, or just not go in.
When your precipitation hits, melts and then freezes it’s all the same thing. Our high here Sunday was nearly 60.
We have black ice warnings out for today after it thaws a bit and refreezes after dark.
We still have no salting trucks or plows.
And the ambient temp at my house is 18F. So salt would be of dubious use anyways. I’m reminded to see if I can buy some of that blue chemical stuff that melts ice at lower temps than road salt.
Atl was supposed to see just a flurry yesterday. Unfortunately for them, the NWS mets busted that forecast bigtime. By the time they realized it would be a big problem everyone was at school or work already.