The City Was Shut Down today!

[fyrffytr1]

The powers that be shut down all non essential departments today due to the winter storm that struck. Everyone was told to stay inside and not drive unless absolutely necessary. Well, I drive for a living so I went to work this morning and was the only driver of three to show up. And, this is what the main throughways in our fair city looked like this morning during "rush" hour! The last picture shows the total accumulation at my house. At 4:30 pm it was only 27 degrees! That is COLD for down here in the deep south.

 

[vpnavy]

Dang - it was -2 degree's at 4:30AM here in PA!

 

[fyrffytr1]

Dang - it was -2 degree's at 4:30AM here in PA!

I was born and raised in western Maryland so I should be used to cold weather. But, I have lived down here in south Georgia for so long that I guess I have lost my cold tolerance!

 

[piegrande]

We had workers making a junk room on the roof of our house, here in rural Mexico. They had the radio on, and they told me there was a lot of talk on the radio about the Atlanta mess. Only one of them has lived in the frozen north, so he was probably the only one who could truly relate.

It was cloudy here around 70 degrees maximum. Not a bad day overall. I remember snow, but I am definitely trying to forget.

I learned to drive on ice and snow, and did so for many years. In the north, the first slippery time usually involves plenty of wrecks as people have forgotten over summer how to drive on ice and snow. but, the few times I have gone north in winter, it is like riding a bicycle. The minute I find myself on ice and snow it intantly comes back.

 

[packerbacker]

It's amazing how that little bit of snow can close a place down.

 

[tamrock]

I would not want to be in Atlanta today. What a mess

 

[CoilyGirl]

Guilty here of not wanting to drive in a teaspoon of ice.

 

[fyrffytr1]

It's amazing how that little bit of snow can close a place down.

I was being a little sarcastic with my original post but, the city leaders did what they thought was best and everything went exceptionally well. We are not equipped to handle snow and ice so it was best to shut everything down. They were actually forecasting worse conditions than we got. I wish it had been an all snow event because that would have been easier to deal with. I have a Yankee friend that said he would rather have a foot of snow than a 1/4" of ice.

 

[Uncle Jeff]

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[flatbutton]

The powers that be shut down all non essential departments today due to the winter storm that struck. Everyone was told to stay inside and not drive unless absolutely necessary. Well, I drive for a living so I went to work this morning and was the only driver of three to show up. And, this is what the main throughways in our fair city looked like this morning during "rush" hour! The last picture shows the total accumulation at my house. At 4:30 pm it was only 27 degrees! That is COLD for down here in the deep south.

We got a little more than you did, but just like where you are located, this kind of weather rarely happens. We just don't have the equipment for snow removal. We didn't open yesterday, and we opened today at 10:00 am. Even then, the main hwy. was slicker than whale snot! The side roads was a solid sheet of packed down snow and ice!