bricker
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Snowing pretty hard in metro Atlanta around noon, so the boss told us to go home while the gettin' was good! Woo Hoo!
I Got A Snow Day!!
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Lee in Quartzsite
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Don't know much about snow....thought it was pretty soft so how could it be snowing hard?? Was 70 and sunny here today, goin fishin tomorrow and catch some Bass!
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bricker
Member
How about snowing a lot?
jimmib
US Veteran
I have cousin that lives just outside Atlanta and she was bemoaning the snow... weird winter as we haven't had much snow up here in Washington this year (yet)...bet you don't get many snow days there...
USAF385
US Veteran
Snow day?! Must be nice!
BrianE
Member
Right?! It could be a blizzard and I'd be out on those roofs fixing someone else's heat or even worse an air conditioner
.Ain't no snow days for me...
I'm just jealous
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"Don't know much about snow....thought it was pretty soft"
I used to think so too until I spent 5 mostly wonderful years in South Dakota. When it's coming at you sideways at 50 mph, you'd be surprised how much it can sting.
I used to think so too until I spent 5 mostly wonderful years in South Dakota. When it's coming at you sideways at 50 mph, you'd be surprised how much it can sting.
The forecasters really stepped in it. Y'all weren't supposed to get any. We (100 miles South) were supposed to get hammered. We have had just a little freezing rain. Y'all got hammered.
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bricker
Member
Y'all were supposed to be building snowmen today!
rburg
Member
Retirement isn't all good. Its another thing we gave up, no more snow days. Worse yet, my wife put me to work building a fire (not hard) and then bringing up more wood to the porch in our "staging area". But I'm old and pleaded weakness and cold. So I got away with only bringing up another day or two's split wood. Besides, its really cold outside, like either below zero or close. And the wood was out all night, and a few days more. So its cold to the touch, even through gloves.
So think about it all. No more snow days, ever. And my wife won't cut me a break.
So think about it all. No more snow days, ever. And my wife won't cut me a break.
Seriously?.............
https://twitter.com/Stephen_Nix/status/428315753331564544/photo/1
I mean, you're kidding , right? If things ground to a halt around here with that much (little) snow we'd be shut down for 6 months out of the year. 6 1/2 months some years.
Well, now the Russians and Chinese know how to cripple the south. Snow making machines.
https://twitter.com/Stephen_Nix/status/428315753331564544/photo/1
I mean, you're kidding , right? If things ground to a halt around here with that much (little) snow we'd be shut down for 6 months out of the year. 6 1/2 months some years.
Well, now the Russians and Chinese know how to cripple the south. Snow making machines.
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bricker
Member
We had a similar weather event in 2011. The city (Atlanta) spent a million dollars on snow plows and sand trucks shortly thereafter. No one told them you had to sand elevated ramps, bridges, and intersections BEFORE the snow shut the city down. Looks like we need to hire some of you Northern folks to educate our department of transportation.
bricker, I think the problem was that they got caught by surprise. When I went to bed at 1:00AM, all the forecasters were still saying that the main weather event was going to be 75-100 miles South of Atl. That's why all those students are now stranded on buses and spending the night in schools.
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bricker
Member
That was the story in 2011, too, if i remember.
I don't know, in the Northern hemisphere, if I'm 75-100 miles North of a cold front, I shouldn't be surprised if it's, well, cold.
bamabiker
Member
Let's fire all the forecasters.
They let us go at 11:00 this morning. A normal 30 minute drive home took 4 &1/2 hours and my car is parked on the side of the road a mile from my house along with my wife's and one of my daughter's.
Right Mr. Weatherman, we are only going to have some flurries.
They let us go at 11:00 this morning. A normal 30 minute drive home took 4 &1/2 hours and my car is parked on the side of the road a mile from my house along with my wife's and one of my daughter's.
Right Mr. Weatherman, we are only going to have some flurries.
Just remember the same people that can't predict the weather 12 hours out are the ones that are telling us what is going to happen over the next 100 years! 
My son just sent me a text message with a picture of the snow in his back yard. Not much, but he lives on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. He also said that the I-10 tunnel in Mobile is closed westbound because it's all iced up and cars can't make it up the incline.
