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“Us Gen X’ers and older haven’t forgotten it and think about 1993 every time there’s a forecast of snow flurries. LOL”

I haven’t forgotten. I’m a Minnesotan and was in Atlanta for the ‘93 Superstorm. They got about 6-10 inches of snow.

It was waaay beyond crazy. Nothing was open except a Shoney’s near us - until they lost power. There was an Albertson’s nearby and we picked up a few groceries before they closed.

In an effort to be nice, I gave driving suggestions to several Georgians. I told ‘em where I was from and how to make it from Point A to Point B w/o an accident.

Underground Atlanta was partially open after two days and MARTA was running. We went down there and ate and drank because it beat sitting in the hotel room listening to school, church and business closings.

On Day 3, the airport re-opened and we got out. The roads really looked like something out of a Mad Max movie.

I will never ever forgot that experience.

A fellow programmer, but from up north, told me in about year 2000 that the asphalt is mixed differently up north. Yes there are major differences like if the roads are plowed or sanded or salted up north. But also, according to him, the asphalt here in the south is made more to handle heat and not crack as much in heat, with the downside being that it's more coarse and has more gaps for ice to grab ahold and not let go as easy. Thus, when our roads ice in the south (according to him) the ice stays on the road longer.

Plus, with our humidity the ice on the roads is ice and not dry snow. Thus it's slicker. He said that he moved south and thought, "I'm from up north I can drive on this like it's nothing." Be he said he too had a learning curve to driving on southern icy roads.