Atlanta is shutting down

Ahead of the snow/ice storm event, Atlanta is preparing in the only way we know how to do....for all intent and purpose shutting down.

I knew when I got notification from my Veterinary Hospital that they were closed tomorrow, it's on. Most businesses are going to be closed and the grocery stores have stocked up on the necessities and are packed like it's an apocolypse. So glad I did the grocery thing yesterday! Everyone in the SE stay safe!

Here's the issue. We'll be lucky to get an inch of snow. It's the freezing rain that will do us in, as it always does. NO ONE can drive on ice. NO ONE. But some will try....(deep sigh)

Best of luck fellow southerners!!!

I was stationed in Augusta in the early 1970s. It snowed once and the post went into LOS, (limited operating strategy.) By second mess the snow was gone.

Rexedgar said:

I was stationed in Augusta in the early 1970s. It snowed once and the post went into LOS, (limited operating strategy.) By second mess the snow was gone.

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Thats how we roll here! Tomorrows high is 34, but we've had enough days in the 20's for the ground to be pretty darned cold, so any precip that hits the ground will likely freeze, at least for a day or so...

Wow...completely different world compared to here in new england lol.

TypicalRussian said:

Wow...completely different world compared to here in new england lol.

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We have so few days like this, we don't have the equipment to deal with it. It doesn't make sense to invest in that type of equipment given the rarity of these events. They will start salting the roads tonight, but that will mostly be the expressways. Problem is, no one lives on the expressways....

MA: if a foot of snow is going to fall during rush hour, close down. Otherwise...deal.

And then I see pictures of Canadian highways (I'm guessing mid to northern) with the road plowed, but on either side is a 15 foot wall of snow.

Mr Person said:

MA: if a foot of snow is going to fall during rush hour, close down. Otherwise...deal.

And then I see pictures of Canadian highways (I'm guessing mid to northern) with the road plowed, but on either side is a 15 foot wall of snow.

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I remember something very similar to that! 3 blizzards in a row that hit the Allentown/Bethlehem area of PA in 1977...it was so bad, you had better be in a 4 wheel drive vehicle and dying if you get caught on the road or you were going to jail. There was no place to plow the snow at that point. Chances were, your car was so buried under snow you couldn't find it let alone drive it...best you could hope for was that you were stranded with someone you liked and had plenty of food...

We got hit with about 9-10" here, and expected 3-5" tomorrow starting about noon.

Haven't been hit like this in some time here, and it showed in drivers and clearing. County Cincinnati sits in has been getting blasted for certain efforts. They didn't do bad, but I remember better.

There is one hillside town on the edge of the city that has seen no removal. Narrow, steep roads with on-street parking.
And some are paying touching a mil for homes there.

Mr Person said:

MA: if a foot of snow is going to fall during rush hour, close down. Otherwise...deal.

And then I see pictures of Canadian highways (I'm guessing mid to northern) with the road plowed, but on either side is a 15 foot wall of snow.

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Mass drivers are nuts. My buddy and I were traveling through on two wheels, many years ago. It began to rain cats and dogs and everyone sped up10 mph!

Jessie C said:

I remember something very similar to that! 3 blizzards in a row that hit the Allentown/Bethlehem area of PA in 1977...it was so bad, you had better be in a 4 wheel drive vehicle and dying if you get caught on the road or you were going to jail. There was no place to plow the snow at that point. Chances were, your car was so buried under snow you couldn't find it let alone drive it...best you could hope for was that you were stranded with someone you liked and had plenty of food...

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2014, eastern MA. A blizzard of 12-20 inches every 7-10 days. Not quite "in a row", but it was enough that I ****ed up both shoulders after the last one.

But that was my fault. I was younger and more invincible then, and I didn't merely shovel for 4.5h to clear the driveway, garage turnaround, and sidewalk. I also did a full intense upper body workout before shoveling. ('Cause more exercise, see?). And then for the forth one, I decided I had to clear the deck, which had about 6-7 feet on it and which I didn't want to collapse. Water is heavy. But I had to tunnel through 4.5 feet of snow on the lawn, up the deck stairs, just to get to the deck.

See, I'd decided that at the very least, I had to clear the area around the grill, and then clear the path to the door that exited to this back deck, so that I could grill steaks the next day. Just to show nature who's boss.