Sure, it you don't mind your mailboxes being knocked down, your cars sideswiped, and 10 ft of snow piled up in front of your driveway.
We don't know much about snow. We don't have plows or salt trucks.
Serious question: When you have two-three inches of snow, does it usually result in about an inch of ice, then covered with another two or three inches of snow? That is what makes our roads so treacherous. It was 60 degrees or nearly so here yesterday. There was enough residual heat in the pavement that the first couple of inches melted, then quickly refroze as ice when the temps went below freezing.
GCBurt
US Veteran
Snow
We could really use some additional snow this year - heading for a water restricted summer if we don't - Snowing hard in Atlanta - who'd have thought???
We could really use some additional snow this year - heading for a water restricted summer if we don't - Snowing hard in Atlanta - who'd have thought???
we see that early in the season or in late spring when the ground is warm before the snow hits.In the old days it was treated with sand and salt,now it's some chemical that drops the freezing point of water.
It doesn't take an inch of ice, it takes about 1/10th of an inch of ice. Then snow on top just makes it worse.
If it's any consolation, about 50% of the people who live in the northeast can't drive when it snows either. These are people who have lived up here all of their lives and yet still can't drive if there is one snow flake on the road.
Many of them can't drive when the roads are dry, either.
I've found the front wheel drive cars are the worst. At least for me.
If it's any consolation, about 50% of the people who live in the northeast can't drive when it snows either. These are people who have lived up here all of their lives and yet still can't drive if there is one snow flake on the road.
Many of them can't drive when the roads are dry, either.
I've found the front wheel drive cars are the worst. At least for me.
1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Most of the snow you see in the South is sitting on ice, It's very rare to see snow blowing across a dry road.
So, it really doesn't make any difference where you're from or the amount of snow.
And you don't want to put 4 million vehicles on the road at the same time in Atlanta... even on a sunny day!!
So, it really doesn't make any difference where you're from or the amount of snow.
And you don't want to put 4 million vehicles on the road at the same time in Atlanta... even on a sunny day!!
Doug M.
Member
Most places outside the northern US east of the Rockies are not prepared for snow of real quantity. A little bit of snow on warm surfaces will melt then freeze as described - through some snow on that and it will suck a lot for driving. Little toys posing as plows and failure to use enough salt will mean the mess is not going to improve. I've driven a semi in Texas in the snow. Southern states in particular simply do not have the incentive to put in the money or intellectual effort to address it. Expecting them to live up to the standard set along the Great Lake east of Erie is unrealistic.
I have a terrible lack of patience with the ghastly "plowing" that happens in Washington. Bare pavement in 24 hours or less after 2 feet of snow is the standard with which I grew up. Chaining a semi's tires, or even worse, passenger cars, because the plowing is so poor? My response to this would teach you the difference between Tourette's and a choice. I'd be uninterested in being in Atlanta in the snow anyway.
I have a terrible lack of patience with the ghastly "plowing" that happens in Washington. Bare pavement in 24 hours or less after 2 feet of snow is the standard with which I grew up. Chaining a semi's tires, or even worse, passenger cars, because the plowing is so poor? My response to this would teach you the difference between Tourette's and a choice. I'd be uninterested in being in Atlanta in the snow anyway.
labworm
US Veteran
Sure, it you don't mind your mailboxes being knocked down, your cars sideswiped, and 10 ft of snow piled up in front of your driveway.
And just when you think everything is cleaned up, you look out the window and see the plow. Again, out you go to clear the driveway, this is repeated several times.
I hate going out to shovel but once I am out there something happens, maybe the neighbors joking and helping one another makes me realize that I am not alone.
We really are a patient, tough group in the Northeast.
1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Why.. we're fully equipped down here!!
Just remember the same people that can't predict the weather 12 hours out are the ones that are telling us what is going to happen over the next 100 years!
...and they're also the same ones who can't agree on what has already happened over the last 100 years!!
It's always amazing to drive the highways a day or so after a major snowstorm and see all the large SUV's laying on their sides in ditches, or pressed against guardrails and trees. "but I have 4 wheel drive"
"but I have 4 wheel drive"
