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 ...
Y’all staying home today?
They better hurry to get out there and shovel it before it melts.
It did NOT come SUDDENLY! Not one bit. Weather forecasters were telling people at least up to the night before.
The fact is and the problem was that authorities and institutions sat on their fat duffs until at least 1 or 2 PM, when it was far to late to be going anyway.
And, when they finally acted, the did it at once - and the roads clogged and clogged. Meanwhile the snow dumped and dumped. No wonder that people are still sitting in their cars this morning.
It’s easier to drive on that than it is a bridge slicked down with smooth black ice as is the case here.
It’s supposed to get up to 33 today ... just enough to smooth the ice out on the roads. As for shovels I’ve got two that have been collecting dust for years waiting for this. I broke them out yesterday. Can’t shovel anything this morning because it’s all solid.
Reminds me of some of the roads where I grew up. The reflectors on the side of the road were on top of 10’ poles.
Snow’s one thing to drive on; ice is a whole ‘nother ballgame and foolish if you even try. When I hear ice in the forecast, I stay off the roads.
That is what it used to look like when we walked to
grade school in Chicago in the winter, nothing but
a cold sweet potato in our pocket for lunch, up hill
both ways.
Frigid females fear flocking traffic. They give up and crash
“cold sweet potato in our pocket for lunch”, ROTFLMAO!!! That made my day!
I had to climb switchbacks. Barefoot.
Wait, you got a potato!?!
OMG!! 1” TO 2” SNOW!!! As a Minnesotan, I feel sooo sorry for you... No I don’t. :D
I like to give southerners guff about being totally incapable of driving on snow...
The idea that 9000 kids had to sleep overnight at school is ridiculous.
What would have happened if the heat had gone off.
Stupid, stupid people.
Considering that the snow was 3ft. deep and I was only
3ft tall and I had to walk with my little sister, it
was a nightmare.
Some days we only got the potato skin.
They gave you lunch?
Now, to be fair, that sweet potato was hot in the morning when you were walking up hill.
It was to keep your hands warm, because you had no gloves... or pockets.
You had hands, and you were grateful!
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