Atlanta snowpocalypse 2014

[A-10_JetMech]

You snobs up north just kill me with ignorance.

In the North it gets cold, the ground freezes, then it snows a hard dry snow and it just builds up, frozen snow on frozen snow.

In the South there is no frost line per se. Usually the South gets freezing rain when the front goes through. It melts when it hits the ground and then refreezes after the front passes. It then may snow on top, thus insulating the ice beneath the snow. The ground below is warm enough still to melt the ice from below. Great!! Wet ice!! Hidden by wet snow!!

Snow storms in the South are more treacherous than that dry stuff you get up North.
Then through in:

Drivers in the South rarely get to practice driving ON ICE. I challenge you smug Northern drivers to do much better ON WET ICE.

It's been 21 years since ATL had such a major winter event.........Millions of dollars of snow removal equipment sitting around for 21 years next to a mountain of salt is not good fiscal policy.

I was in ATL area one Christmas visiting with fiance's parents when the snow got so bad that 1/2 inch wide stripe built up in the curb, the road itself was clear and dry. "Bread and Milk" "Bread and Milk" rang through the house. "I can't drive in this!" After an hour of laughing at them over their "crisis" I volunteered to drive to the store for bread and milk. Six stores later and none of them had bread or milk on the shelf.

It's where you live guys........at my house 6 inches of rain over night gets sucked into the ground within hours. I had a long stay in Grand Junction and it lightly drizzled for the afternoon. 6 PM news headline was how bad the flooding was. How much "rain" for the day? ONE QUARTER INCH. In Grand Junction the ground won't soak the water in, it just sheets of the hard ground and floods every thing down the hill.

I agree with you about the ice. I'm from the North and it doesn't matter where you are; it's almost impossible to drive on ice. Yes you may get moving on it, but trying to stop or if you're going up or down hill forget it. Add tens of thousands of cars and semi trucks to the mix and you have mayhem. The point is though, as inconvenient it may be; people should have stayed off the roads. This problem should have been addressed by the local authorities and weather people warning of the dangerous situation. Those warnings would only help if people follow their advice. And everyone knows there are lots of people that don't heed that and want to just get home.

 

[SAABaroowski]

Again, common sense. If you knew it was going to snow/ice WHICH THEY FORECASTED, you redneck hillbillies should have stayed home and not gone to work.

 

[PCL_128]

As much as I love to criticize the redneck hillbillies who surround me, the fact of the matter is, they don't get to decide when to close offices and schools. The blame rests with the governor, school boards, mayors, and business owners.

 

[kf4amu]

As much as I love to criticize the redneck hillbillies who surround me, the fact of the matter is, they don't get to decide when to close offices and schools. The blame rests with the governor, school boards, mayors, and business owners.

Riiiight, government is responsible for taking care of us.

 

[PCL_128]

If you're a government employee and your employer says you come to work until 1pm, then you come to work until 1pm. The same with a private employer, the same with kids in schools, etc. So yes, the government is to blame. And the schools. And the businesses.

 

[Freebrd]

Hey everyone, the fukng storm over with. WTF cares anymore!

 

[kf4amu]

Hey everyone, the fukng storm over with. WTF cares anymore!

But the complete and utter lack of personal responsibility remains!

 

[Freebrd]

Always has, always will. Ya get what ya vote in!

 

[big shacks]

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