Couldn't raise my hands above shoulder level for three months, and it took quite a bit longer for me to PT myself. (That time I didn't go to an actual PT center. I was still sufficiently invincible, see. I just modified my workouts and then did extra light stuff for the shoulders.).

Mr Person said:

2014, eastern MA. A blizzard of 12-20 inches every 7-10 days. Not quite "in a row", but it was enough that I ****ed up both shoulders after the last one.

But that was my fault. I was younger and more invincible then, and I didn't merely shovel for 4.5h to clear the driveway, garage turnaround, and sidewalk. I also did a full intense upper body workout before shoveling. ('Cause more exercise, see?). And then for the forth one, I decided I had to clear the deck, which had about 6-7 feet on it and which I didn't want to collapse. Water is heavy. But I had to tunnel through 4.5 feet of snow on the lawn, up the deck stairs, just to get to the deck.

See, I'd decided that at the very least, I had to clear the area around the grill, and then clear the path to the door that exited to this back deck, so that I could grill steaks the next day. Just to show nature who's boss.

Couldn't raise my hands above shoulder level for three months, and it took quite a bit longer for me to PT myself. (That time I didn't go to an actual PT center. I was still sufficiently invincible, see. I just modified my workouts and then did extra light stuff for the shoulders.).

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A true hard core northerner!!!

Jessie C said:

Ahead of the snow/ice storm event, Atlanta is preparing in the only way we know how to do....for all intent and purpose shutting down.

I knew when I got notification from my Veterinary Hospital that they were closed tomorrow, it's on. Most businesses are going to be closed and the grocery stores have stocked up on the necessities and are packed like it's an apocolypse. So glad I did the grocery thing yesterday! Everyone in the SE stay safe!

Here's the issue. We'll be lucky to get an inch of snow. It's the freezing rain that will do us in, as it always does. NO ONE can drive on ice. NO ONE. But some will try....(deep sigh)

Best of luck fellow southerners!!!

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Hope you've got heating alternatives. Or hope the power stays on.

Got it all covered?

Get out the card table and the jigsaw puzzles.

Jessie C said:

Ahead of the snow/ice storm event, Atlanta is preparing in the only way we know how to do....for all intent and purpose shutting down.

I knew when I got notification from my Veterinary Hospital that they were closed tomorrow, it's on. Most businesses are going to be closed and the grocery stores have stocked up on the necessities and are packed like it's an apocolypse. So glad I did the grocery thing yesterday! Everyone in the SE stay safe!

Here's the issue. We'll be lucky to get an inch of snow. It's the freezing rain that will do us in, as it always does. NO ONE can drive on ice. NO ONE. But some will try....(deep sigh)

Best of luck fellow southerners!!!

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I'm Canadian.

Sorry, but we will be laughing at the visuals.

Jessie C said:

Ahead of the snow/ice storm event, Atlanta is preparing in the only way we know how to do....for all intent and purpose shutting down.

I knew when I got notification from my Veterinary Hospital that they were closed tomorrow, it's on. Most businesses are going to be closed and the grocery stores have stocked up on the necessities and are packed like it's an apocolypse. So glad I did the grocery thing yesterday! Everyone in the SE stay safe!

Here's the issue. We'll be lucky to get an inch of snow. It's the freezing rain that will do us in, as it always does. NO ONE can drive on ice. NO ONE. But some will try....(deep sigh)

Best of luck fellow southerners!!!

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It’s funny, yesterday some schools in El Paso closed or had a delayed start in anticipation of snow and it was cold but dry as, well, the desert we live in. Today schools went back to their usual schedule and it’s been snowing off and on all day. Anyway, stay safe.

Fearandloathing said:

I'm Canadian.

Sorry, but we will be laughing at the visuals.

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Lol... k, true that may be, this is how we **** up our polite image...

Rexedgar said:

I was stationed in Augusta in the early 1970s. It snowed once and the post went into LOS, (limited operating strategy.) By second mess the snow was gone.

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I was born in Wisconsin. We’d get two or 3 feet of snow and still have to make our way to school. Early on, we moved to small town Mississippi, and if it became cold enough overnight that a light frost formed on grass making it slightly crispy in the morning, schools would be shut down for a couple of days. It was amazing.

