Posted on 01/30/2014 12:07:36 PM PST by Kaslin
Yes. In Birmingham, AL, people from local churches were walking up and down the roads giving out water, food, blankets, etc. Churches opened up their doors and let people in to sleep and get warm. Thousands came in. So, those old bad Christians that Obama hates were doing more than any stinking government agencies. State, local or fed. The Churches out did them all.
And as far as I can determine, NO local Bham moskies let a soul in.
Looking at that picture, I wish government would order the big trucks off the roads in bad weather.
Then I remember that this would end badly, probably with a toilet paper shortage east of the Mississippi.
Families, neighborhoods, churches and cities. Where most of the solutions reside.
Fabulous!!!!!!!!
Like 9/11. The NY/NJ ferry boat operators improvised, and moved lots of people off Manhattan.
Yup! I have seen a lot of examples or people helping others get through this.
Folks in cold weather states are bemused by the scene in ATL.
There is nowhere to park a tractor trailer in Atlanta. The truck stops that do exist in Atlanta are pretty much the last places on earth you would ever want to park a vehicle, and there aren't that many of them.
Also, Commercial through traffic isn't even allowed on the Atlanta interstates and must stay on the bypass (485?). Kinda unfair to blame this one on the big trucks.
Bravo, Atlanta!!
No it’s totally fair. Those big rigs caused 100% of the jams I saw. Especially on the secondary roads. And tried to hog every little crevice to get through causing more and more jams....but people were generally great!!! Too bad southerners can’t drive...at all!!! Cops were useless!!
How many people did the Freedom From Religion folks help? How many people did Mickey Weinstein and his military atheists help? Help me count: Not one!
Put the big rigs on the shoulder or anywhere except in the lanes of traffic. As soon as a winter weather WARNING is issued, off the road they go. We got every plane out of the sky on 9/11, we ought to be able to get big rigs on the side of the road too.
Here in Alaska, I use a 2,000 watt Honda. It will not run the whole house, but my furnace can be unplugged and it will run it. You can also put a couple lights on it. JUST DO NOT HOOK ANYTHING UP TO YOUR HOUSE WIRING,it can fry the linemen working on the power supply!!!
Here in Wyoming I have a 12,000W propane powered back-up generator that automatically starts up and switches over when the power drops out. The transition takes a couple seconds and is virtually transparent, and I can run my normal household load off of it. Heck, sometimes I don’t even know the power has been disrupted until I look down the hill and notice the town has gone dark!
My daughter and son-in-law live in Atlanta and went on Facebook and found a stranded motorist within a mile of their house. They went out and met her and let her spend the night with them. They did not know her, but felt the need to help out. I am so proud of them.
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