Caught in the snow and ice

Tuscaloosa Alabama.  Today's snow and ice storm came early and after 5 minutes on the highway, we pulled off and got a room. The south does not salt highways as they do in Europe.  Today's snowfall would not have been worth more than a 2 hour delay in Germany but it shut the Southern US down because they can't keep their bridges from freezing.  Pix is clearing the car before our aborted start this morning.