Jessie C said:

Ahead of the snow/ice storm event, Atlanta is preparing in the only way we know how to do....for all intent and purpose shutting down.

I knew when I got notification from my Veterinary Hospital that they were closed tomorrow, it's on. Most businesses are going to be closed and the grocery stores have stocked up on the necessities and are packed like it's an apocolypse. So glad I did the grocery thing yesterday! Everyone in the SE stay safe!

Here's the issue. We'll be lucky to get an inch of snow. It's the freezing rain that will do us in, as it always does. NO ONE can drive on ice. NO ONE. But some will try....(deep sigh)

Best of luck fellow southerners!!!

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Winter Storm Tecumseh is marching on toward Atlanta! Only this time, he brings ice, not fire.

Yes, tomorrow should be a blast here in Atlanta. Early start planned so should get ahead of the worst of it. I expect some pretty snow to start followed by an inch of ice by dinnertime. Hopefully everyone will heed the forecasts and stay at home watching movies and sipping warm beverages.

Jessie C said:

A true hard core northerner!!!

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Damn... memory and age. It was 2015. Three are from the driveway/turnaround spot. The one labeled sidewalk is...that. This is the next morning. That retaining wall is 4.5 feet tall, to give an indication of scale



This is one view from standing in the walkway from sidewalk to door frame, the top right is turning right just before the door to the entrance and tunneling around the house. There's about 4.5 feet of snow on the lawn. - height of that crappy metal fence that barely pokes out.



Stairs are obvious. Other two are the deck I cleared, and the other portions I took maybe 2 feet off. The drift was ~7 feet along the house, tapering to like...5 feet opposite the windows. The top right picture is a bad angle. That was like...10 or 11 feet above the normal level of the lawn. As you can see in the top left one, the top of the mound is maybe a foot lower than the top of the deck railing. (And it got a bit higher after the top left photo)



I broke one pair of glasses and one set of ear buds tunneling around the house, 'cause it was hours 5 to 8.5, and I ....well, being younger and more invincible....was druuuuunk. I'd basically downed a fifth of Rittenhouse Rye over the course of this 8.5 hour shoveling. Blasted a full ipod of metal/"grunge"/hard rock. Intermittently smoked a bunch of weed. I can't do that fifth of whiskey now, or I could tolerate it one day but would regret it terribly the rest of the next day. And the grass was coated in solid ice with a bit of snow on top, which starts melting a tad with the pressure of me standing on it. So I was constantly falling sideways into the snow as I lifted the next load.

And you can bet your ass that after this, I went and bought steaks, and I grilled those bastards that night. Of course.....I could tell something was badly wrong with my shoulders by then. 'MERKA!

Ice storms suck. I hope that you guys are ok. You are correct that you can't drive on it even if you're really good. Also, even if you're really good, others aren't, and their driving matters about as much as your own. Stay safe on those roads, or, preferably, stay home.

Gonna be an ugly day for Delta airlines.

We are about to get 4 inches on top of what we received this week. Here is a thought for pet (dog) owners. If you have a small tarp or even cardboard, put it out in your yard to create a situation where, after the snow or ice or ... you can lift up the tarp/cardboard to create a place for your pet to go to the bathroom.

phoenix2020 said:

I was born in Wisconsin. We’d get two or 3 feet of snow and still have to make our way to school. Early on, we moved to small town Mississippi, and if it became cold enough overnight that a light frost formed on grass making it slightly crispy in the morning, schools would be shut down for a couple of days. It was amazing.

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Don't think it's all regional, but "OH NO!" safety across the board.

I live less than 10 minutes from where I grew up, and school seems to get called if it's 'too cold!'

Shit, 80s early 90s, 6 inches, that bus was coming. Susan didn't care about that big downhill and back up from my house!
She conquered it!

It was the weight of all us kids kept traction..

But yeah, they'll call that shit over a flake now.

After Snowmageddon a decade ago, ATL is taking no chances with this storm. Everything will shut down. Be safe, everyone!

Jessie C said:

Thats how we roll here! Tomorrows high is 34, but we've had enough days in the 20's for the ground to be pretty darned cold, so any precip that hits the ground will likely freeze, at least for a day or so...

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Snow Storms pose a serious risk to my survival! I grew up in FLORIDA