Rush hour in Atlanta has now entered the 18th hour....

3 years ago, the city shut down for a week due to a snow storm. At that time there were 10 trucks total for the entire city. Since then, they obviously bought more. Apparently my keeping tabs on the number of snow plows in a city that gets snow once every 3 years is a stastic I should be watching. I apologize for leading you all into a serious dark hole of despair. I shall endeavor to keep you all up to date on the number of snow plows the city of Atlanta has. Oakland Country has more snow plows than the entire city of Altanta. So it doesn't matter if they had 150 snow plows, it's still not nearly enough for a city this size. Now that that asinine discussion is out of the way (It's really important to know these things when talking about the fact that a city of 6 million people was in a state of emergency), on to more important things.

The local weather reported flurries beginning in the mid afternoon and accumulation beginning in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday. There was never a concern for freezing rain. I realize this is difficult for bankers to understand, but just because the temperature is below 32, does not mean ice will form. As a precaution, schools cancelled after school activities. (http://johnscreek.patch.com/groups/...all-afterschool-activities-for-tuesday-jan-28) My work notified us that Wed would likely be a WFH day due to bad weather coming in Tue evening. Once the cities let the schools out early it became a disaster. The plows didn't get out ahead of the rush of parents trying to get to their kids, and people who see snow once every 3 years aren't going to be the most adept at driving in it. Again, I realize this is all difficult concepts for someone whose sole job description is to be able to count. Next time I'm in Michigan, I'll have my daughter stop by and explain it to you. She's a step beyond the how to count phase, so she may be able to help you out. In any case, this was mismanaged, but the mentality that people got what they deserved is asinine. If at this point, you still grasp the concept of physics please go back to high school and ask for a refund.

I'll be out this weekend in my shorts enjoying the beautiful weather. We should be set on snow for 3 more years. On the other hand, you guys go ahead and enjoy your wonderful weather.
 
I'll be out this weekend in my shorts enjoying the beautiful weather. We should be set on snow for 3 more years. On the other hand, you guys go ahead and enjoy your wonderful weather.

And this is why I don't care you had to sleep in your office last night :)
 
3 years ago, the city shut down for a week due to a snow storm. At that time there were 10 trucks total for the entire city. Since then, they obviously bought more. Apparently my keeping tabs on the number of snow plows in a city that gets snow once every 3 years is a stastic I should be watching. I apologize for leading you all into a serious dark hole of despair. I shall endeavor to keep you all up to date on the number of snow plows the city of Atlanta has. Oakland Country has more snow plows than the entire city of Altanta. So it doesn't matter if they had 150 snow plows, it's still not nearly enough for a city this size. Now that that asinine discussion is out of the way (It's really important to know these things when talking about the fact that a city of 6 million people was in a state of emergency), on to more important things.

The local weather reported flurries beginning in the mid afternoon and accumulation beginning in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday. There was never a concern for freezing rain. I realize this is difficult for bankers to understand, but just because the temperature is below 32, does not mean ice will form. As a precaution, schools cancelled after school activities. (http://johnscreek.patch.com/groups/...all-afterschool-activities-for-tuesday-jan-28) My work notified us that Wed would likely be a WFH day due to bad weather coming in Tue evening. Once the cities let the schools out early it became a disaster. The plows didn't get out ahead of the rush of parents trying to get to their kids, and people who see snow once every 3 years aren't going to be the most adept at driving in it. Again, I realize this is all difficult concepts for someone whose sole job description is to be able to count. Next time I'm in Michigan, I'll have my daughter stop by and explain it to you. She's a step beyond the how to count phase, so she may be able to help you out. In any case, this was mismanaged, but the mentality that people got what they deserved is asinine. If at this point, you still grasp the concept of physics please go back to high school and ask for a refund.

I'll be out this weekend in my shorts enjoying the beautiful weather. We should be set on snow for 3 more years. On the other hand, you guys go ahead and enjoy your wonderful weather.

