Bone Chilling: 'Catastrophic' Winter Blast Wipes Out Power in South

NBC News ^ | February 12, 2014 | BY ALASTAIR JAMIESON AND DANIEL ARKIN

[Oldeconomybuyer]

An army of emergency crews were gearing up for battle Wednesday with a vicious — and rare — ice storm in Georgia that had already cut off power for thousands of customers and left the streets of Atlanta looking like a sci-fi wasteland.

More than 70,000 customers in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and the Carolinas were without power early Wednesday. But Georgia was bearing the brunt of the wicked weather, with nearly 40,000 customers in the dark Wednesday, while emergency planners urged drivers across the state to stay off “deceptively dangerous” roads.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[warchild9]

We’re okay here on campus in Central NC.

But we’re coooold. (It’s in the 20’s, which is cold for us.)

Al, do something!

[no-to-illegals]

The South ... We are a disaster area.

[no-to-illegals]

It's getting bad ... The National Guard is even passing out hot peppers to be consumed and then flatulated into the atmosphere to bring the temperature up.

[luvbach1]

Al, do something!

He did; he changed the name of Global Warming to Climate Change.

[Principled]

Power still on in NE ga.

fingers crossed

[warchild9]

Thank goodness. What a relief!

[Blueflag]

We’re good in Suwanee - now above the freezing rain demarc. All sleet and snow.

[angcat]

Oh please we had -9 this morning. That is bone chilling.

[chiefqc]

It can not be true, mac daddy said there is a gobal warming problem and he said - oh wait his lips were moving, never mind.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

There are several sites to follow power outages throughout the South.
Outages are rising geometricly ; 60,000 out in Georgia at 9 AM
For Georgia Outage Map | Georgia Power/
http://outagemap.georgiapower.com/external/default

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Coincidentally, all this cold weather in the South started happening when Al stopped using the energy-guzzling palace he built for himself in Tennessee and stopped flying his private jumbo jet into Southern airports.

[who knows what evil?]

The Creator is setting Al straight on just Who is responsible for the climate...hint: it isn’t man.

[cripplecreek]

-6 here.

Its funny how we get acclimated to it by the time it starts warming up again. 15 degrees yesterday and I was wandering around the yard without my coat.

[warchild9]

I spent a winter in New York State, and had to fix a roof in -35 with a breeze.

I know from cold, too.

[Blennos]

http://outagemap.georgiapower.com/external/default.html

[no-to-illegals]

I just found out I do not have power. The white frozen stuff had started to fall. Wicked Uncle Ernie has failed.

[FreedomPoster]

>>The South ... We are a disaster area.

Yes, Yankees stay home. We don’t need any more Dem leaning voters, like NC has really seen.

[NautiNurse]

Sunny skies and 68º this fine February morning.

:oP

[Jack of all Trades]

Enjoy your slice of New England life. :)

Stay calm. You’ll live.