Us southern californians feel your pain. There's a slight chance of rain here throughout the week

Oh lordy. I do delclare. I'mma fissin ah git down to deah stoah and git me some vittles and fixing's. Lawd hab mercee.

Gordian Cipher: Seattle laughs at your pitiful attempts at sensationalistic storm warning scare-mongering news coverage.

Yep. Bless their hearts.

Subby said beer twice...

ZOMG!!!! time for cannibalism!! Last time this happend in Atlanta the company I work for has their HQ down there freaked out all of the northern offices made fun of em.

fusillade762: Subby said beer twice...

He likes beer.

Ya'll see, the problem here is not so much the 1/2 inch of snow. It's that no one in all the South can drive in rain/sleet/snow/ice.

Same front went through Dallas last night. It was snowing, but we'd been above freezing the whole day so nothing accumulated.

It still hasn't gotten cold enough this winter. Bugs are gonna be a biatch this spring, but I think the summers have been hot and dry enough to do a number on the creepy crawlies.

January 2011, Publix at Canton GA (40 miles North of ATL)

fstop: fusillade762: Subby said beer twice...

He likes beer.

And rape.


/amidoinitrite?

Oh joy, I'm so glad I work from home (most of the time) cause all it takes is one retard and the short drive from Marietta to Glenridge turns into a cluster. On a side note, I've always wondered something. If you are going to be isolated due to weather, WHY would you buy milk and bread, the 2 things that are the most perishable? Wouldn't canned goods be better?

Nogrhi: a licky licky boom boom down, y'all

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Well, I'm from the south-eastern U of K, and we just had Siberia dump a load on us

Ambivalence: ox45tallboy: You guys laugh, but the whole city of Atlanta was shut down for a week last year. No school, no MARTA, no business openings, hell, many food delivery trucks couldn't make it to the grocery stores.

Yah but how much snow did it take for THAT?

3/4 of an inch.

Ha! Place that doesn't get much of [weather] doesn't react well when hey get [weather]!

Stantz: Well, I'm from the south-eastern U of K, and we just had Siberia dump a load on us

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OH MY GOD!!!!!! How did you ever brush that much snow off your car?

phatrabt: Oh joy, I'm so glad I work from home (most of the time) cause all it takes is one retard and the short drive from Marietta to Glenridge turns into a cluster. On a side note, I've always wondered something. If you are going to be isolated due to weather, WHY would you buy milk and bread, the 2 things that are the most perishable? Wouldn't canned goods be better?

Both of those actually last quite a long time (if you get the mass-produced type bread). As far as the milk goes, if the electricity goes out, it's probably cold enough in the fridge for some time, and there's always outside in the snow. Or, bring in a box of snow.

Speaking as someone from Georgia, I totally understand why people from more snowbound areas would make fun of our reaction, but if you think about it, said reaction makes sense. Snowfall's so rare here that when we get it, we're completely unprepared. The cities don't bother to spend money on buying plows of any sort, some people MIGHT have snow shovels, but most of us don't, and nobody's even HEARD of snow tires/chains. Hell, people only bought ice scrapers for their windshields after last year's snow was already over. Snow is just such an uncommon event that there's no incentive to spend time/effort/money on getting ready for it. Without any of those preparations, I doubt northern cities would fare any better.

Ambivalence: ox45tallboy: You guys laugh, but the whole city of Atlanta was shut down for a week last year. No school, no MARTA, no business openings, hell, many food delivery trucks couldn't make it to the grocery stores.

Yah but how much snow did it take for THAT?

Actually not even 1/2 inch. It was the ice that was the killer. Took so long to recover b/c this state seems to have maybe 3 plows/salt trucks. We could not get out of the neighborhood for 3 days b/c of the ice (and the steep hills in the subdivision).

But it will be back in the 70's by Thursday, so.... meh.

chookbillion: phatrabt: Oh joy, I'm so glad I work from home (most of the time) cause all it takes is one retard and the short drive from Marietta to Glenridge turns into a cluster. On a side note, I've always wondered something. If you are going to be isolated due to weather, WHY would you buy milk and bread, the 2 things that are the most perishable? Wouldn't canned goods be better?

Both of those actually last quite a long time (if you get the mass-produced type bread). As far as the milk goes, if the electricity goes out, it's probably cold enough in the fridge for some time, and there's always outside in the snow. Or, bring in a box of snow.

Some kind of naturally cooled container for keeping perishables good? WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?

God I hope subby was making a funny with the half inch thing.

Prepare for the SNOWCAPOLIPSE!!!!

/Whomever made those title quickbars, thank you several times.
//Den weather guys create drama, just to get views. Just sayin'.

pathetic

vudukungfu: Oh lordy. I do delclare. I'mma fissin ah git down to deah stoah and git me some vittles and fixing's. Lawd hab mercee.

WTF is that supposed to be......

Ambivalence: ox45tallboy: 3-4" of snow, but the problem was the 2-3" of ICE that fell afterwards.

It was snow, but then you had this crunchy white coating over the top of everything...

Oh that's the worst. I had to walk home in that once, less than a quarter mile, and I nearly slipped and fell into the street and oncoming traffic a few times.

But still, how does that last for a whole week?

If the temperatures remain cold and there is a distinct lack of snow removal infrastructure, how is it going to leave?

Ha. Southern wimps.

/Michigan native
//Atlanta is hot as the Devil's balls in summer.
///And the Devil don't wear boxers. He wears him some briefs.

Backwards Cornfield Races: Us southern californians feel your pain. There's a slight chance of rain here throughout the week

Oh my GOD, it's raining here NOW! San Diego news coverage will be wall-to-wall with this breaking story.

ya'all are so cute.

We have not had any snow yet this season.

I think our total has been less than 12".

Broktun: We have not had any snow yet this season.

I think our total has been less than 12".

And yes, I'd have to fark my wife 3 times to give her 12".

Time to load up on beer, milk, bread and beer, north Atlanta is in for massive blizzard with up to a half inch of snow

As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!

Ambivalence: But still, how does that last for a whole week?

Not enough plows/salt/untreated roads, thousands of miles of roads to clear, and solid ice covering the roads. You had to use a road grater to get the stuff up, plows were ineffective.

I am an Iowa boy, my driving skill were forged in deep snow and bitter cold temperatures, and I was afraid to drive in it. The interstate consisted of two half frozen ruts with 3 inch thick ice between each rut.