Snowplows in Fairbanks

Two weeks ago I was in Fairbanks. They had yet another big snow blizzard while I was there. The road conditions were horrible and for the greater part of two days it was considered "whiteout" conditions. I don't know if any of you have experienced this strange effect, but everything seems to blend together and it gets really confusing to drive. You're concentrating so hard on staying on the road that soon you can't really tell what is road and what is ditch. It's very dangerous. You can't tell where parking lots end and begin and where the entrance to driveways start. We were paying close attention and still discovered medians and ditches that we drove over and into! As we were driving downtown in the afternoon, we found ourselves behind these three snowplows working as a team. I thought it was interesting because I had never seen such a team effort from snow plows in the lower 48. These guys took over the road as the first plow would scrape away the initial layer of snow and then the second one would pick up it's scraps and the third one would push every
thing further onto the sidewalks. It was a staggered effect. All I know, is that I really don't want to drive in those conditions again....it was quite stressful!