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Atlanta is Closed

D Bopp

D Bopp

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May 26, 2007
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#1
The past day here in Atlanta has been crazy! The roads began to freeze yesterday about 1PM, and the entire metro area just shut down! People on the highway have been stranded in their cars for more than 15 hours. A lot of them abandoned their cars and looked for a place to stay for the night. Home Depots and other businesses have set up makeshift areas for people to sleep.

I left work yesterday at noon, and definitely dodged a bullet. I made it home in about an hour. Many of my friends were stuck in their cars all night on I-85, I-75, and I-285.

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#3
Insanity. One of my co-workers left downtown at 4:30pm and finally got home to the northern suburbs at 5:30am. A bunch of other people slept here on cots.
I had no problems driving home yesterday at 430pm or in at 7 this morning because I live east of the city. People to the north and west were completely hosed.
 
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hdracer said:
Awww,
We feel so bad for you.....:rollno:
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Just remember that we get snow and icy roads here maybe once every few years. Up north, you guys have all the proper equipment and experience to deal with this kind of stuff. This winter storm was expected here, but wasn't supposed to develop as fast as it did. It caught everyone unprepared, and it's been a real nightmare for a lot of people.

Kids have had to sleep at their schools, without a way to reach their parents. Other people have been trapped in the middle of the highway for 20 hours without food, water, or a place to piss. I know it seems funny to the northerners, but it's a serious issue.
 
#13
I tried to drive from kennesaw to woodstock and turned around halfway an it still took me 8 hours to get back...ridiculous people sliding all over the place in their front wheel drive cars...like cmon I was driving a big ass leveled 2wd f150 w/ 33s an I still made it up hills cars were getting stuck on...sucks though lots of people stranded over night and my friend had a school bus flip right in front of him
 
#18
This is how it was all day...I had to park a mile away an walk because all the roads going back to my school were closed...id wait in traffic like 3 hours just to get almost there an be told to turn around
 

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D Bopp said:
Just remember that we get snow and icy roads here maybe once every few years. Up north, you guys have all the proper equipment and experience to deal with this kind of stuff. This winter storm was expected here, but wasn't supposed to develop as fast as it did. It caught everyone unprepared, and it's been a real nightmare for a lot of people.

Kids have had to sleep at their schools, without a way to reach their parents. Other people have been trapped in the middle of the highway for 20 hours without food, water, or a place to piss. I know it seems funny to the northerners, but it's a serious issue.
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While I understand that you guys are poorly equipped to deal with it, it is still funny to us northerners how little snow it takes for you southerners to shut down. It is a pretty normal day for me to see that much snow.

For reference, here is the weather forecast for the next 5 days. When you have that much wind and it is this cold, you get a lot of blowing snow, which is way worse than getting lots of snow, or ice.
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Here is the forecast for the rest of today. Pretty typical weather from November through March.
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