Posted on 01/29/2014 7:22:03 AM PST by Lazamataz
Atlanta, Georgia was covered with what, in other parts of the country, might be considered a light dusting of snow. Approximately one to three inches of snow fell since noon Tuesday, and continued until about 5:00PM that same day.
Due to poor planning, bad decisions by employers and school officials, and slow reaction by commuters, a gridlock has happened that put the entire Metro area, and many major highways, entirely out of commission.
There are reports of some people who have been in their cars, stationary, for as many as 16 hours -- including one person who reports being on the road 21 hours. Many motorists have run out of gasoline, and quite a few commuters abandoned their vehicles to go into local restaurants and stores to keep warm.
HERO rescue trucks and salt-spreading vehicles have found it impossible to perform their duties due to the complete gridlock. Various city and county officials cannot predict when the crisis will ease.
It is estimated that 100,000 to as many as 250,000 people have been stranded overnight, and since the prediction is for no temperature increase over freezing (except for briefly midday) there is no estimate to when the gridlock will ease.
Road conditions are called 'extremely slick and very icy' and many accidents have been reported.
It helps that they have Republican Bobby Jindal as governor.
Back during Katrina they had that incompetent democrat woman governor Kathleen Blanco. Totally clueless.
I won’t even touch ice.
That’s is a GREAT summary of how and why it went down the way it did.
“...wait until a snow plow came along and to follow it.”
LOL! - A about 15 years ago I was headed from west Tennessee toward Ashville on I-40. After passing through Knoxville it started to snow, and by the time I got to the North Carolina line it was snowing hard and blowing. Before long I was stuck in a traffic jam that stretched maybe 40 miles into Ashville. Just plain Stuck!
It was a SOTU night, so I got to listen to Clinton expound his BS on the radio. I started to look for ways to get off I-40 and out of that miles long parking lot. I saw a snow plow coming over on the right shoulder behind me...bingo! I managed to get over to the right and followed that snow plow to an exit and off the Interstate. I think I was near Clyde. From there I worked my way on conventional highways to I-26 and had smooth sailing from there. Heard the next day that some folks were still stuck in that I-40 parking lot at noon the next day. The moral of this story, ‘if you get lost follow a snow plow!’
Think it's my turn, $-wise.
Heh, when veeram and I came to the DC Freepers Christmas party in December, it took us nearly 16 hours to get home...
Just imagine if George Bush was president. It would be all his fault!
Up here in the north we’re accustomed to driving in snow...but when there’s ice I call off work and won’t drive on it. Not because I can’t do it, but other drivers create situations you could not avoid.
Same here. My rule of thumb is if I don’t make the $500 deductible on my car insurance for a days work then I’m staying home.
“So...do the Atlanta Braves think they’re back in Milwaukee?”
POST OF THE DAY! :)
They’re having Hamm’s beer too.
Did they not close schools the day before? Here in Middle TN they’ll close them in an instance for even the threat of icy roads.
Then you can’t get milk or bread at the grocery store because for some reason people freak out and want french toast. I stock up on beer and stay home!
Opps. Instance = instant.
Well, its the beer refreshing!
From The Land of Sky Blue Waters? Lucky You! ;)
In Minnesota, we call this 'April'.
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