Not sure who the banker reference is in response to, I haven't been one for 6+ years so it's not me.It was negative 30 here yesterday.. Roads are covered in ice/snow..Worked 10 hours in Livonia(said negative 8 on the way into work, I'm just glad I survived!!) then drove to Novi, then to Canton.. P.s. payback is really a bitch when someone continues to annoy you when you're already annoyed isn't it?
 
My sister lives around ATL and she said there's a lot of people that have simply never seen snow before.

It's like they're literally afraid of it.
 
The local weather reported flurries beginning in the mid afternoon and accumulation beginning in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday. There was never a concern for freezing rain. I realize this is difficult for bankers to understand, but just because the temperature is below 32, does not mean ice will form.

Can you explain this "non-ice" ice process for me too. I'm trying to figure out how ice doesn't form below 32 degrees in ATL. I tried a few websites but am coming up empty!
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~cliff/Roadway2.htm
 
I'm talking to a buddy in Alabama. Same deal, 2 inches of snow. He's staying at work for a 2nd night in a row because of the snow, and he has a 4wd truck. :faint:
 
I'm talking to a buddy in Alabama. Same deal, 2 inches of snow. He's staying at work for a 2nd night in a row because of the snow, and he has a 4wd truck. :faint:
Them good ol' Alabama boys are some tough ass rednecks until they see snow. Now's the time to go still robbin' in the south lol
 
My sister lives around ATL and she said there's a lot of people that have simply never seen snow before.

It's like they're literally afraid of it.

Back in 2006, I was coming thru Atlanta on I-75 driving a 38' motorhome with a 20' enclosed trailer. There was about two inches of snow on the freeway, and it was fucking hairy. People were spinning out everywhere, bouncing off the walls, etc. I had to weave thru the chaos while thinking "what the fuck is everyones problem? Its like they've never seen snow before!" The post above explains it. I guess when you live here, you just get used to bad road conditions.
 
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3 years ago, the city shut down for a week due to a snow storm. At that time there were 10 trucks total for the entire city. Since then, they obviously bought more. Apparently my keeping tabs on the number of snow plows in a city that gets snow once every 3 years is a stastic I should be watching. I apologize for leading you all into a serious dark hole of despair. I shall endeavor to keep you all up to date on the number of snow plows the city of Atlanta has. Oakland Country has more snow plows than the entire city of Altanta. So it doesn't matter if they had 150 snow plows, it's still not nearly enough for a city this size. Now that that asinine discussion is out of the way (It's really important to know these things when talking about the fact that a city of 6 million people was in a state of emergency), on to more important things.

The local weather reported flurries beginning in the mid afternoon and accumulation beginning in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday. There was never a concern for freezing rain. I realize this is difficult for bankers to understand, but just because the temperature is below 32, does not mean ice will form. As a precaution, schools cancelled after school activities. (http://johnscreek.patch.com/groups/...all-afterschool-activities-for-tuesday-jan-28) My work notified us that Wed would likely be a WFH day due to bad weather coming in Tue evening. Once the cities let the schools out early it became a disaster. The plows didn't get out ahead of the rush of parents trying to get to their kids, and people who see snow once every 3 years aren't going to be the most adept at driving in it. Again, I realize this is all difficult concepts for someone whose sole job description is to be able to count. Next time I'm in Michigan, I'll have my daughter stop by and explain it to you. She's a step beyond the how to count phase, so she may be able to help you out. In any case, this was mismanaged, but the mentality that people got what they deserved is asinine. If at this point, you still grasp the concept of physics please go back to high school and ask for a refund.

I'll be out this weekend in my shorts enjoying the beautiful weather. We should be set on snow for 3 more years. On the other hand, you guys go ahead and enjoy your wonderful weather.

I drove to alabama for a funeral in this "storm".. They had gotten atleast 5-8 iches there.. totally unprepared to clear the roads.. I got there just find in a toyota corolla. LOL
 
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Be prepared.
 
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