Months of no rain have created extra slippery roadways across San Joaquin County — a perfect recipe for spinouts and crashes.
“With all of the dirt and gravel and oils and different spillage that we have on the roadways, when we get that first rain, it all kind of comes up to the surface and makes the roadway real slippery,” California Highway Patrol (CHP) spokesperson Ruben Jones explained.
While crashes are common, flooding is not. The water is going right into the ground or straight into the dry levees, all thanks to the lack of rain since December…