Posted on 01/29/2014 5:09:35 AM PST by Pan_Yan
The blizzard of '93 brought more snow than most Atlanta natives had ever seen or will see.
The floods of 2009 brought an unexpected rush of water that submerged interstates.
The winter storm of 2011 took an entire week away from the city.
But the Snow Jam of 2014 might be the single craziest weather day in Atlanta in a generation.
1-to-3 inches of snow, mixed in with an afternoon drive that still hasn't ended has brought Atlanta to its knees again.
“There are certain things we don’t have control over and one of those is the weather. This came rather unexpectedly," Governor Nathan Deal said. "The time frame in which it hit was a very short time frame. And I think we’re better prepared now than we were in 2011.”
Metro Atlanta interstates have been gridlocked since about 1 p.m. Tuesday. Commutes stretched 8-to-10 hours. And that's for those who actually got home.
Thousands have been stranded in their cars just sitting in the middle of the road.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsbradio.com ...
Totally different scenario - as you most surely know. And if you read the stories of folks who are still stranded, you might be able to grow a heart.
Though handy, batteries still suck as a long term source of power.
1-3 inches???
Here we wouldn’t have even checked for school cancellations in the morning
The article says there are 600 kids at Marietta High School alone.
We lived on South Derbyshire Lane, right off Northwest Highway, in a section called Stonegate. I went to Windsor Elementary, Miner Jr HS, and Mt Prospect. Remember “The Cellar” nightclub?
With your own blood too. At least it was protein.
Probably as nutricious as library paste on crackers.
Kind of had to have them on a submarine.
You missed a good snow. We got about 3 inches.
Growing up in Montana the only day schools was cancelled in 12 years was because of Mt. St. Helens, and they closed them a day too late. But this is Atlanta and I want all those people to stay home so I don't have to go around them.
Gotta have one in a car.
They got where they wouldn’t allow me to check out
books cause the library paste kept disappearing.
Although I had lunch, I actually did walk a long distance, a mile at least, to school every day.
Later, 5th grade we moved and the walk involved climbing the ridge, a 400 or 450 foot difference in elevation and at least another 3/4 mile.
We don’t have snow, but we’re heading into a cold snap. Daytime highs are expected to get all the way down into the low 60’s.
Very funny but that is the way my father in law described his early years in rural north Texas, right down to the cold sweet potato. He refused to eat sweet potatoes the rest of his life.
It does seem like they close schools at the drop of a hate these days but considering the state of education that might not be a bad thing.
“a clothes rack in the utility room with ten pairs of gloves
drying on it, Those were the days.”
For variety, Mom mixed in our socks with the gloves. LOL. Those were the days, my FRiend...
My mom and I were remonising about having a clothes
rack in the utility room with ten pairs of gloves
drying on it, Those were the days.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Also will NEVER forget the smell of 30 some pairs of galoshes (would call them rubbers but some people would snicker and we would get no where)and the wet wool(?) coats all stuffed into the closet ... PHEEEW!!!
Also most of FIRST period was dedicated to getting undressed from the 2 or 3 layers of clothes.
In the evening most of LAST period was dedicated to sorting out and getting the kids dressed to leave...
It was a Catholic School and we rode County buses so if the County shut down early (HA HA) our school may - or may not.
Tough noogies if you missed the bus...NO law suits.
That was in ‘mild’ Orange County (NY).
Spent a winter N. of Sullivan County and lived outside of Livingston Manor - about 15 miles bus wouldn’t come up the hill in bad weather so we had to walk of sled or ski the 3/4 miles to the bus stop...bad thing was the one or two times the buses didn’t run WE didn’t know .. Even in NYS in 1950 all houses and farms didn’t have a phone and a few didn’t have much electricity.
NO bus, walk back up the Mountain and go do chores like nothing happened....
AH sweet yute.
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