Hey Atlanta

SPEEDY MCCREADY
SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
in A Moving Train
Its called snow.
Good lord! wtf?
Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Man, I sure feel for all those folks.

    Aside from earthquakes, Mother Nature has treated me with kid gloves.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    Its called snow.
    Good lord! wtf?

    yeah that is just brutal. :fp:
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    to be fair ... if you're not used to it - it's gonna much things up large ... it may not seem like a big deal to us up north but if you don't have the infrastructure and the experience - it's gonna be a nightmare ...
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Global Cooling! hahaha- sorry- had to throw that out there.

    Yeah, snow in places that aren't used to it can bog things down at the very least and can be dangerous at worst. Take care, any of you out there.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    well, rain does that to drivers here in st louis. it begins to drizzle and people forget how to drive. it is quite embarrassing actually.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    The entire state of south Carolina is closed. Coming from the Chicago area, I find it comical. We got about an inch of ice. I do think we were a little more prepared here than in Atlanta. The roads were empty yesterday by 2.
    On a side note, Jim cantore was reporting from the college of Charleston and kicked a campus drunk off of him without missing a beat. Funny stuff.

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=za8PGHg0ck8
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Rain! We are likely to get some tonight, badly needed rain. We're in the midst of a near record breaking drought. Everything here is bone dry. After a heavy freeze a while back and then all this drought our part of the world looks brown- lots of dead plants and trees. Brown World.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,547
    edited January 2014
    Atlanta and the rest of the deep south don't have the tools to deal with any amount of ice and or snow. So when it does happen all hell breaks loose.

    On the other hand we can get a foot of snow here in Colorado and it's business as normal.
    People go.to work, schools stay open, and events go on a a planned.

    Plus we have over 300 days of sun per year!!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    Bentleyspop said:

    Atlanta and the rest of the deep south don't have the tools to deal with any amount of ice and or snow. So when it does happen all hell breaks loose.

    On the other hand we can get a foot of snow here in Colorado and it's business as normal.
    People go.to work, schools stay open, and events go on a a planned.

    Plus we have over 300 days of sun per year!!

    Right. We take all of the snow plows and salt for granted sometimes. The roads would have been cleared before rush hour up north but they can't do that in Atlanta.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    well, rain does that to drivers here in st louis. it begins to drizzle and people forget how to drive. it is quite embarrassing actually.

    Ha - LA has St. Louis beat in that department...talk about embarrassment!


  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    atlanta has -13 snow plows & -4 salt/sand trucks.

    atlanta traffic when it is 90 degrees out is a cluster fuck, imagine when some snow & ice come to town.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Bentleyspop said:

    Atlanta and the rest of the deep south don't have the tools to deal with any amount of ice and or snow. So when it does happen all hell breaks loose.

    On the other hand we can get a foot of snow here in Colorado and it's business as normal.
    People go.to work, schools stay open, and events go on a a planned.

    Plus we have over 300 days of sun per year!!

    pffft.

    Well let me tell you... up here in Canada... when we get three feet of snow, the entrances to our igloos are blocked, and our dog teams have been stolen... we suntan.
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    D.C. has just as difficult a time when it snows there too. The whole city shuts down for a couple inches. But really? They kept the kids at the school ALL NIGHT LONG? No one would go and get their kids?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I could understand it if it was over six inches .... but this was what we Northmen consider a dusting. Please I thought 75% of the autos in Georgia were 4x4 trucks.
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,547
    bootlegger10 said:

    Bentleyspop said:

    Atlanta and the rest of the deep south don't have the tools to deal with any amount of ice and or snow. So when it does happen all hell breaks loose.

    On the other hand we can get a foot of snow here in Colorado and it's business as normal.
    People go.to work, schools stay open, and events go on a a planned.

    Plus we have over 300 days of sun per year!!

    Right. We take all of the snow plows and salt for granted sometimes. The roads would have been cleared before rush hour up north but they can't do that in Atlanta.
    But then again Atlanta gets PJ to come through on occasion and they haven't headlined in Colorado in more than 10 years!!
  • Guitar92player
    Guitar92player Posts: 664
    I feel bad for them. I hope this is a lesson to be better prepared.

    Watching the news on it, I feel glad I live in Indiana where I can stand extremely cold temps and somewhat high temps (like 100-110). Plus, my jeep bitch slaps snowy roads in the face.
    ~Carter~

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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    From what I've heard, Indy and fort wayne schools will be in session until July. I lived in nw Indiana for 18 years and can't remember ever missing school because of the cold. I've felt my share of -20 and -30 but not for that long. I glad I'm in the south.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Last-12-Exit said:

    From what I've heard, Indy and fort wayne schools will be in session until July. I lived in nw Indiana for 18 years and can't remember ever missing school because of the cold. I've felt my share of -20 and -30 but not for that long. I glad I'm in the south.

    Back in the mid-80's I remember a few winters in Indiana where the we missed this amount of school due to snow. Speaking as a child of the 80's, it was awesome. Now that I have to pay bills, it sucks big time.

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  • Guitar92player
    Guitar92player Posts: 664
    Last-12-Exit said:

    From what I've heard, Indy and fort wayne schools will be in session until July. I lived in nw Indiana for 18 years and can't remember ever missing school because of the cold. I've felt my share of -20 and -30 but not for that long. I glad I'm in the south.

    Schools in Michiana (lower Michigan, upper Indiana) have missed many days as well. My old high school has had more snow days in the last month than I had in 4 years when I was there. It's ridiculous. My college had a couple days off this week, which was cool.

    ~Carter~

    You can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets, oh
    or you can come to terms and realize
    you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
    makes much more sense to live in the present tense     - Present Tense
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    Jason P said:

    I could understand it if it was over six inches .... but this was what we Northmen consider a dusting. Please I thought 75% of the autos in Georgia were 4x4 trucks.


    of that 75%, 42% are actually a truck boat truck like this fine example right here...

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